October 4, 2011
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From the Columbia Spectator: Julia Ward Howe, with her forward-thinking ideals and intense creativity, could have been a student at Columbia. At a time when female domesticity was the standard, Howe, a 19th-century American poet and author, published literature that challenged gender issues and their inevitable implications. On Monday, Oct. 3 at 12 p.m., Helene…
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retrodiction October 4, 2011 Wordsmith galaxyb October 4, 2011 Oxford English Dictionary endemic October 4, 2011 Dictionary.com
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Yesterday’s blogchatter: Round-Up: October 3 October 3, 2011 laura-gibbs@ou.edu (Laura Gibbs) This Day in Ancient History – October 3 – Ludi Augustales October 3, 2011 (N.S. Gill) Rhodes and Augustus October 3, 2011 History of the Ancient World The Passive Voice in Latin October 3, 2011 APA Blog : Update on Classics at Royal Holloway…
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ante diem iv nonas octobres fast in honour of Ceres — in 191 B.C., consultation of the Sybilline books ordered a fast to be held every five years in honour of the Roman goddess Ceres, who presided over grain and harvesting. By Augustus’ day, the fast was an annual event which curiously coincides fairly closely…
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