Sunday, 5 June 2016

New Arguments for Reuniting the Parthenon Sculptures

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South Frieze Block III.8-9 pre-crowbar Two hundred years ago this week the British House of Commons voted to buy the exquisite sculptu...
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Thursday, 26 May 2016

Another Non-Tomb of Aristotle

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The tomb in Stageira causing a fuss Call me a cynic, but has archaeologist Kostas Sismanidis really found a single shred of evidence t...
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Friday, 20 May 2016

Using Classics to Oil Corporate Wheels

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Fiennes' Oedipus, sponsored by Shell What is it with enormous oil companies and the sponsorship of classics-themed cultural activi...
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Saturday, 14 May 2016

Cheiron the Centaur for Minister of Education!

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Cheiron teaches Jason the lyre A Warsaw conference on mythical beasts allowed me to celebrate the centaur Cheiron. Where other centau...
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Sunday, 8 May 2016

Oedipal Quiz-Llittle Boys in Greek Tragedy

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The "Oedipus Vase"--NOT Fancy a Greek Theatre Workout? This is a blog crowd-sourcing about a famous ancient Greek image. Whi...
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Monday, 2 May 2016

Hellenic Heroes in Lovely Lancashire

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On the way to address an impressively big audience at the UK’s newest branch of the Classical Association, founded in Lytham St. Ann...
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Sunday, 24 April 2016

What's Hecuba really to Hamlet?

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What’s Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba , That he should weep for her? Shakespeare's Ovid The 400 th anniversary of Shakespea...
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