Nice little item (from the bottom of my mailbox) from the Merriam-Webster folks:
Month: August 2011
Jesus and Adonis
I don’t think I mentioned this podcast from the folks at ABC on assorted connections between Jesus and Adonis and the Church of the Nativity:
… there’s a transcript available if you don’t have the patience to listen …
What We Can Learn from the Greeks (cont.)
Charlotte Higgins’ series in the Guardian continues:
… the previous two installments (in case you need to catch up):
Tarpeia in Propertius
New paper up at the Leeds International Classical Studies page (it’s a pdf):
- Myrto Garani, ‘Revisiting Tarpeia’s myth in Propertius (IV, 4)
New from Classics@
Haven’t had anything from the Classics@ folks at the Center for Hellenic Studies in a while … a couple new First Drafts:
- Emily Schurr, “Recreating the Creation: Reading between the Lines in the Proem of the Iliad,” July 25, 2011
- Christos Strubakos, “Iliadic Lion Similies: Rethinking Heroic Greatness,” July 25, 2011
… and if you aren’t even aware of what Classics@ is, check out the various online issues here …