July 14, 2012
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posted with permission: Maren R. Niehoff, Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Pp. xiv + 222. Hardcover, £53.00/$85.00. ISBN 978-1-107-00072-8. $85.00. Reviewed by Bruce Louden, University of Texas El Paso Context, context, context. In this highly original analysis, Niehoff, in many respects, offers up a fascinating…
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pridie idus quintiles ¶ Mercatus — as often, a lengthy festival was followed by a few market days ¶ 218 A.D. — the emperor Elagabalus is coopted into all the priestly colleges ¶ 1671 — death of Méric Casaubon (classical scholar … son of Isaac) ¶ 1742 — death of Richard Bentley (English philologist)
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Imperium Sine Fine: Roman Inscriptions from the Yorkshire Museum.
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Farrago: CIL VIII 17938: occ est vivere.
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Farrago: Speaking Attic Greek makes you Athenian with the right customs.
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