February 2010
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The first paragraph of an item in The Sporting News. I have absolutely no idea what he’s talking about … Although being bored during this rather-brief off-season provides for a second Centauromachy, I believe that Greek Mythology will pardon my rather unique ability at beginning a metaphorical urinating contest with pseudo-journalists when they are writing…
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MAGUIRE, Helen of Troy: From Homer to Hollywood NETZ, Ludic Proof: Greek Mathematics and the Alexandrian Aesthetic RICHARDSON, The Language of Empire: Rome and the Idea of Empire from the Third Century BC to the Second Century AD MURGATROYD, Apuleius Metamorphoses: An Intermediate Latin Reader via Classical Journal Online Book Review Archives.
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… in Classical Greek: China summons American ambassador / Military take-over in Niger / UN fears Iran may produce nuclear bomb / Looking for Caravaggio’s corpse.
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Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!): Classicism and Romanticism: visit of Jonathan Sachs as IAS Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor, 1st-5th March 2010 Organised by the Institute of Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition and the Centre for Romantic Studies, University of Bristol. Jon…
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Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!): Water and Identity in the Ancient World: a workshop Department of Classics & Ancient History, Ritson Room, 22-23 March 2010. Programme: 22 March, 9.30am to 10am: Welcome and coffee. 10 am to 1 pm: Paola Ceccarelli (Durham),…
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