it will forever kill me that we no longer have the contents of a book titled “On Animals Said to Be Spiteful” (Περὶ τῶν ζῴων ὅσα λέγεται φθονεῖν)
I need to know what was in there. who are the spiteful animals. Theophrastus I need to know
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If we want humanities, we have to get to the point where we do not have to justify the existence of the humanities.
We must prefigure a world where its justification is self-evident, or else we lose sight of what it really is.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 19!
CLASSU hosts the 4th biannual Ancient Food Day
Make new friends and sample dishes recreated from ancient Greek and Roman recipes: Roman crab cakes, Greek donuts, and more! All are welcome!
11AM-1PM, the Great Hall, 3rd floor, Lillian Massey
“I need to be prepared for anything!” I tell myself, running out the door with ample “time left”, and then I get to the airport and have to wait 3-5 business days between clearing security and actually boarding
are there 'weasel words', and do we 'weasel' out of things, because weasels are long and slinky or because weasels are considered quite evil and crafty?
idk at what point in learning Greek this association happened/stuck but whenever I see the word δακνω I cannot stop myself from picturing this specific image
this is silly I don't like it when Latin poets call the Tiber yellow, I know it's just silt and it's supposed to be poetic but it just doesn't sound like an aspect of water you should emphasize
I think it’s deliciously funny when amateur horror writers try to use Latin as a cheat code for making stuff creepy, like why are you trying to scare me with Latin 101 textbook exercises