Repititiationes ~ 02/04/16

#2P61 On Friday we will discuss Eleusinian Mysteries: a cult of Demeter & Persephone (who was Queen of underworld). pic.twitter.com/QFnQgjE4dn

— Nadine Brundrett (@BrundrettNadine) February 4, 2016

Gustave Moreau (1826-1898) Cleopatra 1887. pic.twitter.com/kWt9PBMUCa

— Amy P💫 (@Amyperuana) February 4, 2016

Louis Gauffier – Cleopatra and Octavian. pic.twitter.com/nRnQF50yCW

— Amy P💫 (@Amyperuana) February 4, 2016

Jean-Léon Gérôme – 1866 Caesar and Cleopatra pic.twitter.com/aIhJnjB4yY

— Amy P💫 (@Amyperuana) February 4, 2016

Alexandre Cabanel 1887 – Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Condemned Prisoners pic.twitter.com/Z11GppLUo8

— Amy P💫 (@Amyperuana) February 4, 2016

Anton Raphael Mengs – Octavius Caesar (Later the Emperor Augustus), and Cleopatra 1760. pic.twitter.com/2B7FplR1Bm

— Amy P💫 (@Amyperuana) February 4, 2016

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema – 1883 Antony and Cleopatra pic.twitter.com/5jZJGZD6KZ

— Amy P💫 (@Amyperuana) February 4, 2016

John William Waterhouse, Cleopatra (1888) pic.twitter.com/FiR2i8dvDa

— Amy P💫 (@Amyperuana) February 4, 2016

Edward Mason Eggleston, Cleopatra. pic.twitter.com/yo59mxEkAE

— Amy P💫 (@Amyperuana) February 4, 2016

The Bouvier Affair: how an art-world insider made a fortune by being discreet https://t.co/un5KK2oRAP via @samknightwrites

— Justin Walsh (@jstpwalsh) February 4, 2016

Was Mycenae built directly atop a fault? The evidence is in the sloping fault scarp right in front of the Lion Gate. pic.twitter.com/XVxIdHOXoQ

— OrestesAgamemnonides (@oresteshighking) February 4, 2016

When this boy died, this portrait panel of him was placed over the face of his mummy. https://t.co/VXPsoIcwbj pic.twitter.com/Iw7LztHtC7

— The Metropolitan Museum of Art (@metmuseum) February 4, 2016

Rome's lonely Pyramid of Cestius gets a new lease of life https://t.co/HARwFLfKxL

— Chris Dickenson (@cpdickenson) February 4, 2016

Review of Daisy Dunn’s book on Catullus in the Spectator https://t.co/BTio9zwqye

— Adrian Murdoch (@adrianmurdoch) February 4, 2016

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— The Classics Library (@stephenjenkin) February 4, 2016

Rome's lonely Pyramid of Cestius gets a new lease of life https://t.co/10zraH0L6r

— The Guardian (@guardian) February 4, 2016

Lamp showing a chariot race in the Circus Maximus — complete with enthralled spectators! #Roman #BritishMuseum pic.twitter.com/wbAXsbkIta

— Dr Paula Lock (@PaulaLock5) February 4, 2016

Tile Antifix in the Museum; these were attached to the end of roofs & had designs on them thought to ward off evil. pic.twitter.com/d3cPK60OP9

— Roman Legion Museum (@RomanCaerleon) February 4, 2016

NOSTOI: Traditions about Mediterranean Settlement – 06-07/05/2016, #Oxford #England #congress
https://t.co/zXaKggkopZ

— Fasti Congressuum (@fasticongress) February 4, 2016

Lasers reveal 'lost' Roman roadshttps://t.co/Ew2G92fEWR pic.twitter.com/Y1pUAFMTT4

— Dig Discover Enjoy (@DigDiscoverEnj) February 3, 2016

In the midst of a British campaign, emperor Septimius Severus falls ill and dies #OnThisDay in 211 at York pic.twitter.com/pQw6BklB6G

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) February 4, 2016

Succeeding their father Severus #OnThisDay in 211, Caracalla and Geta served as co-emperors. They did not get on… pic.twitter.com/l5EJh38g9p

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) February 4, 2016

'As learned as it is intellectually thrilling' @holland_tom on Battling the Gods by @twhittermarsh. Published today. pic.twitter.com/PiIhtv2Wbs

— Faber Books (@FaberBooks) February 4, 2016

Roman short script comp 4 schools 2 write #DayInTheLife like @raylaurence1 https://t.co/2u8LfNrvQN @stephenjenkin pic.twitter.com/yfv9iZ2EBb

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) February 4, 2016

Mike Fulford on the Roman wall at Silchester – memorable shots @guardian https://t.co/HA9vETmNYb pic.twitter.com/63IAupERfx

— Silchester Archaeology (@silchexcavation) February 4, 2016

Birmingham and Midlands Classical Association Texts and Topics Conference – Saturday 5 March 2016 https://t.co/oPyHLUoPAj

— The Classics Library (@stephenjenkin) February 4, 2016

Well done Worcester State Sector Classicists! You rock! https://t.co/Js5XzRuFoW

— @edithmayhall (@edithmayhall) February 4, 2016

#Hoy (211) muere el emperador romano Septimio Severo, fundador de la dinastía severa https://t.co/KnB8ldqgf6 pic.twitter.com/VdDLM4wdvf

— Museo Arqueológico Nacional (@MANArqueologico) February 4, 2016

Septimius Severus, the first Roman emperor born in Africa, died #onthisday in York in AD 211 https://t.co/uGd61q3zbH pic.twitter.com/naKBTudGFe

— British Museum (@britishmuseum) February 4, 2016

Attention Classicists of all genders: please fill in the @womeninclassics survey: https://t.co/8io3zGsxew

— Rhiannon Easterbrook (@RigantonaE) February 4, 2016

ToposText is a new interface that links readers & travelers to Ancient Greece's literary culture & landscape https://t.co/5FIF7PbOno

— Hellenic Society (@Hellenic_Soc) February 4, 2016

Fab Ancient Athenian Acropolis from my pals at @Altair4Multimed https://t.co/2EdQHrUC9w pic.twitter.com/Cda08f6QOq

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) February 4, 2016

Discover the world of #Humanities #research @UniofOxford in this 70 second video: https://t.co/xffI4eLio7 pic.twitter.com/TuyTBWGyXW

— TORCH Oxford (@TORCHOxford) February 4, 2016

#Latin #Vocabulary Sheet with Pictures pic.twitter.com/SkeLuNbh5g

— CarmentaOnlineLatin (@CarmentaLatin) February 3, 2016

ultimam picturam finivi! (I finished the last drawing – for #hourlycomicday ). Minimus turns in for the night… pic.twitter.com/iMOMovGUK4

— Helen Forte (@minimus_latin) February 4, 2016

#OnThisDay emperor Septimius Severvus died. Born at the empire's South in Libya, he died at its north in #York. pic.twitter.com/hKlimHvHxz

— Andrew Woods (@YMT_Coins) February 4, 2016

Mistakes in peer-reviewed papers are easy to find but hard to fix, say David B Allison & co. https://t.co/81uR1b0Hg1 pic.twitter.com/0YNGp6w2xE

— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) February 4, 2016

Beautiful concept & fits perfectly with my work this week on broken #votive offerings. (Thanks @DLHumebug for link) pic.twitter.com/rRDgNi7xFZ

— Jessica Hughes 🎧 🌱🏺 (@jesshughes61) February 4, 2016

CALL 01.03.2016 The Intellectual World of the Early Empire (IPS Panel @ SCS 2017) #Toronto #Canada #CFP @scsclassics https://t.co/QCypu4eRuN

— Fasti Congressuum (@fasticongress) February 3, 2016

Feb 4, 211: Death of Septimius Severus at York. Last words? "Be harmonious, enrich the soldiers & ignore all others" pic.twitter.com/jSP8egTLME

— SCS (@scsclassics) February 4, 2016

@jesshughes61 @fluff35 … monuments of the disgusting excesses of mankind, whence possibly the Hippocentaurs and Chimeras and the like…

— Dr Emma Bridges (@emmabridges) February 4, 2016

All welcome at Classics Grad Student conference on Warfare in the Ancient World. Sat. Feb. 6. Starts 9:30 in IC104! pic.twitter.com/HAW2HjUi2z

— BrockU Classics (@brockuclassics) February 4, 2016

Ancient Greek Vases #DonneInArte #DonneECeramiche @alecoscino @bmarczewska @lagatta4739 @mariaireneali @cobixreyes pic.twitter.com/oKEhndXJGO

— BrindusaB (@BrindusaB1) February 4, 2016

All four paperbacks in the Early Myths collection are available on Amazon now. Get your copy today!! pic.twitter.com/gk3MzvrHkj

— Early Myths Books (@EarlyMyths) February 4, 2016

This #FolkloreThursday, have some murderous Italian priests of Diana! https://t.co/9dyVs1cGrA pic.twitter.com/xkioCOnl5l

— Carly Silver (@CarlyASilver) February 4, 2016

In the @pennartifactlab—a study of a Fayum mummy portrait using portable X-ray fluorescence: https://t.co/9yatzVYIrB pic.twitter.com/svCyRpT0Q2

— Penn Museum (@pennmuseum) February 4, 2016

Modern signs at Thermopylae: "Remember Leonidas" and "Remember the 700 Thespians." #ThermopylaeThursday pic.twitter.com/rEvDlkzmHr

— Matthew Maher (@DrMattMaher) February 4, 2016

Modern memorial for the Greeks who fought and died at Thermopylae in 480 BC. #ThermopylaeThursday pic.twitter.com/8zxfx3CPns

— Matthew Maher (@DrMattMaher) February 4, 2016

#LeptisMagna in Libya birthplace of #SeptimiusSeverus who died in York #OTD #RomanBritain pic.twitter.com/7TZ3jJlk9P

— Pete Savin (@pete_savin) February 4, 2016

Looks like there's a lot of food for thought with Cloelia over at the WCC: pic.twitter.com/wvVBlb8LiQ

— Dr Hannah Čulík-Baird (@opietasanimi) February 4, 2016

Loved doing this. The High School Latin club mad that Super Bowl L became Super Bowl 50: https://t.co/VStq2Mr3NJ pic.twitter.com/dH1Wvv3fOP

— Jason Gay (@jasongay) February 4, 2016

A Superbowl without L is like salad without Caesar. https://t.co/Wyt2n9m22X @SaveRome pic.twitter.com/PMlJqwPW5f

— Barry Strauss (@barrystrauss) February 4, 2016

What are the desiderata you seek in a close friend?
Read the full definition here: https://t.co/Hz9H5sdas9 pic.twitter.com/ZtdDcSuwFp

— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) February 4, 2016

Heeeere's Britomartis, the goddess Artemis's BFF! #FriendsDay https://t.co/wJ3dEYyIRx pic.twitter.com/WW9urqMxLX

— Carly Silver (@CarlyASilver) February 4, 2016

MARTINO JOHANN SCHMIDT 1718-1801 #barocco

Venere e Cupido nella fucina di Vulcano 1788

@VicoLudovico@Asamsakti pic.twitter.com/hysjKfkvlV

— Maria Irene Ali (@mariaireneali) February 3, 2016

Epigraphic delights from the Forum, time out during #EAGLE 2016 @Eagle_Project pic.twitter.com/eSH3ZCXUNb

— I.Sicily (@Sicilyepigraphy) January 30, 2016

2016 King's College London Greek play better than ever-the creepy ALCESTIS–I do free talk before 11 Feb. 1800, book https://t.co/bLve35SDNy

— @edithmayhall (@edithmayhall) February 4, 2016

Alma Tadema, nobody does it better https://t.co/d60iyLiZlD

— Barry Strauss (@barrystrauss) February 4, 2016

The Trajan's Column in all of its splendor, at sunset. This triumphal column was erected t… https://t.co/TY0YOJqkaM pic.twitter.com/SfqBCGXm3r

— Context Travel (@contexttravel) February 2, 2016

My mood right about now. pic.twitter.com/Y4xybxgsCJ

— Carly Silver (@CarlyASilver) February 4, 2016

[Presse] À #Brest des vestiges du castellum romain mis au jour https://t.co/7QrAzd4bxh via @OuestFrance pic.twitter.com/MpFoyPUWcS

— Inrap (@Inrap) February 4, 2016

Alessandro Magnasco's "Bacchanale" depicts unrestrained revelry. https://t.co/saJ41WQocZ #happybirthday pic.twitter.com/Ms089VzUgA

— Getty (@GettyMuseum) February 4, 2016

Today 211AD died Septimius Severus, powerful Ruler of the Roman Empire (193 – 211). pic.twitter.com/dm3BjAoP6A

— Roman History (@romanhistory1) February 4, 2016

Prudentiae Sal.: What do I say to a tenured prof. who is ignorant about the realities of the academic job market? https://t.co/Gjs3Kdo7aD

— Eidolon (@eidolon_journal) February 4, 2016

Views of the Roman amphitheatre in #Pula #Croatia – 2,000 years of #history https://t.co/zhsG203ZX5 #Travel pic.twitter.com/n82oVUcRgS

— Blue Sky Traveler (@blueskytravler) January 25, 2016

Classics@Cambridge: Literature Seminar: Ruth Webb: Odysseus’ Bed: Between Object and Action https://t.co/VAAzeraQUY

— James Warren (@JIWarren) February 4, 2016

@SaveRome @dirtmeister Caesar today would be in finance or high tech not politics. Me, I'm keeping my powder dry.

— Barry Strauss (@barrystrauss) February 4, 2016

@barrystrauss @SaveRome @When I interviewed Robert Harris, he told me Cicero prob. wouldn't be in politics. Also, he'd hate Twitter. 🙂

— Carly Silver (@CarlyASilver) February 4, 2016

Herodotus 1.86–7 on a red figure amphora:
Croesus on the pyre
Painted by Myson, 500–490 BCEhttps://t.co/5KLv3igR57 pic.twitter.com/NU0gSN5ltY

— Jake Nabel (@JakeNabel) February 4, 2016

Ehh…..Bronze statuette of the Roman fertility god Priapus, 1st century AD, Picardy, France https://t.co/D1wiGYsKKK pic.twitter.com/R9oRr0CvId

— Irish Archaeology (@irarchaeology) February 4, 2016

Kalos – double head by Epilykos class,maybe Skythes ca.520/10 BCE :Paris #Louvre #greek #donneECeramica @alecoscino pic.twitter.com/Ujy8RfNg85

— Piero BENEDETTO (@pieroBENEDETTO) February 4, 2016

Larger than life-size bronze statue of Septimius Severus depicted in heroic nudity, found by chance in Cyprus. pic.twitter.com/pjjNSuxjoN

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) February 4, 2016

The Getty's Head of Hades now back in Sicily from whence it was looted. https://t.co/SWgbDW64Am

— Chasing Aphrodite (@ChasingAphrodit) February 4, 2016

The Daily Mail picks up on those 'laptops' in ancient Greek art which Classicists use to try to make lectures cool: https://t.co/2HaOtXBNaX

— Dr Penny Goodman (@pjgoodman) February 4, 2016

No, That's Not A Laptop In An Ancient Greek Grave Marker via @forbes https://t.co/6dFveIWCqV #archaeology #greece #pseudoarchaeology

— Kristina Killgrove (@DrKillgrove) February 4, 2016

We are proud to share details of Vol. 1 of The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature pic.twitter.com/Uqk5iFRopg

— Bristol IGRCT (@Bristol_IGRCT) February 4, 2016

A Late Anglo-Saxon centaur with a bangle on each wrist, from the same manuscript 🙂 https://t.co/XFzZ7BPTG6 pic.twitter.com/iatmcT4tKC

— Caitlin Green (@caitlinrgreen) February 4, 2016

Legal bid fails to rebury remains of 2,500 year old tattooed 'ice princess' https://t.co/oplINyDxNr

— Kate Meyers Emery (@kmeyersemery) February 4, 2016

Thinking about doing more with #classicalreception and outreach? Here is some solid advice from @Eidolon https://t.co/FUlScCByFu

— SCS (@scsclassics) February 4, 2016

when someone says "anyone who doesn’t tough out the adjunct years until they land a tenure-track position is lazy" https://t.co/mkwkozW7xJ

— Donna Zuckerberg (@donnazuck) February 4, 2016

We were pleased to welcome Humanities 101 visitors to our Classics Museum today. We always like visitors! #UAlberta pic.twitter.com/h2gTAU7a6G

— Classics at UAlberta (@ClassicsAlberta) February 4, 2016

@SAPIENS_org @ProfChristensen @DrKillgrove well how dot you explain the flux capacitor built into her chair ? 😉

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) February 5, 2016

One museum's tribute to the murdered Syrian archaeologist, Khaled al-Asaad – Apollo Magazine – https://t.co/FJU55MwbZg

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) February 5, 2016

Roman Empire-era temple unearthed in Upper Egypt’s Sohag | Cairo Post – https://t.co/wrV6Prz61M

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) February 5, 2016