January 2013

  • Sybaris Flooded!

    From ANSA comes news of another site which we probably should start being concerned about: The mayor of Cassano allo Jonio in the southern region of Calabria on Monday appealed to President Giorgio Napolitano for help in tackling the emergency at the local Sybaris archaeological site due to recent flooding. The ancient remains were overrun…

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  • posted with permission: A Commentary on the Rhesus Attributed to Euripides. By Vayos Liapis. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. Pp. lxxviii + 364. Hardcover, £90.00/$185.00. ISBN 978-0-19-959168-8. Reviewed by Simon Perris, Victoria University of Wellington Commentaries, like readers, come in all sorts. Vayos Liapis’ commentary on Rhesos is of the kind I…

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  • Dig: Roman Villa at Cortona

    I am told there are spaces still available on this one: Excavate a Roman Villa at Cortona, Italy One *6 credit 4 week session – May 20 – June 14, 2013 Study Abroad Special Funding for 2013 Within the context of research on the Romanization of Etruria, we are continuing the excavation of a large…

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  • Classical Words of the Day

    paresthesia or paraesthesia (Wordsmith) messuage (Wordnik) Latinitweets: adjective: lentus , lenta, lentum => slow http://t.co/pTGZGjM0 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) January 30, 2013 parare: to provide: verb. Example sentence:Fortuna amicos parat, inopia amicos probat.Translation:Fortune provid… http://t.co/ESgvv1C3 — Latin Language (@latinlanguage) January 30, 2013

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  • ante diem iii kalendas februarias 405 B.C. — death of Sophocles (by one reckoning) 58 B.C. — “official” birthday of Livia, wife of Augustus 9 B.C. — dedication of the Ara Pacis 133 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Didius Julianus 228 A.D. — martyrdom of Martina (?) 311 A.D. — martyrdom of Savina…

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