Numismatics. Ancient History. ANS Fellow. Professor of History and Classics, CUNY. Typo-Queen.
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I feel like spitting and growling when I see this type of attribution.
Offered for sale to the ultra wealthy some time in the past. Now location unknown.
This is leadership. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Alexander is indeed leading a bull by its horns but it’s happy because the rule was that sacrificial animals had to go willingly. See Aldrete: www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4...
UN report shows Hamas use of hospitals for war crimes. While the specific cases may not (as UN argues) implicate protected status, it adds to a body of evidence often dismissed regarding the military use of hospitals. (In large part thanks to absurd Israeli claims/acts). www.un.org/unispal/wp-c...
Liv Mariah Yarrow (pronounced 'leave')
Liv Mariah Yarrow (pronounced 'leave')
Sarah E. Bond
This week's #DigiClass London: Friday, 12th June 2026, 17:00-18:30 BST (in person and streamed live).
Classical Antiquity in Video Games: Combining Visual, Narrative and Interactive Elements, Sarah Rohde (University of London) ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
I also agree the head in the throne suggests there may be an oracle at play and thus the seated figure could be a sibyl vel sim. I am also aware that in Etruscan art (and narrative?) gender seems to have greater fluidity.
This mirror is discussed at length by de Grummond 2018. I'm convinced by her interpetations of the four standing figures (R ➡️ L) Achilles, Odysseus, and two personifications. But I struggle with reading the seated figure as male?! It is labelled Mezntie. I'd love her to be right. Any thoughts?
Well, I think it's fair to say that this was a surprise for everyone involved.
THREAD.
3 & 1/4 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he'd been living, in rural Cornwall, & decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st 2022
Here's part of what I've been working. A sourcebook-esque webpage for my students to serve as part of their readings ahead of our day excursion a week from Friday. romeviabrooklyn.org/syllabus/day...
David Sterman
Liv Mariah Yarrow (pronounced 'leave')
Liv Mariah Yarrow (pronounced 'leave')
The following text sources have been selected from ToposText for the purposes of this course. Images are sourced as indicated. These maps illustrate places discussed in the texts. Remember, Cervete…
This mirror is discussed at length by de Grummond 2018. I'm convinced by her interpetations of the four standing figures (R ➡️ L) Achilles, Odysseus, and two personifications. But I struggle with reading the seated figure as male?! It is labelled Mezntie. I'd love her to be right. Any thoughts?
THREAD.
3 & 1/4 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he'd been living, in rural Cornwall, & decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st 2022
