December 10, 2012

  • Seen on the Classicists list: CALL FOR PAPERS AD MEA TEMPORA Ovid in Ovidian Times A graduate-student colloquium Saturday, March 9th, 2013 Warburg Institute, London It is by now a critical commonplace to observe that the last 30 years have seen a dramatic reversal in Ovid’s critical fortunes. From a maligned harbinger of Silver Latin,…

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  • Latin Paedagogical Materials

    Claude Pavur has put together a nice little page of things which would be useful if one were teaching (or learning) Latin, most recently a phrase-book to accompany Horace’s Odes. I’m sure you’ll find something of use here: Paedagogica Latina

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  • Wishbone: Homer, Sweet Homer

    Well since Wishbone’s version of the Aeneid was so popular last week (to judge by responses in various fora), here’s the Iliad/Odyssey interpretation by the little Jack Russell:

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  • Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews

    2012.12.26:  B. H. McLean, New Testament Greek: an Introduction. 2012.12.25:  Stefanie Samida, Heinrich Schliemann. UTB Profile 2012.12.24:  Candida R. Moss, Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions. Anchor Yale Bible reference library. 2012.12.23:  Pamela Gordon, The Invention and Gendering of Epicurus. 2012.12.22:  Eleni Fournaraki, Zinon Papakonstantinou, Sport, Bodily Culture and Classical Antiquity in Modern…

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  • Classical Words of the Day

    econometrics (OED) fascicle (Wordnik) Foment (Newswordy) Latinitweets: adjective: crudelis , crudele => cruel http://t.co/pTGZGjM0 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) December 10, 2012 gloria: glory, fame: noun. Example sentence:Gloria bonorum librorum antiquorum poetarum semper manebit.Translati… http://t.co/wJT7QooT — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) December 10, 2012

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