Apologies for the lack of updates yesterday ... I was wrestling with computer problems all day (my kids' computer) and never did solve things (too many versions of xp at this house and, of course, the right disk isn't here) ... so I'm going to be in catchup mode for a couple of days ... anyhoo, the ClassiCarnies were busy:

We'll start with this rather strange cover of an edition of the Bacchae (is this serious?), which was mentioned in a Live Journal Classics post ...

Last week, Alun was wrestling with a problem related to what might be a constellation depicted on a pot sherd ... he appears to have come up with a reasonable method for testing his hypothesis ....

Laudator's MG has an interesting bit on the phrase 'tooth and nail' ...

About.com's NS Gill is looking at Justinian ...

At Campus Mawrtius, Dennis is pondering a Latin inscription on an arch at Bryn Mawr ....

Curculio posted a handful of epigrams over the past few days ... here ... and here ....

GL address the question Why Play Cards? in the Latin Zone ...

I think I forgot to mention this phDiva post about elephants last week ....

Father Foster's latest: It’s “pilium rubrum” time again here in the Vatican. Time to find out more about the origin of words like “Cardinals” “Consistories” and also why we should use the word creation to appoint the Pope’s closest advisors...

The Stoa is looking at the Suda entry on epoipoi ....

Hobbyblog has an interesting item from Gallienus' zoo ... with some interesting Roman numerals ...

Roman History Books tells us all about the cursus honorum ...