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Classics PhD Student @JohnsHopkins. Imperial Greek fiend. Reading epistolography, thinking (para)doxa. Banned from the Library for eating scrolls. He/Him 🏳️‍🌈

in the scrinia
Joined October 2020
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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Sounds like a great conference! You should totally come check it out 😉 The rest of the CFP attached to this Tweet.
Call for graduate papers is open for ‘The Hidden Worlds of Ancient Science’. We welcome papers that shift the discourse away from “the page”, bringing a material-textual approach to the fore. Abstracts due December 1st. Please email classicsgradconf@jh.edu for further details
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are you fucking joking
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Αἱ κάμπαι ἐπινέμονται τὰ λάχανα, τάχα δὲ καὶ διαφθείρουσιν αὐτά. ἀπόλλυνται δὲ αὗται, γυνὴ τὴν ἐπιμήνιον κάθαρσιν καθαιρομένη εἰ διέλθοι μέση τῶν λαχάνων. (NA 6.36) Aelian literally never disappoints
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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
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“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
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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?
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I think it should be illegal for it to be very sunny and also very humid at the same time
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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
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Nero impersonator rocks up and asks for your bank info so he can wire you 1,000,000 aurei Do you accept? 😏💰💰
64%Yes
36%No
14 votes • Final results
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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
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loving Horace tho
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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
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he is going to see the Pythia
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trying not to be a little sentimental at seeing the Aegean for the first time :”))
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god Nero would’ve loved Eurovision
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from a good time I’ll miss
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where is my atlas of greece according to athenaeus
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map that says "boob cake here" near sparta
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Kind of spooky that Greek δεῖ and Mandarin 得 (děi) mean the same thing: "must."
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handed in the last assignment ever of my undergrad last night ….. indescribable feeling. where did the time even go?
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