Popculch
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From time to time my spiders bring back strange things, most of the time involving people I haven’t heard of and/or were only vaguely aware of. So this time they brought back and item from Digital Spy, citing an interview in Metro with Alain de Botton, who appears to be an atheist who has penned…
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The Telegraph has a top ten list of “vicious literary hatchet jobs” and coming in at number one is one which might be familiar to y’all: 1. Aristophanes on Euripides (405 BC) Just a year after the death of the celebrated tragedian, Aristophanes ignored all warnings never to speak ill of the dead, and savaged…
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Very interesting post at the New Yorker‘s Culture Desk by Melissa Lane … here’s a bit in medias res: The pioneers of citizen armies were also pioneers of withdrawing weapons from the places of civilized life. The ancient Greek armies were manned exclusively by citizens who brought their own weapons into battle. Getting to serve…
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I’ll just post the headline/link to this one because I’m not sure if it’s a blog or what … some good points: ‘Gangster Squad’ is Seriously Violent, But Not Worse Than ‘The Iliad’ (Policymic)
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Over at io9 there’s a (tongue-in-cheek) rant appealing for a return to the Greek pantheon, for various reasons … it sparked a bit of discussion on the Classics list, so you might want to check it out: Can we bring the Greek Gods back, please?
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