February 2013
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David Mattingly delivers the second annual Ure Lecture:
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Not sure how much I want to believe the latest coverage from Greece. Back in May of 2009, we were told that the site of the Lyceum was to be covered (Covering the Lyceum). A couple of months later, we were told it would be ‘soon’ opening to the public (Lyceum Opening Next Month). Roughly…
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posted with permission: Greek Drama and the Invention of Rhetoric. By David Sansone. Oxford, Chichester, and Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. Pp. xi + 258. Hardcover, £66.95/$99.95. ISBN 978-1-118-35708-8. Reviewed by Michael Lloyd, University College Dublin This book argues that the art of rhetoric in Greece was inspired by fifth-century Athenian tragic drama, and that any…
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pugilism (Merriam-Webster homologous (Wordsmith) desidious (Worthless) Latinitweets: verb 2: soleo , solere, solitus sum => be accustomed http://t.co/X9pcrLWUX2 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab — LatinVocab (@LatinVocab) February 26, 2013 festīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. to hasten, make haste, hurry, be quick — Charlton T. Lewis (@LewisandShort) February 25, 2013 ἀρδμός, ὁ, means of watering,…
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ante diem v kalendas martias 50 A.D. — The emperor Claudius adopts the future emperor Nero 116 A.D.– supplicatio pro salute Traiani (day 1) 138 A.D. — The emperor Hadrian adopts the future emperor Antoninus Pius
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