It's taken me this long to talk about Richard Vallance's Linear A and B linguistics blog because it's not only dense with the kind of material that makes aficionados of ancient languages go weak at the knees, but also a bit intimidating for the average layperson. I remember taking a semester of linguistic theory for my Master's, and even my eyes ( Read more... )

I've known for a while about Virgin Steele and their metal compilations, The House of Atreus I (1999) and The House of Atreus II (2000), both based on Aeschylus's The Oresteia.  Not knowing much about metal, however, I simply haven't known how to present the material until now.

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Last night's episode of Myth Hunters was a mixed bag of okay and meh.  The program basically got things right, even mentioning Schliemann's earlier interest in a site called Bunarbashi, and his association with Frank Calvert, who told Schliemann to dig at Hisarlik ( Read more... )

If you have the American Heroes Channel, formerly the Military Channel, then you might have come across the Myth Hunters program.  I enjoy this show, and was stoked to see the clip from next Sunday evening's episode.

These 2:21 minutes suggest that the show will be simplifying Sir Arthur Evans's "discovery" of Knossos.  He was not driven to Crete ( Read more... )

Back in high school, I picked up a New Age cassette of Mannheim Steamroller's Fresh Aire VI, Impressions of Greek Mythology. I spent many inspirational hours with that tape dreaming of ancient Greece, especially as I had to read the Iliad and Odyssey during that summer break ( Read more... )