August 3, 2011
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Seen on the Classicists list [ The Cambridge Faculty of Classics are happy to announce the conference Simonides Lyricus, which will be held with the generous support of the British Academy from Thursday 8th September to Saturday, 10th September 2011 at the Classics Faculty (Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge). The conference will bring together ten of the…
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Seen on the Classicists list: Desiring Statues: Statuary, Sexuality and History Conference University of Exeter, 27th April 2012 Keynote Speakers Dr Stefano-Maria Evangelista (University of Oxford) Dr Ian Jenkins (British Museum) Statuary has offered a privileged site for the articulation of sexual experience and ideas, and the formation of sexual knowledge. From prehistoric phallic stones,…
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Image via Wikipedia From a University of Haifa press release: The Roman Legion that lay siege on Masada some 2,000 years ago was forced to use timber from other areas in the land of Israel for its weapons and encampments, and was not able to use local wood as earlier studies have proposed. This has…
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Another one for your in-class arsenal:
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Dr Eran Almagor talks about his work with Plutarch (and especially irony therein) If you’re wondering about the conference …
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