Wordy Weekly XXVII
We continue the biology/animal flavour this week. We start with Latin this week. BOVINE, CANINE, EQUINE, OVINE, VULPINE, LEPORINE,...
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SENTENTIA COTIDIANA X
Part Thought for the Day, part Wordy Weekly. Today's thought is inspired by the announcement about the government's investment in the...
An Apology for Classics and Latin
[A clarification: (added 06/12/2021) I use 'apology' in the sense of the word's ancient Greek predecessor 'defence'. After the rather...
TWO WOMEN FROM HERODOTUS
When Herodotus opens his monumental nine-book history, he declares his intentions as follows: ὡς μήτε τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ ἀνθρώπων τῷ χρόνῳ...
Wordy Weekly XXVI, pars II (24/07/2021)
Following yesterday’s video, I bring you the second part of this week’s Wordy Weekly, marking BloggusClassicus’ half-birthday. Today’s...
Wordy Weekly XXVI, pars I
My first video! Wordy Weekly this week will be animal themed.
SENTENTIA COTIDIANA IX (22/07/2021)
Insurrection on the Capitol A Failure of Democracy or A Sobering Sign of its Inner Flaws? The mob incited by a leader refusing to accept...
SENTENTIA COTIDIANA VIII (21/07/2021)
'"The Law is Reason free from Passion", now does anyone know who spoke those immortal words?' asks Professor Stromwell. David's hand...
WORDY WEEKLY XXV
W, X, Y, Z this week. A mixed bag this week. · W…well…there aren’t any. · X, only in Greek. · Y, well…there aren’t any, · and Z, mostly...
Sententia Cotidiana VII
Someone once asked me, ‘which literature from the ancient world do you think best illustrates the relevance of Classics?’ I remember all...
Sententia Cotidiana Sexta
‘The benefits of a Classical education…’ Some will recognise the quotation from the movie Die Hard. Hans Grüber (played by the marvellous...
SENTENTIA COTIDIANUS QUINTUS
LOST LEARNING One thing I have learnt from studying Classics is just how many theories that I had previously considered relatively...
Wordy Weekly XXIV
‘V’ week. No ‘V’ in Greek, so this is Latin’s bumper week. GREEK But there is still material for Greek. If the Greeks didn’t have a...
Olympias
Olympias was the formidable mother of Alexander the Great. Today (12/07/2021), I am inspired to writer about her, not just because of the...
Early does not = Primitive part II
Today we continue yesterday’s thought for the day looking at the sophistication of ancient writers’ thought on matters such as society,...
Sententia Cotidiana IV (part I)
Early does not = Primitive To Classicists, Historians, and Art Historians, I am probably preaching to the converted. No one looking at...
SENTENTIA TERTIA: Moods and Mindsets
(08/07/2021) We all experience moods and we are familiar with the concept of a 'mindset', an outlook that can frame all our judgements...
SENTENTIA PRIMA
The Universality of Humour (Originally posted 06/07/2021 on the title page of 'sententia cotidiana) HUMOUR: Humour can certainly be...
SENTENTIA SECUNDA
Language and the Nature of Society Today, Thucydides gives us our thought for the day. "And they changed the customary meaning of words...
Wordy Weekly XXIII
This is going to be a very UUUUsfull week. (Start as you mean to go on!) Yes, we have reached ‘U’. An interesting letter, both for Greek...
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