Every so often, something like this happens. Scientists apparently believe that they can date Odysseus’ return to a specific year, month, day and probably even hour, based around a prophecy in Book 20 about the sun disappearing from the sky, factoring in also some reference to astronomical features and phenomena seen elsewhere in the [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Tarting Up History
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Archaeology, Art, Classics, Gold, History, Museums, Odysseus, Statues on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My Encyclopaedia
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Books, Classics, Fiction, Greek, History, Holiday, Homer, Latin, Love, Murder, Novels, Oedipus, Sex, Summer reading, Travel, Violence on June 18, 2008 | 10 Comments »
‘Tis the season for reading lists. Yes, summer is fast approaching and with it comes lists from newspapers (and universities, of course, but those tend to be a little more formal and don’t tend to include the latest bestsellers) of books which we simply must read over the holidays. Rarely however, do those lists [...]
Ex ovo omnia
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 300, Classics, Iran on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, here I am!
This Classics blog is going to be my new project for a while. A friend of mine suggested to me a while back that I should think about writing a Classics column as a career, and initially I thought he was a little insane.
But then I watched ‘300′ last night, and I thought [...]
