This week has been chock-full of work, illness and associated chaos – but one highlight has been the absolute craziness unleashed upon the internet by Classical Studies Memes For Hellenistic Teens on the occasion of the Ides of March earlier this week.
I should point out that it’s not unusual for the little world of Very Online Classicists to celebrate significant dates from the ancient world with memes and general silliness (we even wish each other Happy Exelauno Day on March 4th). But CSMFHT managed to take this to such extremes this week that we’ve all well and truly had enough of Julius Caesar! Below is a small selection – just please don’t blame me for any of it!
This week from around the Classical Internet
News
Global contest to read scrolls – The Guardian
Museum at Plato’s Academy – Greek Reporter
Lead-lined coffin in Leeds – The New York Times
No law change for Parthenon Marbles – Reuters
Pompeii diggers dream of treasure – The Times
‘Chicken Caesar’, from the brilliant Greek Myth Comix
Comment and opinion
Top Rome blogs – FeedSpot
Being an archaeologist – History Extra
Caesar’s calendar – CSMFHT Writes
Caesar’s last words – Antigone
The madness of March – McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
Celebrating Caesar’s swimming – Swimming World
Caesar and forgiveness – The Octavian Report
On the Ides – Liv Mariah Yarrow
Podcasts, video and other media
Alexander the Great or not so great? – BBC Forum
Building the Bromance – The Partial Historians
Ides of Metal Playlist – Spotify
New book on myth in children’s literature – Our Mythical Childhood (free to download, and it’s lovely!)
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