November 22, 2012
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Interesting item over at the British Newspaper Archive blog and an interesting commentary on the ‘general Classics knowledge’ of folks in mid-19th century England: Using Ancient Greek Philosophers and Emperors to Sell Health Pills – Copywriting for Newspaper Adverts in 1842
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posted with permission: Two Thousand Years of Solitude: Exile after Ovid. Edited by Jennifer Ingleheart. Classical Presences Series. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Pp xvi + 353. Hardcover, £70.00/$125.00. ISBN 978-0-19-960384-8 Reviewed by Jo-Marie Claassen, University of Stellenbosch My initial assumption that the title of this book derives from the title of…
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From Hurriyet: A 2,500-year-old statue of a woman from the late Hellenistic period has been unearthed during the excavations at the Metropolis ancient city in İzmir’s Torbalı district. According to a written statement made by the Sabancı Foundation, new artifacts are being unearthed during the excavation of the ancient city, which has been ongoing for…
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posted with permission: State Formation in Italy and Greece: Questioning the Neoevolutionist Paradigm. Edited by Nicola Terrenato and Donald C. Haggis. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2011. Distributed in the United States by David Brown Book Company. Pp. x + 280. Paper, £35.00/$70.00. ISBN 978-1-84217-967-3. Reviewed by Panagiota A. Pantou, State University of New York at Buffalo…
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agape (Dictionary.com) cloister (Merriam-Webster) elysian (Wordsmith) mithridatism (Worthless) engastration (Wordnik) Latinitweets verb 1: aedifico , aedificare, aedificavi, aedificatus => build http://t.co/pTGZGjM0 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) November 22, 2012 sapientia: wisdom: noun. Example sentence:Dubium sapientiae initium.Translation:Doubt is the beginning of wisdom. http://t.co/tv2nSvHf — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) November 22, 2012
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