Humour?
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Assorted items which have caught my eye of late: The headline says it all: Applying the wisdom of Alexander the Great to Business Intelligence Some sort of 3d modelling project for the Acropolis was recently undertaken: LPS Instrumental in 3D Modeling of the Acropolis We linked to several of Suzan Mazur’s posts relating to Robert…
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Mary Beard continues to make the rounds talking about ancient humour, and it appears she was asked about who she believed was the funniest Roman. She decided it was Cicero (!) and you can read the Times coverage to find out why … I’m using this as an excuse to excerpt the chunk which shows…
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A few weeks ago we mentioned a post by Poseidon in the World Weekly News in which he claimed responsibility for what was going on in Australia. It seems that Poseidon has a regular column in that now-web-only publication, so if you want to catch up with the divinity-o-the-deep’s resurgence, here be his three columns…
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Some good coverage of Mary Beard’s recent efforts on the Philogelos give us the opportunity to see what jokes the press is latching on to. The Post Chronicle — somewhat oddly, but conveniently — presents some of them as an image: The Telegraph adds: Another joke has its origins in 248AD when Rome held what…
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According to the World Weekly News (which seems to still exist online), Poseidon is taking credit for the fires in Australia … hmmmmm THE RETURN OF POSEIDON
rogue classicism 