Repititiationes ~ 12/02/15

I finally realize after 20 years teaching – even upper level Latin assessments can be done well without translation pic.twitter.com/99L6nMkWZR

— Edward Zarrow (@drzarrow) December 2, 2015

Trends in #Classics: What the Critics are Saying (and How the Machines are Changing It) https://t.co/oNJMd6udBX via @wordpressdotcom #data

— Jaclyn Neel (@ProfessorJackie) December 1, 2015

Saturday, December 5 live webcast Center for Hellenic Studies Research Symposium!

The stream will be available at https://t.co/cnZ3kj3WvN.

— Ancient Greek Hero (@AncGreekHero) December 2, 2015

My poster on the Philistines is up: please photograph, retweet, ask me questions #AAA38

— Prof Louise ‘Student Whisperer’ Hitchcock (@ashlarblocks) December 2, 2015

Three fabulously fruity #frescoes from the Villa Poppaea at #Oplontis pic.twitter.com/qS7fsItcgs

— Dr Paula Lock (@PaulaLock5) December 2, 2015

Today's Latin carol: RUDOLPHUS. Six versions of Rudolph in Latin… plus a Gregorian chant! https://t.co/M68yn8Koxy @randyhoyt #GaudiumMundo

— Laura Gibbs (@OnlineCrsLady) December 1, 2015

In the battle of Zama, 202 BC, Hannibal's war elephants were frightened by horns blown by the Romans and they rampaged into their own troops

— Roman Legion Museum (@RomanCaerleon) December 2, 2015

The rediscovery of Oscan – a fascinating post by @Katherine_McDon on Samnitophilia in early modern Italy: https://t.co/1oKmSLvci0

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) December 2, 2015

According to @robertosaviano, the mafia bosses of Campania strongly identify with "the unassailable might of the Samnites" @Katherine_McDon

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) December 2, 2015

Early morning Via Appia today #ancientromelive pic.twitter.com/y1oyZxzXGa

— Darius Arya (@DariusAryaDigs) December 2, 2015

"Roman Wall Blues" by W.H. Auden… I love this poem so much. #RomanBritain pic.twitter.com/1kSLziQMoW

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) December 2, 2015

Partly reconstructed Roman fort features a "whifferama"! https://t.co/2zrdUhyQRE via @WorldWideWriter #RomanBritain pic.twitter.com/fx9KhC3jGK

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) December 2, 2015

#Roman sarcophagus from man's garden given to Yozgat museum, Turkey. https://t.co/2YrMbDDwNW pic.twitter.com/JQMbS92eje

— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) December 2, 2015

Roman Inscriptions of Britain is online – check out the @RomanBinchester epigraphy https://t.co/TSwIqO3e2O

— David Petts is taking Industrial action again! (@DavidPetts1) December 1, 2015

. @DavidPetts1 @RomanBinchester @rogueclassicist RIB Online: a labor of love and tech tour-de-force by @Sarcanon #epidoc #inscriptions

— Tom Elliott (@paregorios) December 2, 2015

@rogueclassicist My latest post on instructive differences between Athens 403 BC and Paris 13/11/15: https://t.co/cl9Ow94mtL

— Jon Hesk (@Heskers) December 2, 2015

The ultimate pit stop on the Via Appia! Appia Antica Cafe (u can rent a bike,too) pic.twitter.com/JIQvUa1GCK

— Darius Arya (@DariusAryaDigs) December 2, 2015

Thunder thighs but no thunderbolt: Artemision Zeus @classarch Cambridge pic.twitter.com/GcU0LR12ys

— James Cahill (@JamesCahill) December 1, 2015

Wow #classicalreception Stunning line-up for Nottingham's #Iphigenia conference! (29-30 Jan) Keynote: @edithmayhall https://t.co/NdzFe2EQxY

— Archive of Performances of Greek & Roman Drama (@APGRD) December 2, 2015

Who maintains a decent list of classically themed mailing list/discussion groups these days?

— Gabriel Bodard (@palaeofuturist) December 2, 2015

[Un jour, une œuvre]
Coupe attique type B bilingue
☛ https://t.co/aEXbjr3xF3#ArtGrec pic.twitter.com/JyDobvtEvJ

— Musée du Louvre (@MuseeLouvre) December 2, 2015

Rock carving of Diana at Philippi (2nd-3rd century AD) #AncientWays @BBCRadio4 pic.twitter.com/DnfUritII0

— Bettany Hughes (@bettanyhughes) December 2, 2015

Univ. of Liverpool Schools Classics Project & Liverpool College: Greek Academy FREE GREEK LESSONS for YRS 9-13 https://t.co/pp9bhAX5A2

— Hellenic Society (@Hellenic_Soc) December 2, 2015

I use @Academia .edu . But it's worth looking closely at our tools: https://t.co/VxCAXo6osi (h/t @paregorios )

— Sebastian Heath (@sebhth) December 2, 2015

RT @uvihervalli: Snugly wrapped up hypocaust of 4th century Roman villa at @NTChedworth. Great site! pic.twitter.com/yP2NVh5sTm

— Roman Society (@TheRomanSoc) December 2, 2015

Should scholars be boycotting https://t.co/xjILoocnYD? https://t.co/xKdfyFld8A

— The Chronicle of Higher Education (@chronicle) December 2, 2015

Giovedì 3 dicembre visita con noi il deposito delle sculture di #VillaBorghese. Prenotati: https://t.co/i7v2RI50Kn pic.twitter.com/0LoYLOUKcS

— Musei in Comune Roma (@museiincomune) December 2, 2015

Tiberius is #Day2 of my #Roman #Emperors #AdventCalendar. pic.twitter.com/aOuX9HLKSS

— Mr Andrew Christie (@MrAJChristie) December 2, 2015

Asclepios & Asclepiades Statues in the Arch. Museum of #Dion. More pics: https://t.co/XUXL87Uo1R #Macedonia #Greece pic.twitter.com/rC07K3EBsU

— History of Macedonia (@GreekMacedonia) December 2, 2015

What was the werewolf myth in Ancient Rome? https://t.co/j0X3FxsotL pic.twitter.com/voHIswLJIM

— History Extra (@HistoryExtra) December 2, 2015

oggi è #santabibiana: dettaglio mosaico IVsec ritrovato vicino alla chiesa S.Bibiana ora alla #CentraleMontemartini pic.twitter.com/7eoO0hTIPR

— Silvia Bendinelli (@sbendi) December 2, 2015

Holidays as they once were: captivating images of tourists 100 years ago | via @Telegraph https://t.co/ztaaWlLxSt pic.twitter.com/APTeha2QmG

— Ivana Lepojev (@ivanalepojev) December 2, 2015

I #MuseiCapitolini visti dai visitatori: ogni mercoledì diamo spazio al vostro talento! Qui: https://t.co/h7XZEObsmM pic.twitter.com/3KhMPmqVu3

— Musei in Comune Roma (@museiincomune) December 2, 2015

"Do the Archaeologist" is one of my favorite tunes, smacking of They Might Be Giants (which is pretty OK). #punkarch https://t.co/oxr6mv6q08

— Dr. Andrew Reinhard (@adreinhard) December 2, 2015

eítiuvam, acc. ‘money’ (Oscan). Etymology unknown. Attested at Pompeii, Bantia and Alfedena. #ItalicWordoftheDay pic.twitter.com/mUTdkfzrqW

— Katherine McDonald (@Katherine_McDon) December 2, 2015

Join the party! We're exploring "Festivals and Celebrations in Antiquity" today 6-7 pm #free with admission pic.twitter.com/uNcooEc9T6

— Museum of Fine Arts (@mfaboston) December 2, 2015

Check out NPR's interview with Mary Beard. https://t.co/mIIDOUAPcm

— CAMWS (@camwsclassics) December 2, 2015

Could #Latin be set for a comeback in Welsh classrooms? https://t.co/ENAyELXsZm

— Latin Language (@latinlanguage) December 2, 2015

Breathing life into cold marble with a flickering flame – casts by candlelight @classarch https://t.co/jmI5a4NV7p pic.twitter.com/QbMu0aOirD

— University of Cambridge Museums (@CamUnivMuseums) December 2, 2015

Perfer et obdura, dolor hic tibi proderit olim
Be patient & tough; someday this "pain" will be useful to you.
Ovid
RT @alainsola#Latin

— The Latin Programme (@LatinProgramme) December 2, 2015

How do antiquities, orchid collectors justify engaging in criminal market? My new OPEN paper https://t.co/7Ux8f2bi1c pic.twitter.com/PBaw3pzWvt

— Dr Donna Yates (@DrDonnaYates) December 2, 2015

Me finally meeting the renowned fish sauce merchant from Pompeii – Umbricius Scaurus – #raisingpompeii 🎥 pic.twitter.com/fBSghvJn7h

— Michael Wadding (@waddo100) December 2, 2015

Today's #archtravelpostcard is from the Roman gallery @YorkshireMuseum https://t.co/JYhSNXOLy3 pic.twitter.com/v94OEl8FRg

— 🗿ArchaeologyTravel (@ArchTrav) November 30, 2015

Delighted! #RSC #director TerryHands, #StageManager RogerHowells joining line-up #Stravinsky #OedipusRex #Exhibition pic.twitter.com/2JcKp0hPTU

— Archive of Performances of Greek & Roman Drama (@APGRD) November 5, 2015

With whom do you share a deep propinquity?

Read the full definition here: https://t.co/QmkAVpvPJ5 pic.twitter.com/RIaAr3EHzj

— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) December 2, 2015

Heracles & the ketos – or is it a dinosaur? Watch @holland_tom & @amayor https://t.co/sxjvLKDIiO
Pot @mfaboston pic.twitter.com/uC1bSAh5xH

— Pythika (@Pythika) December 2, 2015

A centaur and a merman frolic together with a man, 2 animals, and a bird within an initial D https://t.co/Z6K15GdIak https://t.co/UF8cNVXnAF

— Getty (@GettyMuseum) December 2, 2015

There are over 200 of these rock reliefs on the hillside above Philippi #Ancient Ways @BBCRadio4 pic.twitter.com/LeT2uTpkIW

— Bettany Hughes (@bettanyhughes) December 2, 2015

Only 2 weeks before @holland_tom comes to talk on 'Whores and the House of Caesar' https://t.co/shG64FOdrx pic.twitter.com/ttR4XHhiVR

— British School at Rome (@the_bsr) December 2, 2015

@bev_back's Jon Snow, Roman crow talk is underway!! pic.twitter.com/BHfIxONLS0

— LUU Classics Society (@LUUClassicsSoc) December 2, 2015

Centurions, kicked out of the central piazzas, hanging out in the fringes- https://t.co/4sNz0ETKFI time 4 @Roma 2 get serious

— Darius Arya (@DariusAryaDigs) December 2, 2015

I detest the Vittorio Emanuele II monument but in the darkness it resembles an Ancient Roman temple complex. pic.twitter.com/7VzaopSmZK

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) December 2, 2015

Crystal ball with magical inscription ABLANAQANALBA
Cult of god Abrasax https://t.co/65DhJv1w3w #archaeology Denmark pic.twitter.com/sHzRzuXZJ2

— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) December 2, 2015

Jon Snow and Ygritte parallel with Aeneas and Dido?!! pic.twitter.com/ksxA9Um6BS

— LUU Classics Society (@LUUClassicsSoc) December 2, 2015

PHD Comics: How Professors are just like Jedi https://t.co/Jl5rLh9Bup via @phdcomics

— Jeffrey A. Becker (@servilius_ahala) December 2, 2015

Crater exponens adminium in Plantie Argyre — https://t.co/C82H1YBZHa pic.twitter.com/H0ciVBcPEA

— HiRISELatin (NASA) (@HiRISELatin) December 2, 2015

I can't find a connection in Virgil between Evander, doors, windows or locks. The Arcadians too simple for them. pic.twitter.com/zLAcy6aoL7

— Classical Snacks (@ClassicalSnacks) December 2, 2015

Latin II – Ss write Latin sentences to demonstrate knowledge of topical vocabulary @KatyReddick @kballestrini pic.twitter.com/ouIkIdPmJq

— Edward Zarrow (@drzarrow) December 2, 2015

The Abduction of Helen by Paris (1757 circa)

Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder

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— Biagio Angrisani (@Biagio960) December 2, 2015

Helen and Paris

Charles Meynier (1768-1832)

p.c.

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— Biagio Angrisani (@Biagio960) December 2, 2015

Homer Singing His Iliad at the Gate of Athens (1811)

Guillaume Guillon-Lethiere

Nottingham City Museums – UK

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— Biagio Angrisani (@Biagio960) December 2, 2015

Now taking bookings for the Minimus British Museum Day, Sat 18 June 2016. https://t.co/yYKcJbEGP0 pic.twitter.com/MzI3QxlMmj

— Helen Forte (@minimus_latin) December 2, 2015

If the best-known figure of Athena is in the @Liebieghaus, the best-preserved figure of Marsyas is in the Vatican. pic.twitter.com/JW5xiBLUSC

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) December 2, 2015

There is another Roman copy of the Athena of Myron in the @MSR_Tlse. pic.twitter.com/h8lw3WHwFy

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) December 2, 2015

Joaquín Sorolla
Las Nereidas
1886@LuciaTassan
Buongiorno Lucia!🌷🍃 pic.twitter.com/7XhmcZcwmJ

— Adriana Evangelisti (@AdrianaCioci) December 2, 2015

And another one in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. The head is a plaster cast from the version in the @Liebieghaus. pic.twitter.com/NObDTTxBkJ

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) December 2, 2015

Mouse, perhaps a baby's feeding bottle, 5th century BC, Sicily @metmuseumhttps://t.co/Pw6r8yYQ82 pic.twitter.com/aQRQ0t8M9d

— Pythika (@Pythika) December 2, 2015

#3p06 Suet.10 65 BC as aedile Caesar provides beast hunts & glad. games with a colleague, but took all the credit! pic.twitter.com/oBucHI11Jf

— BrockU Classics (@brockuclassics) December 2, 2015

@SarahEBond And here is a possible source. ▶️ "I saw it on the Internet." pic.twitter.com/vqoawwndV6

— Bill Thayer 🎗️ LacusCurtius (@LacusCurtius) December 2, 2015

#3p06 In Rep. no permanent stone amphitheater in Rome – gladiators were staged in Forum in temporary wooden arena. pic.twitter.com/qEt6yA8ZWU

— BrockU Classics (@brockuclassics) December 2, 2015

Don't forget Dr Icks' talk on Roman emperors on display is 2mrw at 6.45pm @QUB_History… pic.twitter.com/svJZ0oKk4v

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) December 2, 2015

Marble bust of Polydeukes, who died young as a pupil & foster-son of Herodes Atticus, ca 165 AD, Altes Museum Berlin pic.twitter.com/rwgERor3Oc

— Tom Ljevar (@tomljevar) December 2, 2015

Ritratto maschile, degli inizi IV secolo d.C., nei #MuseiCapitolini: https://t.co/ANH18ufoxQ#CapolavoriCapitolini pic.twitter.com/HMfahmdQQa

— Musei in Comune Roma (@museiincomune) December 2, 2015

#CoinHoard from the 1st days of Roman Britain. Claudius' coins probably minted for use by invasion force. Dorset. pic.twitter.com/GlmLyFl495

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) December 2, 2015

The Nigel Farage of Roman Britain – silver denarii of Carausius. Frome #CoinHoard pic.twitter.com/ldflAY02xJ

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) December 2, 2015

Has anyone written anything about Odyssean echos/allusions/elements in Star Trek: Voyager? If not, could one of you? I'd like to read it. 🙂

— Aven (@AvenSarah) December 2, 2015

@ACLCLassics Cyber Week sales include gift quality books, resources for teachers, and materials for young students https://t.co/rAWMCHSM0G

— ACL Classics (@ACLClassics) December 2, 2015

Brock students, faculty & friends don’t forget about our Saturnalia social: Dec. 8th 4-6 in IC104: all welcome! pic.twitter.com/vXV4ZHT6BF

— Nadine Brundrett (@BrundrettNadine) December 2, 2015

Thinking on Policies: my colleague Neil Brodie discusses disrupting the trade in antiquities https://t.co/TfH2jcE6xw pic.twitter.com/7mse1Q37Yn

— Dr Donna Yates (@DrDonnaYates) December 2, 2015

Et ipse manus porrigit eamque ad pectus trahit atque dulciter amplectitur dum ora iunguntur. pic.twitter.com/XHMNLTaz3I

— Bellatrix (@dodecafonia) December 2, 2015

Or likely to have been looted or smuggled from anywhere. They don’t just have to be from a conflict zone. https://t.co/oRMX2FLXrL

— Dr Donna Yates (@DrDonnaYates) December 2, 2015

Gallery: Virgil and Augustan Period https://t.co/KjrRA28JAs

— Ancient Greek Hero (@AncGreekHero) December 3, 2015

"unpronounceable"?"off-putting"? "long-winded classics class"? Nonsense! Classics is fun & exciting, & *always* relevant! @KellyMacFarlane

— Classics at UAlberta (@ClassicsAlberta) December 3, 2015