February 9, 2009

  • Thracian Wine Complex

    Apparently the folks who had the rep of drinking their wine undiluted also had major complexes (complices?) where they made their wine and news.bg reports the discovery of same near the Kardzhali village of Yagnevo. The brief (and somewhat awkwardly translated, as often) piece gives an age of 3000 years b.p. for the site and/or…

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  • Studying Earthquakes

    The incipit of a piece in the Bi-College News: This spring, a few hundred Haverford seniors will set out on the most daunting assignment of their college careers—the senior thesis. Some will spend days (and nights) in labs in the Integrated Natural Science Center, while others might be found buried under an avalanche of texts…

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  • This Day in Ancient History

    ante diem v idus februarias ca 249 A.D. — martyrdom of Apollonia

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  • Classical Words of the Day

    columbarium (Wordsmith) metathesis (Merriam-Webster) meronym (OED) jactancy (Worthless Word for the Day)

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