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[AMS Washington DC @AMSWashingtonDC]

5/26 @GreeceInUSA| Lecture on the Derveni Papyrus by Ioanna Papadopoulou. #AncientGreece #history #archaeology https://t.co/96hDBxxirK https://t.co/78g7m11mYm

[sententiae antiquae @sentantiq]

"I am Odysseus, the son of Laertes, known among all men for tricks"

εἴμ’ ᾿Οδυσεὺς Λαερτιάδης, ὃς πᾶσι δόλοισιν
ἀνθρώποισι μέλω #Homer

[sententiae antiquae @sentantiq]

“Philosophizing is for the few: it is hardly likely to please all around.”

philosophandum est paucis, nam omnino haut placet

#Ennius

[SCS @scsclassics]

May 9, 11 & 13: Lemuria is observed in ancient Rome. Ghosts abounded at this time, so pater familias awoke at 12 am, washed up & threw beans

[World History Encyclopedia @whencyclopedia]

Today in 558 CE: The dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders that the dome be rebuilt.

[Walters Manuscripts @MedievalMss]

Current curatorial opportunities at the Walters. Apply today: https://t.co/Pd3e1u5RW1

[sententiae antiquae @sentantiq]

“Roman, remember that your arts are to rule
The nations, enforce the custom of peace,
spare the conquered and subjugate the proud” #Vergil

[Archaeology Magazine @archaeologymag]

A 4th-century B.C. statue of the Egyptian cat goddess Bastet has been found in Heliopolis https://t.co/yxDRm4yUXN

[World History Encyclopedia @whencyclopedia]

'#Italy to spend a billion euros on restoring museums and monuments.' https://t.co/XFIpY5XiyQ
#History

[World History Encyclopedia @whencyclopedia]

Today in #history: The #Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out. (351 CE)

Photo: CNG

[sententiae antiquae @sentantiq]

"It is still not the custom to admit a poet as a witness;
I wish that my words had lacked all weight.”

#Ovid

[sententiae antiquae @sentantiq]

“Every age without literature is dark…”

Sine litteris omnis aetas caeca est…

#Piccolomini

[sententiae antiquae @sentantiq]

"It fell: let Troy perish with its name.”

occidit, occideritque sinas cum nomine Troia

#Vergil #Juno

[AMS Washington DC @AMSWashingtonDC]

Sunday @walters_museum | "Celebrating Women in Art" walk-in tour covers depictions of women from antiquity onward. https://t.co/Up6ByAehdi

[sententiae antiquae @sentantiq]

"Emulation fosters genius; and then envy, then admiration which motivates imitation."

#VelleiusPaterculus

[sententiae antiquae @sentantiq]

Alit aemulatio ingenia, et nunc invidia, nunc admiratio imitationem accendit

#VelleiusPaterculus

[sententiae antiquae @sentantiq]

“Dinners, tell me, Muse, of dinners, much nourishing and fine."

δεῖπνα μοι ἔννεπε, Μοῦσα, πολύτροφα καὶ μάλα

#Matro #Dinner

[Walters Manuscripts @MedievalMss]

Current curatorial opportunities at the Walters. Apply today: https://t.co/Pd3e1u5RW1

[Archaeology Magazine @archaeologymag]

Egyptologists have unearthed the remains of a 4th-century B.C. sanctuary in Heliopolis https://t.co/yxDRm4yUXN