rogue classicism

August 20, 2019

#Thelxinoe ~ Your Morning Salutatio for August 20, 2019

Hodie est a.d. XIII Kal. Septembres 2772 AUC ~ 20 Metageitnion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad In the News Archaeology: Fragment of Roman military diploma found at Bulgaria’s Deultum site | The Sofia Globe Greek Ministry of Culture Pursues Legal Claim to Artifact vs. Sotheby’s in NY – The National Herald [Annoying…

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August 19, 2019

#Thelxinoe ~ Your Morning Salutatio for August 19, 2019

Hodie est a.d. XIV Kal. Septembres 2772 AUC ~ 19 Metageitnion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad. … a very slow morning! In the News Tornos News | Exhibition opening on the Mosaic of Aegina in Greek island near Athens Public Facing Classics [Nicola Terrenato] The art of the Roman deal Dr Sarah…

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August 18, 2019

#Thelxinoe ~ Weekend Edition for August 18, 2019

Hodie est a.d. XV Kal. Septembres 2772 AUC ~ 18 Metageitnion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad. In the News UK metal detector find, Roman gold solidus in London auction New excavation starts at Caistor St Edmund to reveal more about roman town of Venta Icenorum | Latest Norfolk and Suffolk News |…

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August 17, 2019

Barry Baldwin ~ Some Bookcases

Reprinted with permission of the author himself, who years ago had to deal with yours truly as a student. Errors in transcription accrue to the latter. (Companionette to Harry Bruce’s Page Fright: Foibles and Fetishes of Famous Writers, McLelland & Stewart, Toronto, 2009.) “To keep on sending little frogs… is like keeping on teaching Latin…

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August 16, 2019

#Thelxinoe ~ Your Morning Salutatio for August 16, 2019

Hodie est a.d. XVII Kal. Septembres 2772 AUC ~ 16 Metageitnion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad. In the News Canadian researcher tracks ‘dominance, harmony’ in ancient garrison town | MENAFN.COM Ancient Roman temple unearthed below Kent building site saved | Metro News Aegean villagers mistook Greek boxer’s tomb for Islamic holy site,…

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