Weekly Links 8.2.20
A weekly update of content from around the web including modern takes on the ancient world, material related to this past week’s articles, and a look at what our editorial staff is reading.
This week in classics:
On physiognomy and Roman noses.
The Persians at Epidaurus was a triumphant performance during COVID.
How to save your university from bankruptcy during the pandemic.
California man indicted for a Roman mosaic looted from Syria.
Sallust and Juvenal made prophets of racial decline.
This week in Eidolon history:
2020: The first week of our online pedagogy special features a reflection on starting over in the online classroom and advice on building virtual community among your students.
2019: Discrimination in swimming has a Greco-Roman pedigree.
2018: Are tragedy and catharsis tools of imperialism?
2016: Odysseus the adventurer.
From the editors: The teacher who travels around Japan encouraging adults to cry; the campaign to save Halloween; on Indian Matchmaking and biodata culture; what happens when a white police officer fresh off of de-escalation training encounters a black woman with a gun; the race to invent the rice cooker; a roundtable discussion of Taylor Swift’s Folklore; when we were bread heads; living and loving with bipolar disorder; an evening of carnal delights as envisioned by my ten-year-old self (feat. Orlando Bloom); when did recipe writing become so whitewashed?
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