From the Greenwich Citizen:
… we’ve mentioned Dr Schwab’s work with ancient coifs before:
… and here (with further links):
Day: November 8, 2012
Confusing New York Post Caesar Cover?
Okay, this one was making the rounds of my twitterfeed yesterday, but I’m not going to say whence I got it because there’s something fishy going on … anyhoo, this was purportedly the cover of the New York Post yesterday:
Outside of the obvious (to Classicists, at least) inconcinnity of the image (to which we might at that Barack is supposedly the same word as Barca, which adds to the problem), which wouldn’t be out of the question for the Post, the cover does not appear in their cover archives today … perhaps it changed for the Late City Final edition?. Anyone know if this cover is legit?
UPDATE (a couple hours later): apparently they changed their mind: New York Post Thought Better of ‘Obama As Caesar’ Cover
Medusa!
Not sure how I found this yesterday, but Kotaku has a very interesting photo of Japanese popstar Kyary Pamyu Pamyu:
For fans of the ‘holding one’s hair to vomit’ look (which we’ve discussed in a Classical context as well), check this out:
Both photos via the fine folks at Kotaku …
Classical Words of the Day
- quid (Dictionary.com … actually, this one isn’t Classical!)
- pervicacious (Wordsmith)
Latinitweets:
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vi idus novembres
ante diem vi idus novembres
- mundus patet — the mundus was a ritual pit which had a sort of vaulted cover on it. Three times a year the Romans removed this cover (August 24, Oct. 5 and November 8) at which time the gates of the underworld were considered to be opened and the manes (spirits of the dead) were free to walk the streets of Rome. [can anyone confirm for me that the Celtic Gwynn ap Nudd ‘opened the gates to the underworld’ on this day too?]
- ludi Plebeii (day 5) — the festival in honour of Jupiter continues
- 30 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Nerva
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