January 2012
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From the Inquirer: Helen F. North, 90, professor emerita of classics at Swarthmore College, died Saturday, Jan. 21, at Crozer-Chester Medical Center. In a tribute to Dr. North, Swarthmore College president Rebecca Chopp said: “The college has lost not just a brilliant scholar who was instrumental in building one of the most influential classics departments…
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2012.01.44: Laurianne Martinez-Sève, Atlas du monde hellénistique (336-31 av. J.-C.): pouvoirs et territoires après Alexandre le Grand. Atlas. Mémoires. 2012.01.43: Marie-Joséphine Werlings, Le dèmos avant la démocratie: mots, concepts, réalités historiques. 2012.01.42: S. L. McGowen, Sacred and Civic Stone Monuments of the Northwest Roman Provinces. BAR international series 2109. 2012.01.41: Louise H. Pratt, Eros at…
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ante diem vi kalendas februarias 6 A.D. — dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux by the future emperor Tiberius 98 A.D. — death of Nerva (?) ca. 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Devota 1887 — birth of Carl Blegen, future excavator of Pylos (etc.)
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Seen on various lists: Bologna University Greek and Latin Summer School (25th June – 13th July 2012) The Department of Classics and Italian studies (http://www.ficlit.unibo.it) of Bologna University offers, for the fifth running year, an intensive three week Greek and Latin Summer School. The school offers courses in Greek and Latin language (at different levels:…
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posted with permission Lauren J. Apfel, The Advent of Pluralism: Diversity and Conflict in the Age of Sophocles. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2011. Pp. xvi + 380. £70.00/$135.00. ISBN 978-0-19-960062-5. Reviewed by P. J. Finglass, University of Nottingham This solid and thought-provoking monograph investigates the extent to which the ancient Greeks possessed the concept of…
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