Poking around Reddit last night I came across this very interesting video interpretation of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice:
… and some further poking around Youtube brought up this:
… and this:
Day: October 1, 2012
Classical Fashion Show
Saw this mentioned on the Latinteach list: the Philadelphia Classical Society and Bryn Mawr College are partnering up to start an annual (it seems) Classical Fashion Show. Here’s the initial info (pdf):
… hopefully someone will send us photos (hint hint) …
Classical Words of the Day
- utile (Dictionary.com)
- excoriate (Merriam-Webster)
- Aesculapian (Wordsmith)
- vegete (OED)
Latinitweets:
This Day in Ancient History: kalendas octobres
kalendas octobres
rites in honour of Fides on the Capitoline — these involved a procession of the flamines in a “two horse hooded carriage” to the shrine. The flamines had to bind themselves up as far as their fingers as a symbolic gesture that fides (good faith) had to be kept.
rites associated with Juno Sororia at the tigillum — although a number of false etymologies associated this ritual of passing under a beam (the tigillum) with the tale of Horatius murdering his sister, it is more likely originally some sort of ‘coming of age’ ritual for Roman girls
331 B.C. — Battle of Gaugamela (one suggested date)
208 A.D. (?) — birth of the future emperor Severus Alexander
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