January 2009
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ante diem v kalendas februarias 98 A.D. — dies imperii of Trajan 198 A.D. — festival in celebration of Severus‘ victory over the Parthians; possibly concurrent: dies imperii of Caracalla
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dramatis personae (Wordsmith) primogeniture (Merriam-Webster) project (OED)
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Firstshowing.net reveals that Jonathan Liebesman — of Texas Chainsaw Massacre ‘fame’ — has a project in the works. Ecce: Liebesman revealed that it’s a project he’s working on with the producers of 300 that he hasn’t said anything about until now. The film is about “the story of Odysseus and basically it’s like a Clint…
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A piece in Tidbits — a blog for Mac types — turned up in the scan today with an article commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Mac with some interviews with some users … inter alia, “Matt” says: As a programmer, I’d been working with computers since 1968, but as a Classics professor in the…
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Akropolis World News (in Greek) has been updated (really wish they had an rss feed!): Woman delivers 8 children / Hamas offers truce for one year / John Updike dies If you think you’re too old to take up Latin: Lifelong learner (Tribune) An interview with the folks behind Brandeis Theater Company’s production of Hecuba:…
rogue classicism 