June 12, 2010
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The incipit of a review of Guy Deutscher, Through the Language Glass … looks interesting: This tale begins with a Liberal leader and his innovative exploration of the colour blue. Not Nick Clegg and the Tories, but William Gladstone and his concern about Homer’s use of colour in The Iliad and The Odyssey. Gladstone was…
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A reasonable overview: Mithraic Mysteries and the Cult of Empire | New American.
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Image via Wikipedia The incipit of the BBC’s coverage of the Queen’s Birthday Honours list: A retired Oxford professor of ancient history is to be awarded a Knighthood in the Birthday Honours List for services to Scholarship. Fergus Millar, 74, was Camden Professor of Ancient History Emeritus, Oxford University until he retired in 2002. He…
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Image via Wikipedia On the periphery of our purview, sort of, semi- … The ancient Iranian “salt men” have been saved from decomposition. “The salt men are currently kept in special showcases under controlled conditions at the Zolfaqari Museum,” the Zanjan Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Department (ZCHTHD) director said in a press conference on…
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The Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk) is delighted to announce the Annual Conference 2010 Choruses: Ancient and Modern (13-14 September 2010) University of Oxford For more information and to register for the conference please contact Naomi Setchell, APGRD Archivist/Administrator (naomi.setchell AT classics.ox.ac.uk). The registration fee is £25. Several student bursaries are…
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