January 2013
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The APA folks posted this one on their facebook page last night (tip o’ the pileus accruing), but I was hoping there’d be some English coverage by this a.m.. Alas, there isn’t any (yet), so here’s the story of a genuinely remarkable find of some sculputural remains which are tentatively being identified as Julia at…
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posted with permission: Aristophanes: Acharnians, Knights, and Peace. Translated, and with theatrical commentary, by Michael Ewans. Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2012. Pp. xiii + 289. Paper, $34.95. ISBN 978-0-8061-4231-9. Reviewed by Al Duncan, University of Utah Athenian “Old Comedy,” despite its traditional title, has become accustomed to frequent renewal.…
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satiate (Merriam Webster) Latinitweets: noun 5: spes , spei, f => hope http://t.co/pTGZGjM0 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) January 25, 2013 adiuvare: to help, to aid: verb. Example sentence:Liber philosophi homines prudenti consilio adiuvat.Translation… http://t.co/LPkFv1R1 — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) January 25, 2013
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ante diem viii kalendas februarias Sementivae or Paganalia (day 2) — Sementivae was a festival of sowing which was actually a moveable feast (although I’m not sure of the moveability criteria; I’m guessing that the first day falls between January 24 and 26). By Ovid’s time it appears to have been coincident with Paganalia, which…
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Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: January 25.
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