quidquid bene dictum est ab ullo, meum est
ante diem xvi kalendas octobres
ludi Romani (day 12)
16 A.D. — birth of Julia Drusilla, daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the elder, sister of Caligula
253 A.D. — martyrdom of Cornelius at Rome
In case you missed her comments in the New York Times on studying at Dartmouth:
I loved translating the “Aeneid” from Latin. Poor Aeneas and his pietas. That guy could not catch a break. I also love stories within stories, and the “Aeneid” is full of that.
… see also: Mindy Kaling on Latin and Mindy Kaling Does Latin! … folks seem to be interested in her Classics background every couple of years.
Yesterday in the Classical twittersphere:
Ajax: you once fought Trojans, but now you fight Grease! #ClassicsMoment Monday pic.twitter.com/7hW0dGZcxQ
— AscaniusYCI (@AscaniusYCI) September 15, 2015
The berth of Venus. pic.twitter.com/fMCdvUqtUH
— The Classics Library (@stephenjenkin) September 15, 2015
[Un jour, une œuvre]
Le Relief de Maliku☛ http://t.co/p72B5Hgm6D #AntiquitésOrientales pic.twitter.com/klvIzJM9jQ— Musée du Louvre (@MuseeLouvre) September 15, 2015
Guess what's coming…! pic.twitter.com/IcHwuZk1fm
— Greek Myth Comix (@GreekMythComix) September 15, 2015
I don't procrastinate. I proactively down-regulate time-management stability in favor of guilt-motivated intensity.
— Shit Academics Say (@AcademicsSay) September 15, 2015
Late 1stC AD #Roman #map on marble shows roads, streams & grid of properties assigned to legionaries; Orange, France pic.twitter.com/Wsi1spCFE8
— Prof Susan Oosthuizen (@DrSueOosthuizen) September 15, 2015
Heracles as a boy strangling a snake (marble, Roman artwork, 2° cent.CE) #niñosenelarte@mirianagrassi1 @LuciaTassan pic.twitter.com/AdjMwQPKYi
— María Suu (@MariaSuu) September 14, 2015
Don't normally take photos in womenswear (honest) but love this playful take on an old classic pic.twitter.com/cKqOkHHIRL
— David Colwill (@majikmutton) September 15, 2015
Do you want to know Italian #Museums taking part to #askacurator tomorrow?Here it's the list. Will you join us? pic.twitter.com/bvoJ0elhAC
— Gold Unveiled Uffizi (@GoldUnveiled) September 15, 2015
It's all @ daily maintenance – in Pompeii, Rome, all heritage sites- http://t.co/twpZlnYFvq
don't wait til grass is tall- deal w/ it DAILY— Darius Arya (@DariusAryaDigs) September 15, 2015
Farrago: Short names
http://t.co/oxrNr4Gvml— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) September 15, 2015
More Schliemann Aficionados at the Gennadius Library / News / The American School of Classical Studies at Athens
http://t.co/ndxcdsyLd9— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) September 15, 2015
Blogging Pompeii: News: Minor collapse reported
http://t.co/oknd81Jcdp— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) September 15, 2015
New Artist Reviews: Metabards | Morena Duwe
http://t.co/5AcmdxNXwv— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) September 15, 2015
Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Leutwitz Apollo and the Solder Marks
http://t.co/HdCj26rCC7— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) September 15, 2015
Theater Review: At Getty Villa, update of classic ‘Medea’ feels topical, timeless
http://t.co/3OR6CPIo2y— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) September 15, 2015
Patterns in Pompeii Wall Collapses Redux http://t.co/odYmMNW8aY
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) September 15, 2015
@InnesAlison yes
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) September 15, 2015
#tbt Malcolm ref'd Plato, Cicero, Herodotus, Pericles, Thucydides to draw link btwn Classics + contemporary politics http://t.co/infeYHp2lh
— Kōtare (fka DJ Sezzo) (@kotarethemixer) September 15, 2015
La Lechuza y el olivo: los símbolos de la Atenas clásica para recordar el Día de la Democracia http://t.co/yvxeWhjEd9 pic.twitter.com/CyKXEsaGv8
— Museo Arqueológico Nacional (@MANArqueologico) September 15, 2015
http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/643881534026551296
Announcing Stoic Week 2015 – 2nd to the 8th of November. Details here:http://t.co/hDRl1oOfLy
— Modern Stoicism (@StoicWeek) September 15, 2015
@HistoryNeedsYou that looks like Douglas bader
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) September 15, 2015
RT @LatinProgramme: A great gathering of free online #Latin resources by @halfhundredhttp://t.co/nQi1MLWGBm
— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) September 15, 2015
@HistoryNeedsYou got his autograph when I was a kid
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) September 15, 2015
And a wonderful example in the shape of a foot. pic.twitter.com/ZmLaZnF0tl
— LJ Trafford (@TraffordLj) September 15, 2015
The #etymology of orchid, from the Greek όρχις… Interesting… @antinousgaygod pic.twitter.com/24djIrjD94
— Guy Chamberland (@GuyChamberland) September 15, 2015
Fighting On Foreign Soil is Nothing Like Defending Your Own Land (Aeneas the Tactician, Introduction) http://t.co/NI9Kf9SOHs vía @sentantiq
— Mitología Clásica (@MitoGrecolatino) September 15, 2015
Join us tomorrow for @AskACurator day: http://t.co/9gjoUkoivN "See" you then! #askacurator pic.twitter.com/XgkExKoyCC
— Royal Ontario Museum (@ROMtoronto) September 15, 2015
http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/643921304039616512
http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/643921414832136192
Minted by Antony at Ephesus in 41 BC, a year after Philippi, shortly B4 his fateful meeting with Cleopatra at Tarsus pic.twitter.com/Ey2C5cqf3Z
— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) September 15, 2015
@holland_tom this is what I call the Rick mercer Coin… Canadians will see it
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) September 15, 2015
Interesting new book from @heffersbookshop …next to Harrius Potter and Hobbitus Ille! pic.twitter.com/gTyRY2DsAG
— Classics Faculty Lib (@CFLcam) September 15, 2015
#nutrirelimpero. Storie di alimentazione da #Roma e #Pompei. Fino al 15 novembre all'#AraPacis: https://t.co/tYpWFDDzTt
— Musei in Comune Roma (@museiincomune) September 15, 2015
LAST DAY CALL. TRADE: Transformations of Adriatic Europe (2 th -9 th century) – #Zadar #Croatia #callforpapers
http://t.co/mAVgiJgTKN— Fasti Congressuum (@fasticongress) September 15, 2015
Today begins: 5th International Congress for Young Egyptologists (ICYE), #Wien Austria #congress
http://t.co/EQPTXBA75W— Fasti Congressuum (@fasticongress) September 15, 2015
Last day CALL: Théories et pratiques étymologiques en grec… #Beaulieu/mer #France #callforpapers
http://t.co/QAqg1Jic88— Fasti Congressuum (@fasticongress) September 15, 2015
Last day call: Congreso Internacional de la Mujer en el Mediterráneo antiguo… #Murcia #Spain #callforpapers
http://t.co/nIAYSIO0ew— Fasti Congressuum (@fasticongress) September 15, 2015
Last day call: 19th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology… #Kemer/Antalya #Turkey #callforpapers
http://t.co/KLFfzNAQ7h— Fasti Congressuum (@fasticongress) September 15, 2015
La democracia ateniense y sus símbolos#DiaInternacionalDeLaDemocracia http://t.co/uZsvU2PnA1 Tetradracma (V a.C.) pic.twitter.com/MtUGVMmqCB
— Museo Arqueológico Nacional (@MANArqueologico) September 15, 2015
I must defer some amazing digital humanities news until December. In the meantime, please congratulate @PleiadesProject for theirs from NEH!
— Andrew Reinhard (@adreinhard) September 15, 2015
Charles Edward Perugini (Carlo Perugini), "Fanciulla con gattino bianco" #DonneInArte #DonneConAnimali pic.twitter.com/J48CGrAlkk
— Pinja Ar (@Pinja_Ar) September 10, 2015
Mosaic panel showing the hero Meleager about to spear a leopard, from a villa in Halicarnassus #BritishMuseum #Roman pic.twitter.com/0OFDtzvQfS
— Dr Paula Lock (@PaulaLock5) September 15, 2015
[Artwork of the day]
Relief of Maliku
☛ http://t.co/f8KSuG2lkV #NearEasternAntiquities pic.twitter.com/dsUNzTQPxD— Musée du Louvre (@MuseeLouvre) September 15, 2015
@DrDonnaYates just bought one… Galaxy note 5
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) September 15, 2015
@DrDonnaYates also have done the Evernote and ipad thing
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) September 15, 2015
@DrDonnaYates if the note5 stylus worked on an ipad it would be stellar
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) September 15, 2015
#TriviaTuesday: What is the name of the Cyclops that was tricked by Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey? pic.twitter.com/xWIvE2VaF4
— Museum of Fine Arts (@mfaboston) September 15, 2015
Like ancient Cycladic art? https://t.co/7yLN0Eeene
— Daphne Papadopoulou (@daphnenews) September 15, 2015
On some new fragments of Codex Tchacos, which I identified in 2012… http://t.co/TQmOY81EyU
— Alin Suciu (@AlinSuciu1) September 15, 2015
Ars Longa Prize 2015: Arthur Miller and the Greeks. Essay Competition – Call for entries @APGRD http://t.co/tTX27nzBsY
— Oxford Classics (@oxfordclassics) September 15, 2015
Il est également l'un des commissaires de la restauration de la Victoire de Samothrace. Préparez vos questions ! #askacurator 2/2
— Musée du Louvre (@MuseeLouvre) September 15, 2015
Ludovic Laugier, conservateur au dpt des Antiquités grecques, étrusques et romaines participe à #askacurator 1/2 pic.twitter.com/Blw04rv4EE
— Musée du Louvre (@MuseeLouvre) September 15, 2015
The wonderful @keftiugal will be speaking tomorrow for @petriefriends in @UCLarchaeology on Cretans in #Egypt pic.twitter.com/dcDZ2g5dkA
— Dr Sarah K. Doherty (@sherd_nerd) September 15, 2015
Have we mentioned we have some sparkly Roman coins on display? See @Review_Eagle's article http://t.co/og0m6LDXXL pic.twitter.com/vS8QFKrKC6
— St Albans Museums (@stalbansmuseums) September 15, 2015
Order of words in sentences. http://t.co/wmUxsM1e4W #latin #LatinGrammar
— LatinD.com (@LatinDiscussion) September 15, 2015
The secret of good humanities teaching: http://t.co/tSF4uVFiDV pic.twitter.com/LmbbO1y4fb
— The Chronicle of Higher Education (@chronicle) September 15, 2015
Five Military #Latin Words: Impedimenta, Contubernium, Castra, Auxilia, and Vallum – blog by @Alex_Calvo http://t.co/XwrCk7OlAg #Rome
— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) September 15, 2015
~ Antonio #Canova 🌹🍃
The three graces – 1816
The three dancers – 1809 #ArtLovers @ipnotic @AndrewSacks13 pic.twitter.com/22khojYnJN— ∞ ℰмaηυeℓa*.:｡✿*ﾟﾟ (@emanuelaneri14) September 14, 2015
~ Adolphe William #Bouguereau
'Nymphs & Satyrs' 1873Good evening 🍃 @Asamsakti @LuciaTassan @N2312Neagoe pic.twitter.com/Ul4RRPOdZU
— ∞ ℰмaηυeℓa*.:｡✿*ﾟﾟ (@emanuelaneri14) September 14, 2015
Register Now for Antiquities Trafficking & Terrorist Financing @UNESCO @AsiaSocietyNY @MiddleEastInst @Combatlooting http://t.co/jPgHi8WOlP
— Antiquities Coalition (@CombatLooting) September 15, 2015
Great conversation today in Roman Epic about the Aeneid; it's fun to have a chunk of students who've read at least one of the Homeric epics.
— Aven (@AvenSarah) September 15, 2015
Gladiator dress-up @ROMtoronto #Pompeii #exhibit @RBJMason tries out trident & galerus (shoulderguard) #fun #museums pic.twitter.com/TaBqwj4J6c
— Dr Kay Sunahara (@KaySunahara) September 15, 2015
1st & 2nd Oct. ‘Replicas in Roman Art: Redeeming the Copy?’ workshop with @CARC_Oxford http://t.co/R1EdGjgneL
— Oxford Classics (@oxfordclassics) September 15, 2015
Have a look at provenance for Christie's Oct 1 antiquities sale and tell us what you find of interest http://t.co/1adwkiFi7d
— Chasing Aphrodite (@ChasingAphrodit) September 15, 2015
@ChasingAphrodit what do you think of the Cycladic stuff?
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) September 15, 2015
@ChasingAphrodit it's also kind of interesting how much was acquired in 1996
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) September 15, 2015
Making mummies talking this morning at the Petrie with @aliceestevenson @kathrynpiquette pic.twitter.com/5DLgVNw7hD
— Roberta Mazza (@papyrologyatman) September 15, 2015
Tomorrow is #AskACurator Day! Start sending us your burning questions about art http://t.co/RD9cGdqESX pic.twitter.com/d5ywnRoWNM
— Getty (@GettyMuseum) September 15, 2015
#askacurator à Vincent Blanchard @MuseeLouvre : A quelles fouilles archéologiques le Louvre est-il associé en ce moment ? Des découvertes ?
— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) September 15, 2015
http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/643934707177160704
@MarkosPerrakis not an option
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) September 15, 2015
The 10 most scandalous women in Ancient Rome: http://t.co/CcIAuxllGA
— Latin Language (@latinlanguage) September 15, 2015
Camelopardus: 5th c AD, northern Syria or Lebanon @artinstitutechi http://t.co/yjHRC3sw7H pic.twitter.com/adppKVaEnx
— Pythika (@Pythika) September 15, 2015
http://twitter.com/rogueclassicist/status/643936268800405505
Lost writings of Latin literature | OUPblog https://t.co/t1cc38EQyl
— C. B. Watson (@TheRealDrWatson) September 15, 2015
Here is our #dreamteam for #askacurator day. Do you have questions for our curators ? pic.twitter.com/gDOAJHtmj8
— Musée du Louvre (@MuseeLouvre) September 15, 2015
@holy_cross Classics alumna @ChristineBannan '14 brings her textual and open-access skills from @HCMID to the law. https://t.co/G9tFyVKutD
— Holy Cross Classics (@CHC_Classics) September 14, 2015
Denario di Traiano, 114 d.C. / Denarius of Trajan, 114 AD http://t.co/V9ldca5aa7 https://t.co/EnXlLeHp79 pic.twitter.com/duVLujeVev
— Capitolivm (@Capitolivm) September 15, 2015
#Capolavori Frammento di sarcofago con leone e antilope nei Musei Capitolini http://t.co/3e0IwAWxZp pic.twitter.com/64igbRr3K5
— Musei in Comune Roma (@museiincomune) September 15, 2015
@stephenjenkin: Frog on a lily pad. House of the Faun, Pompeii.http://t.co/Cz3l6YKvui pic.twitter.com/OGxrOUTtUv
— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) September 15, 2015
http://t.co/fSPDsZoW4N pic.twitter.com/LuvPk7SAUt
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) September 15, 2015
Imperial group as Mars & Venus; Hadrian & Sabina later reworked into a portrait of Annia Lucilla, Lucius Verus' wife pic.twitter.com/YSZuMn1smh
— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) September 15, 2015
One thing to be said for presence of Thucydides in US discourse is that least they generally get the references more or less right.
— Neville Morley (@NevilleMorley) September 15, 2015
SYNAULIA
SOUNDS, MUSIC AND DANCES OF ANCIENT ROME
Suoni, Musiche e danze dell'antica Roma pic.twitter.com/LKCRLkM3yr— SYNAULIA (@Synaulia_) May 11, 2014
Vulcan presenting Venus with arms for Aeneas
François Boucher, 1757
Musée du Louvre
Notte❤@Asamsakti @N2312Neagoe pic.twitter.com/yR0EryCus7— Lucia Tassan Mangina🇪🇺 #FBPE (@LuciaTassan) September 15, 2015
Peter Paul Rubens, Diana and her Nymphs Surprised by the Fauns (detail-1) 1638-40. pic.twitter.com/OMa3QKvYtY
— Amy P💫 (@Amyperuana) September 15, 2015
Hubert Robert (1733-1808) Interior of the Temple of Diana at Nmes. pic.twitter.com/3LyvJ8S4bR
— Amy P💫 (@Amyperuana) September 15, 2015
Angelo Von Courten (1848-1925)The Godess Diana with a Lion. pic.twitter.com/8b05MwyiOe
— Amy P💫 (@Amyperuana) September 15, 2015
Correggio – circa 1519, Diana. pic.twitter.com/T1iXAGPLio
— Amy P💫 (@Amyperuana) September 15, 2015
Jules Joseph Lefebvre – Diana, Chasseresse. pic.twitter.com/wrZHbl1nj3
— Amy P💫 (@Amyperuana) September 15, 2015
Jules Joseph Lefebvre – Diana – 1879. pic.twitter.com/I0pvS7ntyd
— Amy P💫 (@Amyperuana) September 15, 2015
Carle Van Loo – 1736, Diana. pic.twitter.com/Exkvoj1wgD
— Amy P💫 (@Amyperuana) September 15, 2015
Anton Raphael Mengs, Diana as Personification of the Night 1765. pic.twitter.com/CgjJ2w1n4U
— Amy P💫 (@Amyperuana) September 15, 2015
Marcantonio Franceschini -Diana Sleeping. pic.twitter.com/LGWB7okzr7
— Amy P💫 (@Amyperuana) September 15, 2015
Walter Cran, Diana and Endymion. pic.twitter.com/VzdbIyrubB
— Amy P💫 (@Amyperuana) September 15, 2015
Has anyone else ever heard of R.L. Ashman, the NY collector from whom Hecht supposedly bought this? http://t.co/ccUcBXnYPA @mfaboston
— Justin Walsh (@jstpwalsh) September 15, 2015
@rogueclassicist The Cypriot piece on the cover claims a long pedigree but came through notorious loot dealer Nikolas Koutoulakis
— Chasing Aphrodite (@ChasingAphrodit) September 15, 2015
For more on Koutoulakis loot see me http://t.co/evL48TmgFl and David Gill http://t.co/ml70cBVgee
— Chasing Aphrodite (@ChasingAphrodit) September 15, 2015
#AskaCurator @MuseeLouvre is there any update on the gaza Apollo?
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) September 16, 2015
Autocorrect totally mangled my reasonably good French!
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) September 16, 2015
@MarkosPerrakis no ethernet connection on my mac…
— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) September 16, 2015
Should the ROM have placed the James Ossuary on display knowing the iffy details about its provenance? @ROMtoronto #askacurator #ANT374
— Morag M. Kersel (@mokersel) September 16, 2015
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