June 2011
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Don’t usually get things like this from EurekAlert: Texts comprising only quotations of somebody else’s work are often referred to as plagiarism. Many researchers have also rejected Late Antique Latin cento poetry – cento means patchwork in Latin – as being of no literary merit. However, recent years have seen an increase in interest in…
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Interesting item from Novinite (which is having connection hiccups this a.m.): Bulgaria’s National History Museum are starting the largest alpine expedition in the history of Bulgarian archaeology in order to excavate the residence of the rulers of the Odrysian Kingdom, the state of the most powerful tribe of Ancient Thrace. Bulgarian archaeologists uncovered the unique…
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ante diem vii idus junias the ‘inner sanctum’ of the Temple of Vesta was opened to the (female) public ludi piscatorii (?) — a private festival celebrated by fishermen 17 B.C.. — ludi Latini et Graeci honorarii (day 3) 20 A.D. — Nero Julius Caesar, son of the emperor-in-waiting Germanicus, dons his toga virilis; a…
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From the Bryn Mawr Alum magazine: The first half of 2011 included a couple of important milestones for Marianne McDonald ‘58, a professor of classics and theater at the University of California, San Diego, and a philanthropist with a strong commitment to helping individuals recover from substance-abuse problems. The Trojan Women In April, the Nevada…
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Just came across this while looking for something for my kid … Colby Devitt (Classics Major!) talks about how Helene Foley talked her into going after a grant to direct a drama in Greek and all that was involved: … this has ‘What to do with a Classics degree’ potential too …
rogue classicism 