04-23-2012, 02:46 AM
1) Worth mentioning that ancient Greek colour semantics were considerably different from what we tend to associate tones like red, purple etc with. So there's quite a large difference between something like phyrros which would be used for eyes, hair and certain minerals and erythr- with is closer to what we have.
2) I'm always surprised at how little I see greaves on re-enactors. This really helps focus the historical reality for me. Just thought I'd mention that.
3) The thing is re movies and Classics, whenever there's a big film (Gladiator, 300) then admissions to Classics degrees seem to reflect that for a few years. More people suddenly take Greek and Latin more seriously and even apply to uni for it. Which is great, frankly. Though the overall statistics are still pretty dire.
2) I'm always surprised at how little I see greaves on re-enactors. This really helps focus the historical reality for me. Just thought I'd mention that.
3) The thing is re movies and Classics, whenever there's a big film (Gladiator, 300) then admissions to Classics degrees seem to reflect that for a few years. More people suddenly take Greek and Latin more seriously and even apply to uni for it. Which is great, frankly. Though the overall statistics are still pretty dire.
Jass
