February 21, 2013
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posted with permission: Greek and Roman Animal Sacrifice: Ancient Victims, Modern Observers. Edited by Christopher A. Faraone and F. S. Naiden. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Pp.xiv + 209. Hardcover, £55.00/$95.00. ISBN 978-1-107-01112-0. Reviewed by Sarah Hitch, University of Oxford Is animal sacrifice the central act in Greek and Roman religion, or…
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umber (Dictionary.com) ephemeral (Merriam-Webster) alabastrum (OED) adoxography (Wordnik) Latinitweets: adjective: brevis , breve => short, brief http://t.co/X9pcrLWUX2 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) February 21, 2013 dēlūbrum, i, n. de-luo, the place of expiation, hence a temple, shrine (class., esp. freq. in poets and in elevat. prose; usu. in the plur) — Charlton T. Lewis…
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ante diem ix kalendas martias Parentalia possibly comes to an end with the festival of Feralia, during which sheep were sacrificed to the dead; the additional rites mentioned by Ovid (Fasti 2.565 ff) apparently in connection with the Feralia probably have nothing to do specifically with the festival. 4 A.D. — death of hoped-for-successor-to-Augustus Gaius…
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CAMWS Necrologies: Philip Owen Spann.
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Mike Anderson’s Ancient History: Alexander the Great – What if he had lived?.
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