I’ve been delinquent in posting this, I think … here’s a huge list of items from my blogroll which caught my eye over the past month or so (in no particular order); as can be seen, it’s been a very busy month in the Classical Blogosphere:
From Roger Pearse:
- The resurrection of Dionysus every spring?
- The abolition of the Lupercalia
- The third Vatican mythographer on the resurrection of Dionysius
- Proclus, Hymn to Minerva, on the resurrection of Dionysius
- Dionysus in Firmicus Maternus
From Rufus @ The League of Ordinary Gentlemen:
From Mary Beard:
- Writing lectures
- The mystery of Caesar’s ears
- When did the toga go out of fashion?
- The great Roman emperor hunt
From Juliette Harrison @ Pop Classics:
- The Ides of March (by Thornton Wilder)
- Centurion (dir. Neil Marshall, 2010)
- Classical Places in Popular Culture: Tunisia
- The Roman Mysteries: The Trials of Flavia Gemina (TV adaptation)
- Xena Warrior Princess: The Greater Good and Callisto
- Catilina’s Riddle (by Steven Saylor)
- The Last Legion (dir. Doug Lefler, 2007)
From Dr Beachcombing:
- Mass Hysteria and Ancient Theatre
- Josephus’ Armies in the Sky
- Flat-earthing: the Destruction of Knowledge
- Flexible Glass in Tiberius’ Rome
From Mike Anderson:
- Plato’s Protagoras, the Abilities of Man, and Virtue
- How Cleisthenes Saved the Athenian Polis
- Greece and the Advent of the Iron Age
Alia/Alii
- Porphyry and … Diocletian’s Tomb? (Dorothy Lobel King)
- History’s Lost, Part II: Sappho (J.L. Wall @ League of Ordinary Gentlemen)
- What Color Was Alexander the Great’s Hair? (N.S. Gill @ About.com)
- Dignitas and infamia: rethinking marginalized masculinities in early Principate (Blogging Pompeii)
- Reasons to Study Classics (Farrago)
- Virgil the magician (David Derrick)