July 2010
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Image via Wikipedia One from deep, deep inside my mail folder (from over a month ago): The Greek Titan Metis was considered the goddess of wisdom and deep thought. Her name in Greek also means “wisdom combined with cunning,” a highly desirable personality trait to the ancient Athenians. This year, a group of Wesleyan students…
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Tip o’ the pileus to Adrian Murdoch for this one: At the site of the ‘Felix Romuliana’, an imperial palace near the Town of Zajecar, German experts of the Archeology Institute in Frankfurt, together with the colleagues of the Archeology Institute in Belgrade have discovered a sensational sculpture, unique in this area of the Balkans.…
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Image via Wikipedia Ivan Hristov is characterizing this as a ‘Bulgarian Machu Picchu’ … interesting how they get a dig in at Philip II in this one: Bulgarian rchaeologists have uncovered a unique residence of the rulers of the Odrysian Kingdom, the state of the most powerful tribe of Ancient Thrace. The residence is located…
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Image via Wikipedia It is with great sadness that I share the news that Mabel Louise Lang, Katharine E. McBride Professor Emeritus and Paul Shorey Professor Emeritus of Greek, passed away at home on Wednesday, 21 July at the age of 92. Professor Lang’s chief academic interests were Greek history and epigraphy, and she left…
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Image via Wikipedia ante diem x kalendas sextilias Neptunalia — an obscure festival (obscure in the sense that we really don’t know what went on) in honour of Neptune ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day 4) 64 A.D. — the Great Fire of Rome (day 6) 79 A.D. — martyrdom of Apollinaris 303 A.D. — martyrdom of…
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