Dickenson College Commentaries: The Future of Ancient Greek
Month: September 2012
How the Romans Made Statues ‘Real’
Interesting little video clip from the BBC (which is hype for a program, of course) on the evidence for colorization of Roman statuary:
On the ‘egyptian blue’ thing, check out some of our previous posts:
Roman Wedding at Nicopolis ad Istrum
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 with the legal requirements of the nowadays marriage procedure.
All guests at the wedding will be dressed in Roman tunicas. The wedding will start with the dance of the Vestal Virgins, who symbolically clean the house where the wedding ceremony will be held. The couple, which is to wed, will be brought in by their parents. Mayor of Veliko Tarnovo Municipality Daniel Panov will play the part of a senator, while a young man will be the pontiff, who will addressed a series of prayers to Jupiter, Venus and Diana.
After the wedding ceremony there will be treats for the guests, which will be made under ancient Roman recipes.
- via: Bulgaria to hold first Roman wedding at Nicopolis ad Istrum (Focus Fen)
Let’s hope they at least consulted Karen Hersch’s recent book and didn’t just take their info from the internet …
Also Seen: Iris annual fiction competition for under 19s
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. The maximum length for entries is 30 lines, and entries can be in poetry or prose. Entries should be emailed to editor AT irismagazine.org with the subject line “IRIS COMPETITION”, and your name and age. We are also delighted to announce that Madeline Miller, author of the bestselling novel The Song of Achilles, will be judging the competition.
For further details, please visit the competition page at http://irisonline.org.uk/index.php/fiction/fiction-archive/100-iris-annual-fiction-competition-2012-3-for-under-19s
The competition aims to encourage creative responses to the Classics in schools and amongst young people across the UK and beyond, in line with The Iris Project’s mission to promote Classics to a wide audience in an inclusive, creative and engaging way.
Sarcophagus of the Moment: Triumph of Dionysus and the Seasons
My spiders dragged back this really nice 3rd century sarcophagus at the Met:
Possibly one of the busiest scenes I’ve ever encontered on a sarcophagus … More views and details at the Met’s page:
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