2015-04-26

nude #Amazon battling Greek warrior. Naked Amazons extremely rare in Grk vase paintings & art–how many can you find? pic.twitter.com/80Alid2rh2

— Adrienne Mayor (@amayor) April 11, 2015

#SAA2015 Women in Archaeology Interest Group Reception – Gathering of future @trowelblazers pic.twitter.com/x9zWZd3iVT

— April M. Beisaw (@AprilMBeisaw) April 12, 2015

Historical figure of the day: #Hephaistos, god of fire, metallurgy, & crafts. http://t.co/beqw1mciyl #GreekMythology pic.twitter.com/WlhF5O7dFj

— Ancient History (@ahencyclopedia) April 13, 2015

#CA15 disco well and truly underway. Who says classicists don't have the best conferences? pic.twitter.com/nUSmInTCzR

— Claire Rachel (@ClaireRJackson) April 12, 2015

I not only got hard copies of both my BAR & NEA articles today, I also got 2 good Aegean chapters from Caroline pic.twitter.com/1a9IhjhbZa

— Louise A. Hitchcock (@ashlarblocks) April 13, 2015

Hooray for anaerobic soil @VindolandaTrust Remarkable preservation of Roman objects & great museum. Spent 5 hours!! pic.twitter.com/xuQ20by4zg

— MariElliottFullwood (@_marielliott) April 13, 2015

The first Cassius Corbulo short story 'The Flames of Cyzicus' is out today! Ebook only 99p here … http://t.co/VimEvPeU3J

— Nick Brown (@randomrome) April 13, 2015

April was an important month for the Severan family, the last great dynasty that ruled the Roman Empire before… http://t.co/wKWen00SpO

— AIRC Roman Culture (@AIRomanCulture) April 13, 2015

Image from the Madrid Skylitzes, showing Greek fire in use against the fleet of the rebel, 12th century pic.twitter.com/S5vLWCeQqD

— ✍ Bibliophilia (@Libroantiguo) April 12, 2015

Good morning! How's everybody's heads after last night? #CA15

— CA Conference 2015 (@CAConf2015) April 13, 2015

Lots more exciting panels this morning: contemporary women's writing and the classics, aspects of procedure in Athenian courts… #CA15

— CA Conference 2015 (@CAConf2015) April 13, 2015

…mythology & its reception, classical art & *its* reception, Batrachomyomachia in its literary context, performance & technology… #CA15

— CA Conference 2015 (@CAConf2015) April 13, 2015

…historiography and narrative, Virgiliana, and perception in ancient literature and philosophy. Phew! #CA15

— CA Conference 2015 (@CAConf2015) April 13, 2015

Bristol classical reception graffiti. Nicely timed with #CA15 in town! http://t.co/Qp3mq8I2EC

— Joanna Paul (@joannapaul) April 13, 2015

Joined part way in Jeremy McInerney Centaurs and the uses of Hybridity #CA15

— David Allsop (@da11sop) April 13, 2015

MT @alastairdunning dataviz of Socrates's pupils (Hellenistic period) http://t.co/dSZIkc1qUP based on @wikidata – One for those at #CA15?

— Elton Barker (@eltonteb) April 13, 2015

JM hybrids can be used to explore boundaries and transgressions within mythology. #CA15

— David Allsop (@da11sop) April 13, 2015

non est ad astra mollis e terris via

There is no easy path from earth to the stars"

#Latin pic.twitter.com/NbMKpmYZPf

— The Latin Programme (@LatinProgramme) April 13, 2015

Fortuna on the painted altar of Mediolanum #romanreligion pic.twitter.com/l8WcLgVWea

— Furia Dativa (@FuriaDativa) April 8, 2015

Final paper from Emma Stafford – Herakles the New Zealand Pioneer: an ancient Greek hero reflects on colonialism #CA15

— David Allsop (@da11sop) April 13, 2015

ES Maguires image of Heracles planting something plays on Ajax's planting of a sword prior to his suicide in Exekias amphora c.530bc #CA15

— David Allsop (@da11sop) April 13, 2015

LA. Wonder woman has arrived at #CA15 in a wonderful paper! pic.twitter.com/vXO4pbWid2

— Siobhàn (@siobhanhargis) April 13, 2015

Pamela Zinn's careful reading of Lucretius on disruption of senses through violence of wine resonating well with post-gala audience #CA15

— Carol Atack (@carolatack) April 13, 2015

Best comment so far during the frog and mice-themed Batrachomyomachia paper: 'Brekekekexkoaxkoax!' #CA15

— Claire Rachel (@ClaireRJackson) April 13, 2015

1 Watch how makeup has changed throughout history | http://t.co/4VdwD91uNO
http://t.co/bokxRZ9elR

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

does anyone know how many archaeological sites have been looted in Syria? | conflict antiquities
https://t.co/n18ifpxmTt

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

Venus and the Vatican: a gender equality debate opportunity was lost
http://t.co/9tVVmyc86P

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

The lack of female genitals in art seems thoughtless until you see it repeated | Syreeta McFadden | | The Guardian
http://t.co/PTfnsTykel

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

A VALUABLE RELIC. – Description of the Marble Sarcophagus Found at Tarsus Its Presentation to the MoA
http://t.co/Js27bxot25

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

@PaulMcKenna4 i agree (it wasn't my question …)

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

@PaulMcKenna4 that would be my guess …

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

Difficult to tweet about a paper which is very visual. Suggest looking at Maguire's website http://t.co/hfImQKneGr #CA15

— David Allsop (@da11sop) April 13, 2015

@AshmoleanLatin inscription project has a new FB page, please like! https://t.co/6MrzChQVFE

— Mai Musié (@oxfordclassics) April 13, 2015

Is *Salvom Lavisse* a warning (Bathe Safely!) rather than exhortation (To Bathe is Healthy)? All that oil & marble! pic.twitter.com/HmMZPd99yR

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) April 13, 2015

Procaffeination. [n]

1. The intentional postponement of academic activities prior to coffee.
2. Prior to tea. (UK)

— Shit Academics Say (@AcademicsSay) April 13, 2015

Finishing up my #CA15 with the Classics and Popular Culture Panel

— David Allsop (@da11sop) April 13, 2015

Metamorphosis: Form & Change – @Kickstarter project exploring visitors & art in the Ashmolean: http://t.co/CTIeZfUGNf pic.twitter.com/9eKxuftqWr

— Ashmolean Museum (@AshmoleanMuseum) April 13, 2015

Angus Mcbride. From "Gladiators 100 BCE- CE 200" pic.twitter.com/Yja89M3i7N

— Historical Pictures (@HistoryTime_) April 13, 2015

In other words, we cannot guarantee 100% that the pubic hair etc. on classical sculpture was not painted on. Thoughts, @reetamac?

— Sarah Bond (@SarahEBond) April 13, 2015

@RichardAFlower @SarahEBond live seen sculpted female p.h. …I've seen zero awareness of any knowledge of actual genitalia …

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

@SarahEBond @RichardAFlower I've of ten wondered if artists actually knew what if looked like

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

An everyday scene in the @AuthorsCC dressing room… pic.twitter.com/ZNxZtV6nzg

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) April 13, 2015

Hercules prepares to bowl leg-spin… pic.twitter.com/zUaVgQQwwi

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) April 13, 2015

Beautiful Detail of Homer's Odyssey (Venice, 1504) w/ notes in Greek & French via http://t.co/0wI8nWcUvA pic.twitter.com/yF5rxcYTWM

— Edward Zarrow (@drzarrow) April 13, 2015

Happiness is… sharing your bed with a puppy. #Pompeii #Naples pic.twitter.com/QBh9oSbldp

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) April 13, 2015

Deciphering a Roman plaque from Hadrian's Wall in 2nd podcast with Prof. Alison Cooley @AshmoleanMuseum @W_Epigraphy http://t.co/1fhVbPr9Rq

— Ashmolean Latin (@AshmoleanLatin) April 13, 2015

Word of the Day: FEBRILE – See the full definition here: http://t.co/kerk9BqRGy pic.twitter.com/mMsCG369f0

— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) April 13, 2015

Aeneas & Anchises make interesting fashion choices in this 18th c. porcelain group via http://t.co/UQ9Or6fzzt pic.twitter.com/F3R26dmRGj

— Edward Zarrow (@drzarrow) April 13, 2015

A great site on polychromy in antiquity from @Glyptoteket http://t.co/kq0aQ4We8E pic.twitter.com/iT1jNWuz2n

— Sarah Bond (@SarahEBond) April 13, 2015

Website devoted to the polychromy of Greek and Roman sculpture HT @SarahEBond http://t.co/Rt8sHUakfn pic.twitter.com/krnQ8pCkln

— Ancient Jew Review (@ancientjew) April 13, 2015

[Conférence] Les Celtes en Orléanais, le 14/04, 18h, à Fleury-les-Aubrais (Loiret), http://t.co/qgifxIxwJd pic.twitter.com/s57M51xrve

— Inrap (@InrapOfficiel) April 13, 2015

Classical Association Conference 2016 will be held in Edinburgh. #CA15 #CA16 Here's the CFP:
SCS: http://t.co/0GX7yLKz8C

— Classics Collective (@ClassColl) April 13, 2015

The Arch of Constantine in #Rome. Not bad for a spolia job. #archaeology #history #lateantique #lateantiquity pic.twitter.com/6ulLrBuJ5O

— David Walsh (@d_j_walsh) April 13, 2015

If u missed it go 2 @periscopeco now and hear our chat on the Aurelianic wall pic.twitter.com/tYQ8Rt1cjP

— Darius Arya (@SaveRome) April 13, 2015

Get on @periscopeco join in conversation 4 #ancientromelive – Tiber Island, Ghetto/ S campus Martius, Aurelian Wall pic.twitter.com/MBzmI0xKmY

— Darius Arya (@SaveRome) April 13, 2015

Learning Latin for kids – Latin lessons for children – full DVD set – YouTube https://t.co/ujw5aKtenU #latin #languages #children

— Latin for Kids (@Latin_forkids) April 13, 2015

Just found one of my @PenguinClassics from 20 years ago.

…AND I've almost finished it! pic.twitter.com/bJcU22Ijtm

— Mister Williams (@MisterWilliams) April 13, 2015

The Met was founded on this day in 1870. Celebrate with this photograph of the Grand Staircase from 1944. #Met145 pic.twitter.com/7z6eVAv4TL

— metmuseum (@metmuseum) April 13, 2015

Just like Chiron and Achilles pic.twitter.com/dR8CTrFY12

— Jake Nabel (@JakeNabel) April 13, 2015

From the sublime Aldus Manutius (thank you @drzarrow) to 1950s comics: Homer in Print. http://t.co/hPg0QU19Nq pic.twitter.com/EaCAZSBo5l

— QueensClassics (@QueensClassics) April 13, 2015

#ManiculeMonday pointing not just at text but also at #MarginaliaMonday "NB" on this Eusebius http://t.co/r7mEfoRI7O pic.twitter.com/0mhR9nwxCI

— Daryl Green (@ilikeoldbooks) April 13, 2015

Intensive humanist commentary in #Aldus 1495 Organon #marginaliamonday. It's all Greek to me! #incunabula pic.twitter.com/G2qe9Uy7Ol

— Glasgow Uni Sp Coll (@GUspcoll) April 13, 2015

Err @guardian compares S Cowell to Caligula after dull day at Coliseum http://t.co/1RqSXJPHWi Coliseum not built till 40 yrs after Caligula!

— mary beard (@wmarybeard) April 13, 2015

http://t.co/VKj5nIuuJK =website w: video, animation, live streaming @MarkashiaJeter 4 mobile viewers starts April 21 pic.twitter.com/wYPyRwGpru

— Darius Arya (@SaveRome) April 13, 2015

Venator fighting a lioness, fresco fragment from the Amphitheater at Mérida (Augusta Emerita), Spain pic.twitter.com/WGL6lAaPkL

— Edward Zarrow (@drzarrow) April 13, 2015

12 Apr 44 BC “The only thing so far that gives me any pleasure is the Ides of March.” Cicero to Atticus” pic.twitter.com/5nClkVuxU1

— Barry Strauss (@barrystrauss) April 13, 2015

This beautiful bronze figure on loan from @metmuseum is a highlight of #DefiningBeauty #Met145 http://t.co/VOjGIHWgHO pic.twitter.com/IGVlBv7iSW

— British Museum (@britishmuseum) April 13, 2015

Λήδα, ας, ἡ
—Leda, seduced by Zeus in the form of a swan
(pic: 3rd cent., Cyprus) pic.twitter.com/skBLJL7IbP

— Henry George Liddell (@LiddellAndScott) April 13, 2015

12 Apr 44 BC “Why are the tyrant-killers praised to the skies but the tyrant’s arrangements still defended?” Cicero pic.twitter.com/DQEsM9c3EE

— Barry Strauss (@barrystrauss) April 13, 2015

@barrystrauss Top three ancient #TongueOutTuesdays: Philomela/Procne, Cicero, and Medusa.

— Carly Silver (@CarlyASilver) April 13, 2015

The daughter died & was painted 1st, then the father, then the mother. Early 6th C, catacombs of San Gennaro, #Naples pic.twitter.com/aBQpFVWkSu

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) April 13, 2015

"La caduta di Icaro"
#Pompei
#Art
#formedalpassato
#ArtLovers
@artdielle @circeanna @redne2013 @artmajcar @MariaSuu pic.twitter.com/jetrHacFb0

— Rosa (@rosapiccolo68) April 11, 2015

5* review for @RomanBathsBath @learnjourneys school trips website. Thank you! http://t.co/Kud1twsDim pic.twitter.com/soWcVlhP3w

— Roman Baths (@RomanBathsBath) April 13, 2015

"The Triumph of Neptune", a late 2nd century Roman mosaic from Tunisia. pic.twitter.com/9bcntY3iFZ

— Historical Pictures (@HistoryTime_) April 13, 2015

Here is another new iBook from J-PROGS… Antigone, anyone? http://t.co/fyEPfPlA2u pic.twitter.com/XH3EsWb3FZ

— Julian Morgan (@ImperiumLatin) April 13, 2015

Missing #CA15 already? Why not watch the Classical Association Annual Conference 2015 Vlog: Part One: https://t.co/EJdFu8YA8k via @YouTube

— Emma Cole (@Emma_Cole1) April 13, 2015

heraldic drawings in the margins—a lynx, cameleopard, and bonaze (from Latin bonasus = bison) #MarginaliaMonday pic.twitter.com/TLY2rwxAV8

— Philip S. Palmer (@philipspalmer) April 13, 2015

Hey classicists, students of classics, archaeologists we R launching http://t.co/pUlgvNPRXC 4-21-15- stay tuned!! pic.twitter.com/LGDx9D8X5p

— Darius Arya (@SaveRome) April 13, 2015

@pompei79 @Claire_M Severus also famed for 2 defeats at Hatra (Iraq) due to biochem weapons naphtha & scorpion bombs. pic.twitter.com/i3Odx518Yw

— Adrienne Mayor (@amayor) April 13, 2015

Goddess Tanit on a Carthaginian coin found in Saltford, one of the oldest coins found in Britain. Points West. 6.30 pic.twitter.com/D3phcQvg8f

— Anthony Ward (@Anth0ny_Ward) April 13, 2015

paper w/ @Archaeogaming will discuss interalia expeditions into game worlds. depends on time. Have you played v game w/ archaeological eye?

— Shawn Graham (@electricarchaeo) April 13, 2015

Lots of images/links by @passthegarum on my new Pinterest GARUM page: https://t.co/iurM3WDoNq pic.twitter.com/c541domRdi

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) April 13, 2015

Youth adjusting his sandal: Greek cornelian intaglio 500BC @GettyMuseum See how it was made https://t.co/MpV97U7afi pic.twitter.com/xPbCmPZK0K

— QueensClassics (@QueensClassics) April 13, 2015

The best-preserved ancient library in Turkey is of course the Library of Celsus in Ephesus. pic.twitter.com/MGb8NchKgM

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) April 13, 2015

The Roman bathhouse at Aquincum (Roman Budapest). pic.twitter.com/vXektQF49v

— Historical Pictures (@HistoryTime_) April 13, 2015

Here's Hercules pissed & in a dress… #Pompeii #Naples #AncientCrossDressing pic.twitter.com/XZNfdZ1Hqx

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) April 13, 2015

Here's Paris, sitting down (like a girl!!) & Helen, standing up (like a boy!!) #Pompeii #Naples #AncientCrossDressing pic.twitter.com/KahdMAqCER

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) April 13, 2015

Meet the Romans … On tvo (Canada) in ten minutes!

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

Education, Roman style: a boy gets a thrashing, while his swotty friends do their GCSE's #Pompeii #Naples pic.twitter.com/VCJ6LyqJhj

— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) April 13, 2015

#clcv1570 image of Roman education. cp. our discussion of #Petronius https://t.co/6es24VyX24

— A.M. Christensen (@ProfChristensen) April 13, 2015

12 Apr 44 BC “I’m tormented that Sextilius’s estate belongs to a scoundrel like Caesar’s freedman Curtilius.” pic.twitter.com/tN1Hc0GYOJ

— Barry Strauss (@barrystrauss) April 13, 2015

Caesar goes to #Korea, http://t.co/l4dWar4q5J pic.twitter.com/do0AQjZ7w0

— Barry Strauss (@barrystrauss) April 13, 2015

Don't forget to join the #RUClassicsClub tomorrow at the Alexander Library to see Rutgers' Roman Coin Collection http://t.co/FQrSwJJNrl

— Rutgers Classics (@RUClassics) April 13, 2015

@holland_tom your euphoria on hitting a six must equal mine on finding Ingrid Bergman had filmed in my Pompeii house pic.twitter.com/taifUYA63m

— Sophie Hay (@pompei79) April 13, 2015

Other papers I enjoyed at #CA15: a whole panel on Anna Perenna, including some Varro, Virgil, Ovid, Silius, cult and (possible) art

— Classics Nottingham (@UoNClassics) April 13, 2015

Still time to win a free book! http://t.co/00Pfz4hQLj pic.twitter.com/yfXiBgkDqf

— Ruth Downie (@ruthsdownie) April 13, 2015

Historian @dgjones compares Daenerys & Cleopatra: desert kingdom, powerful, ambitious & multi-lingual #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/bckbzGh8B7

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) April 13, 2015

For #NationalPoetryMonth, explore gardens of verse, both Greek and Roman http://t.co/m3xcfuXS7s pic.twitter.com/FVfcgKKVjI

— Getty Publications (@GettyPubs) April 13, 2015

New Research on Ancient Greek Politics
http://t.co/gmtOu7cet0

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

The 2015 excavations have started
http://t.co/A6fNjRhsXA

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

Military Ideograms in Linear B for spear, arrow, axe, (long) sword, short sword or dagger, horn, bow & arrow:
https://t.co/RHrWjNVwUu

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

Open Philology Project | Digital Humanities
http://t.co/7NAxOCINXa

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

Christie's Withdraws Antiquities Linked to Fraudsters – artnet News
https://t.co/mE072qwPyB

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

My Museum Favourite: the Belvedere Torso | res gerendae
https://t.co/IXyLPNtTYO

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

Farrago: Papyrology and epigraphy
http://t.co/aDWpf9ta9K

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

Who Are You? | Sphinx
http://t.co/0WzerYC0bR

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

Sea Peoples Archaeological Podcast – ASOR Blog
http://t.co/KjXEgTr3gn

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

(Re)visiting an old friend from Hadrian’s Wall – Podcast 2 | Reading, Writing, Romans
http://t.co/GrZFQoeP2q

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

TODL Technologies of Daily Life in Ancient Greece
http://t.co/2ZvdynPkBO

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

Metal detectorist in Kelshall unearths 'exceptional' Roman finds – BBC News
http://t.co/EzRjk2Y6ud

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

Scholars and Amazons: Malta's GIGESC and Ancient Lessons in Ambiguity
http://t.co/IXFg5c7oEw

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

Have Powerpoint. Will Travel. | Late Roman Paganism
https://t.co/laGIF0xMsR

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

Alauna Roman fort at Camp Farm bought by trust – BBC News
http://t.co/VHttMz3p13

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

Theater review: ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,’ dir. Vince Brady -
http://t.co/M6siVNhOXL

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

Psycho and Aphrodite through Apuleius's Metamorphoses
http://t.co/JjEMEpFd6W

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

Pheidippides: The Greek Who Met A God – Beachcombing's Bizarre History Blog
http://t.co/i0TW40lGF9

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) April 13, 2015

Announcements for April 12 | Classical Association of New England
http://t.co/GX86jN2STK

— ro

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