The life of a Classicist is one filled with doubt, frustration and the eternal shadow of incomplete evidence. Here are a few of the reasons why, from Cracked.com:
6 Mind-Blowing Archaeological Discoveries Destroyed By Idiocy
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
"Tales From Ovid"
Next term's show (enthusiastically put forward by our very own fratres Hyder) will be a play adaptation of Tales from Ovid, by Ted Hughes. This modern interpretation of Ovid's Metamorphoses is acknowledged to be one of the most successfully updated Classical works, as well as being a peculiar and beautiful text in itself. If you'd like to learn more, the Ted Hughes Society has published a few musings on the Tales and their background:
"Acclaimed in its own right, Tales from Ovid also illustrates Hughes’s late preoccupation with myth during the writing of his final book of poems, Birthday Letters. His lifelong interest in myth is well documented and is evident to anyone familiar with his writings and translations. Having studied English, anthropology and archaeology at Cambridge, Hughes would have known that the word ‘myth’ is derived from the ancient Greek mythos and that for the ancient Greeks and Romans mythos performed many vital functions in society. It explained the mystery of origins, birth and death, and offered coherent explanations for the objects and mechanisms in the objective world. It provided a dramatic form for the intangible inner-world of instinct, desire and emotion, and offered a stage upon which traditional values could be celebrated or challenged. " [Full article can be found at link below]
Ted Hughes Society - Tales From Ovid
Thursday, 13 December 2012
Amara West Egyptian Dig
Check out some new finds from the 2012 dig at Amara West, Egypt:
http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2012/12/13/amara-west-2012-the-first-glimpses-of-ancient-living-conditions-and-health/
http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2012/12/13/amara-west-2012-the-first-glimpses-of-ancient-living-conditions-and-health/
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Sunday, 2 December 2012
Nonsequitur Issue #7
The November edition of Nonsequitur is currently being circulated around all you good people. Comments, congratulations and criticisms always welcome - as well as submissions, of course.