June 2011
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ante diem v kalendas quinctilias rites in honour of the Lares after 294 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Jupiter Stator on the Palatine (and subsequent rites thereafter) ca. 1st century A.D. — martyrdom of Crescens
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Interesting articles in the latest online issue … here’s the TOC: 8.06 – Interview: Satyrs in L.A. Mary Hart 8.05 – Review: Hecuba at Randolph College Jaclyn Dudek 8.04 – Review: A Man Who Hates People at Trent University and the University of Toronto Donald Sells 8.03 – Review: The Brothers Menaechmus at East Carolina…
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I’ve never quite figured out human beings’ predeliction for making ‘top ten’ lists, but here’s one within our purview: Homer to Plato: Boris Johnson on the ten greatest ancient Greeks | Mail Online. … and no one with the epithet ‘the Great’ made Boris’ list, interestingly enough.
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The Smarthistory folks do a very interesting job with this one, even if they do zip over the story a bit too quickly: David’s The Intervention of the Sabine Women | Smarthistory.
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I was wondering if this was going to be brought up, given the current situation in Greece … from the Guardian: David Cameron has rejected a call for Britain to “put right a wrong” that dates back just short of two centuries by returning the Parthenon marbles to Greece. Andrew George, the Liberal Democrat MP…
rogue classicism 