Spring 2020 in Rome during the covid-19 pandemic
Around this time in May 2020, I was returning from Rome after a very unusual spring during which the covid-19 pandemic threw the world into chaos.
It's time to reveal what happened at the Finnish Institute in Rome during the first spring of the covid-19 pandemic. I wrote about my experiences from the spring 2020 when I was doing research at the institute.
#VillaLante #research #Patinaticum
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Kevät 2020 Villa Lantessa koronapandemian keskellä
Näihin aikoihin toukokuussa 2020 olin palaamassa Roomasta hyvin poikkeuksellisen kevään jälkeen, jolloin koronapandemia laittoi maailman sekaisin.
On aika vihdoin paljastaa, mitä Villa Lantessa koronakeväänä 2020 tapahtui. Kirjoitin blogiini kokemuksistani osana Suomen Rooman-instituutin työryhmää koronapandemian pyörteissä.
#Patinaticum #VillaLante #TyöryhmäJokaEiOllutTäällä
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Antiikintutkimuksen päivät 2025
Antiikintutkimuksen päivät pidettiin Turun yliopistolla 23.–24.1.2025. Osallistujia ilmoittautui yli 70 useista yliopistoista ympäri Suomen.
Blogissa lyhyesti muutamia ajatuksia ja tunnelmia viime viikolla pidetyistä Antiikintutkimuksen päivistä. Kiitos vielä kaikille mukana olleille mukavasta konferenssista!
#AntiikintutkimuksenPäivät #ATP2025 #antiikintutkimus
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30.01.2025 21:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Is #PhallusThursday still a thing? I've been looking into some of the Pompeian material lately, particularly graffiti drawings of phalluses. Seems like no one has systematically investigated that stuff.
Here's a nice one from the corridor leading into the theater of Pompeii.
21.11.2024 19:55 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Guest Lectures and Webinars
One of the most enjoyable aspects of being a researcher is getting to share your research topic with interested listeners. Besides an academic audienc
This spring, I've had the opportunity to talk about my research to a wide range of audiences. Read more in my blog post "Guest Lectures and Webinars".
#Patinaticum #PhD #AncientBluesky
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28.05.2024 08:23 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Vierailuluentoja ja webinaareja
Yksi tutkijan työn mukavimpia puolia on se, kun pääsee kertomaan omasta tutkimusaiheestaan kiinnostuneille kuulijoille. Akateemisen yleisön lisäksi on
Olen alkuvuoden aikana päässyt puhumaan omasta tutkimuksestani monenlaisille yleisöille: lukiolaisille, kansalaisopiston opiskelijoille, webinaariyleisöille. Blogissa muutama sana näistä kokemuksista.
#Patinaticum #Antiikintutkimus #Väitöskirja
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28.05.2024 08:22 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Martialiksen runoja opettajan silmin
Blogissa uusi juttu. Kirjoitin siitä, minkälaista oli opettaa kurssi Martialiksen runoista kuluneena keväänä Turun yliopistolla.
#Patinaticum #Martialis #Antiikintutkimus
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28.04.2024 18:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Teaching Martial's Poems
A new post in my blog. I wrote about my experience of teaching a university course on the poems of Martial this spring at the University of Turku.
#Patinaticum #Martial #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky
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28.04.2024 18:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Esitelmä: Miten muutoksia Raamatun tekstihistoriassa tutkitaan tieteellisesti?
Event by Paideia - Turun klassillinen yhdistys on Thursday, April 18 2024
Teologian tohtori Ville Mäkipelto esitelmöi Raamatun tekstissä tapahtuneista muutoksista Paideian esitelmätilaisuudessa torstaina 18.4. Esitelmää voi seurata paikan päällä Turun yliopistolla tai Zoomin kautta. Lisätietoja löytyy FB-tapahtumasta.
#PaideiaRy
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08.04.2024 15:04 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Description from the museum: “This is a Roman pedestal beaker made of an orange-brown ceramic with barbotine decoration. It has been heavily repaired in modern times. The decoration consists of a series of phallic images encircling the body of the vessel. Sometimes colloquially referred to as a 'penis pot', it was likely used by Roman soldiers stationed in Britain… The phallus was a common symbol in Roman culture, particularly in the form of the fascinum - a phallic charm. These could be found decorating houses or worn as metal pendants, to protect the wearer from evil. What is particularly significant about this vessel is that the phalluses are in groups of four, which is very similar to the formation of horses in a quadriga (racing chariot). With other vessels having been found showing chariot racing scenes, it is likely that the maker decided to replicate a chariot race using penises for comedic effect.”
#PhallusThursday or should that be #PhallusThirsty as this delightful cup offers a drinker oodles of good fortune if the sheer number of phalluses is anything to go by!
🏛 Colchester Collections
04.04.2024 07:36 — 👍 23 🔁 4 💬 3 📌 2
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04.04.2024 09:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A mam and woman are seated side by side. The man is shown in heroic nudity, while the woman beside him is fully dressed and appears less than impressed.
#InternationalWomensDay #FrescoFriday
Let’s just say the conversation might not be that interesting! Heroic nudity notwithstanding…
📍Villa of P. Fannius Synistor, Boscoreale
🏛 The Met
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08.03.2024 07:00 — 👍 22 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0
Where’s this from? I find it interesting that the person is portrayed looking straight at you. Most caricature drawings I’ve seen in e.g. Pompeian graffiti are drawn in profile.
06.03.2024 15:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
One of my favourite pieces of Roman pottery - a fragment with an incised sketch of a big round human face. I hope this was made as a portrait of a real person - although I'm not sure they would have been flattered by it..!
05.03.2024 19:44 — 👍 324 🔁 44 💬 23 📌 7
A fresco with a background of yellow. There are a few cracks in the wall from the eruption that have caused the painted scene to appear at an angle. The framed scene is of Phrixus being carried off by a flying ram (that will eventually provide the gold fleece). Below, from the murky waters, emerges his sister Helle who has fallen off the ram and is drowning. She stretches out her arm to be saved but Phrixus is unable to help.
Phrixus being carried off by a flying ram (that will eventually provide the gold fleece). Below, from the murky waters, emerges his sister Helle who has fallen off the ram and is drowning. She stretches out her arm to be saved but Phrixus is unable to help.
A detail of the frescoed panels from an adjacent wall. There are architectural perspective details on the left in shades of yellow, brown, and green, a red panel with a decorative border and a floral design framed by a blue border, and the start of a green architectural element with decorative designs bordering it horizontally.
A view of the partial excavation of two walls of a room. Both walls are frescoed in yellow and red panels and the details as described before can be seen in context.
Witnessing the vibrant colours of freshly uncovered frescoes in Pompeii is a privilege and joy that never fades.
Seeing the latest discovery of a mythological scene—Phrixus seated on a ram while his sister Helle drowns—in the context of the room it decorated is no exception. 🏺
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Huikean hienoja freskoja on taas kaivettu esiin Pompejissa!
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06.03.2024 15:23 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Toivotaan että myös papyrusten sisältö on jotain kiinnostavaa, kun niitä lopulta päästään lukemaan!
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Hyvää loppiaista!
06.01.2024 16:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Mistä tulevat sanat minuutti ja sekunti? Latinasta tietenkin!
29.12.2023 22:56 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Näyttely Turun kielimaisemista Turun kaupunginkirjaston aulassa 31.12. asti. Latinakin mainittu!
#ArjenLatinaa
19.12.2023 15:55 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Saturnalia – roomalaisten joulu?
Pian on vuoden tärkeimmän juhlan aika. Monille meistä se on joulu. Roomalaisille se oli Saturnus-jumalan kunniaksi joulukuussa vietetty Saturnalia.
17.12. alkoi Saturnalia, yksi roomalaisten tärkeimmistä vuosittaisista juhlista. Meidän jouluperinteissämme voidaan nähdä monia vaikutteita antiikin Saturnalian vietosta.
Antiikintutkimus🏺
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Seinämaalaus pompejilaisen yksityistalon seinällä: Kyparissos ja kauris. Tarinan mukaan nuori Kyparissos tappoi vahingossa metsällä ollessaan lemmikkikauriinsa ja muuttui surun murtamana sypressiksi.
📸: minä
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16.12.2023 10:49 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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