February 27, 2013
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This one seems to be getting some traction … from a University of Reading press release: Homer’s great masterpieces, The Iliad and The Odyssey, have been dated to around 762 BCE by new research based on the statistical modelling of language evolution. Scientists from the University of Reading used evolutionary-linguistic statistical methods to compare the…
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posted with permission: Hippocrates: Volume X. Edited and translated by PAUL POTTER. Loeb Classical Library 520. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, 2012. Pp. xxii + 432. Hardcover, $24.00/£15.95. ISBN 978-0-674-99683-0. Reviewed by Lesley Dean-Jones, University of Texas at Austin In 1983, after a hiatus of fifty-two years, Potter produced the fifth volume in…
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zephyrean (Dictionary.com) hagiarchy (Wordsmith) Latinitweets: preposition: ad , + accusative (used as prefix for verbs) => to, towards, at http://t.co/X9pcrLWUX2 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) February 27, 2013 *inanis, inane* 3rd declension adjective – empty, meaningless #etymology of English adjective "inane"- silly, stupid — Latin Vocabulary (@latinwordaday) February 27, 2013 vībex (vībix), īcis, f.…
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ante diem iv kalendas martias Equirria — the first of two days of horse racing (the second was on March 14) dedicated to Mars; the reasons are obscure, but probably have something to do with preparing horses for the upcoming campaigning season 116 A.D. — supplicatio pro salute Traiani (day 2) 1874 — birth of…
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American Philological Association: APA Blog : From President Denis Feeney: New AHA Resource on the Value of the Humanities.
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