Tuesday, October 03, 2017

Dolus aut Dulce?


Ian Hockberg and his family dressed
as deities and demigods.
We at Bolchazy-Carducci are happy to announce our third annual Halloween costume contest: Dolus aut Dulce? It was so nice seeing all the wonderful costumes from last year's participants, such as the snake-haired Medusa, deities and demigods, and Hannibal cosutmes from last year's winners. So if you plan on sporting a toga with some laurels, going for the whole hoplite, or fashioning your own set of wax wings, we urge you to take a picture of your classics-themed costume and send it to us.

Decorating her hair up with snakes, Lindsey Morse,
completed her change into Ms. Medusa.
Like last year, all we need from you is a photo of you in a classics-themed costume. Send it to us via Twitter to @BCPublishers, using the hash tag #BCPub. Do this, and you automatically make yourself eligible for one of three prizes! One photo will be accepted per Twitter account. If multiple people are in one picture all wearing classics costumes, the prize would only go to the owner of the account that tweeted the picture. If by request the contestants ask that another member of the picture stand as the contestant, one that is not the Twitter account member, or not a Twitter member at all, we will accept that as well.

Winston Durand went all out
for his Hannibal costume.
Teachers, tell your students; students, tell your teachers. Tell all of your friends! No need to wait until October 31 to send a picture. We will start accepting photos this week and will continue to accept pictures until 11:59 PM CT on Tuesday, November 7th. Even if it is not your Halloween costume, so long as you have a photo featuring a classics-themed costume, we'll accept it!

September Answer for Roman Calendar

If you have not already done so, check the inside back cover of our 2017–2018 Roman Calendar for a reproducible worksheet that asks students to engage with the artwork included in the calendar. This year, the calendar includes images of stamps used to commemorate the Olympics over the past century. These images call back to the Olympics' origins by putting representations of ancient art, such as red- and black-figure athletes, marble statues, and drachmae, at the center of the stamps.

For those completing the worksheet, here is September's image, question, and answer.

Question: This stamp, printed in Hungary for the 1960 Olympics in Rome, depicts a man drawing his bow. Archery was not an event in the ancient pentathelon. What were the five original major events?

Answer:
The pentathlon tested the skills of men in five winner-take-all competitions. The events of the contest were the discus, the jump, the javelin, the stadion, and wrestling.

Think your students know the answer to the October question on the worksheet? Tweet @BCPublishers the answer by September 25th for a chance to win five of our new buttons. We'll announce our answers, as well as the winner, at the beginning of October. Submit an answer for your class, or better yet, encourage students to participate individually.

To add your name to our mailing list for the 2018–2019 Roman Calendar, email orders@bolchazy.com with the subject line “Roman Calendar”; be sure to include your name and mailing address in the body of the email. Also, let us know by email if you have not received your calendar yet!