June 2010
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pridie nonas junias 468 B.C. — birth of Socrates (by one reckoning) 218 B.C. (?) — dedication of the Temple of the Great Custodian Hercules (and associated rites thereafter) 105 A.D. — The emperor Trajan departs on his second campaign against the Dacians 204 A.D. — ludi Latini et Graeci honorarii (day 1)
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This one doesn’t appear to have been widely bruited about yet, but an item in the Baton Rouge Advocate shows that Latin (among other majors) is on the chopping block for that always-questionable ‘budgetary reason’ (with the usual platitudes about having to make ‘tough decisions’ yadda yadda yadda). As expected, the Louisiana Classicist blog is…
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ante diem iii nonas junias Saecular Games continue (day 3) some time after 296 B.C. — dedication of a Temple of Bellona (and associated rites thereafter)
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Interesting press release from the Getty: The Gela Krater Loan from Museo Archeologico Regionale di Agrigento in Sicily is first Manifestation of Agreement with Sicily At the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa June 1, 2010 through October 2010 The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today the installation of the Gela Krater in…
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Image via Wikipedia A very interesting project at Cornell: Scholars looking for multiple sources and translations from among 1,000 years of ancient Greek and Latin texts will have a powerful new tool in their research arsenal with a database being developed at Cornell. The Classical Works Knowledge Base (CWKB) — a relational database and specialized…
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