I see the SCS has announced the 2027 conference will be in Boston. 7-10 Jan. Excellent.
13.01.2025 20:50 โ ๐ 22 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 8 ๐ 3@greekword.bsky.social
Migrated from the blue bird ๐ฆ I go/went here: Oxford Villanova ... & a couple others #Classics #Latin #ancientgreek #romanhistory #AncientHistory #Books #Academia
I see the SCS has announced the 2027 conference will be in Boston. 7-10 Jan. Excellent.
13.01.2025 20:50 โ ๐ 22 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 8 ๐ 3I had a great time talking to brilliant Johanna Hanink about translating the Iliad for her new podcast, Lesche.
30.11.2024 17:12 โ ๐ 81 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0For all you lovers of #Homer and #AncientGreek, a wonderful podcast by @leschepod.bsky.social in which #EmilyWilson shares details of how she translated the #Iliad. I love that she talks about one of my favourite Greek words, ฮบฯฮปฯฮฟฯ (kolpos). ๐ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...
27.11.2024 22:19 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Loebs can be very festive, as this โChristmas treeโ at the ICS library shows! ๐๐Which of the Xmas fairies is responsible? @joliheroics.bsky.social
30.11.2024 16:43 โ ๐ 20 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1You can see some of the fabulous resources weโve been able to create here: www.thelatinprogramme.co.uk/tlp-on-video - including collaborations with the generous help of @carolawrence.bsky.social and @iszi.com among others
04.12.2024 11:08 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Salve! The Latin Programme has joined Blueskyโฆ Weโre a small education charity working with primary state schools across London to embed high-quality, inventive Latin lessons into the curriculum. Please do follow us!
02.12.2024 20:41 โ ๐ 42 ๐ 10 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1Such a good book, ยฃ4 is a solid steal : )
24.11.2024 13:33 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I feel a bit sheepish publicising such offers fro such sources. But the price of ยฃ4 for my Emperor of Rome book is a real bargain. Here: tinyurl.com/y4s9yk27
24.11.2024 13:08 โ ๐ 369 ๐ 38 ๐ฌ 32 ๐ 1Alexandra is doing some brilliant work on ancient gladiation, which informs her valuable perspective on the new film.
21.11.2024 21:01 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0"Wish you were 'ere": a group of people and buildings on the seashore. Mid-C1st AD, pigment on plaster. In the collections of @gettymuseum.bsky.social Museum. Photo is my own, taken at the 'Roman Landscapes' expo at San Antonio Museum of Art in May 2023. #FrescoFriday #romanarchaeology
"Wish you were 'ere": a group of people and elegant buildings on the seashore. Mid-C1st AD, pigment on plaster. In the collections of @gettymuseum.bsky.social. Photo is my own, taken at the 'Roman Landscapes' expo at San Antonio Museum of Art in May 2023. #FrescoFriday #romanarchaeology
22.11.2024 18:07 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Learn about the history and military engagements of the 'Tenth Legion of the Strait' in Ancient Warfare issue XVII-5, available now.
www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-us/produc...
In this episode of BBC's In Our Time "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 2,000-year-old Greek astronomical computer, one of the most important discoveries in marine #archaeology."
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#RomanCoinOfTheDay
Tough to make out, but this one has Claudius' 3 children all on one
Social Emotional Check-in as we start orbits in AP Physics 1 tomorrow: Which 3 body orbit are you?
Source: www.youtube.com/shorts/6EvaV...
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Pleased to see Classics Twitter and Winnipeg Twitter reforming pretty speedily over here!
19.11.2024 13:53 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Front cover of the novel 'The Birder' by Lorna Robinson
โThe Birderโ, a Novel based on Ovidโs Metamorphoses
www.theclassicslibrary.com/the-birder-a...
#AncientBlueSky #Classics #Ovid #AncientReligion #AncientRome
Yep
This is a fun one too
โItalian authorities have seized an illegal excavation site of an Etruscan necropolis between the Tuscan towns of Chiusi and Cittร della Pieve. They recovered several objects bound for the black market and worth an estimated $8.5 million.โ news.artnet.com/art-world/it...
21.11.2024 00:40 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0That is news! Wow
21.11.2024 02:27 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Great videos, mate. I snagged this little gem abt a month ago.
21.11.2024 02:24 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Hello!! I am an ancient coin collector and podcaster. I post ancient coins regularly and talk about them routinely. Here is my podcast:
youtube.com/@theancientc...
Would love to help people get to know history better. Especially now.
So niche haha but very clever : )
21.11.2024 02:09 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Mythically Good Gift Guide by Greek Myth Comix: MYTHICALLY GOOD GIFT GUIDE! BAG 'O WINDS BLUE SKIES ARE HERE AGAIN! WITH THIS BAG 'O' WINDS YOU'LL BE HOME AGAIN IN NO TIME! WARNING: KEEP OUT OF REACH OF SUSPICIOUS SAILORS. JAR SET THIS JAR ON A SHELF AND ADMIRE IT FROM AFAR. DEFINITELY DONT OPEN IT. NOTE: ITEM IS FOR PURELY DECORATIVE PURPOSES. STALK OF FIRE WHENEVER YOU NEED THE LIFE-GIVING FLAME, THE STALK IS YOUR BEST FRIEND! CARRY THAT SPARK UNNOTICED! CAUTION: HOT SACRED OLIVE TREE FOR THE PRACTICAL PERSON IN YOUR LIFE! OLIVES! WOOD! OKIVE OIL! BETTER BY FAR THAN ANY OLD SPRING! TOTALLY WORTH THE WAIT! GOLDEN APPLE GIVE THIS TOKEN TO THE FAIREST AND WATCH YOUR WORLD IGNITE! BUYER ACCEPTS FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL INEVITABLY HORRIFIC CONSEQUENCES WOODEN HORSE THIS ADORABLE TIMBER EQUINE IS THE PERFECT OFFERING TO... ATHENE. YEAH, TOTALLY ATHENE. COMES TOTALLY EMPTY INSIDE, NO NEED TO CHECK. HONEST. GREEK MTH COMIX #CLASSICSTOBER 2021
โจWhat gift to get your mythical bestie? ๐
18.11.2024 17:04 โ ๐ 40 ๐ 17 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 1Greek Myth Comix header: lots of mythical characters leaning over to watch two soldiers reading a book under Zeusโ gaze
If youโre new here, hi!
Iโve been making Classics educational comics and resources for the last ten years at greekmythcomix.com and also make teaching resources and am working on an interactive fiction version of The Odyssey laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/you-are-odys...)
Sappho, By Walter Shirlaw (1838โ1909) - The Historian's Hut https://buff.ly/48RsGDe
14.11.2024 09:30 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I canโt quite believe this, but there are going to be
โจover 100 piecesโจ
of Minoan-inspired knitwear being worn in the world very soon!
*swoons*
Don't forget this AIA-DC lecture tomorrow (11/14), featuring myself and the amazing Glynnis Fawkes at GW, starting at 7:00 pm (reception before). Books will be sold and signed by both authors, for those who are able to attend in person; it will also be live-streamed...
@glynnisfawkes.bsky.social