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"One of the best preserved sculptures from Roman antiquity is about to make its Washington, D.C., debut. Host Scott Simon reports the Capitoline Venus will go on display next Wednesday at the National Gallery of Art." Read or listen to the story at NPR.
View full article. | Posted in Classics in the News on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 12:27pm by Information Architect.
"Listening to Cynthia Shelmerdine describe the writing on a Greek tablet from more than 3,000 years ago, it’s like she was looking over the scribe’s shoulder as he worked. She points out details and nuance of technique, the condition of the tablet and what it means, literally, and for the world of Greek archaeology." Read more …
View full article. | Posted in Classics in the News on Fri, 06/03/2011 - 3:58pm by Information Architect.
"An ancient Roman shipwreck nearly 2,000 years old may once have held an aquarium onboard capable of carrying live fish, archaeologists suggest." Read more at CBSNews.com.
View full article. | Posted in Classics in the News on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 5:37pm by Information Architect.
"The State College Area School District faces controversial choices about program reductions in next year’s budget. To meet this challenge the district administration recommended phasing out the four-year Latin program at State College Area High School beginning next year. But the vox populi — students, parents, and the community — vigorously defended the importance of Latin to high school education." Read more of Stephen Wheeler's letter here: http://www.centredaily.com/2011/05/05/2691912/proposed-changes-to-latin-miss.html#ixzz1O3aMAaLD.
View full article. | Posted in Classics in the News on Wed, 06/01/2011 - 7:05pm by Information Architect.
Princeton Classics major Veronica Shi delivered the traditional Latin oration at commencement ceremonies on May 31. Here is the text and translation of her Carmen Salutationis:
Salutatio
Habita in Comitiis Academicis Princetoniae
In Nova Caesarea prid. Kal. Iun.
Anno Salutis MMXI
Anno Academiae CCLXIV
Carmen Salutationis
quibus modis, quîs principiis, amans
Mater, salutem progeniem tuam?
favete opus, Musae, novis ne
nunc titubem pedibus rubescens!
nobis aratrix splendida messium
felixque dux, te, praesidium bonum,
primam saluto, namque florent
omnia lumine sub tuo; nec
vos nunc silebo, qui sapientia
tuentur Almam semper et omnibus
Matrem; professoresque laudo
filia grata scientiamque
eorum cano, quae discipulos alit
virtute, curis et patientia
benignius: vobis pietas
magna, amor altus et eruditus.
et vos, parentes: mane scholasticos
nos creditis, quos canticulo meo
gaudere nunc vidistis: ecce
spes modo perficimus decoras.
View full article. | Posted in Classics in the News on Wed, 06/01/2011 - 1:15pm by Information Architect.
The Winter 2011 Newsletter is now available for downloading as a pdf. It is also available online.
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"Second-grader Joshua Jayne was decked out as a Roman centurion Tuesday, surrounded by classmates in bedsheets, as they visited ancient Rome in their own school cafeteria. Each year, Abington Christian Academy holds a living history day to give students a chance for hands-on learning, said school administrator Jan Wells." Read more: http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/students-visit-ancient-rome-without-leaving-clarks-green-classrooms-1.1152101#ixzz1NNOaWZx4
View full article. | Posted in Classics in the News on Wed, 05/25/2011 - 1:56pm by Information Architect.
Princeton's web site has a nice story about Veronica Shi, a classics major, who will deliver the traditional Latin oration at commencement ceremonies on May 31. Read it online here.
View full article. | Posted in Classics in the News on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 6:02pm by Information Architect.
The Boston Globe published a nice remembrance of Ernst Badian today. Read it online here …
View full article. | Posted in In Memoriam on Mon, 05/23/2011 - 11:38am by .
"In the Bulgarian seaside resort town of Sozopol, archaeologists have unearthed an ancient temple of the goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone, the private television channel bTV Reported on May 18 2011. The finds were made at Cape Skamnii in the ancient town of Sozopol. Numerous statues and other artifacts have been found, indicating that the site was, indeed, a temple dedicated to Demeter and Persephone." Read more in The Sofia Echo…
View full article. | Posted in Classics in the News on Thu, 05/19/2011 - 12:09pm by Information Architect.
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