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Will Brad Pitt really take another stab at Homer…in a movie set in space?
Brad Pitt & George Miller Team on The Odyssey
Source: Variety October 17, 2008
After turning Homer’s epic poem “The Iliad” into the 2004 film Troy, Warner Bros. and Brad Pitt are teaming with George Miller to adapt the Greek poet’s other masterwork, “The [...]

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This is not strictly classical, but I have a serious case of invidia bibliothecae for internet entrepreneur Jay Walker’s personal library:
Nothing quite prepares you for the culture shock of Jay Walker’s library. You exit the austere parlor of his New England home and pass through a hallway into the bibliographic equivalent of a Disney ride. [...]

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I just discovered (via rogueclassicism) this article in the New York Times on a visit to the site of ancient Troy.

As it happened, our two-week visit to Turkey afforded a perfect moment to indulge our Homeric idée fixe. The trek north on Turkey’s west coast permitted a brief Trojan fly-by during the drive from Pergamum [...]

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Via rogueclassicism comes word of an on-line comic book treatment of Hannibal crossing the alps.
Most have heard the story of the Carthaginian general Hannibal leading elephants across the Alps to face the Romans. Writer Brendan McGinley wants you to see it.
“There’s already plenty of good prose about Hannibal, (but) no good visual medium for a [...]

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The luxurious Roman cena is alive and well in… Singapore!
A 21st-century twist on the ancient Roman practice of reclining to eat, Supperclub has just opened a branch of its restaurant-cum-club in Singapore.
Setting: A dimly lit bar overlooks the legendary Raffles Hotel through red-tinted windows, contrasting sharply with the modern, all-white dining space, decked out with [...]

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