Who Wrote About How the Amazons....
Thursday September 27, 2012
© Image ID: 1624646 Attic amphora, a Greek and Amazon in combat. (1883)
© NYPL Digital Gallery
This week, in Myth Monday: Achilles and His Heel, I included ... Read More
Where Did Alexander the Great Die?
Wednesday September 26, 2012
Owner: CC Flickr User brewbooks
Guess What
Wednesday September 26, 2012
CC Flickr User EGraf
Maybe "Guess Whose" would be the better question. You are to guess which leader had this structure built, but figuring out what its general category is should ... Read More
Moses' Connection With Yom Kippur
Tuesday September 25, 2012
Yom Kippur is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. A period of fasting, it follows shortly after Rosh Hashanah, on the 10th of the Jewish month of Tishri or ... Read More
Myth Monday - Achilles and His Heel
Monday September 24, 2012
Achilles holding the Amazon queen Penthesilea whom the hero has just killed.
CC Flickr User Ken and Nyetta
Last week many people were searching this ... Read More
More on the So-Called Gospel of Jesus' Wife
Sunday September 23, 2012
While I posted a couple of updates to my initial, September 19, 2012 blog post on the discovery of a fragment of a papyrus referred to as the Gospel of ... Read More
Jesus' Wife
Wednesday September 19, 2012
You've probably heard that there is a papyrus fragment that includes a statement about Jesus' wife. This story is breaking and so there should be a lot of twists and ... Read More
Guess Who
Wednesday September 19, 2012
CC Flickr User Rictor Norton & David Allen
Hint:
'Non errasti', inquit, 'mater, nam et hic Alexander est'.~Curtius Rufus'Don't worry, mother. Everywhere, he is Alexander too'.
Also see the Relateds.
Answer.
Relateds:
Q. Curtius Rufus ... Read More
Pyramid Quiz
Monday September 17, 2012
© Clipart.com
How well do you know trivia about the main Egyptian pyramids? Find out in this short self-grading Pyramids Quiz.
Other Quizzes
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How to Cite an Article From This Site
Monday September 17, 2012
The Women's History Guide at About.com has written a useful article on how to cite articles from About.com sites. See her Citing Online Sources. Since Jone and I are ... Read More
Myth Monday - Pandora's Box
Monday September 17, 2012
Pandora (1861), by Pierre
Owner: © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons
This past week a fair number of people searched my site for "Pandora's Box." While it was one of the stories ... Read More
Rosh Hashanah
Sunday September 16, 2012
Shofar. Bohemia. Probably 18th century. Metropolitan Museum of ArtCC Flickr User unforth
A shofar or ram's horn is used to summon Jews to Rosh Hashanah services. A reference to ... Read More
70 72 Ancient People You Should Know
Wednesday September 12, 2012
© NYPL Digital Gallery
Some years back, I started a list of important people from all over the ancient world whose names modern people should be familiar with. These aren't ... Read More
When Did Rome Really Fall?
Wednesday September 12, 2012
There's a standard date and there are a variety of other dates. Lately, every time I pick up a book on the Roman Empire and Late Antiquity, I find a ... Read More
Where Is It?
Wednesday September 12, 2012
CC Flickr
User davehighbury.
Myth Monday: Who Is the Virgo?
Monday September 10, 2012
Planispheric view of the constellations of the northern sky, related to the labors of Hercules. © NYPL Digital Gallery
Liking a political pundit's quotation seems to be the current boundary ritual ... Read More
On This Day in Ancient History - The Election of Pope Celestine I
Monday September 10, 2012
Cyril Patriarch of Alexandria
© Wikipedia
On This Day in Ancient History - September 10: In A.D. 422 Celestine (I) was elected pope, a position he ... Read More
On This Day in Ancient History - Teutoberg Wald Disaster
Sunday September 9, 2012
Photo shows the monument of a centurion who died at the Teutoberg Wald battle.
© Irene Hahn
On This Day in Ancient History: September 9 Starting ... Read More
Who Built It?
Friday September 7, 2012
CC Flickr User dustinpsmith
First step is to determine what it is. Then you are to guess the name of the monarch considered the person responsible for building it. Extra ... Read More
On This Day in Ancient History - The Birth of Emperor Vespasian's Predecessor
Friday September 7, 2012
Rare Roman Orichalcum Sestertius of Vitellius (A.D. 69) CC Flickr User Ancient Art
This Day in Ancient History - September 7:
This is a possible date (in A.D. 15) ... Read More
On This Day in Ancient History - The Games Go on
Thursday September 6, 2012
Photo of Coin of Theodosius I
© Trustees of the British Museum, produced by Natalia Bauer for the Portable Antiquities Scheme
This Day in Ancient History - September 6: In
ancient Rome, the ... Read More
Guess What
Wednesday September 5, 2012
CC Flickr user
Ian W Scott
Extra credit: What does the Rob stand for? Hint: Date the Rob.
Answer, Extra Credit Answer.
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On This Day in Ancient History - The Fall of Rome
Tuesday September 4, 2012
Labor Day
Sunday September 2, 2012
CC Flickr User Zaqarbal
According to WIlliam Harris, late Middlebury College Professor, "in England "Labour Day" is still the First of May, celebrating along with most of the world ... Read More
Possibly On This Day - Pheidippides and the Marathon to Sparta
Sunday September 2, 2012
Today is another traditional date for the original Marathon -- the run of Pheidippides. The Rogue Classicist has a page of correspondence on this event. Unlike the traditional story ... Read More
When Did We Switch Calendars?
Saturday September 1, 2012
Here is my attempt to answer this email question:
When and how did people switch counting the days in a month from the progressive, roman numeral style to the current ... Read More