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Title: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: OBB on April 18, 2005, 09:32:26 PM
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=630165

Science has allowed archeologists to read thousands of unreadable ancient Greek texts! So many new works!!!
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: dazie on April 18, 2005, 09:39:17 PM
That is VERY hip.
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: OBB on April 19, 2005, 06:56:49 AM
Think of all the awesome plays and stuff that they could dig up from in there... more Sappho poems.... a new Sophocles or Euripides... it could change our perception of the ancient Greeks in the literature or dramatic fields!
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: ignom on April 19, 2005, 08:18:16 AM
I didn't rip a dese, you rip a dese?

I'm still half asleep.
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: Youphoric on April 19, 2005, 08:20:34 AM
Hooray for the Geeks and Romans!!


/seriously though, this is really cool.
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: Dry then Catch on May 09, 2005, 11:53:32 AM
pics of  ur gf plz
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: nishi on May 09, 2005, 12:13:15 PM
Quote from: CatchrNdRy on May 09, 2005, 11:53:32 AM
pics of  ur gf plz

+10!
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: Beefy on May 09, 2005, 12:15:23 PM
Quote from: nishi on May 09, 2005, 12:13:15 PM
Quote from: CatchrNdRy on May 09, 2005, 11:53:32 AM
pics of  ur gf plz

+10!

Subtle, ain't he?
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: Dry then Catch on May 09, 2005, 12:22:55 PM
i didnt realize this was a dead thread when i did it.
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: Beefy on May 09, 2005, 12:23:55 PM
You brought it back to life.
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: Bishamonten on May 09, 2005, 02:39:45 PM
we're you supposed to give up all the nerdery when you got properly laid!?
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: OBB on May 09, 2005, 04:14:19 PM
I don't have a picture, for Cripe's sake!
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: Bishamonten on May 09, 2005, 04:15:36 PM
Quote from: OBB on May 09, 2005, 04:14:19 PM
I don't have a picture, for Cripe's sake!

Fine.  Can we have a pair of her panties?
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: Beefy on May 09, 2005, 04:22:46 PM
If he's going to post a pic, I'd rather it be of them together instead of just her.
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: OBB on May 09, 2005, 04:27:31 PM
Soon, soon, I will have a picture.... and you'll all believe that I'm not making up a girlfriend to garner your sympathy.
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: Beefy on May 09, 2005, 05:08:09 PM
Quote from: OBB on May 09, 2005, 04:27:31 PM
Soon, soon, I will have a picture.... and you'll all believe that I'm not making up a girlfriend to garner your sympathy.

I don't think anyone thinks that.  We just want to see the one repsonsible for taking you away from Junto.

That said, seriously, if you don't want to post a pic then don't.
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: Bishamonten on May 09, 2005, 06:08:46 PM
Quote from: Beef on May 09, 2005, 05:08:09 PM
Quote from: OBB on May 09, 2005, 04:27:31 PM
Soon, soon, I will have a picture.... and you'll all believe that I'm not making up a girlfriend to garner your sympathy.

I don't think anyone thinks that.  We just want to see the one repsonsible for taking you away from Junto.

That said, seriously, if you don't want to post a pic then don't.
Don't you listen to him!  You listen to Bish.  Has Bish ever lead you astray?
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: ignom on May 09, 2005, 06:19:24 PM
I thought that you already found her pic on okcupid.
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: Dry then Catch on May 09, 2005, 06:25:01 PM
Quote from: Beef on May 09, 2005, 04:22:46 PM
If he's going to post a pic, I'd rather it be of them together instead of just her.

that is why there was never any onering pics.  i had them all sorted out but someone whould have demanded him in front of a  monitor with CH on it.

ignom, yeah but she removed her profile.
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: Bishamonten on May 09, 2005, 06:34:47 PM
Quote from: CatchrNdRy on May 09, 2005, 06:25:01 PM
Quote from: Beef on May 09, 2005, 04:22:46 PM
If he's going to post a pic, I'd rather it be of them together instead of just her.

that is why there was never any onering pics.  i had them all sorted out but someone whould have demanded him in front of a  monitor with CH on it.

ignom, yeah but she removed her profile.

Behold!  The power of stalkers!
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: Alice on June 06, 2006, 04:18:17 PM
Random regeneration.
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: Dry then Catch on June 06, 2006, 04:37:17 PM
So, have any new works been translated yet?  :???: :???: :???: :???: :???: :???:  I want to see another movie with Brad Pitt and Eric Bana  :o :o :o :o :o
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: nishi on June 07, 2006, 12:42:34 AM
Quote from: CatchrNdRy on June 06, 2006, 04:37:17 PM
So, have any new works been translated yet?  :???: :???: :???: :???: :???: :???:  I want to see another movie with Brad Pitt and Eric Bana  :o :o :o :o :o

also, if new works have been translated, i have to fit them into my theatre history lecture pronto. especially if the roman plays are ANY GOOD AT ALL.
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: ReBurn on June 07, 2006, 09:49:04 AM
Quote from: nishi on June 07, 2006, 12:42:34 AM
Quote from: CatchrNdRy on June 06, 2006, 04:37:17 PM
So, have any new works been translated yet?  :???: :???: :???: :???: :???: :???:  I want to see another movie with Brad Pitt and Eric Bana  :o :o :o :o :o

also, if new works have been translated, i have to fit them into my theatre history lecture pronto. especially if the roman plays are ANY GOOD AT ALL.
Like any of them are...
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: Bennyhana on June 07, 2006, 10:03:18 AM
Quote from: nishi on June 07, 2006, 12:42:34 AM
Quote from: CatchrNdRy on June 06, 2006, 04:37:17 PM
So, have any new works been translated yet?  :???: :???: :???: :???: :???: :???:  I want to see another movie with Brad Pitt and Eric Bana  :o :o :o :o :o

also, if new works have been translated, i have to fit them into my theatre history lecture pronto. especially if the roman plays are ANY GOOD AT ALL.

I can't speak for all, but I know that the part of theatre history that I liked the most was hearing about the architecture of their theatres and how it affected staging and relationships with the audience.  I also liked the deus ex machina and the ekyklema (of which I've probably just butchered the spelling).  The texts didn't interest me much, because the formats were too standardized.  Aristotle can eat my ass with his "poetics".

Anyway, my point is this: Screw the texts.  ;)
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: nishi on June 07, 2006, 10:09:44 AM
i liked the architecture stuff too. much more interesting than reading, say, plautus.

my class will be moving quickly past the poetics.
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: Bennyhana on June 07, 2006, 10:17:50 AM
Quote from: nishi on June 07, 2006, 10:09:44 AM
i liked the architecture stuff too. much more interesting than reading, say, plautus.

my class will be moving quickly past the poetics.

"The poetics is a detailed prescription for what 'drama' should be, written by a man who, though he claimed to be the greatest mind since Socrates, could not deduce the existence of gravity.  So, that's the greeks.  Unities.  Vomit.  Moving on to the middle ages..."
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: nishi on June 07, 2006, 12:35:47 PM
Quote from: Bennyhana on June 07, 2006, 10:17:50 AM
Quote from: nishi on June 07, 2006, 10:09:44 AM
i liked the architecture stuff too. much more interesting than reading, say, plautus.

my class will be moving quickly past the poetics.

"The poetics is a detailed prescription for what 'drama' should be, written by a man who, though he claimed to be the greatest mind since Socrates, could not deduce the existence of gravity.  So, that's the greeks.  Unities.  Vomit.  Moving on to the middle ages..."

have you been looking at my notes??

i would only add two sentences. "aristotle also wrote 100 years following the theatre performances he describes, which would be like my having you write a very long essay on what you imagine to be the perfections of the engine of a new rolls royce as developed in 1906 - you could make some good guesses, but they would be basically useless as far as the study of history is concerned. as to roman theater, the name of the playright 'plautus' will be on your exam, so we can all add to the illusion that the roman theatre offers anything worth studying. now - moving on to the middle ages....."
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: Bennyhana on June 07, 2006, 01:19:30 PM
Quote from: nishi on June 07, 2006, 12:35:47 PM
Quote from: Bennyhana on June 07, 2006, 10:17:50 AM
Quote from: nishi on June 07, 2006, 10:09:44 AM
i liked the architecture stuff too. much more interesting than reading, say, plautus.

my class will be moving quickly past the poetics.

"The poetics is a detailed prescription for what 'drama' should be, written by a man who, though he claimed to be the greatest mind since Socrates, could not deduce the existence of gravity.  So, that's the greeks.  Unities.  Vomit.  Moving on to the middle ages..."

have you been looking at my notes??

i would only add two sentences. "aristotle also wrote 100 years following the theatre performances he describes, which would be like my having you write a very long essay on what you imagine to be the perfections of the engine of a new rolls royce as developed in 1906 - you could make some good guesses, but they would be basically useless as far as the study of history is concerned. as to roman theater, the name of the playright 'plautus' will be on your exam, so we can all add to the illusion that the roman theatre offers anything worth studying. now - moving on to the middle ages....."

I'm signing up.  When is registration?
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: nishi on June 07, 2006, 01:33:20 PM
classes start august 28. and we're not reading any of those middle age morality plays, either. those we're acting out with finger puppets.
Title: Re: HUGE Greek and Roman discovery!
Post by: Listener on June 07, 2006, 08:15:48 PM
Quote from: nishi on June 07, 2006, 12:35:47 PM

have you been looking at my notes??

i would only add two sentences. "aristotle also wrote 100 years following the theatre performances he describes, which would be like my having you write a very long essay on what you imagine to be the perfections of the engine of a new rolls royce as developed in 1906 - you could make some good guesses, but they would be basically useless as far as the study of history is concerned. as to roman theater, the name of the playright 'plautus' will be on your exam, so we can all add to the illusion that the roman theatre offers anything worth studying. now - moving on to the middle ages....."

That soiunds like something I would say if I was teaching a class like this.  Rock on.