Jul 23, 2008
More Noted Things
Some Antiquities: 
XLI , an ancient/medieval edition of the festival, is up at Xoom!
Mary Margaret McCabe,"The great Greek race odyssey," TLS, 16 July, reviews Mary Lefkowitz's History Lesson: A race odyssey.
A major exhibit,"Hadrian: Empire and Conflict," opens at the British Museum on Thursday. Mary Beard's"A Very Modern Emperor," Guardian, 19 July, and"Hadrian – Some Myths Busted," A Don's Life, 19 July, call for a reality check.
XLI , an ancient/medieval edition of the festival, is up at Xoom!Mary Margaret McCabe,"The great Greek race odyssey," TLS, 16 July, reviews Mary Lefkowitz's History Lesson: A race odyssey.
A major exhibit,"Hadrian: Empire and Conflict," opens at the British Museum on Thursday. Mary Beard's"A Very Modern Emperor," Guardian, 19 July, and"Hadrian – Some Myths Busted," A Don's Life, 19 July, call for a reality check.
Comparative Modernities:
Jeremy Paxman,"Trouble in Paradise," Guardian, 19 July, reviews Andrew Brown's Fishing in Utopia: Sweden and the Future that Disappeared.
Chris Petit,"One more for the road," Guardian, 19 July, reviews Timothy O'Grady's Divine Magnetic Lands: A Journey in America.
Political Fantasies: A survey of the politics of comic book heroines and heroes, Elliott Serrano,"Is Superman a Republican?" Newsday, 22 July, is challenged by Jim Henley's"Superhero Politics: The Art of the Impossible," tor.com, 19 July. Hat tip.