Popculch
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Well since Wishbone’s version of the Aeneid was so popular last week (to judge by responses in various fora), here’s the Iliad/Odyssey interpretation by the little Jack Russell:
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Ages ago I can remember several discussions on the Latinteach list that the Aeneid episode of Wishbone was difficult to find … I don’t know if it’s still in that category, but in case it is and/or in case you don’t know the show, here it is in three parts:
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Tip o’ the pileus to Virginia Knight who sent in a piece from the Guardian about the first acts of Bristol’s newly-elected mayor … right at the end, we read: […] Ferguson completed his speech by asking everyone present to join him as he took the oath made by young men of Athens when they…
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From the Greenwich Citizen: Grecian formula: Archeologist unravels the ancient hairdos of the Caryatids … we’ve mentioned Dr Schwab’s work with ancient coifs before: Caryatid (hair)Stylings … and here (with further links): Ancient Hairdressing
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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…
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