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Ancient Greeks Tour in Progress
Posted by admin in Schedules and Updates on January 29, 2011
We are now a third of the way through our Ancient Greeks tour, and there is another week of posts coming. Have you been following it? Don’t worry if you haven’t yet. Start now. The tour schedule is a sticky post on the blog. See it here. Each day, visit the Classics Circuit page to see which bloggers are welcoming the Ancient Greeks to their blog.
Enjoy!
Ancient Greeks Tour Schedule
Posted by admin in Schedules and Updates on January 3, 2011
The button for the Ancient Greeks Tour is a statue of Achilles’ last stand. I personally find Achilles as portrayed in The Iliad very fascinating, so I’m glad that folks on twitter seemed to like this picture best! This statue stands in Hyde Park in London and is dedicated by King George III to the Duke of Wellington for victorious battles. The picture was taken by flickr user swanksalot (Seth Anderson) and is used under creative Common License with attribution.
I’m really excited to read everyone’s posts about the classics Greek works, most of which I personally have not read yet. Below is the current schedule.
Do you want to join in too? We’d love to add you to the schedule! Send an email to rebecca [at] rebeccareid [dot] com with your blog name and url, the work you’d like to post about, and any date preferences.
Wednesday, January 26 Lifetime Reading Plan shares thoughts on “Who was Homer?”
Wednesday, January 26 Badgerish.Net writes about The Odyssey by Homer
Wednesday, January 26 Aurelia writes about Electra by Sophocles and/or Euripides
Thursday, January 27 2606 Books and counting writes about Lysistrata by Aristophanes
Thursday, January 27 Shelf Love writes about The Oresteia by Aeschylus
Thursday, January 27 The Literary Rapport writes about the character Electra in Euripides and Sophocles
Friday, January 28 Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog writes about The Odyssey by Homer
Friday, January 28 fictional100 writes about Oedipus the King by Sophocles
Saturday, January 29 Pining for the West writes about Protagoras and Meno by Plato
Saturday, January 29 Sasha and the Silverfish writes about a play (undecided) by Euripides
Saturday, January 29 Rebecca Reads writes about Poetics by Aristotle
Sunday, January 30 pages turned writes about Plato’s Selected Myths
Sunday, January 30 Breathing Space writes about Lysistrata by Aristophanes
Monday, January 31 First Impressions writes about The Orestia by Aeschylus
Monday, January 31 Moored at Sea writes about Hippocrates
Tuesday, February 1 A Striped Armchair writes about Grief Lessons: Four plays by Euripides trans by Anne Carson
Tuesday, February 1 Libellule writes about The Birds by Aristophanes
Wednesday, February 2 The Reading Life writes about The Bacchae by Eurpidies
Wednesday, February 2 Fat Books & Thin Women writes about The Frogs by Aristophanes
Thursday, February 3 Stiletto Storytime writes about The Histories of Herodotus’
Thursday, February 3 Notes from the North writes about Medea by Euripides
Thursday, February 3 Read the Book writes about The Iliad by Homer
Friday, February 4 A Literary Odyssey writes about Lysistrata by Aristophanes
Friday, February 4 A Common Reader writes about The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
Friday, February 4 Bibliophilopolis writes about Anabasis by Xenophon
Anthony Trollope Tour in Retrospect
Posted by admin in Tour in Retrospect on December 18, 2010
The Anthony Trollope tour has come to an end. If you missed any of the stops along the way, see the links below for each blogger’s thoughts on the books they’ve read. Also be sure to sign up for the Ancient Greek Classics tour if you are interested!
Monday, December 6 things mean a lot discusses Framley Parsonage
Monday, December 6 Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog discusses Mr. Scarborough’s Family
Monday, December 6 2,606 Books and counting…… discusses The West Indies and the Spanish Main
Tuesday, December 7 First impressions discusses The Bertrams
Tuesday, December 7 Classics in Context discusses The Claverings
Tuesday, December 7 Bibliophiliac discusses The Prime Minister
Wednesday, December 8 Lifetime Reading Plan discusses Rachel Ray
Wednesday, December 8 A Few of My Favourite Books discusses Can You Forgive Her?
Thursday, December 9 Desperate Reader discusses Doctor Thorne
Friday, December 10 A Few More Pages discusses The Two Heroines of Plumplington
Friday, December 10 Pining for the West discusses The Belton Estate
Saturday, December 11 Becky’s Book Reviews discusses Lady Anna
Saturday, December 11 Musings discusses Barchester Towers
Sunday, December 12 Stiletto Storytime discusses “Christmas at Thompson Hall”
Sunday, December 12 Reading, Writing, Working, Playing discusses The Warden
Sunday, December 12 Tony’s Reading List discusses He Knew He Was Right
Monday, December 13 pages turned discusses The Way We Live Now
Monday, December 13 She Reads Novels discusses Barchester Towers
Tuesday, December 14 Reading Life discusses Cousin Henry
Wednesday, December 15 Mustard Seed Book Reviews discusses The Christmas Stories
Wednesday, December 15 Fleur Fisher in her world discusses Cousin Henry
Wednesday, December 15 Books and Chocolate discusses Barchester Towers
Thursday, December 16 Caribousmom discusses The Warden
Thursday, December 16 Shelf Love discusses He Knew He Was Right
Friday, December 17 Rebecca Reads discusses Phineas Finn
Friday, December 17 It’s All About Books discusses The Way We Live Now
Friday, December 17 nomadreader discusses The Warden
Introduction to the Ancient Greek Classics: Sign Up for the January Tour
Posted by admin in Intro and Sign Up on December 13, 2010
Welcome to a brief introduction to Ancient Greek Classics! Below, you can read other blogger’s and reader’s thoughts on ancient works and you can sign up for the upcoming (late January) Classics Circuit tour.
Although dates are tentative, the Ancient Greek tour will probably begin Monday, January 24, 2011 and will run for between five days (ending January 28) and ten days (ending February 4), depending on the number of people who join the tour.
For this tour, you can read and write about anything written in Ancient Greece before 338 B.C.E., which was when Philip of Macedon had overtaken all the Greek city states and the Hellenistic age begins. (See note below about flexibility. We aren’t picky.) Below, I have information about epic poets, lyric poetry, Greek tragedy, Greek comedy, historians and philosophers.
About the Classics Circuit: The Classics Circuit: Ancient Greek Classics Tour is a blog tour of Ancient Greek classics. Participants select a work to read and let us know of the selection. Via email, we will assign participants a day to post about the work. On the assigned days, participants post about the work on their blogs. Participants write in their own style, for whatever length of post they’d like. After the tour is over, we will post on our site a list of permalinks to all those who participated in the tour. Note that you must have a blog to participate. Only one day will be included on the tour schedule and only one post linked to on the permalink post, although bloggers may post as many times as they want during the tour.
Get ideas of what to read after the jump.
Sign up is currently closed. If you’d still like to participate in this tour, please send an email to rebecca[at]rebeccareid[dot]com with the following information: your blog name and url, the work you’d like to read for the tour, and any date preferences.
Anthony Trollope Tour
Posted by admin in Schedules and Updates on December 6, 2010
Welcome to our Anthony Trollope tour! It will run from Monday, December 6 to Friday, December 17. Check back here to see which blogs Mr Trollope will visit each day during the tour.
Here are the blogs Mr. Trollope will be visiting each day.
(If you think there is an error below, please leave a comment or send me an email at rebecca[at]rebeccareid[dot]com. If you’d like to join the tour, also please send me an email.)
Monday, December 6 things mean a lot Framley Parsonage
Monday, December 6 Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog Miss Mackenzie or Mr. Scarborough’s Family.
Monday, December 6 2,606 Books and counting…… The West Indies and the Spanish Main
Tuesday, December 7 First impressions The Bertrams
Tuesday, December 7 Classics in Context The Claverings
Tuesday, December 7 Bibliophiliac The Prime Minister
Wednesday, December 8 Lifetime Reading Plan Rachel Ray
Wednesday, December 8 A Few of My Favourite Books Can You Forgive Her?
Thursday, December 9 Desperate Reader Doctor Thorne
Friday, December 10 A Few More Pages The Two Heroines of Plumplington
Friday, December 10 Pining for the West The Belton Estate
Saturday, December 11 Becky’s Book Reviews Lady Anna
Saturday, December 11 Musings Barchester Towers
Sunday, December 12 Stiletto Storytime “Christmas at Thompson Hall”
Sunday, December 12 Reading, Writing, Working, Playing The Warden
Sunday, December 12 Tony’s Reading List He Knew He Was Right
Monday, December 13 pages turned The Way We Live Now
Monday, December 13 She Reads Novels Barchester Towers
Tuesday, December 14 Reading Life Cousin Henry
Wednesday, December 15 Mustard Seed Book Reviews The Christmas Stories (or The Warden)
Wednesday, December 15 Fleur Fisher in her world Cousin Henry
Wednesday, December 15 Books and Chocolate Barchester Towers
Thursday, December 16 Caribousmom The Warden
Thursday, December 16 A Literary Odyssey Barchester Towers
Thursday, December 16 Shelf Love He Knew He Was Right
Friday, December 17 Rebecca Reads Phineas Finn
Friday, December 17 It’s All About Books The Way We Live Now
Friday, December 17 nomadreader The Warden
Coming in January: Ancient Greek Classics Circuit
Posted by admin in Coming Soon on November 22, 2010
The result of the poll is the Ancient Greeks! Our late January Classics Circuit will focus on welcoming the Ancient Greeks to the blogosphere.
Sign up for the Ancient Greek Circuit will be in the middle of December. Check back in a few weeks to sign up. And don’t forget to follow the Trollope tour, starting December 6!
Choose the Next Circuit: Ancient Classics Survey
Posted by admin in Coming Soon, Voting on November 12, 2010
Although I haven’t yet determined the exact dates, January’s Classics Circuit will run at the end of January. It’s time for the Classics Circuit to hearken back to the first definition of “Classic,” those works of classical antiquity.
“classic: A literary work of Ancient Greece or Rome” (Merriam-Webster.com, “classic” definition 1)
Our January tour will focus either on the Greek Classics or the Roman Classics.
It’s All Greek to Me: The Ancient Greeks wrote epic poetry, plays, and histories, including Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Herodotus, and Sappho.
Roman Holiday: From Virgil to Horace, Ovid, Seneca, and Apuleius, the Romans’ poetry, epigrams, essays, and plays have an integral spot in the Western canon.
Which would you like to see featured on the Circuit?
SURVERY is closed. The next tour will feature the ANCIENT GREEKS.
Coming Soon: Anthony Trollope Tour
Posted by admin in Coming Soon on November 11, 2010
Our Anthony Trollope tour will run from Monday, December 6 to Friday, December 17.
Our button comes from the frontspiece of the first publication of The Last Chronicle of Barset (published 1867).
Here are the blogs Mr. Trollope will be visiting each day.
If you think there is an error below, please leave a comment or send me an email at rebecca[at]rebeccareid[dot]com. If you’d like to join the tour, please send me an email.
Monday, December 6 things mean a lot Framley Parsonage
Monday, December 6 Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog Miss Mackenzie or Mr. Scarborough’s Family.
Monday, December 6 2,606 Books and counting…… The West Indies and the Spanish Main
Tuesday, December 7 First impressions The Bertrams
Tuesday, December 7 Classics in Context The Claverings
Wednesday, December 8 Lifetime Reading Plan Rachel Ray
Wednesday, December 8 A Few of My Favourite Books Can You Forgive Her?
Thursday, December 9 Fig and Thistle He Knew He Was Right
Thursday, December 9 Desperate Reader Doctor Thorne
Friday, December 10 A Few More Pages The Two Heroines of Plumplington
Friday, December 10 Pining for the West The Belton Estate
Saturday, December 11 Becky’s Book Reviews Lady Anna
Saturday, December 11 Musings Barchester Towers
Sunday, December 12 Stiletto Storytime “Christmas at Thompson Hall”
Sunday, December 12 Reading, Writing, Working, Playing The Warden
Monday, December 13 pages turned The Way We Live Now
Monday, December 13 She Reads Novels Barchester Towers
Tuesday, December 14 Reading Life Cousin Henry
Tuesday, December 14 just add books The Way We Live Now
Wednesday, December 15 Mustard Seed Book Reviews The Christmas Stories (or The Warden)
Wednesday, December 15 Fleur Fisher in her world Cousin Henry
Wednesday, December 15 Books and Chocolate Barchester Towers
Thursday, December 16 Caribousmom The Warden
Thursday, December 16 A Literary Odyssey Barchester Towers
Thursday, December 16 Shelf Love He Knew He Was Right
Friday, December 17 Rebecca Reads Phineas Finn
Friday, December 17 It’s All About Books The Way We Live Now
Friday, December 17 nomadreader The Warden
Land of the Rising Sun: Meiji-era Japanese Classics In Retrospect
Posted by admin in Tour in Retrospect on November 10, 2010
Our Meiji-Japan tour is over, and we sure had a great time following it!
Below are permalinks to the blogger’s posts that were a part of this tour. I hope you
Monday, November 1
Shelf Love I Am a Cat by Sōseki Natsume
Rebecca Reads Short stories by Ichiyō Higuchi
Tuesday, November 2
nomadreader Tower of London: Tales of Victorian London by Sōseki Natsume
Genji Press Exotic Japanese Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Mustard Seed Book Reviews Ukigumo [Floating Cloud] by Futabeatei Shimei
Wednesday, November 3
Stiletto Storytime I Am a Cat by Sōseki Natsume
2,606 Books and Counting Heredity of Taste by Sōseki Natsume
Thursday, November 4
The Reading Life Short Stories of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Bookie Mee Short Stories of Mori Ogai
Booksploring Botchan by Sōseki Natsume
Friday, November 5
In Spring it is the Dawn Japanese Gothic Tales by Kyōka Izumi
Currently Touring! Meiji-Era Japanese Classics
Posted by admin in Schedules and Updates on October 31, 2010
Tomorrow begins our Meiji-era Japanese classics tour!
Monday, November 1
Shelf Love I Am a Cat by Sōseki Natsume
Rebecca Reads Short stories by Ichiyō Higuchi
Tuesday, November 2
nomadreader Tower of London: Tales of Victorian London by Sōseki Natsume
Genji Press Exotic Japanese Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Mustard Seed Book Reviews Ukigumo [Floating Cloud] by Futabeatei Shimei
Wednesday, November 3
Stiletto Storytime I Am a Cat by Sōseki Natsume
2,606 Books and Counting Heredity of Taste by Sōseki Natsume
Paperback Reader I Am a Cat by Sōseki Natsume
Thursday, November 4
The Reading Life Short Stories of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Bookie Mee Short Stories of Mori Ogai
Booksploring Botchan by Sōseki Natsume
Friday, November 5
In Spring it is the Dawn Japanese Gothic Tales by Kyōka Izumi
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