March 6, 2013
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Since we’ve bewailed in the past when people don’t seem to know what a Siren looks like, we should praise folks who get it right, especially in a popculch context: via: Chuck and Beans … by the way, I’ve been collecting images of Sirens and Harpies at one of my Pinterest boards …
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From Today’s Zaman: A winged seahorse brooch, one of the most precious pieces in the Croesus Treasure, which was stolen from a museum in Turkey in 2005 and recently found in Germany, was returned to Turkey on Wednesday. In November of last year, then-Culture and Tourism Minister Ertuğrul Günay announced that the famed brooch had…
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meritorious (Merriam-Webster) polylemma (Wordsmith) Latinitweets: noun 1: Roma , Romae, f (Romae: at/in Rome) => Rome http://t.co/Ek3k0x9CkU #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) March 6, 2013 conclāve, is N a room, chamber, dining hall, cage for animals, stall, coop, etc., that may be locked up — Charlton T. Lewis (@LewisandShort) March 5, 2013 ὗς, ὗν,…
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pridie nonas martias Festival of Mars (day 6) 12 B.C. — Augustus becomes pontifex maximus ca. 251 A.D. — martyrdom of Conon in Pamphylia
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Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: March 6.