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		<title>Wednesday Awesome: Chiklis goes to &#8220;Olympus&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another actor to tackle the ancient world. This time Michael Chiklis (fresh from completing his spectacular run The Shield) (via Variety)
Thesp Michael Chiklis is launching a new take on Greek gods in the form of a comicbook: He&#8217;s partnered with IDW Publishing to create the graphic novel series &#8220;Olympus.&#8221;
Based on an idea by Anny Simon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trambopoline! As Homer would say (no, the other Homer)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will Brad Pitt really take another stab at Homer&#8230;in a movie set in space?
Brad Pitt &#038; George Miller Team on The Odyssey
Source: Variety October 17, 2008
After turning Homer&#8217;s epic poem &#8220;The Iliad&#8221; into the 2004 film Troy, Warner Bros. and Brad Pitt are teaming with George Miller to adapt the Greek poet&#8217;s other masterwork, &#8220;The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dining like the Romans did</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The luxurious Roman cena is alive and well in&#8230; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McCaligula? (or Wikipedia-a-go-go)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like Tacitus (sine ira et studio), I normally strive to keep this blog a partisanship-free zone, but Richard Cohen, in an op-ed about the selection of Sarah Palin, invokes a Classical exemplum worthy of note:
It&#8217;s a pity Gingrich was not around when the Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, better known by his nickname [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Myth-istory</title>
		<link>http://iris.haverford.edu/2008/02/04/making-myth-istory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a new poll, it seems Britons are busy turning their storied history into myth and legend (via AFP):
LONDON (AFP) &#8211; Britons are losing their grip on reality, according to a poll out Monday which showed that nearly a quarter think Winston Churchill was a myth while the majority reckon Sherlock Holmes was real. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tori Amos, Goddess(es)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2007 14:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For her ninth album, &#8220;American Doll Posse&#8221;, singer/songwriter Tori Amos sought inspiration from Greek goddesses:
This time Amos has taken a unique approach to her music and has emerged with five alter ego&#8217;s &#8211; all of whom contribute to the album with their own distinct voices.
The quintet creates a compelling portrait of the role women play [...]]]></description>
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