December 24, 2012

  • Amo, Amas, Amat Wild Nothing

    This one has been making the rounds as well and I’ve just had a chance to listen … the sound is very 1980s, kind of like Pet Shop Boys meets New Order … half way through, the voice conjugates amare (but pronounces ‘v’ as ‘v’) … still an interesting listen: … reading though the comments…

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  • Socrates Bashing

    I came across these a while ago … figured someone would want to read them. They’re a series about why Socratic philosophy is overrated by someone called ‘Richard in Japan’: Socrates Was a Fraud: The Emperor’s New Philosophy Socrates Was a Fraud Pt. 2: Irony and Humility Socrates Was a Fraud Pt. 3: Philosopher? King!…

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  • The Future of Ancient Greek

    Some noggin fodder stemming from  Wilfrid Major’s recent Classical Outlook article at Dickinson College Commentaries: The Future of Ancient Greek

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  • … and you can learn at the feet, so to speak, of the master himself! Harvard is offering the course as a free Open Access thing at edX. Check out the details here: The Ancient Greek Hero taught by Harvard’s Gregory Nagy now available as an online, open access course on edX … or head…

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  • Ages ago when I first started gathering news items and the like to share in various fora, I subscribed to the Athens News Agency feeds … as they were subscribed via a very old email address (which is basically a spamtrap now) I didn’t pay much attention to them any more but out of curiosity…

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