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Lykaion may be best known to students of myth as the cruel king of Arcadia, who liked to indulge in human sacrifice and cannibalism, and who so offended the gods that he provoked the near extermination of humanity.
But Mt. Lykaion is also one of the places where Zeus may have been born (Crete and Naxos [...]

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I wish I could say I was surprised, but the laudable efforts to replant fire-ravaged Olympia are well behind schedule.
“ATHENS, Greece – Greece’s Olympic Committee said Thursday that work to replant fire-ravaged woods at the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games was far behind schedule, and urged “drastic improvement” before the flame-lighting ceremony for the [...]

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For those who like their news the same way they like their classes (Latine scilicet), Nuntii Latini has posted its weekly round-up of world news:
Forum argentarium fluctuat
Facinora piratarum aucta
Lapidationem in Irania finiendam
Beneficia vitamini D

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BBC7 is re-staging Andrew Rissick’s three-part radio play “Troy”:
Andrew Rissick’s trilogy of plays [re-tells] the story of events leading up to, and following the fall of Troy. As the Trojan King and his wife expect their second son, the Gods warn that disaster looms if the child lives. The cast includes: Paul Scofield, Toby [...]

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