September 2009
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Excerpts from a Wide-Format Imaging press release (?): A pantheon of mythological gods is leading the Alcan Composites USA campaign to inspire legendary creations on an epic scale from graphic designers, who’ve long relied upon the proven performance of the company’s Fome-Cor, Sintra, Gator, and Dibond graphic display boards. Alcan Composites’ Legends of Mythology marketing…
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This one seems to be filling my box … from Phys.Org: Salpinx, barbiton, aulos, syrinx. Never heard them? Never heard of them? Neither had anyone else, for centuries. Until now. These were all musical instruments, familiar to ancient civilizations but long since forgotten. Ancient instruments can be lost because they are too difficult to build,…
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ante diem kalendas septembres rites in honour of Jupiter Liber 392 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Juno Regina on the Aventine (and associated rites thereafter) 22 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Jupiter Tonans (and associated rites thereafter) 69 A.D. — traditional date for the sacking of Jerusalem 118 A.D. — martyrdom…
rogue classicism 