Archive for November, 2008
Tricolon, anaphora and autonomasia in Obama’s speeches
Ever since the historic speech that he gave at as a rookie senator at the 2004 Democratic Convention, Obama has been mesmerizing large audiences with his rousing speeches. Charlotte Higgins, writer for the Guardian and author of “It’s All Greek To Me: From Homer to the Hippocratic Oath, How Ancient Greece Has Shaped Our World” […]
Flatus Stanlius Linguam Latinam Amat!
A most distinguished visitor has arrived in the Gustavus Classics department a long way from his second-grade friends at Algonquin Road School in Illinois. Meet Flat Stanley! Dear Ms. Marge Tietz & Second Graders at the Algonquin Road School, I just wanted to send you some photos from my recent travels. I am in St. […]
Et tu, Roma! Welcome to Ancient Rome 3D brought to you by Google Earth
Exciting news!: Google has released an “Ancient Rome 3D” layer for their popular Google Earth geographic browser. The new layer shows many of the buildings, structures and topography that made up the city during the rule of Constantine the Great. Some of the buildings even have interiors. The Ancient Rome 3D feature was created in […]
Classics, Intellectuals, and Presidents in the News
Classics references seem to be playing a different role in newspaper articles of late. Instead of supplying analogies for misguided U.S. policies, classics now seems to be supplying a point of reference for the role of intellectualism in American political life and what that might look like under President Obama. Check out these classics shout-outs […]
Stephen Berard: Living Latin
On Thursday, October 30th Dr. Stephen Berard delivered a lecture on the history of Latin as a spoken language and led a workshop on speaking Latin. Students and faculty alike were given the rare opportunity to bring past and present together by talking about their homes, families, and even computers–all in Latin! Dr. Berard continued […]
Eta Sigma Phi Hosts Toga Party
On Thursday October 30, 2008, Classicists as well as non-Classicists gathered in Old Main to have a Dionysian feast of pizza, lemonade, and Halloween decorated frost-your-own-cookies. Activities included: a Julius Caesar photo booth, Plato’s Play-doh sculpting, a Roman coloring station (designing your own ancient pottery), and Pin the Laurel on Caesar. Winners of the toga […]