Graecum Est

*It's all Greek to me* - literally! Digital wanderings mixed to info for my students of Ancient Greek Literature and Ancient Greek Language LM @LaStatale.

[Ennius @red_loeb]

The Judgement of Paris: choices have consequences.....

BL Royal MS 6 E IX; Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia; c.1335 CE; Italy (Tuscany); f.22r @BLMedieval

[The Partial Historians🏺 @p_historians]

This absolutely adorable rabbit with figs once graced the wall of a place in Pompeii.

This is an example of the fourth style of Pompeian wall painting. Just beautiful!

📍Pompeii
🏛 MAN Napoli, inv. 8630

[Gareth Harney @OptimoPrincipi]

Gold ring with engraved carnelian gem showing a nude youth feeding a treat to his hunting dog. 3rd-2nd century BC, Getty Villa.

[sententiae antiquae @sentantiq]

A show of Fick's edition of the Iliad with Doric (Aeolic) alphas instead of etas and the DIGAMMAS restored for anyone who hasn't eaten lunch yet

[Gareth Harney @OptimoPrincipi]

- Cassius Dio (68, 24-25)

The 115 Antioch earthquake seems to have had roughly the same epicentre and estimated magnitude (7.5) as Monday's tragic Turkey-Syria earthquake.

[Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli @MANNapoli]

Collezione Farnese del #MANN...una meraviglia...
📷: Silvia Vacca

[Nina Willburger @DrNWillburger]

#AncientSiteSunday: a photo of Trajan's Kiosk on the island of Philae flooded by the Aswan Low Dam, taken in 1930. After the building of the dam in 1902 the island was submerged by the rising water of the reservoir and tourists came to see the buildings by boat. In the....1/2

[Georgy Kantor @GeorgyKantor]

For people who study Greek cities under Rome: an immensely useful new website of the project on Roman Attica. https://t.co/tsEHXW4mC8

[Ghost of Hellas @ghostofhellas]

Gold box bezel ring with the hero Bellerophon riding Pegasus, attributed to the Santa Eufemia master Greek (from Southern Italy), c. 340-320 B.C. Getty Museum.

[Nina Willburger @DrNWillburger]

I just leave this charming little piece for #Caturday: a terracotta figurine of a #cat playing the harp.
From #Egypt, #Roman period, late 1st century AD.

On display at Museum August Kestner, Hannover.

Have a lovely #weekend!

#CatsOnTwitter #CatsOfTwitter #weekendvibes

[Slow @Slowfinger]

Qui Zazzà. #ilunatici

[Antigone Journal @AntigoneJournal]

We hope to have our free, open-access video courses for learning Latin and Ancient Greek up and running later in the year.
Meanwhile we have this lecture series from @Cambridge_Uni on Greek and Latin metre, which moves from basics to more technical stuff:
https://t.co/u0Nn1iHr2o

[Medieval Manuscripts @BLMedieval]

The birth of Alexander the Great: two golden eagles perched on the palace roof and the Temple of Artemis burning in the background are signs of his future greatness.

One of our newly-digitised Alexander manuscripts.

https://t.co/x3JhsYYWtQ

[Henry George Liddell @LiddellAndScott]

βιβλιολάθας, α, ὁ (bibliolathas)
—"book-forgetting," nickname of Didymus the Grammarian, who had written so many books (3500) that he could not remember them, Ath. 4.139c

[Dr Jo Ball @DrJEBall]

A beautiful #Roman gold necklace, set with amethysts & small emeralds. It was made around 1700 years ago, & has survived in beautiful condition, perhaps as part of a hoard. The original owner was lucky to own such a nice piece of jewellery! #RomanArchaeology

[Nina Willburger @DrNWillburger]

Great photo of my favourite #Greek vessel: a stunning rhyton (drinking cup) in the shape of a #dog's head. Dating ca. 475 BC.

A life without #dogs is possible, but pointless!

Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia

Photo: Pietro Mazzarol

[Graecum Est @GraecumEst]

Ottimo commento alla lezione di oggi.

[sententiae antiquae @sentantiq]

Today's mail brought this necessary piece of clothing