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An open forum for Classics—Ancient Greece, Rome, and their influence. Explore over 450 open-access articles on our website. **We pay £100-200 for new writing**
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RT @AntigoneJournal: "Bronze Age Cypriot figurines are a lot more than simple representations of a proto-Aphrodite. Rather than attesting….
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DAISY KNOX Where in the world was Aphrodite born?
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RT @AntigoneJournal: You could send stupid prompts into the meaningless void of "Grok Imagine" or you could just find strangers to dance th….
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"Bronze Age Cypriot figurines are a lot more than simple representations of a proto-Aphrodite. Rather than attesting to her early worship on the island, they allude to a complex and varied system of iconography which is arguably even more interesting.".
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DAISY KNOX Where in the world was Aphrodite born?
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Serious question: has any word or syllable in the history of English begun "go-" and been pronounced "jo-"? (The frequent mispronunciations analo-jous and tautolo-jous are, alas, misplaced analo-jeez.).
Listening to an audiobook about philosophy that frequently discusses theories about the origin of the universe, but always with the pronunciation "cosmojohnny". 🚀🙋♂️.
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RT @AntigoneJournal: The character of Ancient Greek and Classical Latin prose style, reduces to a single page by H.F. Guite: .
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RT @AntigoneJournal: "According to one theory the legions would have carried kits of metal parts and torsion spring ropes, combining these….
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R.A. MAGUIRE On Greco-Roman catapults
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"According to one theory the legions would have carried kits of metal parts and torsion spring ropes, combining these with timber sourced locally to build a stone-throwing catapult when and where needed." All there is to know about Greco-Roman artillery:
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R.A. MAGUIRE On Greco-Roman catapults
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RT @PhiloCrocodile: @1517fund @AntigoneJournal had a reasonably popular piece untangling the (possible) truth of Caesar's last words. https….
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J.S. UBHI Beware the Ides of March
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RT @AntigoneJournal: "When filling grids with words and subsequently composing clues, my imaginary Muse is an intermediate student of Latin….
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PAUL McKENNA Cruciverba quaedam Romana.
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"Although no one accorded tattoos higher social status than the Thracians, they were also viewed positively in other ancient cultures outside of Greece and Rome. For instance, religious use of tattoos was common in various Eastern Mediterranean societies.".
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GISELLE ACOSTA Have attitudes to ink changed over millennia?
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RT @StephenPiment: @MTClassical Montana referenced at the end of the space:.
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STEPHEN PIMENTEL Circe the shaman?
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RT @AntigoneJournal: "What did Neleus do with the great bulk of Aristotle's library, the library of the famous Lyceum? He, or perhaps one o….
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LUCIANO CANFORA Did Aristotle's books found the Library of Alexandria?
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"When filling grids with words and subsequently composing clues, my imaginary Muse is an intermediate student of Latin who handles grammar and a dictionary mostly competently but perhaps needs a supportive nudge now and then." On crafting Latin crosswords:.
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PAUL McKENNA Cruciverba quaedam Romana.
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RT @AntigoneJournal: "Uchimura was a keen reader of Greek and Roman history. He quotes from a range of Classical writers in his studies and….
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THIERRY RICHARDS Kanzo Uchimura and the message of St Paul.
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