dedique cor meum ut scirem prudentiam atque doctrinam erroresque et stultitiam et agnovi quod in his quoque esset labor et adflictio spiritus eo quod in multa sapientia multa sit indignatio et qui addit scientiam addat et laborem.
(Vulg. Eccl. 1:17f)
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Next week we’re gathering with some some members of #DEGRIAC to discuss about #emotions and #ancientgreeklaw at the Law School of the University of Buenos Aires. #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics #AncientBlueSky
The god of war has no favorites and is wont to slay the man minded to kill.
ξυνὸς Ἐνυάλιος, καί τε κτανέοντα κατέκτα.
(Hom Il. 18.309)
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si enim pecunias aequari non placet, si ingenia omnium paria esse non possunt, iura certe paria debent esse eorum inter se, qui sunt cives in eadem re publica. quid est enim civitas nisi iuris societas?
(Cic. Rep. 1.32)
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tam enim esse clemens tyrannus quam inportunus potest; ut hoc populorum intersit, utrum comi domino an aspero serviant; quin serviant quidem, fieri non potest.
(Cic. Rep. 1.33)
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On April 10th, I will be presenting my book on #ancientdemagogues along with @emilianobuis.bsky.social and Dr. Julian Gallego ❤️ #BlueSkyClassics #ClassicsBlueSky #AncientBlueSky
By their fruits you shall know them: surely people do not gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?
ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς· μήτι συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν σταφυλὰς ἢ ἀπὸ τριβόλων σῦκα;
(Matthew 7:16)
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It would be super rad if you could all point me to the best books, research papers, primary sources, whatever regarding Dionysus and his cult/worship that you know of!
For the 4th annual Classics- @leedsims.bsky.social joint event, we're very excited to welcome Prof. Shaun Tougher (Cardiff) to give a public (hybrid) lecture next week: 'Sex and the City: the Eunuchs of Constantinople'. Details in the quoted tweet. #ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky #blueskyclassics
“But though all the vials of wrath descend upon our heads, the Ides of March are our consolation.”
Sed omnia licet concurrant, Idus Martiae consolantur.
(Cic. Att. 358.2/XIV.5; trans. Shackleton Bailey)
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Don't look a *checks notes* gift-snake in the mouth...
gnomai.com/stories/zeus...
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Cover image for edited volume 'Women, Wealth and Power in the Roman Republic'. Depicts detail of a gilt bronze statue of a Roman woman. Pergola, Italy. c. 70-30 BCE.
Book description: In the Roman Republic, elite women were legally permitted to control substantial assets – and many demonstrably were in direct control of their wealth. They were also the mothers, wives and daughters of the politicians who built Rome's empire and, in a time of high mortality, could find themselves running households that did not contain adult men. This volume explores the political and social consequences of elite female wealth. It combines case studies of individual women, such as Licinia, wife of C. Gracchus, Mucia Tertia, Fulvia and Octavia Minor, with broader surveys of the institutional frameworks and social conventions that constrained and enabled women's wealth and its consequences. The book contributes to the recent upsurge of interest in re-evaluating the role of women in Republican Rome and will be invaluable for scholars and students alike.
Catherine Steel and I are thrilled to announce the publication of our edited volume 'Women, Wealth and Power in the Roman Republic': www.cambridge.org/core/books/w...
@universitypress.cambridge.org
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And they cannot get their fill of the din of evil war.
οὐδὲ δύνανται | φυλόπιδος κορέσασθαι ὁμοιίου πτολέμοιο.
(Hom. Il. 13.634f)
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τότε λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ἀπόστρεψον τὴν μάχαιράν σου εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτῆς, πάντες γὰρ οἱ λαβόντες μάχαιραν ἐν μαχαίρῃ ἀπολοῦνται.
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Flyer for a Classics talk.
Today at 5pm!! Email RKousser@gc.cuny.edu for the Zoom link.
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ἐρωτηθεὶς γάρ, ὡς ἔοικεν, ἥτις οἰκεῖται κάλλιστα τῶν πόλεων, “Ἐκείνη,” εἶπεν, “ἐν ᾗ τῶν ἀδικουμένων οὐχ ἧττον οἱ μὴ ἀδικούμενοι προβάλλονται καὶ κολάζουσι τοὺς ἀδικοῦντας.”
(Plut. Sol. 18.5)
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All ancient world enthusiasts are welcome- it is free to attend. The conference is geared towards all levels, from high school to post-graduate. Perhaps a great extra credit opportunity?!
See schedule/abstracts here: docs.google.com/docu...
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nupta, quid exspectas? non tu pollentibus herbis
nec prece nec magico carmine mater eris;
excipe fecundae patienter verbera dextrae,
iam socer optatum nomen habebit avi.
(Ov. Fast. 2.425-8)
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ο]ἰ μὲν ἰππήων στρότον οἰ δὲ πέσδων
οἰ δὲ νάων φαῖσ᾿ ἐπ[ὶ] γᾶν μέλαι[ν]αν
ἔ]μμεναι κάλλιστον, ἔγω δὲ κῆν᾿ ὄτ-
τω τις ἔραται·
(Sappho fr. 16)
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οὐ χρῆ κάκοισι θῦμον ἐπιτρέπην,
προκόψομεν γὰρ οὐδὲν ἀσάμενοι,
ὦ Βύκχι, φαρμάκων δ᾿ ἄριστον
οἶνον ἐνεικαμένοις μεθύσθην.
(Alc. 335 = Athen. 10.430b–c)
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Kyrnos, this city is yet the city, but its people are manifestly different…
Κύρνε, πόλις μὲν ἔθ᾿ ἥδε πόλις, λαοὶ δὲ δὴ ἄλλοι…
(Theognis 1.53)
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Next Wednesday (Feb. 11th), I will be talking about #ancientdemagogues and #emotions at the University of Liverpool Work in Progress Seminar Series! It is at 3 pm (London time). You can ask for the link at: liv.ace.wip@gmail.com
I hope to see you there! #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueskyClassics
Without friend, without law, without home is that man who loves horrid war among his own people.
ἀφρήτωρ ἀθέμιστος ἀνέστιός ἐστιν ἐκεῖνος
ὃς πολέμου ἔραται ἐπιδημίου ὀκρυόεντος.
(Hom. Il. 9.63f)
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The cold crept subtly, all the way to the very marrow and bone.
ὁ κρυμὸς δὲ εἰσεδύετο λεπτὸς μέχρι μυελῶν αὐτῶν καὶ ὀστέων.
(Alciphron 3.40.2)
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A closed pub with a weathered sandstone carving of the dying Gaul from the Capitoline museum in Rome.
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Check out this nuts bit of Classical reception: The Dying Gladiator pub in Brigg, North Lincs. Opened in the 1860s it is, allegedly and unsurprisingly, the only pub named this in the world. With it's weathered copy of the Dying Gaul sculpture. Wild.
Μάνδρης ἔσω τις πρόβατα συλλέγων δείλης
κνηκὸν μετ᾿ αὐτῶν λύκον ἔμελλε συγκλείειν.
ὁ κύων δ᾿ ἰδὼν πρὸς αὐτὸν εἶπε “πῶς σπεύδεις
τὰ πρόβατα σῶσαι, τοῦτον εἰσαγὼν ἥμιν;”
(Babrius 113)
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The age, however, is not so deprived of virtues that it has not produced good models as well.
Non tamen adeo virtutum sterile saeculum ut non et bona exempla prodiderit.
(Tac. Hist. 1.3)
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