February 22, 2010

So Classical … and yet So Not

My spiders regularly pick up items which show how much the Classical languages have influenced our own, but rarely is an incipit of a piece so ‘classical’: THE Mater Dei College (MDC) in Tubigon, Bohol conducted a gubernatorial candidates’ symposium on voters’ education. … I usually just send these to trash, but it later mentions:…

Snow in Rome Redux

Last week we posted some photos of the snow activity in Rome. As it turns out, Dr. Max Nelson (UWindsor) was in Rome at the time and took some spectacular shots of the Pantheon in the snowfall and even better, he sent them along to share with y’all (I love the snow falling though the…

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem viii kalendas martias

ante diem viii kalendas martias Parentalia probably comes to and end with the festival of Caristia, which was a sort of ‘kiss and make up’ festival. The idea was that people had made peace with their dead, so now it was right to bring to an end any quarrels they were having with living members…