February 2009
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The incipit of a piece in the Bi-College News: This spring, a few hundred Haverford seniors will set out on the most daunting assignment of their college careers—the senior thesis. Some will spend days (and nights) in labs in the Integrated Natural Science Center, while others might be found buried under an avalanche of texts…
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ante diem v idus februarias ca 249 A.D. — martyrdom of Apollonia
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columbarium (Wordsmith) metathesis (Merriam-Webster) meronym (OED) jactancy (Worthless Word for the Day)
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We had sleep problems last week, so we’ve acquired quite a few items under this category: I’d better mention this article (which most of rogueclassicism’s readers have probably already seen) on the ubiquity of alcohol in assorted Greek literature: The Tipsy Hero (NY Times) Nice feature on Stephen Miller: Stephen G. Miller: A Classicist in…
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A cinema fire in Izmir has revealed remains of a Roman-era wall. Dixit Akın Ersoy, who led the excavations: “(The excavation) of the agora is the best heritage to leave behind for future generations. With the support of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, the environment of the Izmir agora, one of the biggest and oldest agoras in…
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