Maynooth Classics Society
@ClassicsSoc
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salvete amici! We're a society of students that share an interest in the Ancient Mediterranean Civilisations through Weekly Activities and Events! @MU_Classics
Maynooth University, Ireland
Joined September 2020
Dublin Branch Lecture next week: 30th September, Dr Leon Wash from Trinity on the question of rhyme in Greek poetry. Online and in person in UCD, Newman Building. Book here: https://t.co/crA8CcZ4H9
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Calling all Classics enthusiasts! The Maynooth Classics Society is back and ready for a brand new year of ancient adventures! We're thrilled to invite you to our EGM on October 2nd. This year, we're on the hunt for three new committee members - could one of them be you?
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Greetings Classics enthusiasts!! To kickstart the year with our EGM coming up, we're hosting a society social! Get to know the committee and see if you want to be involved! The social will take place in Rye Events Space 2 on September 30th at 12pm!! We hope to see you there!
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happy ides
New Book from @toutovlepo ! Caesar The Ethnographer: A De Bello Gallico Tiered Reader. See 🧵 https://t.co/UDptgKTHAK
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Sappho: I love you, it’s ruining my life Catullus: I love you, it’s ruining my life Propertius: I love you, it’s ruining my life Ovid: I love you, it’s ruining my life Taylor Swift: I love you, it’s ruining my life
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The CAI Presidential Lecture is followed by an awards ceremony for students with the best Junior and Leaving Certificate results in Classical subjects. We look forward to welcoming the award winners, their families, and teachers to the event. Poster: Sarah Meaney @MU_Classics
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“Why didn’t the crew trust Odysseus enough not to open the wind bag!!” You mean Odysseus? Lying Odysseus? The guy who very famously LIED to get someone executed bcuz he didn’t like them? That Odysseus?
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Leaning on your chest hoping that your heart will beat.... [Achilles]
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"Alexander the Great" (ca 1483-1485). Workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio. Marble; 22 x 14 7/16 in. (1956.2.1) National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.
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Odysseus was the navigator
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Aphrodite showing Ares her doves, which made a nest in his helmet. Painting by Joseph Marie Vien
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“Who knows whether living is really death and whether death is thought to be living below?” τίς δ᾿ οἶδεν εἰ τὸ ζῆν μέν ἐστι κατθανεῖν, τὸ κατθανεῖν δὲ ζῆν κάτω νομίζεται #Euripides
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