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Color My (Ancient) World

Thanks mostly to a Renaissance aesthetic notion, we’ve come to imagine ancient Greece and Rome as places of...

Color My (Ancient) World
posted on: Aug 22, 2010 | author: Mr. Ferrell

Smells Like Turtle Soup

I talked about King Croesus’s encounter with the Oracle at Delphi in class today, and I thought I’d post...

Smells Like Turtle Soup
posted on: Aug 12, 2010 | author: Mr. Ferrell

Golden Oldies

It seems many of you are planning to see (or have already gone to see) the movie 300, so I thought I’d slap...

Golden Oldies
posted on: Mar 12, 2007 | author: Mr. Ferrell

Zeus Almighty

Since various aspects of ancient religious practices have come up in class lately, I thought I’d post this: the...

Zeus Almighty
posted on: Jan 21, 2007 | author: Mr. Ferrell