Busy week, it seems:
N.S. Gill leads us off with a discussion of whether Hades was considered an Olympian ...
Adrian Murdoch has some more Synesius ... here's some more ... he also ponders an op-ed piece on Rome, Scotland and the Philippines ... there's also a couple of items on the Pope's thoughts about Julian here ... and here ...
Dorothy King reproduces a WSJ article on recent finds in Rome ... she also glosses one of Adrian Murdoch's posts on Synesius ...
Mary Beard had some comments on the recent goings-on at the Temple of Zeus in Athens ... the treatment of Shilpa Shetty also led to some thoughts on racism in Ancient Greece and Rome (and a lively post discussion)
Peter Stothard was checking out the reputation of some of Martial's racier poems ...
Michael Gilleland has some thoughts from Quintilian on sleep ... an interesting item on the Wheel of Fortune ... Hesiod on origins ... and various clippings from Seneca on life as punishment ...
Kristian Minck continues to look at reliefs of Roman wagons ... including a Desert edition ...
Philip Harland gathers together some books and reviews about associations in the ancient world ...
Both Eric and Dennis have been profusely posting on various topics at Campus Mawrtius this week ... again, a link to the main page seems the best way to get them all in ...
Nathan Bauman was looking at Euripides' Electra ...
MJD posts about the Persian Wars over at Classics Reloaded ...
Troels Myrup has a report on what he saw at the AIA meeting ...
Nicholas at Nestor's Cup looked at Lycophron of Chalcis ... and execution techniques among the ancient Greeks ...
David Parsons notes the beginning of another Latin mass ...
Laura Gibbs continues her posts of useful Latin education materials ...
Ed Flinn continued posting his collection ... my pick of the week is a Gallienus/Moesia ...
Ed Snible has some useful links on legal and ethical issues for ancient numismatics ...
... and in the interests of tearing the fabric of time again, we'll point you to Tony Keen's hosting of the latest Carnivalesque, dealing with Ancient and Medieval items ... Phil S. also has a roundup of Patristics stuff ...
Father Foster has a repeat this week, looking at the influence of Thomas Aquinas on the Pope ...
This week's comparison of the USA to the ancient world comes from the Daily Targum,
Some reviews of the second episode of Rome are here and (more extensively) here ...
Elsewhere, Blogcritics was pondering who Alexander the Great's father was ...
Issue 9.40 of our Explorator newsletter has been posted ... the weekly version of our Ancient World on Television listings should be up later tonight ...
N.S. Gill leads us off with a discussion of whether Hades was considered an Olympian ...
Adrian Murdoch has some more Synesius ... here's some more ... he also ponders an op-ed piece on Rome, Scotland and the Philippines ... there's also a couple of items on the Pope's thoughts about Julian here ... and here ...
Dorothy King reproduces a WSJ article on recent finds in Rome ... she also glosses one of Adrian Murdoch's posts on Synesius ...
Mary Beard had some comments on the recent goings-on at the Temple of Zeus in Athens ... the treatment of Shilpa Shetty also led to some thoughts on racism in Ancient Greece and Rome (and a lively post discussion)
Peter Stothard was checking out the reputation of some of Martial's racier poems ...
Michael Gilleland has some thoughts from Quintilian on sleep ... an interesting item on the Wheel of Fortune ... Hesiod on origins ... and various clippings from Seneca on life as punishment ...
Kristian Minck continues to look at reliefs of Roman wagons ... including a Desert edition ...
Philip Harland gathers together some books and reviews about associations in the ancient world ...
Both Eric and Dennis have been profusely posting on various topics at Campus Mawrtius this week ... again, a link to the main page seems the best way to get them all in ...
Nathan Bauman was looking at Euripides' Electra ...
MJD posts about the Persian Wars over at Classics Reloaded ...
Troels Myrup has a report on what he saw at the AIA meeting ...
Nicholas at Nestor's Cup looked at Lycophron of Chalcis ... and execution techniques among the ancient Greeks ...
David Parsons notes the beginning of another Latin mass ...
Laura Gibbs continues her posts of useful Latin education materials ...
Ed Flinn continued posting his collection ... my pick of the week is a Gallienus/Moesia ...
Ed Snible has some useful links on legal and ethical issues for ancient numismatics ...
... and in the interests of tearing the fabric of time again, we'll point you to Tony Keen's hosting of the latest Carnivalesque, dealing with Ancient and Medieval items ... Phil S. also has a roundup of Patristics stuff ...
Father Foster has a repeat this week, looking at the influence of Thomas Aquinas on the Pope ...
This week's comparison of the USA to the ancient world comes from the Daily Targum,
Some reviews of the second episode of Rome are here and (more extensively) here ...
Elsewhere, Blogcritics was pondering who Alexander the Great's father was ...
Issue 9.40 of our Explorator newsletter has been posted ... the weekly version of our Ancient World on Television listings should be up later tonight ...