2016-01-20

Zeus Lykaios w/ muscular Pan (not Herakles), Arkadian league, Megalopolis (363/2 BC) numismatic art at its finest – pic.twitter.com/N0ZZ3kEyfT

— Edward Zarrow (@drzarrow) January 18, 2016

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius, 1944. pic.twitter.com/ugQL2uer5L

— History In Pictures (@HistoryInPics) January 18, 2016

FREE EDUCATIONAL COMIX! In case you like a bit of Shakespeare along with your Greek Myth, here's the Sonnet Guide! https://t.co/g6PUbl2iHk

— Greek Myth Comix (@GreekMythComix) January 18, 2016

Really looking forward to @TheIrisProject Festival of Lost cities today with @drmichaelcscott @bettanyhughes @Marthakearney @oxfordclassics

— Dr Arlene H-H (@DrArleneHH) January 18, 2016

I love the fact that a 1750 volume on the first dig at Herculaneum has “blunders” rather than “errata”. This should become the norm.

— Adrian Murdoch (@adrianmurdoch) January 18, 2016

Roman Bath, Goddess Minerva & Julius Ceasar @RomanBathsBath @RomanBathMuseum @funwitheslyn @TravelBath pic.twitter.com/dPrYYMVgql

— Wendy (@wendy_riordan) January 16, 2016

"Two dancers.. between the columns of Poseidon’s Temple" 1930 – Maynard Owen Williams | https://t.co/CRyXCkcnBY pic.twitter.com/uFiKnz7iaN

— skiourophile (@skiourophile) January 6, 2016

Questions you only get in pulp:

Who was the more effective administrator: Agrippina or Messalina? #History pic.twitter.com/JmE7VeZG5I

— Pulp Librarian (@PulpLibrarian) January 18, 2016

Roma. Il Foro. 1920 ca.
#DaiLuoghiDelNovecento pic.twitter.com/3VLvyxhoBg

— Casa editrice Luoghi (@dailuoghi) January 18, 2016

Studying Ancient Greek – The New York Times – https://t.co/uv0nggLYY7

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 18, 2016

Announcements for January 17 | Classical Association of New England
https://t.co/6cUqH3JlQI

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 18, 2016

Linear B tablets KN 235 N j 41 & KN 236 N j 42 on chariots from the Knossos “Armoury” | Linear B, Knossos & Mycenae
https://t.co/Xhu9zH2hzd

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 18, 2016

Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: January 18
https://t.co/ni8KMXXoV7

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 18, 2016

Repititiationes ~ 01/17/16 https://t.co/u4mrDcNZ5K

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 18, 2016

Classical Gasbags | The Weekly Standard
https://t.co/bIgX2vNb5v

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 18, 2016

This Day in Ancient History ~ ante diem xv kalendas februarias https://t.co/55e838YMp8

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 18, 2016

CFP: 17th Unisa Classics Colloquium, 26-28 October 2016 https://t.co/sV1JAUYyR4

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 18, 2016

@AncGreekHero @ticiaverveer @rogueclassicist it's a gorgon, which was a feature of Athena's Aegis …

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 18, 2016

On the New Investigations at Lechaion – Corinthian Matters
https://t.co/TxHpwgJi0p

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 18, 2016

How Do You Persuade the Close-Minded? | Sententiae Antiquae
https://t.co/xa2p70e8jr

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 18, 2016

Laudator Temporis Acti: Confirmation
https://t.co/UghNi7cAnZ

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 18, 2016

@yougotanology @rogueclassicist @wmarybeard i always have plenty of pronunciation quibbles; hard c pronounced as s bugs me

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 18, 2016

BMCR: Jean-François Lhermitte, L'animal vertueux dans la philosophie antique à l'époque impériale. https://t.co/UfIO1Bw4ZQ

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 18, 2016

BMCR: Marianne Mathys, Architekturstiftungen und Ehrenstatuen: Untersuchungen zur visuellen …Pergamon. https://t.co/sRhrpdWBIF

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 18, 2016

BMCR: Sandra R. Joshel, Lauren Hackworth Petersen, The Material Life of Roman Slaves. https://t.co/T8KQ19Pn8L

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 18, 2016

Metal-detecting at Roman Saxon-Shore Fort
https://t.co/4WqA8zl7wL

— rogueclassicist (@rogueclassicist) January 18, 2016

[Un jour, une œuvre]
Oenochoé apulienne à figures rouges
☛ https://t.co/wB2bloMTFA
#ArtGrec pic.twitter.com/HsI4c48xs7

— Musée du Louvre (@MuseeLouvre) January 18, 2016

I learned quite a bit about US '#Classical Schools' from K-12 teachers at #aiascs. This is a good news story… https://t.co/GvfyNkH3UY

— Dr Arlene H-H (@DrArleneHH) January 18, 2016

Roman women's hairstyles pic.twitter.com/IWaPCib8Vs

— Roman History (@romanhistory1) January 17, 2016

Looted and smuggled ancient Etruscan treasures returned to their true home https://t.co/TM4RaCBe2o pic.twitter.com/84Z3WMxbeg

— Donna Yates (@DrDonnaYates) January 18, 2016

Ancient Rome comes to life in this video where bird's eye view images take turn with overlapping renderings
https://t.co/htlwAmsnnj

— Roma Sotterranea (@RomaSotterranea) January 18, 2016

This day in history Augustus and Livia marry. pic.twitter.com/cId9mxAr2e

— Lj Trafford (@TraffordLj) January 17, 2016

Okay, I totally read CAH as Cambridge Ancient History. #classicsproblems https://t.co/GRUUHTAmdO

— Classics Librarian (@classicslib) January 18, 2016

Sneak peek from MEDEA tech. It's all looking – and sounding – great.
Opens tonight @newdiorama 7pm. Tickets just £5 pic.twitter.com/S0kjQRZt4N

— The Faction (@FactionTheatre) January 18, 2016

Jan. 18, 52 BCE: Clodius is murdered on the Via Appia by Milo's gang. Riots later ensued. https://t.co/HntAoMnVHF pic.twitter.com/UdbCV6BREp

— SCS (@scsclassics) January 18, 2016

ALL the money raised from ticket sales for the Bacchanalia Ball will go @TheStrokeAssoc! A cause close to @ClassicsRHUL's heart

— RHUL Classical Soc (@RHULClassicsSoc) January 16, 2016

Trans. of Virgil Aeneid I into Greek hexameters by John Harpsfield, ca.1540 τοὺς πολέμους, τόν τ' ἄνδρα λέγω. https://t.co/eIi5l9PV2P

— DCCommentaries (@DCComm) January 18, 2016

Epigraphic workshop (12-16 Sep): call for participants.
https://t.co/y8Iz6wLDb2 via @vjuloux & @rogueclassicist

— St Andrews Classics (@StA_Classics) January 18, 2016

#OnThisDay in 52BC, Publius Clodius Pulcher is killed after a scuffle with the followers of Titus Milo. pic.twitter.com/K2LzRg9XxR

— CANI (@ClassAssocNI) January 18, 2016

@DorothyKing @SeraECBaker And from a different era: relief of the obelisk from circus of Caligula/Nero at St Peter's pic.twitter.com/yZpOfyaUD3

— Sophie Hay (@pompei79) January 18, 2016

3 Inventors of medicine Apollo for the god of medicine Chiron 4 surgery & botany & pupil Asclepius #Pompeii VI.1710 pic.twitter.com/OxckGAAIP5

— Sharon M. Wolf (@SharonMWolf) January 17, 2016

Medieval love of "figure poetry" is actually Hellenistic in origin. Compare Simias' 3rd c. "axe" w/Carmina Figurata. pic.twitter.com/zj3ksZKFyt

— Sarah Bond (@SarahEBond) January 18, 2016

One of the best posts on their medieval development is by @erik_kwakkel "Drawing with Words" https://t.co/8k4lucBflb pic.twitter.com/HbOGUS8z09

— Sarah Bond (@SarahEBond) January 18, 2016

Ancient Greek and a dozen other subjects threatened with closure at the University of Copenhagen (in Danish) https://t.co/XHre4Hh4bN

— Niels Grotum (@NGrotum) January 18, 2016

I say the key to good academic writing is saying complicated things as simply as possible. Winnie-the-Pooh says… pic.twitter.com/iYKFa4YxN2

— George Gosling (@gcgosling) March 9, 2015

#digiclass : Call for papers: People of the Ancient World International Conference Babeș-Bolyai University, Cl… https://t.co/kjUFvtcbYT

— Stoa (@stoaorg) January 18, 2016

Francis Towne 'Temple of Vesta' 1781
(actually the Temple of Hercules Victor)
#Rome
@pompei79 @SaveRome pic.twitter.com/JVoyjSNEGf

— mym (@LiberalDespot) January 18, 2016

CfP: Globalizing Ovid: Shanghai 2017 https://t.co/6OeHDCNWGy

— DCCommentaries (@DCComm) December 26, 2015

For example, complete works of Aristotle, Plato & pre Socratic philosopher.To salvage or not – Supreme Conflict 6/ pic.twitter.com/EwvE2757BP

— SaveChennaiLibraries (@savechnlib) January 18, 2016

2,630 yr old Owl Aryballos
Owls are associated with the Wise Goddess Athena
#history Greece
https://t.co/PjLNX9nxlI pic.twitter.com/sbJGduIkPJ

— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) January 18, 2016

CFP I “Continuities and Discontinuities in Classical Reception” I 28 – 29/16 MAY @JocastaCRG https://t.co/SvP5fFadIe pic.twitter.com/Fz7b8K8yC5

— marietta kotsafti (@mariettakots) January 4, 2016

Archaeologists wanted: earn a Brock credit in Sicily! CLAS 3F75 2016 info session: Thurs Jan 21 1-2 in IC304. pic.twitter.com/sVZ1yxP5Hi

— Nadine Brundrett (@BrundrettNadine) January 18, 2016

When women competed to look like the Venus de Milo https://t.co/vRWmZHIBzf

— Francesca Tronchin (@tronchin) January 18, 2016

L'Année Epigraphique now online! Yay! https://t.co/3Ieb0hrtut #Epigraphy

— Fabienne Marchand (@FV_Marchand) January 18, 2016

Historians need to think harder and more creatively about they way we present our ideas https://t.co/RgIYquUDzO My @HistoryToday column

— Mathew Lyons (@MathewJLyons) January 18, 2016

Greeted by a Roman centurion – a great start to fab #festivaloflostcities @theirisproject looking forward to talking about underground Rome!

— Dr Michael C Scott (@drmichaelcscott) January 18, 2016

2.156 In the shrine at Buto there is a floating island in a lake where the goddess Leto lived. She hid Apollo there to save him from Typhon.

— Herodotus (@iHerodotus) January 18, 2016

RT @LoveArchaeology: Awesome #Roman #archaeology: C3rd (AD) lion and antelope, now in the wonderful @museiincomune pic.twitter.com/s3r44foGI3

— Artemission.com (@ArtemissionArt) January 18, 2016

@drmichaelcscott @TheIrisProject The audience members are loving your #sewer chat.Teenagers love hearing about #Roman effluent. #engagement

— Dr Arlene H-H (@DrArleneHH) January 18, 2016

Horse-rooster aryballos in faience – 6th c BCE, probably from Rhodes (@legionofhonor, San Francisco) pic.twitter.com/Frjxkyv8Fh

— Jenny Carrington (@JennyCCarr) January 18, 2016

https://t.co/HiVMdZIKzu Epigraphy News: L’Année épigraphique – vol. 2012 and vol. 2011 is online at https://t.co/EckXN1Llyk

— Sarah Bond (@SarahEBond) January 18, 2016

ca. 2.485 year old Lekythos (oil flask)
Athena holding a helmet and a spear, with an Owl
#archaeology Greece pic.twitter.com/clwaHQiKTc

— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) January 18, 2016

Having trouble addressing the final point from this proofreader. pic.twitter.com/SdGwmLWb2t

— Trisha Greenhalgh (@trishgreenhalgh) January 18, 2016

Sleeping Hermaphroditus pic.twitter.com/fIn3PgE56T

— Ancient History (@MaaritJohanna) January 18, 2016

#clcv1550 standard #Athena iconography: helmet, spear, aegis w/Medusa's head, & (the best) owl (I've ever seen) https://t.co/ZSOfUPoIlY

— A.M. Christensen (@ProfChristensen) January 18, 2016

Two carved stones 2nd-3rd Cent AD from a #Mithraeum temple found in Hulme #Manchester in 1821 #archaeology pic.twitter.com/ZgtW0OPSoF

— Pete Savin (@pete_savin) January 16, 2016

Greece & Rome in Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech #MLKDay https://t.co/7txx2qEMnk pic.twitter.com/mxbagQaRJQ

— Jake Nabel (@JakeNabel) January 18, 2016

Beau succès pour @PBALille avec 118.160 visiteurs pour sa "Joie de vivre" pic.twitter.com/17jZthLGwE

— bsaLille3 (@bsaLille3) January 18, 2016

@CamClassics alumna Natalie Haynes is entertaining #festivaloflostcities school pupils in Oxford. A romp through the history of #Thebes

— Dr Arlene H-H (@DrArleneHH) January 18, 2016

Beautiful plates from Pottier & Reinach 1888 catalogue of terracottas from Myrina pic.twitter.com/nl7xQ0MsUq

— Ruth Allen (@RuthMAllen) January 18, 2016

Natalie Haynes exposes the fact that #festivaloflostcities teenagers know more about Percy Jackson than about Oedipus Rex. #outreach #Thebes

— Dr Arlene H-H (@DrArleneHH) January 18, 2016

Anyone know of a resource listing all institutions that teach classics, internationally, at secondary and post-secondary levels?

— Classics Librarian (@classicslib) January 18, 2016

Theatre at ancient Megalopolis, #Arkadia, #Greece. #MegalopolisMonday pic.twitter.com/gAiOijABy7

— Matthew Maher (@DrMattMaher) January 18, 2016

Piazza del Colosseo (George Lewis, 1931)

Tre ragazze in posa davanti all'Arco di Costantino. :) pic.twitter.com/o8rqM3y1RO

— Roma Ieri Oggi (@romaierioggi) January 18, 2016

When in Rome: Visiting the House of Livia on the Palatine Hill: https://t.co/L4LlGtHnVv pic.twitter.com/uS8MlwMykS

— Ancient History (@ahencyclopedia) January 18, 2016

@Marthakearney recalls her programme 'The wonder of bees' and shares Virgil's view of bee origin – from belly of dead ox. #honey #golden

— Dr Arlene H-H (@DrArleneHH) January 18, 2016

#Latin #Vocabulary Sheet with Pictures pic.twitter.com/FDPTLr2fXe

— CarmentaLatinSchool (@CarmentaLatin) January 18, 2016

Le saviez-vous ? Zeus est le dieu des hipsters. pic.twitter.com/PMdoOKlfu1

— Sébastien Magro (@dasmtweets) January 16, 2016

Figures noires ou rouges, lécythes à fond blanc… Faisait un bail que je n'étais pas entré dans la galerie Campana pic.twitter.com/jddT72hD0E

— Sébastien Magro (@dasmtweets) January 16, 2016

@Marthakearney tells #festivalofostcities about 'bee waggle dance' https://t.co/0Fl57I8aNN

— Dr Arlene H-H (@DrArleneHH) January 18, 2016

Fresco in the bath complex of Salamis in Cyprus depicting the myth of Hylas and the water nymphs, end of 3rd c. AD. pic.twitter.com/tECsB7DxxM

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 18, 2016

I spent time in a caldarium. Not sure what the official Latin term is for "I was also scrubbed to within an inch of my life" but that too

— Dorothy Lobel King (@DorothyKing) January 18, 2016

Orpheus mosaic at Littlecote Villa following restoration. via Bernard Phillips https://t.co/2LFj0XrbCR #RomanBritain pic.twitter.com/BdzgZu3nBH

— Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) January 18, 2016

A hoard of bronze coins retrieved for #research this morning #MuseumMonday #museums @UCLMuseums @ucl pic.twitter.com/yO5ibusRAU

— PetrieMuseumEgypt (@PetrieMuseEgypt) January 18, 2016

'2,700-Year-Old Farmstead, #Byzantine Period Monastery Unearthed in #Israel.' https://t.co/UATzE24ous #History pic.twitter.com/qvVZjthXt3

— Ancient History (@ahencyclopedia) January 18, 2016

New and important blog from Neil Brodie – going to be good https://t.co/6396drd0qn

— Morag M. Kersel (@mokersel) January 18, 2016

Local residents start online petition to remove unsightly new staircases from Morgantina agora (in Italian) https://t.co/dpfglVjsSc

— Justin Walsh (@jstpwalsh) January 18, 2016

I saw like 4 Greek Play auditions today, and they were all fab. But also, they made me feel old. (Six years since I first auditioned! Gah.)

— Katherine McDonald (@Katherine_McDon) January 18, 2016

Free temporary exhibition in Cambridge, from today! https://t.co/HoBdq4FCyE @classarch #CuttingTheCurve #PaperGods pic.twitter.com/OlhCywVstz

— Jessica Hughes (@jesshughes61) January 18, 2016

@sencina @kelseymuseum How exciting and wonderful that the backdrop is from Oplontis… pic.twitter.com/rTjvr31Hr1

— Sophie Hay (@pompei79) January 18, 2016

Ara dedicata al dio Sole e agli dei di #Palmira, nei #MuseiCapitolini https://t.co/amBTnKWwHs
#CapolavoriCapitolini pic.twitter.com/yLDSYT8vCK

— Musei in Comune Roma (@museiincomune) January 18, 2016

Ruin of the day: The Temple of Hera I at Paestum, a Doric temple from c. 550 BC. It is peripteral with 9×18 columns. pic.twitter.com/zyY08C95av

— Following Hadrian (@carolemadge) January 18, 2016

We think that @ChasingAphrodit is one of the best blogs about antiquities crime: https://t.co/rqUfF9WcDN #ArtCrimeFL pic.twitter.com/4C1XhiKGuX

— Art Crime UofG (@UofGArtCrime) January 18, 2016

Utterly gutted to be missing #MuseumSelfie Day because of teaching schedule. Too late to move class to @ROMAncient? https://t.co/aFTx374GYv

— Lisa Trentin (@DrLisaTrentin) January 18, 2016

@carolemadge You can still see some fine decoration at the top of the capital. pic.twitter.com/DO0UjG84n7

— Steve Llewellyn (@SteveLlewellyn4) January 18, 2016

Jean Bernard.1734.Diógenes Mendigando a las estatuas. @mariagonzalezf5 @Milutta @salbasantacroce @Amyperuana @fra852 pic.twitter.com/1CN5X2Qdma

— Amparo (@amparofashion) January 18, 2016

New @OU_Classics blog post: Flora Stagg shares her thoughts on studying for an MA (and her love of #Aristophanes!) https://t.co/PIKxoSroD1

— OU_Classics (@OU_Classics) January 18, 2016

Excavations of real #Amazons #WarriorWomen buried with weapons in ancient Scythia pic.twitter.com/JUoB5fgdoj

— Adrienne Mayor (@amayor) January 18, 2016

La muerte de Cleopatra 4
The death of Cleopatra
German von Bohn pic.twitter.com/VgelGGnmlt

— marialo (@lovalh) January 18, 2016

Woot! Nice profile in WSJ of @indyfromspace https://t.co/txK6WxYDKn

— Chasing Aphrodite (@ChasingAphrodit) January 18, 2016

Shout out to my blog! Yeah! https://t.co/RLTmJjr1Je

— Sarah Bond (@SarahEBond) January 18, 2016

Καρυάτιδες από Μικρά Προπύλαια Ελευσίνας. Μια κλεμμένη, τώρα Αγγλία (αρ) κ η αδελφή της στο μουσείο Ελευσίνας (δεξ). pic.twitter.com/dOv7UJxWF7

— Niovi Santama (@n_santama) January 11, 2016

En 1940, la Vénus de Milo et la Diane chasseresse exposées au #Louvre n'étaient que des copies en plâtre #Jaujard pic.twitter.com/BRl5ZV8gbb

— Scribe Accroupi (@scribeaccroupi) January 18, 2016

@drzarrow @davidstuttard how do we know it's Pan? Just the Arcadia connection? Are those his pipes at the bottom?

— A.M. Christensen (@ProfChristensen) January 18, 2016

Utterly hilarious and perhaps not so off-point. via Steve Hunt and Anna Karsten.

https://t.co/jHPmdI1I0L

— The Classics Library (@stephenjenkin) January 18, 2016

Perhaps this shiny Roman blue glass recorded in Suffolk will cheer your #BlueMonday!!! @findsorguk @RomanFindsGrp pic.twitter.com/n6wxwaMerA

— SCCArchaeology (@SCCArchaeology) January 18, 2016

Louis-Jean-Francois #Lagrenee
Psiche surprises the sleeping Cupid
#buonanotte

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