August 2009
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Seen on the Classicists list: "Classics and Robert Graves: a relationship in literature, translation and adaptation" 19th September, 31st October, 21st November 2009 This series of three interdisciplinary workshops in the School of Classics, University of St Andrews will allow for the discussion and re-evaluation of the work of Robert Graves in relation to the…
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From Today’s Zaman (I’m a bit late with this one): Ongoing excavations at the ancient port city of Andriake in Lycia — located in Antalya’s Demre district — have uncovered a centuries-old Jewish temple. Site chief Dr. Nevzat Çevik, an archaeology professor at Akdeniz University, told the Anatolia news agency that his team believes the…
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Andrew Reinhard posted this to the Latinteach list a while back: It is with great pleasure that Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers announces two upcoming webinars from Milena Minkova and Terence Tunberg of the University of Kentucky: "Training Techniques for Spoken Latin Expression" September 23, 2009 6-8 PM Eastern The presenters maintain that the active use of Latin…
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For folks who are interested in such things, I’ve added a section in my sidebar carrying my Twitterfeed (below the Explorator Twitterfeed) … I’m finding that the items I post there often have ClassCon of some sort which I’d normally file away somewhere, hoping to figure out how to get them appropriately into this blog,…
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ante diem xii kalendas septembres Consualia — festival involving games/chariot races in honour of Consus and other assorted divinities; one of the races apparently featured chariots pulled by mules 753 B.C.(?) – rape of the Sabine women (which traditionally happened during the celebration of the above)
rogue classicism 