November 20, 2012
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posted with permission: The Fate of Achilles: Text Inspired by Homer’s Iliad and Other Stories of Ancient Greece. By Bimba Landmann. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011. Pp. 32. Hardcover, $19.95. ISBN 978-1-60606-085-8. Reviewed by Parthena N. Karatzoglou, Centre for the Greek Language in Thessaloniki Although this book’s target audience is young children,…
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tartar (Merriam-Webster … sort of) mithridatism (Wordsmith) autopathy (Worthless) orthogonal (OED) Latinitweets noun 1: regina , reginae, f => queen http://t.co/pTGZGjM0 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) November 20, 2012 populus: the people, a nation: noun. Example sentence:Nullus tyrannus superare populum Romanum poterit.Translati… http://t.co/1kedu5NN — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) November 20, 2012
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ante diem xii kalendas decembres Mercatus — time to restock the cupboards after the Jupiterfest! 63 A.D. — shipwreck of St. Paul (by one reckoning) 270 (?) — birth of the future emperor Maximinus Daia 284 A.D. — elevation of Diocletian to the rank of Caesar
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Ovid’s Metamorphoses: A contest of fact and interpretation.
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Looting Matters: Official silence on Getty return.
rogue classicism 