“Hobbits and archaeologists basically have the same meals…They’re equally hairy, too.” (Before anyone starts accusing me of anti-archaeologist prejudice, it was an archaeologist who said this…) Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2013
Archaeology Baking I – Minoan Glyptic
Not that I’m competitive or anything, but not all the Classical baking round these parts comes from E Caucus and Cakemeister Judson. After the Sign of Tanit Plum Pie which featured in the Graduate Tea Ritual last term, I decided to stick with the medium of pastry for my next endeavour. Here’s what happened when I … Continue reading
GIS 22/2/2013 – No Puns in Persian Punishment
Classics is all very well. I mean, who doesn’t like a nice bit of Greek stuff? Who won’t grudgingly admit that the Romans might have done something vaguely worthwhile? But the simple fact is that the earlier and the further east you go, the more interesting everything gets. Greeks are better than Romans; Mycenaeans are … Continue reading
GIS 15/2/13 – Curtius and the Swamp
We’re going to be talking about swamps this week. It’s very tempting to make some pun about this being a bog-post, but I think there was probably enough of that kind of thing last time so today I’ll spare you and jump straight into talking about Hannah Price’s paper. Hannah talked to us about ‘Curtius … Continue reading
The Lettuce of my Heart
Dear Res Gerendae reader. It feels as if we’ve come to know each other well these last few months. We’ve talked about current affairs and zombies and what films and TV we like. If there’s been a downward trend in the scholarliness of my posts, you’ve been gracious enough not to mention it. And if, … Continue reading
GIS 8/2/2013 – Pick-up or Protreptic: on Socrates’ First Speech in the ‘Lysis’.
Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridge! This island of learning amid the bleak fenlands of ignorance. This citadel of the mind, where the brightest and the best can devote themselves to the study of the most arcane and rarefied of topics. Unchanging and untouched by the modern world. That’s the stereotype, anyway. But sometimes even academics don their … Continue reading
The Lost Books of the Odyssey
I’ve been meaning to write a review of this book for ages, since it’s not only one of my favourite Classics-based books, but also definitely has a place in my (long) list of favourite books ever – as the many of you to whom I’ve recommended it already know! ‘The Lost Books of the Odyssey’ … Continue reading
Cyclops in Love
As we approach the feast day of St. Valentinus, it seems appropriate to take a look at one of my favourite love stories from classical literature. Not Helen and Paris, both of whom I tend to find annoying. Not Odysseus and Penelope, although that is indeed one of the great love stories of all time. … Continue reading
GIS 1/2/2013 – Is There a Cosmogony in ‘Metamorphoses’ 11?
I rocked up to the Faculty this morning all intent on writing another epic blog-post. Another 5000 words or so about Classics and War Films. Or Classics and Explosions. Maybe Classics and Really Loud Bangs. But would you believe it? As I was settling down in the Cast Gallery and opening up Word, who should … Continue reading
Antiquity À-la-carte
My latest find of incredibly-useful-tools-I-wish-someone-had-told-me-about-earlier is “Antiquity À-la-carte“, an application developed by the Ancient World Mapping Centre which allows the user to create customised maps of any part of the classical world: Continue reading
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