April 19, 2012
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The Homer Multitext: The Scribe as Editor, or What the Images Can Tell Us.
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The incipit of a piece from the Financial Times (tip o’ the pileus to Adrian Murdoch for sending it our way): It was supposed to be a glorious display of British pomp combined with a potent symbol of ancient Greek strength. Under top secret plans, London Olympic organisers came up with the idea of carrying…
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Greek Reporter seems to be the only one mentioning this one: Part of the ancient Greek court Palladion, which tried murder cases from Classical until the Roman Ages, was discovered along with movable findings in downtown Athens. In the 60′s, archaeologist Ioannis Travlos discovered another part of the court, including the entrance. But now, excavations…
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ante diem xiii kalendas maias ludi Cereri (day 8)– games in honour of the grain goddess Ceres, instituted by/before 202 B.C. Cerealia — the actual date of the Cerealia is uncertain, but it ‘reenacted’ Ceres’ search for her daughter Proserpina, with apparently all participants and spectators dressed in white. 69 A.D. — Vitellius is recognized…
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