/news-archive/tag/ed-anson/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Fri, 02 Mar 2018 20:02:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2018/03/02/anson-half-marathon-5k/ Fri, 02 Mar 2018 20:02:49 +0000 /news/?p=69666 ... Anson ready to take on half-marathon, 5K]]> Ed Anson, professor of history at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, is doing double duty this weekend by participating in the Little Rock Marathon 5k and half marathon races.聽 To promote fitness and health among students and employees, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock is helping to sponsor 98 Little Rock Marathon runners in the 5k, 10k, half marathon and marathon categories. They鈥檒l be wearing new maroon 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock t-shirts. This will be the 12th year Anson, 71, of Little Rock, will participate in the half marathon. He hails from Brooklyn, New York, but claims Little Rock as his hometown since 鈥淚鈥檝e lived here roughly eight times longer than I鈥檝e lived anywhere else in my life.鈥� Anson is an avid runner who runs with his wife, Jeanne, and a group of friends every Saturday. He鈥檚 taking up the 5k as well as the half marathon so he doesn鈥檛 get left out of the excitement. 鈥淢y wife used to be the CEO 聽of the National Center for Toxicology Research in Jefferson, Arkansas, so I run with a bunch of microbiologists,鈥� he said. 鈥淚鈥檒l be running the 5K on Sunday so I can compete with my wife and all my friends who are doing the 5K.鈥� To prepare for the half marathon, Anson runs two miles four days a week and runs four to eight miles on Saturdays. This past Saturday, he ran 10 miles. Anson is hoping for sunny weather in the 40s (his self-described perfect running weather) this weekend, but acknowledges he is unlikely to get it. 鈥淢y goal for this year鈥檚 race is to finish in the top half. That鈥檚 my goal for every year,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 just hope it鈥檚 not going to rain or sleet as it has in the past. A nice sunny day in the 40s would be perfect, but I鈥檝e done it in sleet and tornado warnings in the past.鈥� His final preparation for the Little Rock Marathon will be to have crawfish etouffee. Some runners have a night-before tradition of eating mounds of spaghetti or jars of peanut butter, but having the seafood dish at the Faded Rose Restaurant in Little Rock with his wife has become a favorite pre-race tradition for Anson. ]]> /news-archive/2017/11/27/next-evenings-history-lecture-alexander-great-oracle/ Mon, 27 Nov 2017 14:50:24 +0000 /news/?p=68631 ... Next Evenings with History lecture will tackle the mystery of Alexander the Great鈥檚 visit to the Oracle of Zeus-Ammon]]> In ancient Greece, an oracle was considered the bridge between the gods and goddesses and the mortals who worshipped them.聽 Seeking the advice of an oracle was common practice to discover the answer to everything from spousal faithfulness to national questions concerning war and peace. Worshippers often sought the advice of multiple oracles to ensure favorable advice and predictions. 鈥淭his is seen in what might be called the use and abuse of oracles,鈥� said Dr. Ed Anson, professor of history at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. 鈥�Greeks regularly consulted local seers and wandering prophets concerning life decisions. Many of these individuals not only gave advice concerning the future, but for an additional fee would supply protective amulets, love potions, and powerful curses to be laid upon enemies, disloyal spouses, and so on.鈥� Anson will explore the ancient Greeks鈥� practice of visiting oracles through the famous case of Alexander the Great鈥檚 visit to the Oracle of Zeus-Ammon, the king of the gods, as part of the Evenings with History series. The talk will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5, at Historic Arkansas Museum, 200 E. Third St. in Little Rock, with refreshments served at 7 p.m. Alexander the Great was a king in the Greek kingdom of Macedon and created one of the largest empires in the ancient world, stretching from Greece to northwestern India. He visited the Oracle of Zeus-Ammon in the Libyan desert in 331 BCE. At the time, Alexander was in the middle of a war with Persia. Of particular interest to historians is why Alexander chose to risk his life traveling along a dangerous, 300-mile journey to consult this particular oracle in the middle of a war, especially considering he had so many other oracles readily available, Anson said. 鈥淭he answer is that the circumstances of this particular oracle, Siwah, being both an Egyptian and a Greek oracle, and Alexander’s new status as Pharaoh of Egypt, guaranteed that Alexander would receive an affirmative answer to a particular question there and nowhere else,鈥� Anson said. 鈥淭hat question concerned his parentage. The oracle proclaimed him to be the son of Zeus, the greatest of the Greek gods, making Alexander akin to his ancestor, the hero and eventual god Heracles.鈥� While the full contents of the predictions remain unknown, historians believe it was also prophesized that Alexander was destined to conquer the world. Anson has authored or edited eight books, including 鈥淎lexander鈥檚 Heirs: The Age of the Successors 323-281 BC.鈥� He is the associate editor of the Ancient History Bulletin, and an assessor for classics for the Australian Research Council, an agency of the Australian national government that awards grants to researchers. The Evenings with History series, sponsored by the University History Institute, features presentations by 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock faculty members sharing their current research. Admission to the series is by subscription to the University History Institute, although visitors to individual talks are welcome to attend for free. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students may attend free of charge.]]>