April 2011
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The incipit of a legal opinion my siders dragged back from the Leagle: “Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres . . . .”1 As the tribes of the three parts of ancient Gaul presented unique problems for Julius Caesar, an owner and a tenant, among the three parcels comprising the subject real property of…
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From the Shorthorn: The University Classics Club is hosting Homerathon, an all-day recital of Homer’s The Odyssey. The recitation will begin at 7 a.m. Tuesday on the University Center mall and end at 10:30 p.m. Homer’s epic, The Odyssey, was written in 59 segments, and each individual speaker will be allotted 15 minutes to recite…
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Via the Past Preservers/Ancient World Bloggers Group … an interesting iPhone app project type thing which a Classics type could probably do a really good job with: Ancient World Bloggers Group (AWBG): Historical tours writers needed for the iPhone.
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From a Penn State press release sort of thing: Yale University’s famous motto is Lux et Veritas, Latin for “light and truth” while Princeton’s crest reads Dei Sub Numine Viget (“Under God’s power she flourishes”). The University of Pennsylvania based its cautionary motto — Sine Moribus Vanae or “Letters without morals are useless” — on…
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Brief/vague item from eKathimerini: Ancient artifacts have been stolen from the Elefsina archaeological site west of Athens, the Culture Ministry said on Friday. The theft took place on the night of April 15, according to the ministry. No further details were given on the orders of the police. The site is one of Greece’s most…
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