January 2013
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Laudator Temporis Acti: Otium Sine Litteris Mors Est.
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The Latin Lover: Pontifex breviloquens : a tweeting pope!.
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Ovid’s Metamorphoses: Under the Volcano: Calliope’s Trinacria.
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A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned a review in the LRB by Mary Beard on a couple of tomes (Banter about Dildoes) and that article included, inter alia: Take the shops and bars you see lining the streets in all the best-preserved Roman towns. Walk down the main streets in Pompeii or Herculaneum and…
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More on the game piece side, actually , although I’ll admit to not knowing about the other personal hygiene method mentioned in this item (tip o’ the pileus to Sarah Bond for setting me on to this one and to Dan Diffendale for tracking down the original article). Here’s how the Daily Mail covers it:…