tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083160.post113888446132746403..comments2023-11-05T07:27:52.847-05:00Comments on Olivia's Sunrise of New Beginnings: OxyrhynchusOliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04014351759393921274noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083160.post-1139054782204834262006-02-04T07:06:00.000-05:002006-02-04T07:06:00.000-05:00Steli - de rien.Rox - Hellooooo Lysistrata...! Kn...Steli - de rien.<BR/><BR/>Rox - Hellooooo Lysistrata...! Know what else was funny? How everyone in the movie Alexander had Irish accents.Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04014351759393921274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083160.post-1139050764671247942006-02-04T05:59:00.000-05:002006-02-04T05:59:00.000-05:00Lysistrata is actually my ebay name cause its my f...Lysistrata is actually my ebay name cause its my favourite Greek play. I first read it in German where the Spartan women were given a Bernese accent (as in Berne the Swiss capital). That was one of the things that made me laugh out loud. But mostly of course the women's treatment of men. Hilarious!<BR/>I've read quite a few Greek plays but none by Menander. Wonder if those are available at all? Shall have a search. :o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083160.post-1139007984586498822006-02-03T18:06:00.000-05:002006-02-03T18:06:00.000-05:00Heyyyy Steli, yes, building a city on a grid was t...Heyyyy Steli, yes, building a city on a grid was the Hellenic plan - Pompeii was the same. So why should Brits criticise American cities for being built the same way? As if Anglo-Saxon street mazes are better.<BR/><BR/>Yes, Lysistrata was very lewd, but the thing about Menander is his plays were probably something like Friends.<BR/><BR/>I love that extra point about Comus. So much of what we take for granted came from the ancients, Greeks especially.<BR/><BR/>Yes, well they had plenty about the Romans from rubbish dumps, even the ones along Hadrian's Wall - but as I said, this is the only thing that strips ancient Greek life of its sterility.<BR/><BR/>I am glad that I am remembering how to write informative posts once again.Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04014351759393921274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083160.post-1138980578898555692006-02-03T10:29:00.000-05:002006-02-03T10:29:00.000-05:00Rox - a thousand apologies...I was thinking of And...Rox - a thousand apologies...I was thinking of Andrea!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the enlightenment. The Swiss system sounds exacting.Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04014351759393921274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083160.post-1138975075621540782006-02-03T08:57:00.000-05:002006-02-03T08:57:00.000-05:00I didn't actually do the A course. And no I didn't...I didn't actually do the A course. And no I didn't do architecture. Only those lil bits we all did at Christie's. <BR/>As for the Swiss universities... would be a bit lengthy and difficult to explain. But the studies are longer and although the first major exam you do after 3 years is now compared to a BA, it in itself is not considered a completed university degree. The completed degree is compared to a Masters. Also you are pretty much left on your own to choose the lectures and seminars you want to go to and with some restrictions also in which year. There has been some reform lately but basically that's it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083160.post-1138970995855083012006-02-03T07:49:00.000-05:002006-02-03T07:49:00.000-05:00Anonanon - and here I thought you were a polymath!...Anonanon - and here I thought you were a polymath! (another big word)<BR/><BR/>Mers - yes on a dig site discovering some ancient lost civilisation! I am fascinated by Egyptology too.<BR/><BR/>Rox and Rebecca, do you remember in course A when Nicole .....? came to lectre about Egyptian gods? She was great, and I saw her in a documentary some months later.<BR/><BR/>Rox, I thought you did architecture which is why I gave you those big old pencil leads once.<BR/>And I agree, no thanks to a muddy ditch in Switzerland. I'd actually prefer the desert.<BR/><BR/>Tell me a bit about the Swiss university system.Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04014351759393921274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083160.post-1138954957609470832006-02-03T03:22:00.000-05:002006-02-03T03:22:00.000-05:00I actually studied archeology as a minor for 2 yea...I actually studied archeology as a minor for 2 years in Fribourg in Switzerland. Well maybe that's putting it strongly... I was supposed to study History as a main subject and History of Art and Archaeology as side subjects, that was what I had signed up for. But... it sounded good on paper but was actually really boring. And when I heard that the yearly obligatory 6 week digs were somewhere in a mud ditch in Switzerland I decided to go back to England and study art instead (Btw the university system in Switzerland is completely different to American Unis as far as I understand)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083160.post-1138922872325837172006-02-02T18:27:00.000-05:002006-02-02T18:27:00.000-05:00Hehe. Before general archaeology I just wanted to...Hehe. Before general archaeology I just wanted to focus on Egypt. My parents strongly discouraged me from doing either...<BR/><BR/>Would've been fun ending up as archaeologists together. :)<BR/><BR/>-merserenesanity indexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466747138425133422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083160.post-1138921416641018582006-02-02T18:03:00.000-05:002006-02-02T18:03:00.000-05:00big words. very frightening!big words. very frightening!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083160.post-1138920260071661442006-02-02T17:44:00.000-05:002006-02-02T17:44:00.000-05:00Mers - so did I! It was after I went through the ...Mers - so did I! It was after I went through the paleontologist phase.<BR/><BR/>JL and Rox - you're welcome, girls.Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04014351759393921274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083160.post-1138917438009463582006-02-02T16:57:00.000-05:002006-02-02T16:57:00.000-05:00So coool! Fascinating post thank you :o)So coool! Fascinating post thank you :o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083160.post-1138907338714515412006-02-02T14:08:00.000-05:002006-02-02T14:08:00.000-05:00learn something new everydaylearn something new everydaymichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03235981849108305967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083160.post-1138901484061410652006-02-02T12:31:00.000-05:002006-02-02T12:31:00.000-05:00That's awesome! I learned something new today. L...That's awesome! I learned something new today. Love geeky posts. :) I did want to be an archaeologist once...<BR/><BR/>-merserenesanity indexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466747138425133422noreply@blogger.com