The Getty Iris: What Did Ancient Music Sound Like?
[a very interesting post!]
Month: July 2012
Make a Roman Mosaic Online
Tip o’ the pileus to our friends at Scoop.it for picking this one up … it’s a nice little site where you can make your own Roman (geometric) mosaic; teachers might find this a useful way to use a period (I certainly plan to use it in my Math class):
Classical Words of the Day
- luciferin (Merriam Webster)
Latinitweets:
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xiv kalendas sextilias
ante diem xiv kalendas sextilias
¶ Mercatus
¶ Lucaria (day 1) — an obscure festival which seems to be associated with commemorating Rome’s being saved from the Gauls (by hiding in groves?)
¶ 37 A.D. — the emperor Gaius (Caligula) gives the people a congiarium
¶ 64 A.D. — the Great Fire of Rome (day 2)
Blogosphere ~ Hymen, Orpheus, and deviation
Ovid’s Metamorphoses: Hymen, Orpheus, and deviation.
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