June 2010
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Image by mharrsch via Flickr ante diem xviii kalendas quinctilias Quinquatrus minusculae (day 2) — a five-day festival honouring the birthday (maybe) of Minerva 510/509 B.C. — establishment of the Roman Republic (source?) 287 — martyrdom of Rufinus
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Image via Wikipedia A correspondent notes a discussion on the London Review of Books site (and their Facebook page) about the origins of a line which goes: “When Dido went Aeneas-ing”? … and how it continues. I’ve asked the diligent wombats on the Project Wombat list and have read some good speculation, but it just…
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Official description: This documentary highlights the Aegean coastal region of Anatolia in today’s southwestern Turkey. Densely settled in Classical times, this region featured some of the most important cities in the ancient world of the eastern Mediterranean. Among these are Ephesus, famous for the Library of Celsus and the Temple of Hadrian; Pergamon, a very…
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… in Classical Greek: Elections in Belgium / Sanctions against Iran / Football World Cup begins
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I’m always curious what happens to the artifacts ‘after’ … A young Bulgarian in possession of 130 ancient coins was stopped on the Greece-Turkey border, police in the north-eastern Greek city of Komotini announced today. Intercepted at the border crossing in the town of Kastanies yesterday, the man – whose identity has not been revealed,…
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