February 2013

  • Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews

    2013.02.46:  Burkhard Fehr, Becoming Good Democrats and Wives: Civil Education and Female Socialization on the Parthenon Frieze. Hephaistos. Kritische Zeitschrift zu Theorie und Praxis der Archäologie und angrenzender Gebiete / New approaches to classical archaeology and related fields. 2013.02.45:  Jennifer Ebbeler, Disciplining Christians: Correction and Community in Augustine’s Letters. Oxford studies in late antiquity. 2013.02.44:…

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  • Interesting item from Hurriyet: A mosaic featuring an Eros figure fishing on horse has been found in the southern province of Adana’s Yumurtalık district. The half fish-half horse Eros, which is called Hippocampus in Greek mythology, is claimed to be the one and only such mosaic in the world. Made up of marble, glass and…

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  • Classical Words of the Day

    idiopathic (Merriam-Webster) logophile (Wordsmith) Latinitweets: adjective: quantus? , quanta? quantum? => how big? how much? http://t.co/X9pcrLWUX2 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) February 25, 2013 *cubo, cubare, cubui, cubitus* – to be sick/dead, lie down, recline #etymology of "incubate" – to keep [eggs] warm (as by sitting on them) — Latin Vocabulary (@latinwordaday) February 24,…

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  • History of the Ancient World: Up at a Villa, Down in the City? Four Epigrams of Martial.

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  • Blogosphere ~ Nihil and Nīl

    Latin for Addicts: Nihil and Nīl.

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