Tag Archives: ancient history

Barack Obama: American Cicero?

Charlotte Higgins, in the Guardian, has an interesting essay comparing Barack Obama to the Roman orator Cicero here. In addition to being an interesting reflection on Obama, the essay is a pretty good primer on the basic arts of rhetoric. … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Moses, Monotheism–and Akhenaten

I recently read the book, “Akhenaten and Tutankhamun: Revolution and Restoration” (Silverman et. al. 2006). The book is 188 pages long. About half of those pages are taken up by image, the other half by text. Thus, in about 90-100 pages you … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment