Iliad Translation Contest ~ Winner Announced!

About a year ago we mentioned a contest sponsored by the Simon and Schuster folks wherein contestants were asked to translate a chunk of the Iliad and Stephen Mitchell would judge which was best (Iliad Translation Contest ~ Stephen Mitchell as Judge). A winner has been announced and Layne Evans’ version can be read here:

… even better, LE is a rogueclassicism reader! Congratulations!

Classical Words of the Day

hamartia (Dictionary.com)
protean (Wordsmith)

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This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vi nonas octobres

ante diem vi nonas octobres

322 B.C. — death of Aristotle (according to one reckoning)

c. 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Eleutherius and companions