September 3, 2012
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This is getting a bit of coverage … the Guardian seems to have the version that’s most appropriate for us (but see also Harry Mount in the Telegraph … link below): Alarmed by a decline in the use of Latin within the Catholic church, Pope Benedict is planning to set up a Vatican academy to…
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Dickenson College Commentaries: The Future of Ancient Greek
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Interesting little video clip from the BBC (which is hype for a program, of course) on the evidence for colorization of Roman statuary: How Romans made marble statues ‘real’ (BBC) On the ‘egyptian blue’ thing, check out some of our previous posts: Exhibition: True Colors – Rediscovering Pigments on Greco-Roman Marble Sculpture Pompeiian Pigments
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I really think focus-fen ought to look into a better translation service: The wedding ritual will start at around 4 p.m. The entire ceremony and the wedding festivities will be held in the spirit of the Ancient Rome. Though the wedding will observe all the Roman traditions and rituals it will be also in line…
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Seen on the Classicists list: We are delighted to announce the details of the Iris annual under 19s fiction competition 2012! This year we are looking for pieces inspired by the figure of the “locked-out lover” in Roman love poetry, in line with the theme of Roman love poetry in the forthcoming Iris annual edition.…
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