The first temple of Apollo at Delphi was made of branches of laurel; the second of beeswax and feathers; the third of bronze, and was destroyed by the gods when the sweetness of the singing made people forget who they are

Learnt a new Latin word today: mutmut (‘murmur’)

I know term is in full swing because I am exhausted and the happiest I ever am. Dickens and Rossetti today. Hopkins and Hegel tomorrow. The best

Intriguing new edition of the fragments of the lost works of Apuleius, just arrived

I skimmed your article and it is based on a superficial understanding of the literature

Finally back teaching again today, first tutorial on Hesiod, Aratus, and this bonkers bit of Nicander, huge fun, clever students, no better way to make a happy life

@victoriamoul Caesar:

I will never forgive Sam Altman for enabling the world's most boring, most lazy, least funny dickheads. https://t.co/MbLgPyZxXT

The Nobel prize winner in literature is again a Hungarian writer: László Krasznahorkai. Congrats!

Out now! Hutchinson’s Polybius: Book 8 | The first edition to show Polybius as an extraordinary writer and not just as a historian. Find out more: ☑️ https://t.co/iud2ZqM66g #classicstwitter

Brand new books ready to be given to Exeter undergrad freshers today, thanks to a very generous alumnus

ok fuck off with this

Today I’ve been through this fantastic volume edited by three young scholars. Lots here for Latinists who are bored with our tired 1980s paradigms and looking for new ways to think about relations between texts. Such a treat before the start of term.

I won't dissemble, this is a lot more than you usually hope for when giving lectures to students - chuffed to bits.

@si_rubinstein Yes I do agree with this. That's part of the point of reading widely and without too much supervision in childhood -- you just skip the bits you don't "get" and carry on. You pick up plenty of cultural knowledge and vocab that way over time.

In 1368 Petrarch and Chaucer were guests at the same wedding - that of the 13-year old Violante Visconti to Lionel Duke of Clarence. No record of whether they spoke to each other.

I would gladly pay to keep it in the sand

This is a preview of how we’ll die mid-surgery

📢 Congratulations to Professor Charles Foster, Supernumerary Fellow at Exeter College, on the publication of his latest book 'Ethics, Law and the Business of Being Human' (Anthem Press, September 2025). 🔗 Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/Ep2t6hbvRT #ExeterCollegeOxford

Simply privatise all schools and Labour can storm to victory!