Augustana University Classics Department

I was just “assassinated” by a conspiratorial rabble of Honors Classical World students bearing cardboard daggers and paper wads! I should have known to beware the Ides of March.

Requiescat in pace. Obituary | Clayton Miles Lehmann of Vermillion, South Dakota | Miller Funeral Home & On-Site Crematory millerfh.com/obituary/clayt…

I’m very excited to announce that my new book – a 3,000-year history of the ancient world told, for the first time, through women – will be published by @orionbooks in the UK on 23 May and by @VikingBooks in the US on July 30. Covers to be revealed...#TheMissingThread

What declassified Cold-War spy photos tell us about ancient Rome - National Geographic apple.news/ACjZRZGVDQkaZR…

One of the things I still like about Xitter is people like @ArmaVirumque who delight in words.

μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ

Before class today I found these posted around the Humanities building. I loved how seriously my students took to playing today!

With the news of cricket coming to the Olympics I’d just like to point out that Augustana has been playing cricket on campus for several years. We might not play well but we love to learn. Photos include my fellow ⁦@AugieClassics⁩ prof and my President! ⁦@augiepres⁩

Just got an email from a current medical student, thanking me for helping her be a philosophy and classics major as an undergrad. Because philosophy and classics are helping her be a much better medical student, she says. This makes me glad.

Turkey archaeology reveals ancient underground structures under Zerzevan Castle npr.org/2023/09/01/119…

Why translate Caesar's utterance "ἀνερρίφθω κύβος" as "Let the die be cast" when "Roll for initiative" is right there?

Somehow I missed this during the pandemic: Gardens of the Roman Empire, based on the work of the great Wilhelmina Jashemski and her editorial team, and developed by a community of scholars. #OER magic! roman-gardens.github.io/home/

Introducing an augmented translation of Thucydides: Book 1 - The Kosmos Society kosmossociety.chs.harvard.edu/introducing-an…

⁦@AugieClassics⁩ Honor Society induction took place at the Outdoor Classroom tonight. These three wonderful students led the ceremony.

A friend’s ordination today, and a senior sermon in chapel by one of our @AugieClassics and @AugieReligion majors.

You Could Win $1 Million by Deciphering These Ancient Roman Scrolls - Smithsonian Magazine apple.news/AfzmxIyHITlqop…

Multiple views of the Erechtheion on the Acropolis in Athens. I’ve brought the same journal and sketchbook on multiple trips here. Each time I sketch different things or different angles of the same thing. Not really an artist, but my pen helps me to see. ⁦@AugieClassics⁩

Spoken Latin Is Making a Comeback | History| Smithsonian Magazine smithsonianmag.com/history/why-sp…