I actually saw this and wondered where the curves were

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 31, 2016

Graduate students Dave and Meghan had the opportunity to meet the legendary Fr. Reginald Foster today! #LivingLatin pic.twitter.com/opBvRuITSk

— Rutgers Classics (@RUClassics) October 31, 2016

#Ghosts in the #Ancient World. https://t.co/xmM1FSBifV #Halloween pic.twitter.com/oqhBODn3iR

— World History Encyclopedia (@whencyclopedia) October 31, 2016

the second wink is the wink of the target person acknowledging the first wink

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 31, 2016

hippology: The study of horses. https://t.co/OxOCIzJsuK

— A.Word.A.Day (@awad) October 31, 2016

A #Roman skeleton for #Halloween! Of course it was a *memento mori* showing a slave-girl carrying wine jugs: eat, drink & be merry, etc… pic.twitter.com/nnfJT5qvdG

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) October 31, 2016

#dailydomitian Pliny the Younger, a contemporary, on Domitian's punishment of the chief vestal. pic.twitter.com/glJFKKyYuX

— LJ Trafford (@TraffordLj) October 31, 2016

When vestals were punished, were they buried inside the pomerium?

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 31, 2016

New interview on death & psychai in #ancient Greece, by Dr Bridget Martin https://t.co/1tpFAQQPq7 @IcsDirector #halloween #samhain pic.twitter.com/sq8iDmtWO9

— Dr Sonya Nevin (@SonyaNevin) October 31, 2016

Rare 1st-century mosaic from King Abgar unearthed in Turkey: https://t.co/0FEzJaDAnh – Rare ancient mosaics, b… https://t.co/0EJuCPM2pt

— david meadows (@exploratorraw) October 31, 2016

Floor mosaic with a partridge between 2 marsh plants

decorated the floor of a #Roman house in #Tunisiahttps://t.co/xoNm5Ue5wW #archaeology pic.twitter.com/edXHjRxh7N

— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) October 30, 2016

Our conference this week: New Approaches and Paradigms in the Study of Greek Architecture. Free attendance for all: https://t.co/4YhHuFvUoz

— ASCSA (@ASCSAthens) October 31, 2016

i'm wondering about the potential sacrilege of burial within the pomerium … might be a 'fiction' as @FoodOriented suggests

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 31, 2016

The Ides of March – trial of the assassins – YouTube
https://t.co/l1jNavxqI6

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 31, 2016

Classics Department Resurrects History With Festival | The Cornell Daily Sun
https://t.co/t9eI8jD2Xg

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 31, 2016

whaaa? ΒΟΜΒΑ! «Δεν αποκλείεται ο Μέγας Αλέξανδρος να είναι θαμμένος στην Αμφίπολη» |difernews.gr
https://t.co/ceKgj7WQoC

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 31, 2016

My review of Mary Lefkowitz's 'Euripides and the Gods' is now on the @classicsforall website: https://t.co/9MxkqIEfaw pic.twitter.com/MR0390G5t9

— David Stuttard (@davidstuttard) October 31, 2016

Some Halloween themed etymology: https://t.co/tdcjZjWTvw

— ASCSA Publications (@ascsapubs) October 31, 2016

Roman 1: you won't believe how many women I've slept with
Roman 2: mmm?
Roman 1: don't be ridiculous, not that many

— Andy Ryan (@ItsAndyRyan) October 30, 2016

Holy Crypt! Days of the Dead October 31-November 2 https://t.co/o4frTuMvdj pic.twitter.com/XjdYb83I1w

— Int'l Catacomb Society – http://www.catacombsociety.org (@CatacombSociety) October 31, 2016

The peripatetic Carole Raddato (aka Following Hadrian) has been at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum…. https://t.co/1WogYpOlZ5

— SCS (@scsclassics) October 31, 2016

#HappyHalloween!! Does anybody have an 'ancient' costume?

Photo: A Greek lead curse figurine. (420-410 BCE) https://t.co/5lYLL2aZ2C pic.twitter.com/za7XEHLXlu

— World History Encyclopedia (@whencyclopedia) October 31, 2016

Delve into the intro of The Ancient City on our blog: https://t.co/sLVMxgKBP3 #CitiesDay pic.twitter.com/xjovKbTBCy

— Cambridge University Press – Classics (@CambUP_Classics) October 31, 2016

The Chimera was a ferocious fire-breathing monster with a lion body, goat head on its back and serpentine tail.#ancientmonsters#halloween pic.twitter.com/thg9p3Zi04

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) October 31, 2016

Aphrodisias Tetrapylon Monumental Gate near Geyre #Turkey https://t.co/JyfaZOyYEw pic.twitter.com/UNoA5N2naX

— Roman Heritage (@RomanHeritage) October 31, 2016

Ever wondered about the Greeks and the afterlife? This Panoply interview is rocking the latest research: https://t.co/dNM6GaC5VG pic.twitter.com/Zv0PdKV8ro

— Dr Sonya Nevin (@SonyaNevin) October 31, 2016

AESCHYLEAN EPITHETS OF FURIES:

ἀξιομισής, ές
—worthy of hate

αἱματοσταγής, ές
—blood-dripping

μελανείμων, ον, gen. ονος
—clad in black

— Henry George Liddell (@LiddellAndScott) October 31, 2015

Antonia Menor … (esp)https://t.co/ET6pn1T0Yg pic.twitter.com/YDMusJC9z9

— Rome and Art (@RomeandArt) October 31, 2016

Antonia Menor … (esp)https://t.co/ET6pn1T0Yg pic.twitter.com/dUqWnJ7JcX

— Rome and Art (@RomeandArt) October 31, 2016

Antonia Menor … (esp)https://t.co/ET6pn1T0Yg pic.twitter.com/Cj2JYZa1aq

— Rome and Art (@RomeandArt) October 31, 2016

Antonia Menor … (esp)https://t.co/ET6pn1T0Yg pic.twitter.com/FmGRxTZLyP

— Rome and Art (@RomeandArt) October 31, 2016

Antonia Menor … (esp)https://t.co/ET6pn1T0Yg pic.twitter.com/EzXfbmNRGh

— Rome and Art (@RomeandArt) October 31, 2016

Attend/Submit paper: "International Graduate Conference in Greek Comedy"
Classica @ Oxford: https://t.co/XnSEExM9iz

— Classics Collective (@ClassColl) October 31, 2016

Medusa (gorgon) snakes for hair; could turn to stone with a gazehttps://t.co/3jWYIlUcRt#myths #scary #halloween pic.twitter.com/AFFpVfWG0t

— Early Myths Books (@EarlyMyths) October 31, 2016

Is that a pig they have hanging up?
https://t.co/yeGOh19b3l

— Library of Antiquity (@LibAntiquity) October 31, 2016

Rare 1st-century mosaic unearthed in southeastern Turkey https://t.co/Xmk1WQwQAC

— Classics@UnivReading (@UniRdg_Classics) October 31, 2016

Join us for our upcoming lecture "Hatra: an Arab city in Roman times" by its excavator Wathiq Al-Salihi, 6pm, 16 Nov https://t.co/AhtztdlV5A pic.twitter.com/uymIQvXr16

— BISI (@BISI1932) October 13, 2016

Ancient email inboxes. https://t.co/CwSKn9KOts

— Christopher W. Jones (@cwjones89) October 31, 2016

Pumpification at Durham Classics Department. pic.twitter.com/Qe94Bo27gY

— Ioannis Ziogas (@ZiogasIoannis) October 31, 2016

Ahem. I told you about the books. Oops. @heffersbookshop pic.twitter.com/h9YrqXyQU9

— Paul Taylor (@pault_cam) October 29, 2016

Explore the evolving role of the #city in #Athens, 5th century #Rome and #medieval #Byzantium – https://t.co/EgoEBgg3E0 #worldcitiesday pic.twitter.com/lagkvSKxeD

— Cambridge University Press – Classics (@CambUP_Classics) October 31, 2016

We've just discovered Hebdomada Aenigmatum, a free online Latin magazine.

It features crosswords and word… https://t.co/w3qFOlZHuG

— The Latin Programme (@LatinProgramme) October 31, 2016

Hopeful sign? Archaeologists work with the Waqf to lay electric cable on Temple Mount, make first in-situ finds: https://t.co/rv038lM6jd

— Christopher W. Jones (@cwjones89) October 31, 2016

Frank answers here https://t.co/DQy5yMH883 from me on what I regret, what I havent read, & where Classics is going (if only I knew) @TheTLS

— mary beard (@wmarybeard) October 31, 2016

How much do you know about ancient ghosts, witches, and monsters? – OUPblog (blog) https://t.co/nNXrRt3mIC

— ARCHAEOLOGY fans (@ARCHAEOLOGYfans) October 31, 2016

Today in #history: Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western #Roman Emperor. (475 CE) pic.twitter.com/iPeNUnCQtx

— World History Encyclopedia (@whencyclopedia) October 31, 2016

Polyphemus, the Cyclops! Carved by Debra Nousek, classics professor at Western Ontario University and coauthor of A Caesar Workbook. pic.twitter.com/uVUCdSqf3Z

— Bolchazy-Carducci (@BCPublishers) October 31, 2016

Both sides of an ivory Memento Mori pendant: a dead man's face & a decaying skull #HappyHalloween #Halloween #MusGif pic.twitter.com/uKsxAO79ni

— Ashmolean Museum (@AshmoleanMuseum) October 31, 2016

Claudius Hieronymianus, legate of the 6th legion & highest ranking general in Eboracum built a temple to Egyptian god Serapis c.200 CE, York pic.twitter.com/ZfiYGaGtD3

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) October 30, 2016

An outstanding #sculpture of a #bronze horse rider goes on display at the #Acropolis museum until March 2017 https://t.co/f6JF6ryHsu pic.twitter.com/PMKXLzhznN

— Greece Is (@MyGreeceIs) October 17, 2016

Blog: Sparta in the Classroom, Experimental Teaching from Ancient Greece https://t.co/4PsCV0z8Bn via @sharethis

— DCCommentaries (@DCComm) October 31, 2016

British Epigraphy Society colloquium 12th November, at the ICS https://t.co/PeAgeJ2MJf pic.twitter.com/N4IFZokcEM

— Institute of Classical Studies (ICS) (@instclasstudies) September 24, 2016

Blog: Sparta in the Classroom, Experimental Teaching from Ancient Greece https://t.co/QpgFM7RUiF

— SCS (@scsclassics) October 31, 2016

The bronze Chimera of Arezzo, ca. 400 BC. Found in Arezzo, an ancient Etruscan and Roman city in Tuscany.#ancientmonsters#halloween pic.twitter.com/QD0O8sZDf8

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) October 31, 2016

Wanting to plan an outreach activity for Classics? Ideas on funding and good practice in the latest CUCD bulletin … https://t.co/cvkb7lT11G

— Kathryn Tempest (@KathrynTempest) October 31, 2016

First-century hair was really SOMETHING – wasn't it?
Head of a woman ca. AD 100 [Fonseca bust], Capitoline Museum, Rome pic.twitter.com/NLQ0hnBB0c

— Kate Cooper (@kateantiquity) October 31, 2016

Happy #Halloween! Some Roman mosaics featuring skeletons and the notion of ''memento mori' — "remember that you have to die". pic.twitter.com/jHmiZmrHTa

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) October 31, 2016

"“One kind of melancholy is lykanthropy.
And it is clearly a type of misanthropy." https://t.co/7yZMpgslaU #Werewolves #Halloween

— sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) October 31, 2016

The Griffin was a bird-like beast with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion.#ancientmonsters#halloween pic.twitter.com/65wfBTF2QQ

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) October 31, 2016

Researchers Return to a Phoenician Shipwreck https://t.co/Bfda7NyUla #archaeology

— Archaeology Magazine (@archaeologymag) October 31, 2016

Archaeologists exploring Phoenician shipwreck off Malta found jugs made locally & from North Africa & western Sicily https://t.co/HBPb9WAuPX pic.twitter.com/j99pBKG8XO

— Archaeology Magazine (@archaeologymag) October 31, 2016

Lycanthropy in Greek and Roman Culture https://t.co/IWADUo0MrO pic.twitter.com/JnnHQK9psu

— sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) October 31, 2016

ASGLE: The American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy Bulletin now available online https://t.co/jU5sMGRfa7 via @AWOL_tweets @openaccess

— Yale Classics Lib (@YaleClassicsLib) October 31, 2016

Less than 5 minutes into "Iphigenia", and already a surprising amount of male nudity. #hmm

— Aven (@AvenSarah) October 31, 2016

Bronze statue of possibly a Danaid [detail] part of a group of five Danaides-before 79 AD from Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum pic.twitter.com/SWzwvO2pUt

— Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) October 30, 2016

What better time to read Pliny the Younger's letter on Ghosts and Spectres! https://t.co/NBcnN9crgZ #halloween 👻

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) October 31, 2016

‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty’

– 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' by John Keats (who was born #otd in 1795) https://t.co/hhWhzfVhnf pic.twitter.com/zVvMhhnQg8

— British Library Learning (@BL_Learning) October 31, 2016

See our tour inside one of the worlds greatest museums #Acropolis Museum #Athens #Greece #traveltips #travelblogger https://t.co/nRPhEF1Lfk pic.twitter.com/j8c969c1to

— Why Athens (@WhyAthens) October 31, 2016

Vi auguriamo una bella serata romana dal Teatro Marcello. 😉 #Roma #italy https://t.co/V9ldca5aa7 pic.twitter.com/2QIMavWHle

— Capitolivm (@Capitolivm) October 31, 2016

"He lived in Corinth for the prostitutes"

περὶ Κόρινθον οὖν διέτριβε διὰ τὰς ἐκεῖ πόρνα#Suda

— sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) October 31, 2016

May there be many a Monster Mash and a fun #Halloween had by all.https://t.co/NQuzwb7ONR pic.twitter.com/SON6rlQDpu

— Bodleian Libraries (@bodleianlibs) October 31, 2016

A painting by John William Waterhouse depicting the sorceress Circe offering a cup of magic potion to Odysseus. #Halloween #Art pic.twitter.com/OVM2J0RX5v

— World History Encyclopedia (@whencyclopedia) October 31, 2016

Un'opera d'arte al giorno. Scopri il #capolavoro di oggi #MiCRoma. Info: https://t.co/Mim9keJzSh pic.twitter.com/5nAlEEFKQE

— Musei in Comune Roma (@museiincomune) October 31, 2016

Italy fears for #Colosseum as 'cracks get bigger' after #earthquake https://t.co/txVEcofD6J via @telegraphnews #terremoto

— JosephineMcKenna (@JosephineMcK) October 31, 2016

Polyphemus was a man-eating Cyclops giant, a monster with a single orb-shaped eye in the middle of his forehead.#ancientmonsters#halloween pic.twitter.com/0XTwmMOOfr

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) October 31, 2016

Looks like Medusa is going to win our 'Creepiest Harryhausen Creature' poll- but don't forget Children of the Hydra's teeth! #Harryhausen100 pic.twitter.com/MbSzLHg5Fa

— Ray Harryhausen (@Ray_Harryhausen) October 31, 2016

The Minotaur was eventually slain by the Athenian hero Theseus. Ariadne helped him navigate the labyrinth.#ancientmonsters#halloween pic.twitter.com/QTOSiENfua

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) October 31, 2016

John Keats was born #onthisday in 1795. ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ is thought to have been partly inspired by this vase https://t.co/feClUmByne pic.twitter.com/JBZOb1gxfY

— British Museum (@britishmuseum) October 31, 2016

Fragment of the gravestone of Decimina, daughter of Decimius.., Yorkshire Museum pic.twitter.com/mHXB3qmEPz

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) October 31, 2016

Faces in the streets of Antinoupolis https://t.co/xcnSs4zRZp pic.twitter.com/di5G1KtFqI

— Noah Nonsense (@noah_nonsense) October 31, 2016

The Rock(y) Horror Show: our latest blog entry by Bruce Brown: https://t.co/cFivqhoLpd pic.twitter.com/10H1gfXdOa

— Paphos Theatre Dig (@paphostheatre) October 31, 2016

Skeleton of a 6ft man of muscular build, who died in his 30's, suffering numerous stabs from rear & a sword blow to the head. Yorkshire Mus. pic.twitter.com/faYoNtP88Z

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) October 31, 2016

but wounds from behind…

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 31, 2016

Meet the 2016 Paphos Theatre Archaeological Project team! pic.twitter.com/1nP1HehQFG

— Paphos Theatre Dig (@paphostheatre) October 31, 2016

RT @TheTLS: "I certainly have no desire whatsoever to go back to the Roman world" – @wmarybeard https://t.co/CYpYpn31w3

— St Andrews Classics (@StA_Classics) October 31, 2016

Antichi saperi e antichi sapori. Antiche tecnologie. #bmta2016 @LegioIItalica alla @BorsaPaestum pic.twitter.com/UZRrMY5bmu

— maraina in viaggio (@viaggimarilore) October 27, 2016

Archaeologists have uncovered stunning frescoes at a Roman villa buried by Vesuvius https://t.co/yle9TFdcqx pic.twitter.com/ShE0n5ADm6

— Archaeology Magazine (@archaeologymag) October 31, 2016

#Coliseum on a #pumpkin, and, what's more important – an impressed daughter! #pumpkinspiration @ancientblogger pic.twitter.com/iVLlCznSp3

— Charlie Roberts (@Camlatintutor) October 31, 2016

Carnelian scarab of Thanatos w/ Eos carrying her son Memnon- Etruscan-ca 500–450 BC @metmuseum pic.twitter.com/08nnAr2q3l

— Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) October 31, 2016

Bronze 'Hand of Sabazius' decorated w/ religious symbols-possibly the origin of the "benedictio Latina"-Roman 2nd-3rd c. AD @britishmuseum pic.twitter.com/o48peBwVlC

— Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) October 31, 2016

The cast gallery @AshmoleanMuseum is like gatecrashing a party in antiquity. pic.twitter.com/hmyxR01Cw2

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) October 31, 2016

If the cast of the Pugilist from Rome isn't asking the Giant from the Pergamon Altar "do you come here often?" I'll be very surprised. pic.twitter.com/uTQsN5J8Go

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) October 31, 2016

Lovely how an object @AshmoleanMuseum can cast you back… Me aged 10: Arthur Evans was my hero & the myths of Minoan Crete filled my head. pic.twitter.com/M40eeDF58X

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) October 31, 2016

Dressing up in a classics-themed costume tonight for #Halloween? Send us your pictures using #BCPub to win a prize! Contest ends tomorrow!

— Bolchazy-Carducci (@BCPublishers) October 31, 2016

A painful accident waiting to happen. Did Odysseus' mother never tell him not to surf naked on amphorae holding a trident? @AshmoleanMuseum pic.twitter.com/Sf00p30eVG

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) October 31, 2016

you'd think with boreas there'd be more shrinkage…

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) October 31, 2016

The moment you wish you'd grabbed your coat and left the party a few minutes before. #awkward
Greek vessel in @AshmoleanMuseum pic.twitter.com/PxiG4GnNLv

— Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79) October 31, 2016

For those who struggle with Greek characters: 1 mikrophagos, 2 panphagos. Cf our medical/scientific suffix -phage. @byzyeileen @sentantiq

— Michael O'Rourke (@MichaelACT123) October 31, 2016

true

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 1, 2016

Frieze from Durrës amphitheatre (Dyrrachium) – Gladiator delivers coup de grâce to opponent. "Iugula!" (Kill him!) pic.twitter.com/kuGKenR9MH

— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) January 21, 2015

it's a sack of lies!

— rogueclassicist ~ david meadows (@rogueclassicist) November 1, 2016