Suddenly swamped with tidbits ... presented in no particular order ...

Charlotte Higgins has written a followup to her piece on Herodotus from the other day:

• Herodotus: a historian for today (Guardian)


A semi-touristy thing on the Riace Bronzes:

• Quei magnifici «Bronzi di Riace» soli e abbandonati a se stessi (Il Tempo)


... and another one on the Casale Ghella (a Roman villa site excavated a few decades ago ... need to look more into this one; it looks interesting):

• Casale Ghella sulla via Cassia (Vejo)


A touristy thing mostly on Ithaca:

• No place like Homer (Age)


Blog post about a certain UK leader of the opposition's Classical 'knowledge' (tip o' the pileus to Percival Turnbull):

• "As no less a sage than Eddie Murphy once said ..." (Sadie's Tavern)


Fans of celeb gossip will be interested to know Amy Winehouse is hanging out with Zeus:

• Amy Winehouse's godly hunk (List)
• Winehouse cavorts with new love (Age)


We mentioned this one a while ago, but Rossella Lorenzi is now covering the return-of-the-gladiators-to-Rome story for Discovery News:

• Gladiators to 'Fight' Again at Rome's Colosseum


... I also note that issue 113.1 of the American Journal of Archaeology is out ...