John Liao

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

Sounds like a great conference! You should totally come check it out 😉 The rest of the CFP attached to this Tweet.

If we want humanities, we have to get to the point where we do not have to justify the existence of the humanities. We must prefigure a world where its justification is self-evident, or else we lose sight of what it really is.

are you fucking joking

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

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

“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

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?

I think it should be illegal for it to be very sunny and also very humid at the same time

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

Nero impersonator rocks up and asks for your bank info so he can wire you 1,000,000 aurei Do you accept? 😏💰💰

loving Horace tho

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

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

he is going to see the Pythia

trying not to be a little sentimental at seeing the Aegean for the first time :”))

god Nero would’ve loved Eurovision

from a good time I’ll miss

map that says "boob cake here" near sparta

where is my atlas of greece according to athenaeus

Kind of spooky that Greek δεῖ and Mandarin 得 (děi) mean the same thing: "must."