Tweeting about the Romans, the Greeks and the Early Christians, their languages, and anything else that comes up. Also tweeting at J_Piekarski.
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Uber Reviews for Charon, Boatman of Hades newyorker.com/magazine/2014/… via @newyorker
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Un professeur interroge son élève :
- Sais-tu faire des additions et des soustractions ?
- Plus ou moins.
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Euripides’ Ion runs from 14th-17th October 2026 at the Arts Theatre, Cambridge, featuring a 1 PM pre-show talk for every performance, and a post-show talk at 7.30 PM on Thursday, 15th October 2026
varsity.co.uk/theatre/32118
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how do you guys like the answer sheet i made for my bayeux tapestry themed pub quiz
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The Bayeux Tapestry has sparked a class war in England. Brits who want to see the 11th-century relic say they’re being treated like Taylor Swift fans on Ticketmaster, while American billionaires, luxury hotel guests, and museum sponsors jump the queue. wsj.com/world/uk/bayeux-tape…
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Tomorrow! There are still tickets left:
Next week: join us for our next online talk: Jane Bonsall, ''The Seven Sages of Rome' Database'. Tuesday 6 October, 19:00-20:30 BST on Zoom. Tickets £6.00 (£4 for members with promo code) eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-seven…
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I take a moment to salute, as I regularly do, one of the best signs in America — found at the Milwaukee airport, after security screening (with the discombobulation such screening entails). At the same time, I salute the boundless ingenuity of the English language.
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one of the funniest things about the Pope's AI stance is he became very vocal AFTER meeting the Anthropic guys. imagine how odious you need to be to for the POPE to be disgusted by you
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Remembering the time a curator at the Imperial War Museum was talking my ear off, but I managed to sic Dad on him and get away. I checked back an hour later--the man was visibly in distress as Dad was just getting into his groove on Iwo Jima :)
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Thanks superintelligent googoo bot, yeah I probably meant John Mayer not John Mayer, how could I be so obtuse. (Shoutout to 17th c John Mayer; his corpus is a wonderland.)
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“Νε: οὐκ αἰσχρόν ἡγῇ δῆτα τὸ ψευδῆ λέγειν;
Οδ: οὔκ, εἰ τὸ σωθῆναι γε τὸ ψεῦδος φέρει·” — Sophocles, Φιλοκτήτης, l.108-109
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What a lot of people don't realize when it comes to coastal erosion is that it comes in waves.
Before-and-after video reveals Hawaii’s iconic Hōlei Sea Arch vanished after 500 years trib.al/e6Pz23m