I think I've finally caught up on everything such that I can finally catch up with all the ClassiCarnies ... some of what follows is a bit old, but still worth a look, of course:
Adrian Murdoch tells us of the Chronicle of Joshua the Stylite (with a link) ... there's also a post about John Chrysostom (with a really nice photo) ...
Alun has posted his Carnival (entitled Vidi) ... elsewhere, he's put up a pile of photos from the British Museum ...
David Parsons gives us an update on the status of Iris Magazine ... teachers will be interested in the notes to the Pro Milone ... there's something on the revival of Latin in UK secondary schools ...
Dorothy King has a pile of interesting stuff ... an item from Minerva on the restoration of the Croatian Apoxyomenos ... a piece on that two-faced mosaic from Pomezia ... photos and commentary on items in the Casa Buonarotti ... another ... a piece on the Kaunos theatre and its rotating stage ... the 'annunciation metope' on the Parthenon (how did I miss this post?) ...
Ed Flinn has, of course, also had a pile of interesting stuff ... it seems easiest just to do a main page link in this case ...
Francese has posted the latest installment of the Latin Poetry Podcast ...
Also on the podcast front, the Military History Podcast looks at Ancient Accidents, Modern Consequences (haven't had a chance to listen) ...
Ginny Lindzey is explaining her assessment methods ... there's also something on oral Latin ...
Irene Hahn tells us about Lucius Appuleius Saturninus ... there's also an item on Roman knowledge of Britain ... Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi ...
Laura Gibbs has had a pile of stuff which Latin teachers would be interested in ... again, a link to the main page seems most efficient ...
Some posts from Mischa Hooker which caught my eye include one on the 'Platonic' George Bush ... Frank Lloyd Wright and Alcibiades ... a somewhat strange Herculean speech by Al Gore ... an antecedent (maybe) to 9/11 ...
Another plethora from Michael Gilleland, from which I cull ... on sponges on a stick ... an interesting Classicalish scene from Moliere ... the iconography of Cupid ... burial of parents ... a followup to that one ... Milton and Euripides ... hostile laughter in the Medea ...
Catch up with the Quintiliana from Eric ...
Eurylochus tells us of a minor battle ...
N.S. Gill has been her normal prolifically-posting self, including a guest post reviewing Poison in Athens ... an item on Gnosticism ... a post on Apollo ... a very interesting item on Book II of the Iliad ...
Juanvir Santa Isabel has another roundup (in Spanish) of Spanish Classics stuff ...
Jona Lendering has been writing about the limes Tripolitana ...
John R. Hale is the latest to get the Roman Scholars treatment ...
Nathan Bauman has had a number of thoughtful posts on the Iliad (19-22)... books 23 and 24... some final thoughts ... Odyssey (book I) ...
Nikolaos Markoulakis writes on Martha Graham and Greek mythology ...
Tyler Williams had a fun post on Dr. Suess learning Greek (or not) ...
William Annis has found an Ode to Stalin in Homeric Greek ...
A number of bloggers (and others) have mentioned this interview with Robert Harris comparing Tony Blair's current situation with Cicero's ...
Albinus wrote in to tell us of Sherlock Holmes in Latin at the Ephemeris site ...
I can't remember if we've mentioned this short film of Oedipus, performed by vegetables ...
History Carnival 39 is up at the Cliopatria blog ... there's some ancient stuff ...
I haven't decided yet whether this journal devoted to Sparta should be regularly trolled ...
The APA's August newsletter is online ... so is that of the North Carolina Classical Association ... (if your Classical association puts out a newsletter that's available online, drop me a line and tell me about it so I can add the page to my list of 'watched' pages) ...
Three papers by Edward Champlin posted at the Princeton/Stanford Working Papers site:
Tiberiana 1: Tiberian Neologisms
Abstract: This is one of five parerga preparatory to a book to be entitled Tiberius on Capri, which will explore the interrelationship between culture and empire, between Tiberius’ intellectual passions (including astrology, gastronomy, medicine, mythology, and literature) and his role as princeps. These five papers do not so much develop an argument as explore significant themes which will be examined and deployed in the book in different contexts. “Tiberian Neologisms” examines several words that seem to have been invented or given new meanings during his reign, often by Tiberius himself.
Tiberiana 2: Tales of Brave Ulysses
Abstract: This is one of five parerga preparatory to a book to be entitled Tiberius on Capri, which will explore the interrelationship between culture and empire, between Tiberius’ intellectual passions (including astrology, gastronomy, medicine, mythology, and literature) and his role as princeps. These five papers do not so much develop an argument as explore significant themes which will be examined and deployed in the book in different contexts. Tiberius was intensely interested in the deeds and character of the hero Odysseus, to the extent that sometimes he seems almost to have been channeling him. “Tales of Brave Ulysses” considers the evidence for this obsession and suggests something of the fresh insight into the emperor’s character which it evokes.
Tiberiana 3: Odysseus at Rome - a Problem
This is one of five parerga preparatory to a book to be entitled Tiberius on Capri, which will explore the interrelationship between culture and empire, between Tiberius’ intellectual passions (including astrology, gastronomy, medicine, mythology, and literature) and his role as princeps. These five papers do not so much develop an argument as explore significant themes which will be examined and deployed in the book in different contexts. “Odysseus at Rome” is an appendix to the previous paper on Tiberius’ obsession with the Greek hero. It draws attention to some startling evidence for Odysseus’ unpopularity in the Roman world.
... there ... between the foregoing, issue 9.20-21 of Explorator, and our recently-revived Ancient World on Television listings, there should be absolutely no reason for anyone to think that nothing Classical is happening in the world ...
... I'll get caught up with book reviews sometime during the week ...
Adrian Murdoch tells us of the Chronicle of Joshua the Stylite (with a link) ... there's also a post about John Chrysostom (with a really nice photo) ...
Alun has posted his Carnival (entitled Vidi) ... elsewhere, he's put up a pile of photos from the British Museum ...
David Parsons gives us an update on the status of Iris Magazine ... teachers will be interested in the notes to the Pro Milone ... there's something on the revival of Latin in UK secondary schools ...
Dorothy King has a pile of interesting stuff ... an item from Minerva on the restoration of the Croatian Apoxyomenos ... a piece on that two-faced mosaic from Pomezia ... photos and commentary on items in the Casa Buonarotti ... another ... a piece on the Kaunos theatre and its rotating stage ... the 'annunciation metope' on the Parthenon (how did I miss this post?) ...
Ed Flinn has, of course, also had a pile of interesting stuff ... it seems easiest just to do a main page link in this case ...
Francese has posted the latest installment of the Latin Poetry Podcast ...
Also on the podcast front, the Military History Podcast looks at Ancient Accidents, Modern Consequences (haven't had a chance to listen) ...
Ginny Lindzey is explaining her assessment methods ... there's also something on oral Latin ...
Irene Hahn tells us about Lucius Appuleius Saturninus ... there's also an item on Roman knowledge of Britain ... Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi ...
Laura Gibbs has had a pile of stuff which Latin teachers would be interested in ... again, a link to the main page seems most efficient ...
Some posts from Mischa Hooker which caught my eye include one on the 'Platonic' George Bush ... Frank Lloyd Wright and Alcibiades ... a somewhat strange Herculean speech by Al Gore ... an antecedent (maybe) to 9/11 ...
Another plethora from Michael Gilleland, from which I cull ... on sponges on a stick ... an interesting Classicalish scene from Moliere ... the iconography of Cupid ... burial of parents ... a followup to that one ... Milton and Euripides ... hostile laughter in the Medea ...
Catch up with the Quintiliana from Eric ...
Eurylochus tells us of a minor battle ...
N.S. Gill has been her normal prolifically-posting self, including a guest post reviewing Poison in Athens ... an item on Gnosticism ... a post on Apollo ... a very interesting item on Book II of the Iliad ...
Juanvir Santa Isabel has another roundup (in Spanish) of Spanish Classics stuff ...
Jona Lendering has been writing about the limes Tripolitana ...
John R. Hale is the latest to get the Roman Scholars treatment ...
Nathan Bauman has had a number of thoughtful posts on the Iliad (19-22)... books 23 and 24... some final thoughts ... Odyssey (book I) ...
Nikolaos Markoulakis writes on Martha Graham and Greek mythology ...
Tyler Williams had a fun post on Dr. Suess learning Greek (or not) ...
William Annis has found an Ode to Stalin in Homeric Greek ...
A number of bloggers (and others) have mentioned this interview with Robert Harris comparing Tony Blair's current situation with Cicero's ...
Albinus wrote in to tell us of Sherlock Holmes in Latin at the Ephemeris site ...
I can't remember if we've mentioned this short film of Oedipus, performed by vegetables ...
History Carnival 39 is up at the Cliopatria blog ... there's some ancient stuff ...
I haven't decided yet whether this journal devoted to Sparta should be regularly trolled ...
The APA's August newsletter is online ... so is that of the North Carolina Classical Association ... (if your Classical association puts out a newsletter that's available online, drop me a line and tell me about it so I can add the page to my list of 'watched' pages) ...
Three papers by Edward Champlin posted at the Princeton/Stanford Working Papers site:
Tiberiana 1: Tiberian Neologisms
Abstract: This is one of five parerga preparatory to a book to be entitled Tiberius on Capri, which will explore the interrelationship between culture and empire, between Tiberius’ intellectual passions (including astrology, gastronomy, medicine, mythology, and literature) and his role as princeps. These five papers do not so much develop an argument as explore significant themes which will be examined and deployed in the book in different contexts. “Tiberian Neologisms” examines several words that seem to have been invented or given new meanings during his reign, often by Tiberius himself.
Tiberiana 2: Tales of Brave Ulysses
Abstract: This is one of five parerga preparatory to a book to be entitled Tiberius on Capri, which will explore the interrelationship between culture and empire, between Tiberius’ intellectual passions (including astrology, gastronomy, medicine, mythology, and literature) and his role as princeps. These five papers do not so much develop an argument as explore significant themes which will be examined and deployed in the book in different contexts. Tiberius was intensely interested in the deeds and character of the hero Odysseus, to the extent that sometimes he seems almost to have been channeling him. “Tales of Brave Ulysses” considers the evidence for this obsession and suggests something of the fresh insight into the emperor’s character which it evokes.
Tiberiana 3: Odysseus at Rome - a Problem
This is one of five parerga preparatory to a book to be entitled Tiberius on Capri, which will explore the interrelationship between culture and empire, between Tiberius’ intellectual passions (including astrology, gastronomy, medicine, mythology, and literature) and his role as princeps. These five papers do not so much develop an argument as explore significant themes which will be examined and deployed in the book in different contexts. “Odysseus at Rome” is an appendix to the previous paper on Tiberius’ obsession with the Greek hero. It draws attention to some startling evidence for Odysseus’ unpopularity in the Roman world.
... there ... between the foregoing, issue 9.20-21 of Explorator, and our recently-revived Ancient World on Television listings, there should be absolutely no reason for anyone to think that nothing Classical is happening in the world ...
... I'll get caught up with book reviews sometime during the week ...