August 28, 2012
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The incipit of a lengthy biography at the Poetry Foundation: Poet, editor, and translator Daryl Hine was born in 1936 in British Columbia. He studied Classics and philosophy at McGill University, and he earned his PhD in comparative literature from the University of Chicago. The editor of Poetry from 1968-78, Hine was also a highly…
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ante diem v kalendas septembres ¶ rites in honour of Sol and Luna near the Circus Maximus 29 B.C. ¶ dedication of the ara Victoriae in the Curia ¶ 430 A.D. — death of St. Augustine ¶ 1797 — birth of Karl Otfried Muller (Classical scholar and archaeologist)
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Looting Matters: Fortuna and the unnamed gallery.
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History of the Ancient World: For All Time: An Examination of Romantic Love Through Curse Tablets.
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History of the Ancient World: Studies in the Representation of Dwarfs in Hellenistic and Roman Art. [Our colleague Michael Garmaise’s PhD diss.! It’s interesting too!]
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