December 29, 2012
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Alas … after going over a year without catching an example of the egregious misuse of the word, Will Self in an opeddish thing in BBC Magazine (of all places): For what I think we require, as a society, is some sort of collective vomitorium. Not, you appreciate, that I expect you – like those…
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seen on the Classicists list: The Department of Classical Studies at The Open University warmly invites you to a one-day seminar on the theme of The Classical Body, to be held on Saturday February 2nd 2013 at the OU Regional Centre in London (Camden Town) 10am-4.30pm. The conference charge will be 7 pounds (for catering…
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seen on the Classicists list: TRANSLATING MYTH Date: 5-7 September, 2013 Venue: firstsite, Colchester, UK An international conference organized by the Centre for Myth Studies at the University of Essex, supported by the Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies and the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies. The Centre for Myth Studies at the University of…
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posted with permission: Virgil. By R. Alden Smith. Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Chichester and Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. Pp. x + 210. Hardcover, £70.00/$99.95. ISBN 978-1-4051-5949-4. Reviewed by Christopher B. Polt, Carleton College To introduce an author like Vergil broadly but briefly to audiences of students and scholars alike requires deep and sweeping…
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fastigiate (Dictionary.com) vacuous (Merriam Webster) concumbence (Worthless) Latinitweets: verb 1: narro , narrare, narravi, narratus => tell, relate http://t.co/pTGZGjM0 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) December 29, 2012 conservare: to preserve: verb. Example sentence:Libertatem harum urbium artibus belli conservavimus.Translation:… http://t.co/BsssavCq — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) December 29, 2012
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