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1st December 2009

joanwilder @ 1:07am: Teh CUTE, it killz me!
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30th November 2009

ancienthistory @ 7:53am: This Day in History - Mommsen

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On this day in 1817 Theodor Mommsen was born. Mommsen was a German scholar who wrote authoritatively about ancient Rome. In 1902 he won a Nobel Prize for Literature. Read more about Theodor Mommsen.

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This Day in History - Mommsen originally appeared on About.com Ancient / Classical History on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 07:53:05.

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ancienthistory @ 6:55am: Myth Monday

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This is the fifth Myth Monday of November. There is a new quiz on Medea and an old Jason and Medea Quiz that you may wish to take, but from this week until the end of the year, Myth Monday will not feature one specific mythological figure.
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ancienthistory @ 6:50am: This Day in History

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On this day in history the Greek playwright Euripides may have died in the Athenian year 407/406.
    "The gifts of a bad man bring no good with them." Euripides Medea. 618.

Quotations from Euripides
Euripides' Life

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"This day in ancient history" caveat: please see Unreliability of Dates

This Day in History originally appeared on About.com Ancient / Classical History on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 06:50:04.

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29th November 2009

joanwilder @ 2:37am: FIC: The Invitation
 Title: The Invitation
Author: [info]joanwilder aka RaeWhit
Pairing: Harry/Severus
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Word Count: 707
Disclaimer: It all belongs to J.K.R.
Summmary: A long-standing invitation is finally accepted.
A/N: Written for [info]angela_snape for correctly guessing my entry in [info]snarry_ldws. She requested Snarry with a Yule theme.

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27th November 2009

ancienthistory @ 11:17pm: Forum Topic of the Week - Classics vs. Classical

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The examination of Classical Literature is this week's popular thread on the Ancient/Classical History Forum. Not that we've been able to come up with firm definitions, but there have been some responses:
  • Twilight is too recent to be a "classic"
  • To be "Classical" it must have been written before the 7th century.
Please add your comments and definitions to the discussion.

Forum Topic of the Week - Classics vs. Classical originally appeared on About.com Ancient / Classical History on Friday, November 27th, 2009 at 23:17:46.

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ancienthistory @ 9:22am: The Lost Persian Army

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When news came out about the discovery of the lost Persian army of Cambyses that was mentioned by Herodotus (see Hdt 3.26 f), I noticed Zahi Hawass wasn't involved. Since Hawass is ubiquitous in the area of Egyptian archaeology, this was a big red flag. Hawass subsequently called the reports misleading and the Rogue Classicist posted a "Don't Eat that Elmer" warning blog about it. There are lots of spurious claims made about ancient artifacts, so I decided against blogging about the army bones and other remains.

I changed my mind this morning. The Today Show had a segment on it, so you may want more information. Please read Persianesque Magazine's article King Cambyses's Persian Army: Lost and Found? for details.

If you want even more, the Rogue Classicist posted a long list of articles in his weekly newsletter, Explorator:

"The latest claim that Cambyses' lost army has been found got far too much press coverage this week:
  • http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/cambyses-army-remains-sahara.html
  • http://news.discovery.com/videos/archaeology-ancient-lost-army-found.html(video)
  • http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/cambyses-lost-army-images.html(photos)
  • http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1226500/Is-lost-Persian-army-Comp\ elling-remains-uncovered-Sahara-Desert.html
  • http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33791672/ns/technology_and_science-science/
  • http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,573406,00.html
  • http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1226500/Is-lost-Persian-army-C\ ompelling-remains-uncovered-Sahara-Desert.html
  • http://news.msn.co.nz/article/969711/archaeologists-discover-lost-desert-army
  • http://www.ptinews.com/news/370375_The-remains-of-the-lost-mighty-Persian-Army--\ found-
  • http://www.foxcharlotte.com/dpp/news/scitech/Legendary_Lost_Persian_Army_Found_i\ n_Sahara_15561325"

The Lost Persian Army originally appeared on About.com Ancient / Classical History on Friday, November 27th, 2009 at 09:22:37.

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ancienthistory @ 7:53am: This Day in Ancient History - Horace died

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HoraceSon of a freedman, the Roman poet Horace lived from December 8, 65 B.C. to November 27, 8 B.C.

Suetonius writes:

[Horace] was born on the sixth of the ides of December, in the consulship of Lucius Cotta and Lucius Torquatus; and died on the fifth of the calends of December, in the consulship of Caius Marcius Censorinus and Caius Asinius Gallus; having completed his fifty-ninth year.
Horace fought on the losing side of the Battle of Philippi, under Caesar's assassin Brutus. Later, Augustus commissioned the Roman satirist Horace to compose a poem for the Secular Games, a 3-day event that was meant to mark the end of one era and the beginning of the next. The secular games included theatrical performances and religious rituals.

If you're studying Latin literature, Horace is one of the Roman poets you're likely to encounter. Because he advocates the golden mean, rather than indulging in great passions, he may be less appealing to adolescents than more passionate Roman poets, like Ovid or Catullus.

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"This day in ancient history" caveat: please see Unreliability of Dates.

This Day in Ancient History - Horace died originally appeared on About.com Ancient / Classical History on Friday, November 27th, 2009 at 07:53:47.

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25th November 2009

ancienthistory @ 6:55am: Wordless Wednesday - Guess What

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24th November 2009

joanwilder @ 2:49am: FICLET: Clearing the Clutter
 Title: Clearing the Clutter
Author: [info]joanwilder aka RaeWhit
Pairing: Harry/Severus
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Word Count: 501
Disclaimer: All things Harry Potter belong to J.K. Rowling and her book and film companies.
Summary: Harry worries when Severus begins to clean house.

A/N: This is for [info]accioslash for her correct guesses in the [info]snarry_ldws competition. I have a suspicion she was using that 8-Ball of hers to make her guesses... Still to come for you, Accio, is a Snape/Draco ficlet!

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23rd November 2009

ancienthistory @ 9:53am: Learn About the Cornucopia

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cornucopia in handThe cornucopia, literally 'horn of plenty,' adorns the Thanksgiving table thanks to Greek mythology. The horn may originally have belonged to a goat, but Zeus used to drink from it as a baby. The story of Zeus' childhood says that his mother, Rhea, sent him to a cave on the island of Crete for safe-keeping in order to prevent his father, Cronus, from swallowing him. Sometimes it is said that a goat named Amalthea (various spellings) nursed the infant Zeus; sometimes that a nymph of the same name fostered Zeus and fed him on goat's milk. His nurse has also been named Adrasteia, which Timothy Gantz says may be another name for Nemesis, and Ida.

While an infant, Zeus did what other babies do -- cry. To cover up the noise and keep Cronus from finding out his wife's plot to protect her son, Amalthea asked the Kuretes or Korybantes to come to the cave where Zeus was hidden and make lots of noise by clashing their weapons.

There are various versions of the evolution of the cornucopia from a horn sitting on the head of the nurturing goat. One is that the goat tore it off herself to present it to Zeus; another that Zeus tore it off and gave it back to the Amalthea-goat promising her abundance; another, that it came from the head of Achelous, the river god, which the Naiads filled with fruit.

The cornucopia is most frequently associated with the goddess of the harvest, Demeter (Roman Ceres) -- as in the harvest song lyrics: "Ceres came with Plenty's Horn and showered wheat and golden corn" -- but is also associated with other gods, including the aspect of the Underworld god that is the god of wealth, Pluto, since the horn symbolizes abundance.

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Learn About the Cornucopia originally appeared on About.com Ancient / Classical History on Monday, November 23rd, 2009 at 09:53:31.

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ancienthistory @ 7:53am: Thesmophoria - Greek Thanksgiving

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When the Underworld god Hades abducted the young maiden Persephone, her mother, Demeter, wouldn't feed the world, and so, winter came upon the land. When Persephone was restored, an elated Demeter gave the gift of agriculture to mankind.
The goddess Demeter was called Thesmophoros because she gave certain thesmoi 'laws' to mankind, and the holiday of Themophoria honors her. Learn more about the unusual customs of the ancient Greek fall festival known as Thesmophoria.
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Thesmophoria - Greek Thanksgiving originally appeared on About.com Ancient / Classical History on Monday, November 23rd, 2009 at 07:53:57.

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ancienthistory @ 6:55am: Myth Monday - Medea, a Victim and Victimizer (With Poll)

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When John Frobisher, the underling minister in the BBC science fiction Torchwood Children of Earth, takes a gun to his two daughters, and then his wife, and, after a pause, himself, in a scene set behind doors (rather like the offstage murders in Medea), the viewer's response contains pity rather than the outrage we all tend to feel at Medea's murderous action in Euripides' Medea. Frobisher is saving the children from what he considers a fate worth than death. Medea's motives are less pure, but maybe she is saving the children, too. Read more...

Myth Monday - Medea, a Victim and Victimizer (With Poll) originally appeared on About.com Ancient / Classical History on Monday, November 23rd, 2009 at 06:55:41.

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joanwilder @ 3:24am: FIC: Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks
 Title: Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks
Author: RaeWhit ( aka [info]joanwilder)
Team: Snitch!
Genre: Alive and Kicking (EWE)
Prompts: Secrets and Lies, Coming Home
Rating/Warnings/Kinks: NC-17, mild bondage, whipping
Word Count: 48,000+
Summary: Belonging and deserving, needing and wanting—desires of the human heart that Severus and Harry must face when they're forced to the little village of Lochdubh to settle a very late codicil of Albus Dumbledore's will.

Author Notes: The village of Lochdubh and its inhabitants in this story are the property of BBC Scotland (from the series Hamish Macbeth). All things Harry Potter belong to J.K. Rowling et al. I'd be remiss if I didn't express my appreciation to Rudyard Kipling for his masterpiece, Captains Courageous.

This is my journal posting of my 2009 Mixed [info]snarry_games fic. My heartfelt appreciation to [info]jadzialove for the excellent beta reading, to [info]whitecotton for help with Scottish-izing my Scottish, and to [info]sestra_prior for her assistance with British questions.

This is posted in six parts; subsequent parts have been linked.

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joanwilder @ 3:22am: FIC: Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks--Part Two
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joanwilder @ 3:21am: FIC: Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks--Part Three
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joanwilder @ 3:20am: FIC: Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks--Part Four
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joanwilder @ 3:19am: FIC: Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks--Part Five
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joanwilder @ 3:17am: FIC: Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks--Part Six
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22nd November 2009

ancienthistory @ 7:53am: C.S. Lewis Died on This Historic Day

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ApuleiusOn Friday, November 22, 1963, C.S. Lewis died. While Lewis is known for his children's Narnia series and writings on Christianity, he was a scholar trained in the Classics. Among my favorite works by Lewis is Till We Have Faces, which is a retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche, which comes from The Golden Ass of Apuleius. In Apuleius' version of the beauty and the beast motif, Psyche marries the goddess Aphrodite's son and then violates the rules of that marriage. To regain her divine husband, she must perform four impossible tasks, including a trip to the Underworld. C.S. Lewis puts on a spin on the story by telling it from the perspective of one of the wicked sisters.

On the day of Lewis' death, JFK and Aldous Huxley also died.
Also see the Guide to Classical Literature's review of a biography of C.S. Lewis.

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C.S. Lewis Died on This Historic Day originally appeared on About.com Ancient / Classical History on Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 at 07:53:37.

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21st November 2009

ancienthistory @ 3:35pm: Ancient Finger Counting

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Has a joker ever tried to show you that instead of having the obvious 10 fingers, he actually has 11? This is done by bending down and counting fingers on one hand backwards from 10: "10, 9, 8, 7, 6...." The joker then says "... and 5 makes 11".

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<p class="ljsyndicationlink"><a href="http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2009/11/21/ancient-finger-counting.htm">http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2009/11/21/ancient-finger-counting.htm</a></p>Has a joker ever tried to show you that instead of having the obvious 10 fingers, he actually has 11? This is done by bending down and counting fingers on one hand backwards from 10: "10, 9, 8, 7, 6...." The joker then says "... and 5 makes 11". <P> <div style="width:219px;float:right;font-size:0.8em;margin:5px 5px 5px 5px;text-align:center;"><img src="http://z.about.com/d/ancienthistory/1/0/V/y/2/fingercounting.jpg" alt=""="width:219px;height:212px;border:none;" /><br/> CC Flickr User <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/picellar/2631612503/">izZM<--Friends call me izZZ<--</a>.</div> Counting on one's fingers seems a natural way to compute numbers, but the ancient Greeks and Romans didn't just count "on" their fingers. They counted with their fingers, and not to be quick and accurate with the finger symbols could be embarrassing. <P>Read more about ancient finger counting (technical term: <I>dactylonomy</i>): <BR><a href="http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/abacus/qt/FingerNumbers.htm">Finger Numbers</A>. <P>Also see Laura Gibbs's <a href="http://aesopus.ning.com/profiles/blogs/ning-diary-jan-26-roman">Blog on Roman Multiplication by Fingers</A>.<p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2009/11/21/ancient-finger-counting.htm">Ancient Finger Counting</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://ancienthistory.about.com/">About.com Ancient / Classical History</a> on Saturday, November 21st, 2009 at 15:35:41.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2009/11/21/ancient-finger-counting.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2009/11/21/ancient-finger-counting.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://ancienthistory.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2009/11/21/ancient-finger-counting.htm&zItl=Ancient Finger Counting">Email this</a></p>
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ancienthistory @ 7:53am: On This Day in History Crassus

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On this day in 53 B.C. Marcus Licinius Crassus may have died. Crassus was a member of the first triumvirate, along with Pompey and Caesar. He was a very greedy, wealthy man, but not as capable a military leader as Pompey or Caesar. However, it was largely through Crassus' efforts that the rebellion of Spartacus was put down in 71 B.C., even though Pompey took the credit.

In 53 B.C., Crassus was governor of Syria. He was attempting to earn glory for himself by invading Parthia, even though there was no justification for it. It was after the battle at Carrhae that Crassus was killed.

Read more about Crassus in Bingley's Biography of Crassus.

On This Day in History Crassus originally appeared on About.com Ancient / Classical History on Saturday, November 21st, 2009 at 07:53:32.

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20th November 2009

joanwilder @ 7:56pm: FIC: Dreams of Home
 Title: Dreams of Home (written for Week Nine /[info]snarry_ldws on LJ)
Author: [info]joanwilder (RaeWhit)
Pairing: Harry/Snape
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Word Count: 500
Genre/Cliché: Romance
Word: 'shot in the dark'
Summary: 'A dream is just a wish you wish could come true.'
A/N: Thank you to [info]jadzialove for supporting me all these weeks, and for beta reading. Also, all of the readers/voters who hung with us--thanks for showing up every week, and for the comments of encouragement along the way. [info]alisanne, congrats!

I owe 15 drabbles to correct guessers (yay, [info]lulabelle72!). I'll be working on them after the holiday, and will post them during December.


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ancienthistory @ 7:59am: Forum Topic of the Week - SPQR

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This week there has been a flurry of activity in the forum, including posts in two threads on the topic of the famous Roman letters SPQR. Here is what veteran forum user Aulus has to say on the matter:
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<p class="ljsyndicationlink"><a href="http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2009/11/20/forum-topic-of-the-week-spqr.htm">http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2009/11/20/forum-topic-of-the-week-spqr.htm</a></p>This week there has been a flurry of activity in the forum, including posts in two threads on the topic of the famous Roman letters SPQR. Here is what veteran forum user Aulus has to say on the matter: <div style="width:200px;float:right;font-size:0.8em;margin:5px 5px 5px 5px;text-align:center;"><img src="http://z.about.com/d/ancienthistory/1/0/O/y/2/spqr.jpg" alt=""="width:200px;height:160px;border:none;" /><br/>SPQR at Vindolanda CC Flickr User <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.flickr.com/photos/alun/53340710/">Alun Salt</a>.</div> <blockquote> <em>Truth be told, we really do not absolutely know what the acronym SPQR stood for. The most common interpretation is Senatus Populusque Romanus, but it could equally be Senatus Populusque Romae or a few other combinations which I cannot recall right now, but are rather tenuous. <P> In fact, the acronym SPQR, as far as I have been able to find it, does not seem to pre-date the reign of Augustus, either in inscriptions or in coinage. My opinion, and that of others, is that it was a bit of Augustan propaganda and a smoke screen for the reality of the establishment of the Principate, much like Augustus' line about "restoring" the republic.</em></blockquote> Do you have more information/questions on SPQR? Please post in the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&#038;nav=messages&#038;webtag=ab-ancienthist&#038;tid=5119">forum thread.</a> <P>It would be lovely if this could become a weekly feature, but that will only happen if people actively use the <a href="http://ancienthistory.about.com/forum">Ancient/Classical History Forum</A> to post their questions about ancient history, literature, and mythology. Please do so. If you forget the forum URL, it's on the pages of this site with my photo where it is simply called "my forum". <p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2009/11/20/forum-topic-of-the-week-spqr.htm">Forum Topic of the Week - SPQR</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://ancienthistory.about.com/">About.com Ancient / Classical History</a> on Friday, November 20th, 2009 at 07:59:26.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2009/11/20/forum-topic-of-the-week-spqr.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2009/11/20/forum-topic-of-the-week-spqr.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://ancienthistory.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2009/11/20/forum-topic-of-the-week-spqr.htm&zItl=Forum Topic of the Week - SPQR">Email this</a></p>
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19th November 2009

ancienthistory @ 3:04pm: Thursday's Term to Learn - Black Figure

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<p class="ljsyndicationlink"><a href="http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2009/11/19/thursdays-term-to-learn-black-figure.htm">http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2009/11/19/thursdays-term-to-learn-black-figure.htm</a></p><div style="width:160px;float:right;font-size:0.8em;margin:5px 5px 5px 5px;text-align:center;"><img src="http://z.about.com/d/ancienthistory/1/G/h/w/2/600px-Dish_Thetis_Peleus_Louvre_CA2569.jpg" alt=""="width:160px;height:160px;border:none;" /><br/>Peleus and Thetis, Boeotian black-figure dish, c. 500 B.C. - 475 B.C.<br />PD Courtesy of Marie-Lan Nguyen/Wikimedia Commons.</div> The term "black figure" comes up when you look at the captions under some of the images on this site, so in case you've been wondering, it refers to the color of the painting in Greek pottery. Now, the later "red figure" pottery also uses black (all over the background), so, clearly, I need to explain it a bit better. In black figure painting, the pottery remains clay colored, so it is usually red, but the figures are painted. Figures painted black are sometimes enhanced by inscribing out some of the black to reveal the red beneath.<ul><li><a href="http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/blkfigvases/a/111909blfigpainters.htm">Black Figure Painters</A></li> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/redfigurevases/g/RedFigure.htm">Red Figure</a></li> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/greekpottery/ig/Greek-Pottery---Athletics/">Ancient Pottery Pictures of Athletes</a></li> </ul><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2009/11/19/thursdays-term-to-learn-black-figure.htm">Thursday's Term to Learn - Black Figure</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://ancienthistory.about.com/">About.com Ancient / Classical History</a> on Thursday, November 19th, 2009 at 15:04:05.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2009/11/19/thursdays-term-to-learn-black-figure.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2009/11/19/thursdays-term-to-learn-black-figure.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://ancienthistory.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://ancienthistory.about.com/b/2009/11/19/thursdays-term-to-learn-black-figure.htm&zItl=Thursday's Term to Learn - Black Figure">Email this</a></p>
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