Want to know what the future has in store for richardflynn.net? Then come and look at the βeta version of the site I’ve been developing. Come and poke around, trying things out, and please, send feedback! I don’t yet know when the new site will be launched definitively, but it’ll be over the course of the next few months. (Written 15th April 2008)

Archive for February 2007

Religions of Greece and Rome: Ovid’s Fasti and the Roman Calendar

Trace briefly the origin and development of the Roman Calendar up to the Augustan period.
How do Ovid’s Fasti, especially that for April, compare with the ‘religious’ calendar? How can the differences be explained?
Do Ovid’s Fasti tell us more about Augustan poetics or about Augustan religious ideology? Why do you think the Fasti were written?
Can we […]

Social Networking Sucks! (Or, why I left Facebook)

Many of you know that last year I removed my profile from the social-networking site Facebook. Some people have asked me why I did so, and I’ve generally given a few reasons but have also promised that an article would be forthcoming on my site. Finally, here it is!
It’d take me a long […]

Medieval French: Joinville, La Vie de Saint Louis

Based on Zink’s definitions of ‘autobiograpy’ and ‘mémoire’, what do you think Joinville’s book is? [Due Wednesday 21.ii.2007 Complete!]