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Out-of-Copyright Loeb Download

Just saw this tweet from Adrian Murdoch: The entire Loeb Classical Library out of copyright downloadable ryanfb.github.com/loebolus/— Adrian Murdoch (@adrianmurdoch) June 02, 2012 … which takes you to a place to download all the Loebs that are past their ‘best before’ date copyright-wise. I suspect (given the github connection) this might be connected to the [...]

Classical Words of the Day

recidivism (Merriam-Webster) Latinitas: accipere: to accept: verb. Example sentence:Caesar imperium accepit.Translation:Caesar accepted supreme power. bit.ly/Mh3UjV— Latin Language (@latinlanguage) June 02, 2012 caespĕs (not cespes), ĭtis, m. A turf, sod as cut out; roots— Charlton T. Lewis (@LewisandShort) June 01, 2012 … and on the Greek side: ἐλεέω ἐλε-έω, impf. ἠλέουν (ἔλεος):—to have pity on, show [...]

Blogosphere ~ Piracy in the Ancient Mediterranean

graecomuse: Piracy in the Ancient Mediterranean.

Blogosphere ~ Demonstrative Pronouns Īdem et Ipse

Latin for Addicts: Demonstrative Pronouns Īdem et Ipse.

Blogosphere ~ Pomona Speaks

Laudator Temporis Acti: Pomona Speaks.

Blogosphere ~ Ancient athletic festivals and private enterprise

Ancient and Modern Olympics: Ancient athletic festivals and private enterprise.

Blogosphere ~ Inscription? Any suggestions … ?

PhDiva: Inscription? Any suggestions … ?.

Blogosphere ~ Latin Without Latin: Iram Prudentia Vincit

Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Without Latin: Iram Prudentia Vincit.

Blogosphere ~ Looted from Algeria to Tunisia

PhDiva: Looted from Algeria to Tunisia.

Blogosphere ~ A possible Carthaginian inscription on human sacrifice

Roger Pearse: A possible Carthaginian inscription on human sacrifice.

Blogosphere ~ Disticha Round-Up: June 2

Bestiaria Latina Blog: Disticha Round-Up: June 2.

Blogosphere ~ Mithras and Jerome

Roger Pearse: Mithras and Jerome.

Blogosphere ~ Online Corpus of Ancient Sarcophagi

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Online Corpus of Ancient Sarcophagi. [wow!]

Blogosphere ~ Minoan Linear A Texts On Line

Ancient World Bloggers Group: Minoan Linear A Texts On Line.

Blogosphere ~ The Dutch Republic and Antiquity

History of the Ancient World: The Dutch Republic and Antiquity.

Classical Words of the Day

armamentarium (Dictionary.com) cunctator (Wordsmith) Latinitas: mollis: tender, mild: adjective. Example sentence:Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas.Translation:Often the pr… bit.ly/NlwuNU— Latin Language (@latinlanguage) June 01, 2012 *tempto, temptare, temptavi, temptatum* – to try #etymology of English verb "attempt" – to make an effort to achieve something #goforit— Latin Vocabulary (@latinwordaday) May 31, 2012

Blogosphere ~ The Life of a Professional Scholar 9: Editorial Work, Journals 2

Christianity in Antiquity CIA: The Bart Ehrman Blog: The Life of a Professional Scholar 9: Editorial Work, Journals 2.

Blogosphere ~ Sacrifices of children at Carthage – the sources

Roger Pearse: Sacrifices of children at Carthage – the sources. [useful]

Blogosphere ~ Latin Without Latin: Fallit Imago Sui

Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Without Latin: Fallit Imago Sui.

Blogosphere ~ Alexandria: Library of Dreams

History of the Ancient World: Alexandria: Library of Dreams.   [article by Roger Bagnall]

Blogosphere ~ Army and Police in Roman Upper Egypt

History of the Ancient World: Army and Police in Roman Upper Egypt. [article by Roger Bagnall]

Blogosphere ~ Coming to Grips with the Corpus of Open Access Antiquity

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Coming to Grips with the Corpus of Open Access Antiquity.

The Germans Have Left the Building … er Troy

From Hurriyet: A team of German archaeologists, conducting excavations for nearly 25 years in the ancient city of Troy in Turkey’s northwest, are set to turn over their positions to U.S. archaeologists, daily Hürriyet reported. The German team is leaving the excavations to the Americans because of financial problems, Professor Ernst Pernicka, the head of [...]

ED: Conventiculum Bostoniense

Seen on LatinTeach: ANIMUM ATTENDITE OMNES QUAESO! CONVENTICULUM BOSTONIENSE ITERUM HAC AESTATE HABEBITUR! I would like to announce the 2012 installment of the full-immersion, residential experience, the CONVENTICULUM BOSTONIENSE. We’re particularly excited about our program this year. First of all, we have a number of distinguished faculty. Apart from the creators of the current version [...]

Blogosphere ~ Cleveland, Turkey and the belly of the whale

Illicit Cultural Property: Cleveland, Turkey and the belly of the whale.