July 21, 2010
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The folks at Mental Floss tell us Diogenes was the “Henny Youngman of philosophers” … Teachings of Diogenes.
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ante diem xii kalendas sextilias Lucaria (day 2) — the followup to a similar festival on the 19th commemorating the Sack of Rome by the Gauls; this day marked Rome’s subsquent victory ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day 2) — games instituted by/adjusted by Octavian to honour his adoptive father shortly after the latter’s death (possibly moving…
rogue classicism 