April 2011
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On February 11, 2011, John Bennett (University of Sheffield) delivered the lecture, “Telltale Depictions: A Contextual View of Mycenaean Wall-Paintings” to lead off the 2-day weekend workshop on the subject. Videocast: Telltale Depictions: A Contextual View of Mycenaean Wall-Paintings / News / The American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
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On February 22, 2011, Silvana Blazevska of the National Institute of Stobi lectured on “New excavations at Stobi 2009–2010” in Cotsen Hall. via Videocast: New Excavations at Stobi, 2009–2010 / News / The American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
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Are bald men smarter, more attractive, more accomplished on the battlefield? Some ancient Greeks and Romans certainly thought so! At least sometimes! In a brisk and often humorous overview of ancient texts, Corey Brennan, Mellon Professor at the American Academy of Rome held his audience enthralled in his lecture “Baldness in the Greek and Roman…
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Tom Scanlon talks about the tales of Pheidippides (tip o’ the pileus to Phil Terry on Facebook): “Sports and War” podcast now available|Marathon2500 Project
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A couple of months ago we commented on a study that was making the rounds of assorted news agencies which suggested that there was a connection between climate change (as evidenced from tree ring samples) and barbarian migrations/fall of empires. At the time, the connection wasn’t clear to me and now there’s a followup story…
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