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Saw this on twitter and it seems that someone’s had the great idea of recreating the Argo, looks quite nifty! Here’s the text from the Youtube clip Original motion picture soundtrack for the documentary “Argo navis” produced by Faos Tv Productions. Music by Fotini Tsaknaki and Alexis Grammatikos. Distributed by FM Records. © 2016
Latest podcast and this time on the Sicilian Expedition and how Thucydides uses a variety of techniques to position it within his political views. We also find out why Nicias was the worst poker player ever.
Recently I stumbled upon a few unusual, if not downright quirky clashes of superheroes and antiquity. After tweeting out a few and noting the use of #classicsandcomics by @tophocles I decided to have a more in depth look and found quite a few instances of this. I’ve selected a few, if you have found any …
Superheroes in antiquity #classicsandcomics Read More »
From Germany to the UK. In 1847 Sir Charles Isham journeyed back from Germany and returned with 21 smaller friends. These were small figures which themselves had evolved from what the Italians had called Gobbi. The garden gnome had arrived. It wasn’t until the 1930s that the term ‘gnome’ entered usage in England and after the …
Between the rockery and a hard place. Priapus and the garden gnome. Read More »
Those more familiar with my blog may notice a pattern of the more bizarre and unusual topics or objects from antiquity appearing here. So this continues with a stele found in Edessa in Macedonia and dating to the Hellenistic period (though some point to a Roman date). The exact time this piece appeared is perhaps …
Here today, bacon tomorrow. A pig’s tombstone. Read More »
Third #VaseVlog2018 of the year and it’s the turn of the Francois Vase and in particular the depiction of a the Calydonian Boar hunt.
With the Ides of March upon us you’ll read a fair few articles and pieces about Julius Caesar. Thought I’d share the vlog I did on the pugio, this was the dagger most likely used by Caesar’s assassins and became part of a Roman legionary’s kit.
Second #VaseVlog2018 and it’s one of those cheery decapitation images courtesy of Perseus. But perhaps there is a bit of humour here, I hope you enjoy
Ever wonder what the lorica segmentata looks on a grizzled veteran? Well, I can cover the grizzled look whilst I work on the veteran. A short overview of the lorica segmentata.