February 2009
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sword of Damocles (Wordsmith) antique (OED)
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A reviewish sort of thing of a biography of Maurice Bowra in the New Statesman includes this tantalizing bit, inter alia: He was a scholar of ancient Greek literature but, despite a string of books, produced nothing exceptional (one contemporary compared his prose to “a man writing luggage labels”) and failed to get an Oxford…
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The Sofia Echo reports: The unexplored Roman fortress of Trimammium near the village of Mechka in Rousse has been ravished by treasure-hunters, Dnevnik daily reported on February 12 2009, quoting local archaeologists who informed police.[…] During his presentation in Rousse, Vurbanov revealed photos showing more than 30 shallow holes dotting the site, obviously dug with…
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The incipit of an interesting piece in the Daily Princetonian: On Mondays, I try to attend the French table. On Wednesdays, I go to Arabic. And on Thursdays, I am always at the Cena Latina. Cena Latina is Princeton’s Latin language table, sponsored by the Classics Department, and to the best of my knowledge it…
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Various news venues are reporting the arrest of a man near Thessaloniki (the actual town varies depending on the report) who was found with a pile of items … as described by the IHT: The confiscated antiquities included more than 1,500 silver and copper coins dating from the 4th century B.C. to the 3rd century…
rogue classicism 