Classics-related links 2010
29 Dec 2010 American dialect map
28 Dec 2010 Juiced in time: Bacchus
God of ritual madness, abandon and ecstasy, Bacchus is the true deity of the season, inspiring artists from Titian to Twombly (via the Guardian)
27 Nov 2010 Google Earth layer which can be superimposed on modern map.
- 20 Nov 2010 Pierre Judet de La Combe, Les tragédies grecques sont-elles tragiques?: théâtre et théorie.
BMCR review. Looks like a good book, particularly for English students
- 01 Nov 2010 William C. Scott, The Artistry of the Homeric Simile.
Book review in BMCR. Looks interesting for 1B students
- 27 Oct 2010 Akkadian: Ancient Mesopotamia gets a voice
Akkadian texts read aloud by expert scholars. From the Economist.
- 17 Oct 2010 Aoidoi.org
“This site is dedicated to the study of ancient Greek poetry from the Epics to Anacreontics. Most of the work is directed at producing versions of Greek poems with vocabulary, grammar and dialect notes for beginners.”
- 01 Oct 2010 Annabel Lyon's top 10 books on the ancient world
from the Guardian
- 14 Sep 2010 Greek study tips
“The Greeks believed [rosemary] sharpened the wits and fortified memory, so laid rosemary garlands on the heads of scholars sitting exams”
- 09 Sep 2010 Guy Browning: How to ... learn a language
“Learning a language is a wonderful thing. Once you’ve spent years mastering it completely, you can then talk the same rubbish as you do in your own language.” from the Guardian
- 09 Sep 2010
"Don’t use semicolons. They stand for absolutely nothing. They are transvestite hermaphrodites. They are just a way of showing off. To show that you have been to college." Kurt Vonnegut’s advice to young writers - from kottke.org
- 08 Sep 2010 and and and and ....
Recursiveness in language via Language Log
09 Sep 2010 How to use a semi-colon - illustrated guide from The Oatmeal
- 01 Sep 2010 Greek and Latin read aloud
clips of different authors read by scholars from Princeton
- 28 Aug 2010 Linguistics Challenge Puzzles
Puzzles ordered from easiest to hardest
- 22 Aug 2010 Translations of Jabberwocky
In many many different languages
- 17 Aug 2010 Charlie Weiss' page
useful Latin and Greek grammar resources, particularly for Cambridge Classics course
- 16 Aug 2010 Crash blossoms
from Language Log - hard to parse headlines
- 15 Aug 2010 To speak another language isn't just cultured, it's a blow against stupidity
A leading translator argues that if we rely solely on English we’ll lose the curiosity that drove Milton and Orwell. From the Guardian.
- 07 Aug 2010 Dialect geography and social networks
from Language Log
- 24 Jun 2010 Ancient Greece and Rome: Back to basics
Book review in the Economist
- 14 Jun 2010 Latin: why we're all better off with the ancient language
Bettany Hughes on why we should learn Latin
- 09 Jun 2010 Cornell College Latin Links
useful links to help learning Latin
- 01 Jun 2010 10 Words You Need to Stop Misspelling
common mistakes corrected - for native and non-native speakers of English alike - from The Oatmeal
- 14 May 2010 Greek Links
useful links from Cornell
- 09 May 2010 Moreland and Fleischer forum
community of students of the M&F course share their advice
- 29 Apr 2010 Caesar De Bello Gallico 6 43
in Latin, with adjustable running vocabulary
- 12 Apr 2010 Churchill vs. editorial nonsense
Language Log on dangling prepositions
- 09 Apr 2010 Talking the Tawk : The New Yorker
Labov on dialect geography in the States
- 14 Mar 2010 Alpheios Texts
annotated Greek and Latin texts
- 09 Mar 2010 Nuntii Latini
Finnish radio station in Latin
- 09 Jan 2010 Mark Huys Greek grammar links
from the University of Leuven