June 23, 2012
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Mary Beard has a lengthy piece in the Guardian about the ancient Olympic games and while the whole thing is, of course, very interesting, I find the second half — all about what happened when the Romans took it over — something which doesn’t get mentioned much: […] So, if the ancient Olympics were a…
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nebulous (Merriam Webster) canorous (OED) Latinitweets: improbus: wicked: adjective. Example sentence:Vitanda est improba siren desidia. Translation:One must avoid that… http://t.co/SJnEKxVd — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) June 23, 2012 For the grammar mavens: τὶς or πᾶς may be used in the drama with the second person of the imperative: ἴτω τις, εἰσάγγελλε go, one of you, announce…
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ante diem ix kalendas quinctilias 47 B.C. — birth of Caesarion, a.k.a Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor (son of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra) 79 A.D. — death of the emperor Vespasian 1986 — death of Moses Finley
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New at LacusCurtius & Livius: O’Reilly, The Lost Legion Rediscovered.
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Laudator Temporis Acti: Like Lambs.
rogue classicism 