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— Moss Pike (@mosspike) April 19, 2013
Day: April 21, 2013
TOC | Mouseion
In the latest Mouseion:
- Elephants, Alexander and the Indian Campaign
Michael B. Charles
- The Rules of Gift-Exchange: Catullus 12, 13, & 14
Aven McMaster
- Temples and Priests of Sol in the City of Rome
Steven Hijmans
- Dogs, Vines, and the Invention of Wine (Hecataeus 1 F 15 FGrHist)
R. Drew Griffith
+ Varia and Book Reviews.
Abstracts available (and full text, if you have access) via Project Muse:
Lecture | Reinhard Senff on’Ancient horse races and the hippodrome at Olympia’
Another one from the Sport and Competition in Ancient Greece and Rome conference this past June at the British Museum:
Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews
- 2013.04.38: Gabrielle Frija, Les Prêtres des empereurs: le culte impérial civique dans la province romaine d’Asie. Histoire.
- 2013.04.37: Angela Maria Andrisano, Ritmo, parola, immagine: il teatro classico e la sua tradizione. Atti del Convegno Internazionale e Interdottorale (Ferrara, 17-18 dicembre 2009). Dionysus ex machina.
- 2013.04.36: Bonnie Maclachlan, Women in Ancient Greece: A Sourcebook. Bloomsbury sources in ancient history.
- 2013.04.35: Gerard O’Daly, Days Linked by Song: Prudentius’ Cathemerinon.
- 2013.04.34: Jacques Jouanna, Greek Medicine from Hippocrates to Galen: Selected Papers. Studies in ancient medicine, 40.
- 2013.04.33: Pascal Payen, Les revers de la guerre en Grèce ancienne: histoire et historiographie. L’Antiquité au présent.
- 2013.04.32: T. M. Hickey, Wine, Wealth, and the State in Late Antique Egypt: The House of Apion at Oxyrhynchus. New texts from ancient cultures.
- 2013.04.31: Calum Alasdair Maciver, Quintus Smyrnaeus’ Posthomerica: Engaging Homer in Late Antiquity. Mnemosyne supplements. Monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature, 343.
- 2013.04.30: Eugene Garver, Aristotle’s Politics: Living Well and Living Together.
- 2013.04.29: Howard J. Curzer, Aristotle and the Virtues.
- 2013.04.28: Rachel Feig Vishnia, Roman Elections in the Age of Cicero: Society, Government, and Voting. Routledge studies in ancient history, 3.
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xi kalendas maias
ante diem xi kalendas maias
- Parilia (a.k.a. Palilia) — originally a festival in honour of Pales (who protected shepherds and their flock), it eventually evolved — in the city of Rome, at least — into a ‘birthday of Rome’ celebration
- 753 B.C. — traditional date for the foundation of Rome
- 43 B.C. — pro-Caesarian forces “under” Octavian defeat the forces of Marcus Antonius at Mutina
- 47 A.D. — Claudius celebrates the ludi Saeculares (?)
- 148 A.D. — Antoninus Pius celebrates the 900th anniversary of Rome
- 248 A.D. — Philip Arabus celebrates the 1000th anniversary of Rome
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