May 11, 2012
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Saw this in my twitterfeed last night (click for a larger version): UPDATE: the creators of this fine bit of LOLcatpublicity are: Serena Witzke and T. H. M. Gellar-Goad (who are at and/or just ph d hooded at UNC Chapel Hill)
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pacify (Merriam Webster) sibilant (Dictionary.com) unavailing (Wordsmith) … and the Latin Word of the Day: tangere (Transparent Language) … and dead guys tweeting: https://twitter.com/#!/LiddellandScott/status/200828024705392641 https://twitter.com/#!/LewisandShort/status/200829069175169024
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ante diem v idus maias Lemuria (day 2) — a private and public appeasement of the dead; the Roman paterfamilias would rise at midnight to conduct a ritual involving beans and bronze rites in honour of Mania — a Roman divinity who was considered the goddess of the dead; she was also the mother of…
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Madeline Miller: Greek Etymology for the Week.
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Disgruntled Classicist: A tattoo in another language does not make you deep..
rogue classicism 