Bit of a slow news day ...
Bread and Circuses offers us another virtual tour type thing ... this time from the Hermannsdenkmal ...
Hobbyblog has a Constantius/Gloria Exercitus ...
Lingua Latina is commenting on the amazing Italian victory yesterday ...
NSG has some Latin words relating to death and dying ...
Los suenos de Hermes has gathered together a list of Spanish-language Classics blogs (most have just started up, apparently in response to a challenge, t'other day)... here's a taste of what's going on at three of them (I'll feature more in the coming days ... my Spanish only works for about half an hour or so (or until I realize I'm reading Spanish; then it suddenly disappears ... there must be a word for this phenomenon)):
La fragua de Vulcano chatas about that parapegma from the baths of Trajan ...
Tempus Fugit has a nice little photo gallery of assorted artifacts ... (I wish more folks would make use of flickr)
The Department of Greek and Latin at IES Serpis has just commenced their blog ...
... I do like the idea of a Classics Department having a blog to keep folks informed of what's going on; much more realistic than having a newsletter which gets published once and forgotten about (personally, I think posting something on a departmental blog should be something which every departmental secretary should be doing (by now) as part of their regular duties ... they post things on bulletin boards) ...
** for those wondering, the Bibliobloggers are blogging the SBL meeting (excellently, as usual) again; I think I'll just compile them all into one post seriatim at the conclusion of the gathering ...
Bread and Circuses offers us another virtual tour type thing ... this time from the Hermannsdenkmal ...
Hobbyblog has a Constantius/Gloria Exercitus ...
Lingua Latina is commenting on the amazing Italian victory yesterday ...
NSG has some Latin words relating to death and dying ...
Los suenos de Hermes has gathered together a list of Spanish-language Classics blogs (most have just started up, apparently in response to a challenge, t'other day)... here's a taste of what's going on at three of them (I'll feature more in the coming days ... my Spanish only works for about half an hour or so (or until I realize I'm reading Spanish; then it suddenly disappears ... there must be a word for this phenomenon)):
La fragua de Vulcano chatas about that parapegma from the baths of Trajan ...
Tempus Fugit has a nice little photo gallery of assorted artifacts ... (I wish more folks would make use of flickr)
The Department of Greek and Latin at IES Serpis has just commenced their blog ...
... I do like the idea of a Classics Department having a blog to keep folks informed of what's going on; much more realistic than having a newsletter which gets published once and forgotten about (personally, I think posting something on a departmental blog should be something which every departmental secretary should be doing (by now) as part of their regular duties ... they post things on bulletin boards) ...
** for those wondering, the Bibliobloggers are blogging the SBL meeting (excellently, as usual) again; I think I'll just compile them all into one post seriatim at the conclusion of the gathering ...