Hodie est a.d. VI Kal. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 29 Pyanepsion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
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Public Facing Classics
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Fresh Bloggery
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- Weekend Reading: A Pontypandy Aeneid – Classical Studies Support
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- The Roman Quests: Death in the Arena, by Caroline Lawrence
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Professional Matters
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Alia
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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends heavy rains.
… adapted from the text and translation of:
Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar, in Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Erika Simon (eds.), The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press, 2006. (Kindle edition)
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