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‘I would be ashamed to have written any part of this’: Odyssey translator Emily Wilson attacks Nolan blockbuster https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/27/odyssey-translator-emily-wilson-attacks-nolan-blockbuster #Film #TheOdyssey #Homer #Books #Culture #Classics #ChristopherNolan
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‘I would be ashamed to have written any part of this’: Odyssey translator Emily Wilson attacks Nolan blockbuster
By Andrew PulverWilson, whose work on Homer’s epic was praised by Nolan, said his film was grandiose and superficial with ‘nothing convincing to say’
#Film #TheOdyssey #Homer #Books #Culture #Classics #ChristopherNolan #TheGuardian #AndrewPulver
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NEW LISTING! Rare and gorgeous Richard Merkin DJ, 1998 HC of THE STORY OF O! https://ebay.io/m/xEj0iF
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“…and the ‘393AD’ materials included fibreglass and papier-mache columns, stuccoed blocks and plaster statues from the early 2000s.”
Man who built a fake Roman Amphitheatre in Italy to lure in tourists has been sentenced to more than two years in jail for fraud.
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What should you read once you’ve read Homer’s Odyssey (or seen the film 😜)? https://youtube.com/shorts/ZhD5bJ2CREI #Classics #Odyssey #Film #Books #Mythology
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Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #SunsetBoulevard #BillyWilder #Classics 10 Best Film Noir Movies of the '50s http://dlvr.it/TThpKp
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From classical historian Dr Jean Menzies: Where did all the women go in Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey? https://youtube.com/shorts/PJ0U9axEsvA #Film #Classics #Odyssey #Women
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Since Monday, the #PleiadesGazetteer editorial college has published 6 new and 97 updated place resources, reflecting the work of 18 people. The usual Monday blog post will summarize the full week's worth of such work, but meantime, here's a #SneakPeek at a subset of the new material! New contributor Joe Scholten has been building out place records for the major features of the archaeological site of Thermon in Aetolia (Greece): https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/541139
He's given us entirely new entries for the Bouleuterion, Central Spring House, circuit wall, and major excavated stoas, as well as updated bibliography and connections for other components already in the gazetteer.
On the place page for Thermon, scroll down to "Thermon receives connections from" and then use the links there to see the detailed work he's done (or just click on the green "bowtie" icons in the map).
#ancientGeography #ancientHistory #archaeology #classics #DH #gazetteers #HGIS #LOD
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The music in Nolan’s Odyssey is as well-crafted – and bloodlessly forgettable – as the film itself https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/23/the-odysssey-music-ludwig-goransson-christopher-nolan #TheOdyssey #Film #Culture #Music #ChristopherNolan #Classics #Homer
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The music in Nolan’s Odyssey is as well-crafted – and bloodlessly unmemorable – as the movie itself
By Tom SmailLudwig Göransson’s meticulous score uses instruments of the era to create an earthy, raw and bleak soundscape, but it merely supports the portrayal of an uncomplicated hero
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/23/the-odysssey-music-ludwig-goransson-christopher-nolan
#TheOdyssey #Film #Culture #Music #ChristopherNolan #Classics #Homer #TheGuardian #TomSmail
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Christopher Nolan's Odyssey 3: The Pedants Revolt
"Last week, Mary and Charlotte gave their instant verdict on Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey only hours after emerging from the premiere, dazzled somewhat by the proximity of so much A-list talent. A week later… they unleash their inner nerds to quibble with some of the decisions and omissions Nolan made in adapting Homer."
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The Prince of Tides: An Award-Winning Southern Drama
"Story of Tom Wingo & Savannah & the complex and damaging legacy of their dysfunctional family"
Sale: $14.99 to $2.99
by Pat Conroy
Rating: 4.6/5 (10,437 Reviews)
#books #booksky #classics #southern #family #drama #novel #fiction #reading
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Pleased to announce the launch of a brand-new https://papyri.info 🎊
New, responsive design up front, alongside many technical and philosophical changes under the hood. The biggest of which: we will now be able to support recording “historical” transcriptions of every single published edition of a papyrus, in addition to the latest peer-reviewed community-editable transcriptions online.
You can learn more in the Release Notes: https://papyri.info/release-notes #papyri #papyrology #histodons #classics
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📖 "We learn from failure, not from success!"
— Bram Stoker, Dracula
Read for free in BookShelves:
https://lk0.eu/bks37m#Bookstodon #FediReads #FreeBooks #Classics #BookShelves #Literature
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EDIT: Quick answer in the replies! It is 'ceratium'. Thank you!
Do we have any Latin scholars here who can tell me what the Latin word is for "carob"?
Various online dictionaries are coming up blank, but I know they had carob trees and pods around then and that they were in some sort of use so there must be language for that.
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Faust: Part One
...At the beginning, when we meet Faust the polymath, he was in Loevinger’s Ego Development Stage 4/5 (Self-Questioning/Individualist/Pluralist). The notions of reality and truth are fractured, yet not in complete disharmony...
https://hermitage.utsob.me/reading/books/read/faust-part-one-by-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/
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Wat blijft Going Back To My Roots van FPI Project toch goed #classics
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Last week in the #PleiadesGazetteer (13-20 July 2026): Over the course of the last week the Pleiades editorial college published 24 new and 232 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Anika Campbell, Dan Diffendale, Anthony Durham, Tom Elliott, Ethan Gruber, Maxime Guénette, Wells Hansen, Greta Hawes, Sebastian Heath, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Andy Meadows, John Muccigrosso, Louis Mulot, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith, Richard Talbert, and René Voorburg, as well as contributors to the following projects: Heritage Gazetteer of Libya, Trismegistos, Wikidata, and the World Historical Gazetteer.
A list of all new and changed resources, complete with titles, descriptions, bylines, change summaries and links to the actual gazetteer entries, as well as an overview map, may be read on the blog at https://pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/last-week-in-pleiades-13-20-july-2026
#ancientGeography #ancientHistory #archaeology #classics #DH #gazetteers #HGIS #LOD
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𝐂ouple 𝐌ythique
𝐊𝐢𝐦 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 et 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬 dans Boire et Déboires de Blake Edwards
#CoupleMythique #KimBasinger #BruceWillis #BlindDate
#classics #cinegenres #culte #classic #cinema #film #movieVersions Complètes :
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I can't believe the classics department died for this.
Our entire western civilization is only three budget cuts away from rediscovering etymology.
#nolan #odyssey #humanities #classics #greekmythology #twitter #joke
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The Odyssey by Nolan insufficiently accurate for you?
Here’s a dude singing it in Homeric[*] Greek with lyre and tambourine accompaniment!
What the Internet is for!!!
[*] Anglo-accented
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cpp7Y0rCJmY&list=RDcpp7Y0rCJmY&start_radio=1&pp=oAcB&ra=m
#Odyssey #TheOdyssey #Greece #Hellas #Music #Literature #Art #Classics #Ancient #History #Poetry
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Where Once Fell Soft Rain
This phrase popped into my mind after a cloudburst rolled through overhead. We’ve been having more of those in the past few of years, intense concentrations of Nature’s power blasting through an otherwise clear weather map. It makes me miss the grey skies of summer rain, and the gentle drops that encouraged growth rather than washing it away.
The phrase also sounded very familiar, and a quick check assured me that yes, it was a variant on the title of a Ray Bradbury short story. It’s not a cheerful story by any means, but it is classic Bradbury.
There Will Come Soft Rains (short story) – Wikipedia
I found the story available here, along with a lot of other classics from the likes of HG Wells to George MacDonald to Bradbury, Christie, Chesterton, Gilman, and many more.
Library of Short Stories | Authors
Here’s hoping you find stories that encourage your growth as a writer.
Enjoy!
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Photo by Mariia Zakatiura on Unsplash #365Ways #365Ways2026 #classics #freeFiction #inspiration #library #nature #shortStories #Thoughts #weather #Writers #writing -
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