August 2011
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Interesting interview with Joel Christensen on Homer and the links between ancient epic and modern science fiction:
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Got a bit sidetracked yesterday … this will keep you busy while I wade through the accumulated email: Canova’s Paolina Borghese as Venus Victorious August 15, 2011 (Smarthistory) A Little Classics Is a Dangerous Thing August 15, 2011 Michael Gilleland Late Emperors at Luxor and Piazza Armerina August 15, 2011 Dorothy King The First Stirrups…
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ante diem xvi kalendas septembres Portunalia — a festival in honour of the Roman god of harbours rites in honour of Janus at the Theatre of Marcellus ca 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Myron ca 270 A.D. — martyrdom of Paul and Juliana
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ante diem xvii kalendas septembres nothing!
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From the IAA: A Rare Statue of Hercules was exposed at Horvat Tarbenet in the Jezreel Valley in excavations of the Israel Antiquities Authority, within the framework of the Jezreel Valley Railway project, directed by the Israel National Roads Company. A marble statue of Hercules from the second century CE was uncovered in excavations the…
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