kenodoxia: Aristotle on pure pleasures.

Madeline Miller: Myth of the Week: Arachne.

Scholarly skepticism FTW! The incipit of a brief item from the Washington Post:

The statue of the young woman was found in a goat pen outside Athens, and Culture Ministry archaeologists soon declared it a fine 6th-century B.C. original.

But on Tuesday the ministry said a more thorough examination has determined it’s a fraud. […]

• via: Seized ‘ancient’ statue that initially fooled Greek experts is pronounced a forgery

… In case you missed the original: Goat Pen Kore?

Just sayin’ …

The Aramaic Blog: A Little Bit More Perspective – A Demonstration.

XKV8R: The Official Blog of Dr. Robert R. Cargill: the first 3 words say it all: an unbelievable “discovery”.