Classics in Contemporary CultureREPORTING ON SIGHTINGS OF CONTINUING INFLUENCES...[see About Me for more]Odyssey: Cartoonish- May 9, 2008 In a post on the film Iron Man, Derek Fincham at the blog Illicit Cultural Properties argues that comics are the modern myths, and explores some of the cultural resonances involved: ...Godzilla is a product of Japanese unease in the...http://semperegoauditor.typepad.com/ccc/2008/05/odyssey-cartoon.html Department of Corrections- May 9, 2008 The paper of record needs to stick a post-it in one of its travel resources; actually, defacing the book with a hand-written note would seem to be justified. Here's Iva Skoch: One of my favorite corrections sections is in the...http://semperegoauditor.typepad.com/ccc/2008/05/department-of-c.html Pre-Med Classics- May 9, 2008 In an article on the various possibilities for prospective doctors at Stanford: Other pre-meds have found themselves gravitating towards Classics, a traditional home for students who want to spend time with Plato and Catullus, for a kind of complexity different...http://semperegoauditor.typepad.com/ccc/2008/05/pre-med-classic.html Lavinia Revisited- May 4, 2008 Ursula K. Le Guin has rewritten the Aeneid from the perspective of...Lavinia (cf. Margaret Atwood's Penelopiad), using a Vergilian narrative device - Lavinia is visited by the (future) shade of the poet himself. "Oh Lavinia," he tells her, "You are...http://semperegoauditor.typepad.com/ccc/2008/05/lavinia-revisit.html C(E)CC Conference- May 2, 2008 The RogueClassicist posted a notice of an upcoming (free!) conference which...if I were in London...I would definitely try to attend! A one-day affair, on May 23: "Classical Empires in Contemporary Culture." Here's the list of papers: Reviving classical knowledge while...http://semperegoauditor.typepad.com/ccc/2008/05/cecc-conference.html Tense Moments in the US House...And the Real Reason for the Fall of the Roman Empire- May 1, 2008 Oh, Language Log! Always a source of fun... From today: Extensive excerpts from last year's congressional investigations into possible contraventions of the Hatch Act by Lurita Doan, now dredged up again in the wake of her resignationdismissal...I had not realized...http://semperegoauditor.typepad.com/ccc/2008/05/tense-moments-i.html Be Jason- May 1, 2008 Another game on a mythological theme is set to be released later this year by Liquid Entertainment: Rise of the Argonauts. There's a preview: In Rise of the Argonauts, you control Jason and his crew (which includes Hercules, Perseus, Atalanta,...http://semperegoauditor.typepad.com/ccc/2008/05/be-jason.html The L Word- May 1, 2008 Ah, here's a news story that cries out to be quoted in full...Frankly, I'm amazed this hasn't happened before now! ATHENS, Greece (AP) A Greek court has been asked to draw the line between the natives of the Aegean...http://semperegoauditor.typepad.com/ccc/2008/04/the-l-word.html |