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Want “300”?
Read all about upcoming Greek film projects here “War of the Gods!” The first is they have landed director Tarsem Singh (“The Fall,” “The Cell”) to helm “War of Gods!” They say it’s another Greek film like “300” was. They say they’re going to use the stuff they learned on “300” to make the film […]
Yes We Can!…Read Latin
There’s Latin on Barack Obama’s new campaign logo. Take a look here. The seal includes the same bald eagle as the actual presidential seal clutching an olive branch and arrows in its talons, but instead of a shield covering the center of the eagle’s body, the Obama version displays the campaign’s trademark “O.” Unlike the […]
Marriage, Martial, and Newsweek
It’s not everyday that you see Martial quoted in Newsweek. as Ellen DeGeneres told John McCain on her show recently, “We are all the same people, all of us.” That’s what the California Supreme Court said when it ruled that gay couples should have the right to marry as a matter of basic equality. Before […]
Helen of “Troy”
Diane Kruger has admitted that she doesn’t like her breakthrough movie Troy. Speaking to Esquire magazine, Kruger said: “You can’t tell whether or not I can act from Troy. It kind of sucked to be honest.” Kruger played Helen of Troy in the 2004 Illiad epic opposite Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom and Eric Bana and […]
“Indiana Jones” and the Tomb of Cleopatra?
Read all about it here. A flamboyant archeologist known worldwide for his trademark Indiana Jones hat believes he has identified the site where Cleopatra is buried. Now, with a team of 12 archeologists and 70 excavators, Zahi Hawass, 60, the head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, has started searching for the entrance to her […]
This Time It’s Oedipal…
Another update of Classical theater onstage. And soon to be onscreen directed by none other than David Lynch. Filmmaker David Lynch is all set to make a new horror movie based on a Greek tragedy. Lynch, who has directed hits like “Blue Velvet” and “Mullholland Drive”, will team up with Werner Herzog to make “My […]
Top 10 Myths About the Romans
What are they? Find out here!
Homeric Moms–A Mother’s Day “Appreciation”
What better way to appreciate and support mothers on Mother’s Day than to reduce all maternal identities and behaviors into two universalizing and demeaning stereotypes–and to back it up with some Homer! Classic Moms The meddler and the martyr. That’s what Achilles and Odysseus had to deal with. On Achilles’ mother Thetis, who lobbies Zeus […]
Reproducing the Venus De Milo
If a trip to Paris isn’t in your immediate future, you can still take an up close and personal look at the famous Venus De Milo at this amazing site–a breathtaking example of what 21st century technology can bring to the study of ancient techne. (Thanks, Sarah!)
Old and New Part 2–After Aristophanes
Aristophanes’ Frogs has been updated by the Classic Stage Company. Read the full review here. (thanks, Nick!) The play is “Old Comedy After Aristophanes’ Frogs,” and in it David Greenspan has, figuratively speaking, built himself a framework out of “The Frogs” and the Old Comedy conventions, then sprayed it with a machine gun. The bullets […]