Repititiationes ~ 10/25/15

Augustus Jules Bouvier – Ready for the Dance pic.twitter.com/A1TaViHaGL

— Περσεφόνη en tus sueños. (@presademi) October 23, 2015

The race between Iliad and Odyssey is evening out, but which will win..?https://t.co/JbITXyv65b

— The Classics Library (@StephenJenkin) October 25, 2015

Roman coin found in Buxton, Derbyshire dated circa 110ADhttps://t.co/nDm3jcAJjn pic.twitter.com/j5vAvyemT9

— Dig Discover Enjoy (@DigDiscoverEnj) October 24, 2015

Replica Roman Samian Ware Dr37 bowl Terra Sigillata + mould & punches that made it Experimental Archaeology pic.twitter.com/d2gLQb7fgn

— Graham Taylor (@Pottedhistory) October 24, 2015

Yo! Here's an Ancient Greek kid playing with a yo-yo!

Attic kylix (c 440BC), now in Berlin's Antikensammlung. pic.twitter.com/FEmGktxaCn

— The Classics Library (@StephenJenkin) October 25, 2015

Heavy night, last night? Is this you?

Sleeping bacchant, from House of the Citharist, Pompeii. pic.twitter.com/w64PchfdNI

— The Classics Library (@StephenJenkin) October 25, 2015

For 70th anniversary of UN, blog on its classicist founder & Saudi to Human Rights 'supremo' https://t.co/v7vI9pJOaH pic.twitter.com/W7Gmn72nEY

— @edithmayhall (@edithmayhall) October 25, 2015

A circular pool in the area known as Temple of #Hercules Segni #SegniArcheologia pic.twitter.com/mlKhevFB4r

— Stephen Kay (@stephenjohnkay) October 25, 2015

A chance to see the excavations of the @SegniProject today #SegniArcheologia @the_bsr @MuseoSegni pic.twitter.com/yhxZiRFMyu

— Stephen Kay (@stephenjohnkay) October 25, 2015

Remains in the area of Temple of #Hercules #SegniArcheologia #Segni pic.twitter.com/ZiZlliFCF6

— Stephen Kay (@stephenjohnkay) October 25, 2015

Buste d'enfant, Vénus Anadyomène et Vénus à gaine (IIe siècle) @Museesdangers pic.twitter.com/HlHtKExGxy

— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) October 25, 2015

Statuette d'#Apollon (Ier-IIe siècle) Amphithéâtre de Grohan @Museesdangers pic.twitter.com/pz8P4nfWxp

— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) October 25, 2015

Pot en terre noire avec indication de contenance VRCEOLVLLE / SEX @Museesdangers pic.twitter.com/2FFxDhKZ3V

— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) October 25, 2015

"Hyacinthe renversé et tué par le palet d'#Apollon" (1829) par Antoine Etex @Museesdangers https://t.co/ULwDOL9EMw

— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) October 25, 2015

Narcisse (1818) marbre de Jean-Pierre #Cortot @museesdangers pic.twitter.com/EuRrQdPT6A

— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) October 25, 2015

"Vue du temple de #Paetum" (1811) par Antoine-Félix Boisselier @Museesdangers pic.twitter.com/AzAFjco3KZ

— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) October 25, 2015

"helmet was excavated by Nugent-Grenville, on the Plain of Marathon in 1834, according to letters from Sutton dated to 2 & 20 August 1826"

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

Corinthian helmet from the Battle of Marathon (490 BC) found with the warrior's skull inside. -Museum of Artifacts
https://t.co/qDoJw1K7vz

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

Weapon Wednesday: The Nugent Marathon Corinthian Helmet | Royal Ontario Museum
https://t.co/7EUnPDQ95R

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

anachronism anyone?

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

Always fun when sources aren't cited but can be discerned by a repeat of a howler …

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

Explorator 18.27 ~ October 25, 2015 | Explorator
https://t.co/tKRPENVIJ0

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

Pompeii restorers dig and scrub against clock as EU funding deadline looms | Reuters
https://t.co/6jDS2bJb1P

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

The ‘Submerged’ Heroic Life of Laertes (the Father of Odysseus) | Sententiae Antiquae
https://t.co/U40gYLdnJu

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

Society for the Revival of the Nemean Games | ARYBALLOS
https://t.co/FwtwyK9JFs

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

Renovation completed at ancient Greco-Roman Kiman Faris: minister | Cairo Post
https://t.co/CG6dHtaNcz

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

Laudator Temporis Acti: No Escape
https://t.co/izvOcxCNEN

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

Ancient Greek Method Acting: Aulus Gellius, 6.5 | Sententiae Antiquae
https://t.co/xqsCCQo4y1

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

The Best Bits of Hadrian’s Wall: the Other Stuff | Per Lineam Valli
https://t.co/OPcjKZAKMn

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

always sad when one's curatorial eye must become more jaded with particular sites/sights

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

Crimes unpunished: the Parthenon marbles | The Lawrentian
https://t.co/j0pDpaV4EC

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

YOUR SAY: Was Socrates as profound or practical teacher or a 'profane buffoon'? | The Telegraph
https://t.co/iDk0ARml2Y

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

[double take headline du jour] Shipwreck discovered in Lake Erie could be toxic, long-sought Argo |
https://t.co/n0aJomSVtB

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

Philip Hardie ~ Sather Lectures | Department of Classics
https://t.co/mn4HgWOVi2

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

The Achilles of the Vandals: Gibbon, Decline and Fall Chp. XLI, footnote 3 | Sententiae Antiquae
https://t.co/OK6dUg6jgW

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

A cheap use of Roman Alternate History « Ancient Rome Refocused
https://t.co/6tBTeau17c

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

Akropolis World News: Δύο ἄρχοντε ἐν καπηλείῳ https://t.co/YSXGBbqtIs

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

Nuntii Latini Septimanales 23.10.2015 – Latein-Wochenrückblick – Radio Bremen
https://t.co/blkf45xwjL

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

The legend behind the Goddess – Cyprus Mail Cyprus Mail
https://t.co/wvO5LDyv39

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: More than 700 Greco-Roman mints updated in Nomisma
https://t.co/uWphRXyiSD

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

Philagros’ Anger and Self-Loathing: Or, Why A Sophist Might Make a Bad Parent | Sententiae Antiquae
https://t.co/3ZantxQG71

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

Prof. R. Smith, "The Greek East under Rome: art and cultural interaction" – YouTube
https://t.co/KGetCSgp9k

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

Great North Museum – Roman artefact scans – YouTube
https://t.co/2fSNusb7GL

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

A lecture by Massimo Osanna, 'Il Grande Progetto Pompei: lavori in corso e prospettivo' – YouTube
https://t.co/xiZHzPaWcE

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

Meet The Archaeologist: Andrew Birley – YouTube
https://t.co/v968F7WXBL

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

Repititiationes ~ 10/24/15 https://t.co/2IUUUhkYrG

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

This Day in Ancient History ~ ante diem viii kalendas novembres https://t.co/MyTJMyJgRS

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

Leda & the Swan, emblema of a mosaic floor discovered near the Sanctuary of Aphrodite at Palaipafos, late 2nd c. AD. pic.twitter.com/qUBWPlzjel

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) October 25, 2015

"Léda et le cygne" par Jules Dubois (1851-1935) au musée des Beaux-arts d'#Angers @Museesdangers https://t.co/f1JMj5E3rJ

— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) October 25, 2015

#Picasso, born #OnThisDay in 1881. "Rape of the Sabine Women" was his last major statement about the horrors of war. pic.twitter.com/ewjqAbJRv7

— Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (@mfaboston) October 25, 2015

@AvenSarah @SarahEBond there seem to be a pile of things the 'romans' are supposed to have brought and no evidence is ever presented

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

@AvenSarah @SarahEBond plenty of post hoc ergo going on… Along with precivilization attitudes I think

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

@AvenSarah @SarahEBond see this confused history eg https://t.co/BMVwAOm68t

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

Mid-2ndC #Roman pottery on #Antonine Wall reveals N #African legionaries cooking w/ braziers https://t.co/ZZVf7Ozpwg pic.twitter.com/dtzMXnKiOH

— Prof Susan Oosthuizen (@DrSueOosthuizen) October 25, 2015

Highly recommend this exhibit. I saw it in the Roman Senate House in Rome. https://t.co/MKT2ux1N4w via @keridouglas pic.twitter.com/ciWxiU4e3Q

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) October 25, 2015

Don't mess with the Praetorian Guard…. https://t.co/dZiQN1czFu pic.twitter.com/IWWDtrgqek

— Amberley Publishing (@amberleybooks) October 25, 2015

Visiting our Pompeii exhibition today? Don't forget to share your photos w/ us! #ROMpeii https://t.co/Uzwg4Po1RB pic.twitter.com/vFX5kDaNIy

— Royal Ontario Museum (@ROMtoronto) October 25, 2015

Yesterday @mister_goldfish & I carved gorgons into pumpkins. My attempt: https://t.co/9zzHdpuV0r & his: https://t.co/dPtP3tYvmN

— The Goldfish (@goldfish) October 25, 2015

The Phaistos Disc! Super strange, trye ancient mystery. Still undeciphered. What was going on there? #crete pic.twitter.com/XMmjEXsflG

— Dr Donna Yates (@DrDonnaYates) October 25, 2015

I feel like ive jus done a "Minoan Civilisation Greatest Hits". Archaeology Museum of Heraklion, Crete pic.twitter.com/cUGtLhhFP8

— Dr Donna Yates (@DrDonnaYates) October 25, 2015

Pithos tombs unearthed in Turkey https://t.co/qteATsbmCL

— Constantina Katsari (@c_katsari) October 25, 2015

Just a reminder that everyone is welcome to Dr Daniëlle Slootjes' talk on 3D imaging
Tue 3 Nov 6.45 @QueensUBelfast pic.twitter.com/QULfp96Ul8

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) October 25, 2015

#culture
Pierre N.Guerin
Aurora y Cefalo
BDomenica@LuciaTassan @Asamsakti @VicoLudovico @emanuelaneri14 @redne2013 pic.twitter.com/PYwWIICNvC

— Rita Cóbix (@RitaCobix) October 25, 2015

"Hercule au jardin des Espérides" bronze patiné d'après Marino Sbarri di Bastiano
Musée-château de #Villevêque pic.twitter.com/g2IeCfCQM9

— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) October 25, 2015

You might be a classicist…if you take offense at "dead language," since everyone emphasizes the first word as if unveiling a corpse.

— Atticist (@Atticist) October 25, 2015

Who coined the term 'dead language' and was it originally applied to Latin?

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

Egisto creyendo descubrir el cuerpo de Orestes muerto
Charles Auguste van der Berghe 1798-1853 pic.twitter.com/s1N8jecyyn

— marialo (@lovalh) October 24, 2015

@lovalh @Amyperuana that's clytemnestra.. Not Orestes

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

. @Atticist I always tell students Latin and Greek are zombie languages: technically dead but still quite active.

— Michael Hendry (@Curculiunculus) October 25, 2015

Over life-size bronze statue of Septimius Severus depicted in heroic nudity, discovered by chance in 1928 in Cyprus. pic.twitter.com/ZS5CflfOKP

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) October 25, 2015

Maybe these guys need to be punched in those noses… https://t.co/1qfu18OIZq

— P. Clodius Pulcher (@ClodiusPulcher) October 25, 2015

@AvenSarah distinctions between sweet and other, Neolithic wild yet brought by Romans, no mention till 9th century ad..

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

This was on Facebook… pic.twitter.com/7Q2Qj1ZVQi

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

Classicists, feeling marginalised by #Agincourt600? Don't! Henry V's but a pale reflection of Alexander the Great… https://t.co/2zjNhuWOfY

— Llewelyn Morgan (@llewelyn_morgan) October 25, 2015

@AvenSarah that's the oft cited and rewritten one but there is no actual Roman evidence

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

More Minoan "best of". Archaeology Museum of Heraklion and classic Knossos reconstruction. pic.twitter.com/5rVqObbuPC

— Dr Donna Yates (@DrDonnaYates) October 25, 2015

Ruin of the day: The Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates at Kourion #Cyprus, one of the main religious centres on the island pic.twitter.com/Jce9g2FL4C

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) October 25, 2015

Bringing Roman Children to Life, and the Classroom: A Conversation with Ray Laurence https://t.co/1AgNMksDr8 pic.twitter.com/qNystbm3c2

— HistoryBuff (@historybuffcom) October 23, 2015

@AvenSarah if there isn't we shouldn't be giving them credit …

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

@AvenSarah I'm not a fan of crediting the Roman's with doing everything in Europe post 50nc or.so …

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

@AvenSarah … or Alexander bringing everything westward before that

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

@AvenSarah the usual thing is to suggest the army is involved. .. armies don't. Plant.apple trees

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

@AvenSarah could have been some gallic merchant

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

@AvenSarah that's fair

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

@AvenSarah just as much for.roman … or some guy named.larry

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

@AvenSarah the vindolanda letter is interesting. .. even if the reading is iffy

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

@AvenSarah Larry is my go to guy whenever origins claims are brought up

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

@AvenSarah of course the cynic points out we assume the mala refers to food. …

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

Abduction of Europa, mosaic floor from #Roman villa, early 4th c AD, Museum of #Sparta, #Greece #mosaicmonday pic.twitter.com/lJb3q98hNS

— Helsbels (@Helenus_) October 12, 2015

Rattle with palaistra scene, inscribed 'a clay ball of Myrrhine': Athens, 500BC @mfaboston https://t.co/H74NDLvmc1 pic.twitter.com/yf40uZsyDq

— Pythika (@Pythika) October 25, 2015

It's actually superugly. And yes, I'm ordering one. pic.twitter.com/MNzVoSlNvR

— Ida Östenberg (@IdaOstenberg) October 25, 2015

Delighted to see that my workplace has something in common with #Downton both have entertained Neville Chamberlain! pic.twitter.com/Sdji7JV5t2

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) October 25, 2015

How was sub-Saharan Africa perceived by ancient Mediterranean civilizations? https://t.co/s1u04Q3yHV #AfricanHistory #AncientHistory

— AskHistorians (@askhistorians) October 25, 2015

#GreeceTour Day 2: the Acropolis, the Agora, a Byzantine Monastery and Dinner in Delphi pic.twitter.com/CUiySts9hs

— Greek Myth Comix (@GreekMythComix) October 25, 2015

a 1st-century Roman villa had technological innovations like a boiler that warms bathwater #archaeology Pompeii pic.twitter.com/b57vUpWarp

— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) October 25, 2015

@Caerleon_Baths @noah_nonsense you have a source for that?

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

RT@MediterraneoAnt fewer visitors UNESCO Roman Villa del Casale Sicily due to deterioration https://t.co/jMe4qkIOKp pic.twitter.com/0hGoUNGEeV

— Tiziana Matarazzo (@tiziana_archeo) October 25, 2015

Time's up! Iliad beats Odyssey.
But why? #homervshomerhttps://t.co/JbITXyv65b pic.twitter.com/OGZC1QaHIl

— The Classics Library (@StephenJenkin) October 25, 2015

@stephenjenkin because people prefer a $$hole Achilles marginally more than Jeri face Odysseus?

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

@stephenjenkin jerkface Odysseus

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

@VincentH112 @ticiaverveer it seems to have large handles for that

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

Ischia: Trawlermen on Italian island learn to dive so they can rescue sunken Roman settlement of Antica Aenaria | – https://t.co/iTT0sIjer4

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 25, 2015

Bread stall, from a Pompeiian wall painting pic.twitter.com/9lTR9Y69aB

— Roman History (@romanhistory1) October 25, 2015