Al Duncan
@adclassics.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Classics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, working on ancient Mediterranean drama and issues of performance, aesthetics, reception, cognition, and materiality. Parenting and DIYing when not emailing...
At the AIA/SCS in Philly and looking for something exciting, new, artistic, tonight? Come to the CAMP performance of Ellen McLaughlin's Conversations at the Return of Spring tonight (Friday, 1/3) at 8:00pm in Independence 3! No tickets required; seating is limited.
January 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
At the AIA/SCS in Philly and looking for something exciting, new, artistic, tonight? Come to the CAMP performance of Ellen McLaughlin's Conversations at the Return of Spring tonight (Friday, 1/3) at 8:00pm in Independence 3! No tickets required; seating is limited.
"What we do in life echoes in eternity" indeed!
November 21, 2024 at 4:01 PM
"What we do in life echoes in eternity" indeed!
Only one more day until Gladiator II (and, this high-school theater kid is glad to note, Wicked!) hits the big screen across the US.
November 21, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Only one more day until Gladiator II (and, this high-school theater kid is glad to note, Wicked!) hits the big screen across the US.
The first is the "Montagnole cup," found in Montagnole, France and now on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 81.10.245: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
November 20, 2024 at 6:15 PM
The first is the "Montagnole cup," found in Montagnole, France and now on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 81.10.245: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
Up first, this funerary stele for a fighter named Danaos (Robert #293), the inscription to which reads:
“Eorta, his wife, and Asklepiades his son set this up in memory of Danaos, second palus, Thraex. After nine combats he departed to Hades."
“Eorta, his wife, and Asklepiades his son set this up in memory of Danaos, second palus, Thraex. After nine combats he departed to Hades."
November 20, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Up first, this funerary stele for a fighter named Danaos (Robert #293), the inscription to which reads:
“Eorta, his wife, and Asklepiades his son set this up in memory of Danaos, second palus, Thraex. After nine combats he departed to Hades."
“Eorta, his wife, and Asklepiades his son set this up in memory of Danaos, second palus, Thraex. After nine combats he departed to Hades."
Folks at UNC, please let any undergraduates know about this summer session II (6/24–7/30) course taught both online and in-person by talented Classics graduate student, Anna Balaguer!
June 7, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Folks at UNC, please let any undergraduates know about this summer session II (6/24–7/30) course taught both online and in-person by talented Classics graduate student, Anna Balaguer!
Some dark Classics humor this morning from a student who knows me too well..
November 7, 2023 at 7:06 PM
Some dark Classics humor this morning from a student who knows me too well..
Searching for a timeless first post on the new platform, I stumbled into a pun while teaching Greek on Halloween. IYKYK. #ClassicsBsky
October 31, 2023 at 7:40 PM
Searching for a timeless first post on the new platform, I stumbled into a pun while teaching Greek on Halloween. IYKYK. #ClassicsBsky