I’m wading through backlogs of email and things that I meant to post, but didn’t, and then they got lost because the stupid iPad gmail app didn’t mark them properly, yadda yadda yadda, so here’s one from last March (!) in Smithsonian Magazine:
Month: July 2012
A Taste of Boris’ Oration
I’ve been anxiously checking in on Youtube in the hopes of seeing a video of Boris’ performance of Armand D’Angour’s Olympian ode and while we still don’t have the full thing, Susannah Davis (on Twitter; naturally we direct a tip o’ the pileus to her) did point us to this glimpse from a Greek source:
cf: <a href=”https://rogueclassicism.com/page/2/”>London 2012 Olympic Ode!</a>
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem viii kalendas sextilias
ante diem viii kalendas sextilias
¶ Furrinalia — a festival in honour of an obscure Roman deity named Furrina, who appears to have been associated with a grove and/or spring
¶ ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day 6)
¶ 44 A.D. — marytrdom of James the Greater
¶ 64 A.D. — the Great Fire of Rome (day 8)
¶ 306 A.D. — death of the emperor Constantius I; dies imperii of Constantine I
¶ 325 A.D. — Council of Nicaea closes
Blogosphere ~ Bibliographies: Chersonesus, Metapontum, Croton and their Regions
Ancient World Open Bibliographies: Bibliographies: Chersonesus, Metapontum, Croton and their Regions.
Blogosphere ~ Verifying an inventory of scholia
The Homer Multitext: Verifying an inventory of scholia.
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