December 20, 2012
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… from a Royal Holloway press release (with a somewhat misleading/disappointing headline): As Christmas fast approaches and you are drawing up a shopping list of seasonal gifts, you may not realise that many of the choices you will make will be influenced by the ancient Greeks. “We still revert to centuries-old gender stereotypes when deciding…
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Interesting charity effort from the Financial Times: The Financial Times has sold lunch with Oxford classicist Robin Lane Fox as part of its 2012 Seasonal Appeal. The online auction for the lunch, which the listing describes as a “unique opportunity,” lasted for ten days and attracted four bidders, who managed to rack up a grand…
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Latest from Didaskalia is an interesting piece by Anthony Stevens: “First catch your satyrs” — A Practical Approach to The Satyr-Play(-Like?)
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impolitic (Merriam-Webster) xerophyte (Wordsmith) angelophany (Wordnik) Latinitweets: noun 1: hora , horae, f => hour http://t.co/pTGZGjM0 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) December 20, 2012 insidiae: ambush, plot, treachery: noun. Example sentence:Sine mora Cicero civitatem de insidiis Catalinae moneb… http://t.co/JNe5EW9e — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) December 20, 2012
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ante diem xiii kalendas januarias Saturnalia continues (day 4) – major, popular festival in honour of Saturn with banquets, the wearing of soft caps (pilei), and general good cheer. Shops and schools were closed, gambling was legally permitted, gifts were exchanged and masters might even wait on their servants. Obviously this festival is often seen…
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