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Latin Teacher, historian, slow runner, hack drummer, amateur essayist, allstar Trekkie. πŸ–– https://gregorypstringer.medium.com/fathers-and-sons-98e89b258a6d

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- The Pericles Group Foundation The Pericles Group is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes, including the development and support of curricular materials for the learning of Latin and other languages, as wel...

HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT

15 years ago, a group of us started The Pericles Group (periclesgroup.org) in order to formally work on our games & learning endeavors. It has been an amazingly fulfilling ride creating Operation LAPIS, successful Kickstarters (CARD-tamen, VERBA, Underlings of Underwing), (1/7)

07.03.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A cake in the shape of a sheep with β€œbaa” and imperfect written on it.

A cake in the shape of a sheep with β€œbaa” and imperfect written on it.

Call pops that look like busts of Roman emperors

Call pops that look like busts of Roman emperors

A cake that appears as a broken Roman column

A cake that appears as a broken Roman column

A cake in the form of a loaf of Pompeian street bread.

A cake in the form of a loaf of Pompeian street bread.

Check out these amazing cakes my Latin students made this year for #WorldLanguageWeek!

Sheep are the most β€œimperfect” of animals! Baaa! Roman emperor cake pops! A broken column! Pompeian bread!

05.03.2026 13:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! So sweet! Keep posting beautiful photos for us all! 😊

03.03.2026 11:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I hear they’ve got guts. (My much better second reply try)

02.03.2026 12:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Introduction to Handwriting in England c. 700-1700 This course will provide an introduction to manuscript-production in Britain and Ireland over the course of a millennium. It will explore questions of palaeography, diplomatic, and processes of tra…

Do you want to improve your knowledge of medieval manuscripts from England? Book now for this summer school course, in person, in London, 8-12 June. πŸ‘‡β˜€οΈπŸ“š #medievalsky please repost!

palaeography.uk/study/short-...

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Signed photo of Chase Masterson as Leeta from DS9 dedicated to me from a Star Trek convention circa 1996

Signed photo of Chase Masterson as Leeta from DS9 dedicated to me from a Star Trek convention circa 1996

Oh yay!! That’s amazing! Chase was at one of my very first conventions when I was 16 and starry eyed and she was so sweet to dorky lil me!

27.02.2026 03:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi! Ok, thank you! Depending on how my weekend shakes out, there may be an abstract from me! Quis scit?

26.02.2026 23:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t know that I’ll ultimately have time to throw together an abstract (especially if deadline is tomorrow!) but seeing as the conference is in Boston I figured I’d at least ask for clarification

26.02.2026 23:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi! Two questions -first, deadline in the CFP doc says β€œFriday, March 1 at 5pm” but March first is Sunday? So is deadline tomorrow? Or Sunday? Second, is a specific medieval reception of Ovid, especially regarding the poet’s β€œdialogue” with Ovid w/r/t role of author & purpose of epic a valid topic?

26.02.2026 23:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! I always tell students β€œsheep are the most imperfect of animals” πŸ‘ baaaaa
it also helps to teach them that the verb for β€œto bleat” is β€œbalare”
β€œOvis balabat, oves balabant” etc

26.02.2026 20:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m not trying to β€œcatch them” as these are all on the study guide and we’ve worked with them in class, but rather refresh the vocab we’ve done that they’ll need to do the sight readings in the reading part of the test.

24.02.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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So here’s an example of a HS Latin V exam (offered as dual enrollment, so equivalent to a 5th semester Latin lit course.) This was for our intro to poetry unit covering some Catullus, Ovid, Martial, and Sulpicia. I do vocab as Latin to Latin synonyms, antonyms, short definitions, breaking compounds

24.02.2026 17:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson in Shanghai Noon

Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson in Shanghai Noon

Shanghai Noon! Honestly a super smart and fun take on the genre.

(But also For a Few Dollars More, Unforgiven)

24.02.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
screenshot of a tv user guide, showing two channels under Tue 8PM:

MSNOW - State of the union
TCM East- Gaslight

screenshot of a tv user guide, showing two channels under Tue 8PM: MSNOW - State of the union TCM East- Gaslight

Masterful Troll, TCM.

24.02.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 6760 πŸ” 1642 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 97

Happy to share with you any number of mine. They always focus on vocab, sight reading comprehension and interpretation rather than translation

23.02.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ok real question though- doesn’t this have potential to go the complete opposite way? As in on the off chance he does somehow send out refund checks they will certainly have his name all over them and he can claim (falsely) β€œI made foreigners pay you money through my tariffs.” A lie of course but…

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A mug with an image of Jesus and the labeling β€œJesus is coming … look busy.”

A mug with an image of Jesus and the labeling β€œJesus is coming … look busy.”

A friend got me this mug like 20 years ago and was long my favorite until the handle broke a few years back. But I couldn’t get rid of it… a classic!

19.02.2026 18:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very proud to be a part of the Classics Association of New England (CANE) where we not only rejected any attempt to retreat from our DEI initiatives, but in fact doubled down on them and further enshrined them in our mission and scholarships.

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Feb 19: Disability and Dedication on the Archaic Acropolis The study of Greek art is heavily influenced by the notion of the ideal and idealized human body, which has long been assumed to exclude aspects of bodily difference and disability.

On Thurs, Feb. 19, I'll be speaking at UC Davis about my recent co-authored project, a late 6th century BCE statue of a dwarf woman that was dedicated on the Athenian Acropolis. A recording of the talk from the Fall is available on YouTube, if you're interested!

classics.ucdavis.edu/events/disab...

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β€œThe Penis Mightier? You’re sitting on a gold mine, Trebek!”

14.02.2026 14:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Id est vento celerius eam bibisti?

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From Pill Mills to Prop Bets: Prediction Markets and Mobile Sports Betting Apps Are Fueling America’s Next Addiction Crisis Against the gamblification of the world.

I see no reason not to look at the online gambling and prediction market craze as a new opioids crisis.

It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake.

The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0

www.liberalcurrents.com/from-pill-mi...

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It shows! Keep up the excellent work.

11.02.2026 23:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent post, as always!

11.02.2026 21:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Coming to Grips with Ellipsis (A Pliny Appreciation Guide, Part 3) Many people reading Pliny for the first time are struck with a question: β€œWhy is Pliny the way that he is?” If you’re wondering why ...

I made another blog post for the Pliny haters. This one's about his omissions of esse, which are neither very unusual nor very challenging for students, but people need something to complain about I guess

magisterconway.blogspot.com/2026/02/comi...

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Raskin to Bondi: "You're not showing a lot interest in the victims. Whether it's Epstein's human trafficking ring or the homicidal government violence against citizens in Minneapolis, as AG you're siding with the perpetrators and ignoring the victims."

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Curling might have the largest gap of any sport between β€œThat looks so easy - I could do that!” and reality. Here I am in Quebec 2 years ago trying for the first time πŸ˜‚ #Olympics

08.02.2026 19:53 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t really disagree, but just know from experience that it isn’t universally conceived of or applied that way.

06.02.2026 15:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, I totally understand about that - I think it’s all part of the sort of β€œhidden curriculum” that those of us who don’t have academics in the family often discover only through often embarrassing mistakes. And agree titles should have meaning, sadly I just think they aren’t applied consistently.

06.02.2026 15:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0