October 2010
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Image via Wikipedia ante diem iii idus octobres Fontinalia — a festival in honour of the divinity Fons, who presided over springs and wells; such sources of water were festooned with garlands for the occasion 54 A.D. — death of the emperor Claudius, purportedly succumbing to a plate of poisoned mushrooms dished up by his…
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A piece at Jezebel: “Ancient Slut-Shaming”: The Cleopatra Myth | Jezebel. … which seems to take its start from a review of Roller’s Cleopatra: A Biography at the Christian Science Monitor: What Cleopatra teaches us about gender equality in politics … and its conclusion from a guest post by Vicky Alvear Shecter at Gary Corby’s…
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One of the ‘missing in action’ items in my mailbox (from July!) … from the Boston Globe: Sounds of agony pour from the man at the front of the room, his face red and convulsed with pain. “Death!’’ he shouts, imploring someone, anyone, to end his life, his shrieks filling the amphitheater. “Death! Why after…
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Last month we mentioned how Dennis of Campus fame was involved in a dispute with Volvo over the ‘illo modo volvo’ (i.e. ‘That’s how I roll’) t-shirt he was marketing. In an interesting bit of synchronicity, Road and Track has a feature on how various car companies got their names. Here’s the excerpt of interest…
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In case it scrolls out of the Classical Blogosphere listings too quickly, folks will find Chuck Jones list of ancient titles in JSTOR very handy: AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Ancient World in JSTOR.
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