NUNTII: Latin Teacher

Here's something for Latin teachers to aspire to ... Margaret Riley has been teaching Latin at the Academy of the Holy Names for 60 years (and she's still doing it)!  More in the Albany Times-Union ...

::Thursday, September 25, 2003 7:31:06 PM::
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NUNTII: Green Eggs and Ham

There'll probably be lots of refs to this in this weekend's "explorator", but for now you can read MSNBC's extensive article on the publication of Green Eggs and Ham in Latin. Here's the scoop ...

::Thursday, September 25, 2003 7:26:50 PM::
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OBITUARY: Gordon Mitchell

Not exactly a household name, but when you read the obit and think of all those old sword and sandal flicks from the '60's or even Fellini's Satyricon, you'll probably go "oh yeah ... that guy." Obit in the Telegraph.

::Thursday, September 25, 2003 7:13:41 PM::
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INTERESTING: Isadora Duncan

I still remember when I was a little kid watching that movie about Isadora Duncan and how she met her demise. Of course, I couldn't remember a thing about Duncan's dance style from that movie (that's not the sort of thing that sticks in a kid's head) but there's an interesting quote today that might be worth following up:

Bresciani considers Duncan a dance archaeologist because she studied Greek and Roman mythology and sculpture to uncover and resurrect archetypal physical movements.

The full article is at the Saratogian but doesn't say much more on this Classical connection ...

::Thursday, September 25, 2003 6:22:11 PM::
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THIS DAY IN ANCIENT HISTORY

ante diem vii kalendas octobres

• 233 A.D. -- the emperor Severus Alexander celebrates a triumph
  for his victories over the Persians
• 1931 -- death of Ulrich von Wilamovitz-Moellendorf

::Thursday, September 25, 2003 6:07:47 PM::
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