5.0511 Qs: Archives; Latin; Gilgamesh; Hypertext ... (6/82)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Mon, 9 Dec 1991 18:44:13 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 5, No. 0511. Monday, 9 Dec 1991.


(1) Date: Fri, 6 Dec 91 22:56:29 EST (11 lines)
From: bush@husc.harvard.edu (David Bush)
Subject: National Register of Archives

(2) Date: Fri, 06 Dec 91 22:58 EST (12 lines)
From: Mary_Whitlock_BLUNDELL@umail.umd.edu (mb169)
Subject: Sic semper tyrannis

(3) Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1991 12:10 CST (9 lines)
From: FRAE141@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu
Subject: Re: 5.0509 Rs: Hypertext

(4) Date: Sun, 08 Dec 91 10:29 CST (13 lines)
From: Bill Kupersmith <BLAWRKWY@UIAMVS.BITNET>
Subject: Goya's Naked Maja

(5) Date: Sun, 8 Dec 91 12:52 CST (26 lines)
From: "Robert J. O'Hara" <RJO@WISCMACC>
Subject: Star Trek & Gilgamesh

(6) Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1991 07:20 CDT (11 lines)
From: <JCMAF4D@PANAM>
Subject: Fire and Ice

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Date: Fri, 6 Dec 91 22:56:29 EST
From: bush@husc.harvard.edu (David Bush)
Subject: National Register of Archives


Does anybody know whether it is possible to
access the archive-report search system of the
National Register of Archives, Quality Court, London,
over JANET?
Thanks in advance for your help.
David Bush(bush@husc.harvard.edu)
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Date: Fri, 06 Dec 91 22:58 EST
From: Mary_Whitlock_BLUNDELL@umail.umd.edu (mb169)
Subject: Sic semper tyrannis

This is the motto of the state of Virginia, and was quoted by John Wilkes
Booth. Can anyone trace it back any earlier for me?

Thanks,

Mary Whitlock Blundell
mb169@umail.umd.edu

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Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1991 12:10 CST
From: FRAE141@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu
Subject: Re: 5.0509 Rs: Hypertext


To show my ignorance: what IS hypertext?

Bob Dawson
UTx
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Date: Sun, 08 Dec 91 10:29 CST
From: Bill Kupersmith <BLAWRKWY@UIAMVS.BITNET>
Subject: Goya's Naked Maja

The following item appeared in THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH [London]:
NAKED MAJA BANNED: A copy of Goya's painting was removed
from the Penn State university, US, after a woman professor
said the nude amounted to sexual harassment. (week ending
Sunday, December 1, p. 12)
This is the entire item, except for a photograph of the offending
painting. Can anyone provide further details?
--Bill Kupersmith
Univ. of Iowa
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Date: Sun, 8 Dec 91 12:52 CST
From: "Robert J. O'Hara" <RJO@WISCMACC>
Subject: Star Trek & Gilgamesh

TO GATHER FROM THE AIR A LIVE TRADITION

What is the desire of every teacher of classical literature? Not
simply to have students read ancient texts, but rather to make the
texts _come alive_ in the present -- to have them fill the students'
minds with language, imagery, and meaning. Anyone who shares
this desire must beg, borrow, or steal a videotape of the _Star Trek:
The Next Generation_ episode called "Darmok", first aired two or
three months ago, and just rerun last night. I don't want to give the
whole story away to those of you who may not have seen it, but it's
based in part on the Epic of Gilgamesh, and is all about metaphor,
narrative, and tradition. (It is also probably the first time the Great
Bull of Heaven has ever appeared on television.) If you are looking
for a motivational tool for beginning students of literature of any age,
I doubt you could find anything better. I venture to guess that today,
as you are reading this message, the cuneiform literature of ancient
Sumer is alive in the minds of more people around the world than it
has been since 2000 B.C., thanks to "Darmok and Gelad at Tenagra."

Bob O'Hara, RJO@WISCMACC.bitnet
Department of Philosophy and The Zoological Museum
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1991 07:20 CDT
From: <JCMAF4D@PANAM>
Subject: Fire and Ice

Can anyone out there give me a rather quick response as to the origin
of the "fire and ice" renaissance cliche (or thus it became, so it
would seem). Petrarch? Dante? Probably before. Also needed are
some references among the Italian Renaissance poets.
Much appreciated
J. C. Maloney,
University of Texas - Pan American