RepiTitiationes ~ 04.04.15

Textes from Dante

HEY GEOFFE THOU WOULDST NAT BELIEVE WHO YS HEERE. LAT ME GYVE THEE A HINT: ARMA VIRUMQUE CANO. DVDE!

— Chaucer Doth Tweet (@LeVostreGC) April 3, 2015

This OCR'd beginner's vocabulary of ancient Greek written in Greek is begging to be made into a mobile app vel sim.http://t.co/sRBiGlZY3Z

— Bruce Robertson (@heml) April 4, 2015

This is the only part left of what was once a large bronze statuette of Ptolemy II or III. http://t.co/32IB7yUje1 pic.twitter.com/gBvx1UiyuU

— The Metropolitan Museum of Art (@metmuseum) April 4, 2015

Did you tune in for one or more days of my March #PhD #vlog? My reflections upon the process are now live: https://t.co/kgUhHJwaVt #PhDLife

— Emma Cole (@Emma_Cole1) April 4, 2015

Heated dining rooms and butchery: The robbed Roman villa found by archaeologists in Yorkshirehttp://t.co/B29GfxDI8h? pic.twitter.com/96WpY9AAyd

— Dig Discover Enjoy (@DigDiscoverEnj) April 4, 2015

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek myths from Achilles to Zeus. http://t.co/8D9kDPaZbZ @BBCRadio4 pic.twitter.com/kd8RGqesl4

— Micro Mythology (@micromythos) April 4, 2015

Ancient Rome is: Campus Martius, Forum Boarium, Cloaca Maxima- on yesterday's walk pic.twitter.com/TGw82H5NAX

— Darius Arya (@DariusAryaDigs) April 4, 2015

So gripping is Robert Douglas-Fairhurst's new book on Lewis Carroll that I realise I am going to have to re-read the Alice books RIGHT NOW!

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) April 4, 2015

Today is the birthday of the Emperor Antonius, nicknamed Caracalla after his cloak, born in 188 AD. He murdered his brother, Geta.

— Roman Legion Museum (@RomanCaerleon) April 4, 2015

Classical #wallporn of San Nicola in Carcere, Rome. The columns are remnants of the Temple of Juno Sospita, 197BC pic.twitter.com/7h1BE4woxB

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) April 4, 2015

I adore the meeting of defining eras in the architecture of Rome.Classical meets Fascist at the Theatre of Marcellus pic.twitter.com/NyBXZgqMn0

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) April 4, 2015

@pompei79 Thought that was Temple of Spes; Sospita on other side 🙂 anyway, only Doric temple [extant] in Rome.

— Dr Francesca Santoro (@Phyllida1234) April 4, 2015

As long as there was no video footage, it was possible to hope Hatra wasn't being destroyed: http://t.co/hmYCLUAna2 H/t @MsIntervention

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) April 4, 2015

Vid of destruction at site of Hatra, Iraq posted. Horrible Iconoclasm? Yes. "Bulldozed"? No. https://t.co/qmrsR3IYL2 pic.twitter.com/vGtFpxrXZR

— Dr Donna Yates (@DrDonnaYates) April 4, 2015

Again: Poor reporting of destruction of heritage threatens our ability to protect the past. http://t.co/Qw4uqQUrVf Hatra not 'bulldozed'

— Dr Donna Yates (@DrDonnaYates) April 4, 2015

Not saying destruction at Hatra isn't horrible. It is. It's heartbreaking, but it isn't what the media reported w/o sources or confirmation.

— Dr Donna Yates (@DrDonnaYates) April 4, 2015

Dorothy King's PhDiva: ISIS at Hatra http://t.co/UW4nSaUtnU

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Seneca: A Life by Emily Wilson review – temptation and virtue in imperial Rome | Books | The Guardia… http://t.co/D1zIIhqw3q

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

The Islamic State has used sledgehammers, pick axes and Kalashnikov rifles to smash statues and icon… https://t.co/bHbkQTjkDp

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Upcoming Exhibitions — Labours of Hercules http://t.co/MySODH7BEt

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

@DorothyKing exactly … and I'm curious about why AP always seems to be the first to report this stuff … where's the arab press?

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

EPHEMERIS. Ermanno Pizzotti mortuus est http://t.co/SrNUXPma2e

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

@benjcartlidge @oundleclassics but a definite 'crutch' for those of us who never 'got' scansion and don't have an 'ear' for it

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

@DorothyKing but the chief reporter is out of Cairo (secondary Baghdad) … al jazeera?

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

@DrDonnaYates @Matt0791 it also matters whether they knew they were destroying replicas and were going for 'effect'

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Court sits at British Museum for first time as judge studies looted Libyan sculpture – Telegraph http://t.co/GRLlHpzfX4

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Naomi J. Norman ’75 Gains New Appointment at the University of Georgia : Meaningful Contributions http://t.co/3QriRVGplR

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

The History Girls: Here be Griffons – by Katherine Langrish http://t.co/GjJunGZkDj

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Exhibition – The Saga of the Thracian Kings – Archaeological Discoveries in Bulgaria | Louvre Museum… http://t.co/0k9TNLx5d0

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

@DorothyKing it's the gamification of cultural destruction …

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

@LacusCurtius @oldpicsarchive she doesn't look pleased with the attention

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: April 4 http://t.co/q7kXOZM7uI

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Classics in Sarasota: Tough sell: The agon of rhetoric in the Philoctetes http://t.co/H7iTdp9HMX

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Coimbatore teacher makes an attempt to create world record – The Hindu http://t.co/ptLiGPJ6s5

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Pheidippides and the Myth of the Marathon – Beachcombing's Bizarre History Blog http://t.co/LGcCxvXWSL

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

… glossing Beach: http://t.co/aQgQ6JhJtV

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Petition and response, order and obey: contemporary models of Roman government | Clifford Ando … https://t.co/zBNr1WV73f

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Scholar to deliver inaugural lecture on Tuesday http://t.co/4n8V75Hlpf

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

The Slow Lane: Horace – the best self-help there is – http://t.co/86Uq0bLYIC http://t.co/TCuohtuzew

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Ancient Greek Classical Period Bronze Illyrian Hoplite Helmet 550 | eBay http://t.co/IS2BVuqhRM

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Exceptional Ancient Roman Bronze Mannheim Helmet with Siren Decoration 50 | eBay http://t.co/hAazrwRei7

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

On that mannheim helmet … siren or nike? pic.twitter.com/jHnfxbrCNU

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Ancient Roman Marble Portrait Bust of A Youth A Worshipper of Isis | eBay http://t.co/0EotEkLgMT

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Ancient Greek Silver Tetradrachm Coin from Gela Sicily 480 | eBay http://t.co/kiycix96Ms

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

the previously-mentioned gela tetradrachm pic.twitter.com/jLRaCwjHHc

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

@DorothyKing based on? there aren't any feet!

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

@DorothyKing it's on a Roman soldier's helmet … nike seems so more appropriate

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

[speaking of nike] Ancient Roman Campana Terracotta Relief of Victory 50 | eBay http://t.co/xNBZJuB5xm

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

@DorothyKing that's how it's attached to the helmet … not very 'handlike' …

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

@DorothyKing she also sports a wreath or diadem around her hair

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Following Jesus' steps: Are millions of Christians on the Via Dolorosa walking the wrong way? http://t.co/Lm4WPVlS3M

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Iran to lend statue of Penelope to Italian exhibition – Tehran Times http://t.co/y0EiagifGu

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

@DorothyKing but if sirens are depicted with hands, they don't have wings!

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

@DorothyKing maybe we should 'split the difference' and say she's a harpy! 8)

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Heated dining rooms and butchery: The robbed Roman villa found by archaeologists in Yorkshire | Cult… http://t.co/3X9ds1RzDE

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

I met with the world’s leading Atlantis expert: Will we ever locate Plato’s sunken city? http://t.co/Rk0Lbk55HX

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Roman Bioarchaeology Carnival LXX ~ Powered By Osteons http://t.co/GGjylqbNVz

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

classics is doomed to remain an insular (literally and figuratively) discipline if folks can't put CFPs in tweetable form!!!

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

5. Was there anything there before the Wall was built? | Per Lineam Valli https://t.co/shLCv61gyJ

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

The Fall of Rome and All That | TIME http://t.co/exfVn7Lppf

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

"Becoming a Diva in Ancient Rome? The problem of the First Lady'," Carole Newlands (UC Boulder) | Cl… https://t.co/ZacdtlK5fO

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

@JLDraycott i'll try!

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Catullus Online: An Online Repertory of Conjectures on Catullus http://t.co/HHTcWXE8sG

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Laudator Temporis Acti: Ajax and Cardinal Newman http://t.co/iZXcLCo33c

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Commentary on the Batrakhomuomakhia, Part 4: Lines 42-55 | Sententiae Antiquae http://t.co/pDkBq8hbXD

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Sententiae Recentiores: Coluccio Salutati, de Laboribus Herculis 1.7.11 | Sententiae Antiquae http://t.co/2tU7V3VqJU

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Bentley, Master of Indexes | Sententiae Antiquae http://t.co/DWboFsk0ou

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

the hatra vandalism- YouTube https://t.co/XUXfqwV4Ip

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

again, one sees a lot of rebar in the hatra video (cf Mosul)

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Where to find relics from the Passion of Christ in Rome – YouTube https://t.co/C2UQMOXKy5

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Play Pac-Man at the Vatican! – YouTube https://t.co/XagCiBHDoX

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

@BeardyHowse @rogueclassicist apparently this combination (opposite of Minotaur) has Mesopotamian origins, protective against demons..

— Prof Susan Oosthuizen (@DrSueOosthuizen) April 4, 2015

Prof. D. Braund "The priestess at Bolshaya Bliznitsa and Aphrodite Ourania in the Bosporan kingdom" … https://t.co/xMeEiTe62W

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

@DorothyKing I can do that!

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

AP photos from DM a year ago … 'Persian Princess' from hatra in museum … [scroll down] http://t.co/Nlhy029Knu

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

From 1999 … raising questions? By The Rivers Of Babylon — New Internationalist http://t.co/nKKvhiw4zf

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

This is from 9 moths ago! … ‘Exorcist’ temple falls into the hands of jihadists in Iraq | http://t.co/NgUFAHQWMJ http://t.co/hGbX9tEWKD

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

I think we need some sort of timeline for Hatra over the past couple of decades … much confusion

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

@DorothyKing definitely! they're rather nattily attired too!

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

AP's edited version: Video Shows IS Group Destroying Iraq's Hatra – YouTube https://t.co/6kaYYKVCSS

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

these guys are wearing running shoes …

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

@DorothyKing exactly … and don't waste explosive doing it … go to the hardware store and pick up a couple sledgehammers and a ladder

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

@DorothyKing … and nothing which would have 'resale' value … notice the statue is being 'extracted', not smashed

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Not sure why I find this cultural-destroyer's footwear 'odd' (nikes? knockoffs? *almost*nike air tread but not quite) pic.twitter.com/zHbbV2OIXq

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

@DrSueOosthuizen @BeardyHowse i find it interesting that just down the road from Gela is where Icarus went plop in the sea (trad.) …

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

@DrSueOosthuizen @BeardyHowse … and Daedalus migrated there …

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

@DrSueOosthuizen @BeardyHowse more examples: http://t.co/6CjhLOw0Be

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

@DrSueOosthuizen @BeardyHowse even more exempla: http://t.co/5NhhypAfwU

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

there's an image of the minotaur from gela … did the minotaur manage to sire children prior to Theseus' visit? pic.twitter.com/39KyD1mnW8

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

It's interesting that older 'reference books' refer to this as a minotaur, e.g. https://t.co/FtFCaF7If9

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

… and the minotaur ref in Anthon's vergil: https://t.co/SpsRsUnRJK

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

6. What did the surrounding landscape look like when Hadrian’s Wall was built? | Per Lineam Valli https://t.co/2XgBq2xaHJ

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Destruction of Reconstructed Statuary and Archite… http://t.co/YJEUW5cyk4

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

@JonaLendering I think that's what @DrSueOosthuizen is hinting at too …

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Gela was (appropriately, perhaps) a colony of Crete … (and Rhodes)

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

Gela was also the place where Aeschylus had his fateful meeting with a turtle …

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

@DorothyKing @llewelyn_morgan I wonder if the mainstream press is taking notes, though …

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) April 4, 2015

@DrSueOosthuizen @rogueclassicist @JonaLendering The Gela coins show a face satyrish in its ears, beard and lips. pic.twitter.com/IbYxmNmICH

— Christopher Howse (@BeardyHowse) April 4, 2015

Born #onthisday in AD 188: the Roman emperor Caracalla. This coin has Christian graffiti on it http://t.co/0xwvtGgQ5t pic.twitter.com/Lx4hKhDyTT

— British Museum (@britishmuseum) April 4, 2015

Pastoral: goats graze, shepherds sing, a mare stands with her foal. Virgil's Georgics: the Vergilius Romanus, 5thAD. pic.twitter.com/OO0pU4ZWcU

— Pythika (@Pythika) April 4, 2015

"Thucydides hystoricus"
Depiction of Thucydides in the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493 pic.twitter.com/zw0ZWq9mUt

— Jake Nabel (@JakeNabel) April 4, 2015

Denarius depicting Plautilla — wife of the #Roman emperor #Caracalla — & Pietas holding a child, ca. AD 203. pic.twitter.com/nvaxNTaGPc

— Dr Paula Lock (@PaulaLock5) April 4, 2015

cartoon pic.twitter.com/QLK5qCWxLW

— Tony Husband Cartoon Archive (@tonyhusband1) April 4, 2015

@rogueclassicist @GuyChamberland There were all those Athenian maidens sent into the Labyrinth… I don’t think I know any stories, though.

— Aven (@AvenSarah) April 4, 2015

Centrale Montemartini a Roma. Forever love! @Turismoromaweb @ZetemaCultura @museiincomune pic.twitter.com/5WEGoy155q

— Adele (@Adele_Magnelli) April 4, 2015

#Roma, Da villa dei Quintili ai Fori Imperiali il nuovo itinerario del bus 118 #archeologia @ManuelaPelati http://t.co/bxhuzEWvhH

— Corriere Roma (@corriereroma) April 4, 2015

#Lugaresconhistoria; Augusta Emerita, actual Mérida, (25 a.C) http://t.co/A3C1qQBfwX pic.twitter.com/zWyEmK2EgT

— Marcela Zapata-Meza (@Machezm) April 4, 2015

.da:@ImperatoreT: Gli splendidi mosaici della Villa Romana del Casale #piazzaarmerina #sicily #sicilia #Infosicily pic.twitter.com/egqrwsIFut

— Agenzia PLUS (@Agenzia_PLUS) April 4, 2015

Today in ancient history: The cult of Magna Mater is brought to Italy. (204 BCE). http://t.co/di925xjdZD pic.twitter.com/HxoSGLQVSf

— World History Encyclopedia (@whencyclopedia) April 4, 2015

The Divine Comedy Now Online http://t.co/JJkqjUSiY5

— British Library (@britishlibrary) April 4, 2015