January 13, 2013

  • Another one from the AIA/APA thing and Stephanie Pappas of LiveScience … this one looks at A. Kate Trusler’s studies of evidence of second floor ‘bathrooms’ in Pompeii … the incipit: The residents of the ancient city of Pompeii weren’t limited to street-level plumbing, a new study finds. In fact, many in the city may…

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  • Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews

    2013.01.19:  George Cawkwell, Cyrene to Chaeronea: Selected Essays on Ancient Greek History. 2013.01.18:  Arne Thomsen, Die Wirkung der Götter: Bilder mit Flügelfiguren auf griechischen Vasen des 6. und 5. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. Image and context 9​. 2013.01.17:  Eric W. Robinson, Democracy beyond Athens: Popular Government in the Greek Classical Age. 2013.01.16:  Marian Hillar, From Logos…

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  • Why Take Latin?

    Tip o’ the pileus to Karen Stears on twitter who directed our attention to an interesting blog post at Coming of Age in the Middle which has a nice summary of the ‘other effects’ of learning Latin … definitely one to have nearby for quick reference: Verbatim

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  • Portrait of a Classicist

    My spiders brought back this very interesting blog post from Never Yet Melted, which is an account of being an undergrad in ‘Dr Meleagar’s’  (a.k.a William George Headlam’s) presence: Portrait of a Classicist

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  • Nuntii Latini (Bremen)

    From the folks at Radio Bremen: Nuntii Latini Septimanales 11.1.2013

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