April 17, 2012

  • Madeline Miller: Ancient Greek and Modern English.

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  • Plenty of mentions of this … this one comes from the incipit of Oncars: Italian exotic supercar maker has filed paperwork to trademark the name “Deimos” for a new product. The name “Deimos” comes from ancient Greek mythology, where the god Deimos was the son of Ares – the god of war and terror and…

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  • Seen on the Classics list: Undergraduate and graduate students may be interested in Montclair State University’s archaeological field school at the "Villa of the Antonines" in Genzano di Roma, Italy, which is directed by Deborah Chatr Aryamontri and myself and centers around an Antonine-era villa complex once decorated with luxurious marbles and multi-colored mosaics, located…

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  • Over at Blogging Pompeii, they have links to a couple of recent interviews — one in English, one in Italian — with Dr Wallace-Hadrill all about the Herculaneum Conservation Project: Radio interviews with Andrew Wallace-Hadrill on Herculaneum

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  • Tip o’ the pileus to Salvemagistra who posted this to her blog the other day: … I wish more departments would do this sort of thing; I suspect it would answer a lot of questions for prospective applicants (like my own son!).

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