January 18, 2012 – Page 4 – rogue classicism

January 18, 2012

Chair of Greek Revived at Glasgow

From the Scotsman: WHEN the unassuming Professor Douglas MacDowell retired in 2001, the chair of Greek at Glasgow University he occupied fell victim to cost-cutting and was left unfilled. Few at the university thought they would hear more about it. The professor seemed set for a modest retirement. He lived in a £100,000 flat in…

Ryan Boehm Talks Greek Religion

From the Dartmouth: Religion and cult worship played a central role in civic and political life in the ancient Greek city-state of Kolophon, Brown University classics professor Ryan Boehm said in a lecture Wednesday afternoon in Reed Hall. Kolophon was a city in present-day Turkey located near the ancient city of Ephesus that flourished during…

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xv kalendas februarias

ante diem xv kalendas februarias Ludi Palatini (day 2) — the theatrefest continues 52 B.C. — murder of Publius Clodius Pulcher near Bovillae 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Moseus 1898 — death of H.G. Liddell (Greek lexicographer and father of Alice-in-wonderland)