April 2011
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ante diem vi idus apriles ludi Megalensia continue (day 5) 217 A.D. — murder of the emperor M. Aurelius Antoninus (Caracalla) 1898 — Birth of Maurice Bowra (The Greek Experience) 1979 — death of E.R. Dodds (The Greeks and the Irrational)
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Interesting poem: “Odysseus Seeing Laertes” – By George Kalogeris – Slate Magazine.
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Seen on the Classicists list: CULTS & CULT CENTRES IN THE ROMAN NEAR EAST A one-day workshop, co-sponsored by CAMNE (the Durham Centre for the Study of the Ancient Mediterranean and the Near East) and the Rosemary Cramp Fund. Venue: Department of Classics, Durham University – 38 North Bailey, Durham DH1 3EU Date: Saturday, 30…
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Seen on the Classicists list: What Catullus Wrote. An international conference on the poems of C. Valerius Catullus 20-21 May 2011. Center for Advanced Studies, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, Munich, Germany Speakers include: Giuseppe Gilberto Biondi (Parma): Catullo, Sabellico (e dintorni) e … Giorgio Pasquali David Butterfield (Cambridge): ‘cui uideberis bella’: the influence of Baehrens and Housman…
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Text of a talk Stephen Halliwell gave to the Hellenic Society last week; link on page: Kenneth Dover and the Greeks.
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