Day: April 27, 2012

Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews

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  • 2012.04.52:  Jesús María Nieto Ibáñez, Cristianismo y profecías de Apolo: los oráculos paganos en la Patrística griega (siglos II-V). Colleción Estructuras y procesos. Serie Religión.
  • 2012.04.51:  M. H. Hansen, Démocratie athénienne — démocratie moderne: tradition et influences: neuf exposés suivis de discussions: Vandoeuvres-Genève 24-28 août 2009. Entretiens sur l’Antiquité Classique 56.
  • 2012.04.50:  Benedikt Eckhardt, Katharina Martin, Geld als Medium in der Antike.
  • 2012.04.49:  Ian Worthington, Alexander the Great: a Reader. Second edition (first edition published 2003).
  • 2012.04.48:  Pieter Heesen, Athenian Little-Master Cups (2 vols).
  • 2012.04.47:  Inge Mennen, Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284. Impact of empire, 12.
  • 2012.04.46:  Peter Habermehl, Origenes. Die Homilien zum Buch Genesis. Origenes: Werke mit deutscher Übersetzung, Bd 1/2.
  • 2012.04.45:  Ian S. Moyer, Egypt and the Limits of Hellenism.
  • 2012.04.44:  Camille Denizot, Donner des ordres en grec ancien: étude linguistique des formes de l’injonction. Cahiers de l’ERIAC, n° 3 – Fonctionnements linguistiques.
  • 2012.04.43:  Olga Spevak, Isidore de Séville: Étymologies. Livre XIV, De terra. Auteurs latins du moyen âge, 22.
  • 2012.04.42:  N. T. de Grummond, I. Edlund-Berry, The Archaeology of Sanctuaries and Ritual in Etruria. JRA Supplementary series, 81.

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem v kalendas maias

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ante diem v kalendas maias

ludi Florales … a.k.a. Floralia (day 1) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who presided over (of course) flowers and their blossoms (Chloris is also mentioned … I’m still trying to figure that one out).

4977 B.C. — birth of the universe, according to the calculations of Johannes Kepler

399 B.C. — death of Socrates (by one reckoning)

"Floralia", Öl auf Leinwand, 104 x 1...

"Floralia", Öl auf Leinwand, 104 x 162 cm (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1753 — birth of Edward Gibbon

1870 — Heinrich Schliemann ‘discovers’ Troy