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A rectangular academic event poster with the logos of the Parnassos Hellenic Cultural Society of Ottawa and the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Arts at the top. Below them is a headshot of Samuel Boudreau, a young man with short dark hair, wearing glasses and a dark shirt, smiling slightly. The text announces a presentation hosted by Parnassos and the University of Ottawa’s Departments of Classics and Religious Studies and Philosophy. It features Samuel Boudreau, PhD candidate at the University of Toronto, speaking on “What Is Metaphysics According to Aristotle?” The event is scheduled for Monday, February 23 at 7:00 pm in Simard 125, University of Ottawa.

Affiche rectangulaire annonçant une conférence universitaire, avec les logos du Centre culturel hellénique Parnassos d’Ottawa et de la Faculté des arts de l’Université d’Ottawa en haut. Une photo de Samuel Boudreau apparaît au centre : un jeune homme aux cheveux courts et foncés, portant des lunettes et une chemise sombre, souriant légèrement. Le texte présente une conférence (en anglais) donnée par Samuel Boudreau, doctorant en philosophie à l’Université de Toronto, intitulée « What Is Metaphysics According to Aristotle? ». L’événement aura lieu le lundi 23 février à 19 h, au pavillon Simard, salle 125, Université d’Ottawa.

TOMORROW! What Is Metaphysics According to Aristotle? Que signifie la métaphysique selon Aristote? [En anglais] Samuel Boudreau (PhD candidate/doctorant uToronto). At the University of Ottawa on Monday, February 23, at 7:00 p.m., in Simard 125. #ottawa #uottawa #Aristotle #GreekPhilosophy

Une personne portant des gants tient une petite tablette en pierre rectangulaire gravée des mots « CIRAX PHOEBVS ». La tablette est posée parmi divers artefacts anciens disposés sur une table blanche, notamment un bol en céramique à motifs concentriques, un récipient en bronze avec anses, une petite figurine de deux personnages debout, une pièce ou médaille ronde, une vieille clé en fer, une hache en métal verdâtre et un petit étui contenant un fragment de feuille d’or étiqueté « L.05.02.114a ». L’ensemble semble préparé pour une étude ou un catalogage archéologique.

La plupart des étudiants universitaires lisent sur les artefacts anciens dans des manuels.
Les étudiants en Antiquité grecque et romaine à l'UOttawa travaillent directement avec eux au Musée d'antiquités classiques.https://buff.ly/UtgW0vq

#uOttawa #SOSÉtudesAnciennesUO #onfr

A #Roman gold ring, set with an oval of green chalcedony which has been engraved with the image of a parrot; the level of detail is amazing, especially the texture on the feathers (especially given that it is only 2.6cm wide!) (📷 Christies)

Rare Roman altars to be displayed in Scotland Two spectacular stone altars from a Roman fort near Edinburgh acquired ahead of a major exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland.

Rare Roman altars to be displayed in Scotland

www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2026/02...

Remember IN ONE WEEK the founding meeting of the non-permanent #MCRHumNetwork on February 24 at 6pm on ZOOM. Join the group Non-Permanent MCRs in Humanities on Facebook or e-mail me at ulla.rajala (a) antiken.su.se to get the link. #AncientBluesky ⚱️🦋

A colourful reimagining of an early third century altar to the goddess Minerva. It was found at High Rochester Roman Fort (Bremenium), and set up by Flavius Severinus. Now part of the collections at the Great North Museum in Newcastle. 📸 My own. #EpigraphyTuesday #RomanBritain

The University of Ottawa has RE-SUSPENDED Applications for 2026-27. Knowledge is very fragile, If education is too expensive or locked away, it might as well not exist. This is a sad day for Greek & Roman Studies, no matter where you are from. #SOSClassicsUO #Classics #SOSÉtudesAnciennes #UOttawa

Remembering the time I met Roman Morph when I was in London!

Hello everyone! If you’re watching Channel 4. If not, why not? ALL NEW ROMAN EMPIRE BY TRAIN ON RIGHT NOW!!!

Why this keeps happening? Why Canada? I would expect this from USA, not Canada.

This is the second University from Canada in a few months that made decisions to eliminate Classics. Please help them...

There are lots of things going on in the world right now but please also go and sign this and email the powers that be at U Calgary to save their Classics and Medieval studies program! A number of Canadian departments have reversed attempted closures so it is worthwhile

A group of people stand around a large table covered with archaeological materials, including labeled bags, soil samples, ceramic fragments, and tools. They appear to be discussing or examining the items in a bright workspace with maps and charts on the walls. Un groupe de personnes est rassemblé autour d’une grande table recouverte de matériaux archéologiques, notamment des sachets étiquetés, des échantillons de sol, des fragments de céramique et divers outils. Elles discutent ou examinent les objets dans un espace lumineux où des cartes et des schémas sont accrochés aux murs.

Several people gather in a laboratory-like room, looking at tables filled with archaeological artifacts such as stone tools, pottery pieces, and sample bags. Posters, maps, and shelves of equipment line the walls, creating an active research or teaching environment. Plusieurs personnes se tiennent dans une salle ressemblant à un laboratoire, observant des tables chargées d’artefacts archéologiques comme des outils en pierre, des fragments de poterie et des sachets d’échantillons. Des affiches, des cartes et des étagères d’équipement bordent la pièce, créant une atmosphère de recherche ou d’enseignement actif.

A busy classroom or lab where students or researchers examine bags of sediment samples, artifacts, and tools spread across tables. Some participants lean in to inspect items closely while others talk. Maps and posters decorate the walls, and backpacks and boots suggest recent fieldwork. Une salle de classe ou un laboratoire animé où des étudiants ou chercheurs examinent des sachets d’échantillons de sédiments, des artefacts et des outils disposés sur des tables. Certains inspectent les objets de près tandis que d’autres échangent. Des cartes et des affiches décorent les murs, et la présence de sacs à dos et de bottes suggère un retour récent du terrain.

On Thursday 29 January, students in the Museum studies seminar (#uOttawa) were treated to a tour of the National Capital Commission's archaeological lab. Thanks to archaeologists Monica Maika and Bob Clark for the hands-on tour. @ncc-ccn.gc.ca

#Ottawa #NationalCapitalCommission #archaeology

A slightly bemused looking golden retriever wearing a red hanky round his neck, a plastic roman military helmet and roman armour.

It's National Golden Retriever Day and that's all the excuse we need. 🥰🥰

New discovery: A wooden structure, identified as river bank protection of the #Roman harbour, has been unearthed in Cologne.

www.stadt-koeln.de/politik-und-...

#RomanArchaeology #archaeology 🏺

I share the sentiment, but I can't shake this feeling that most people were okay with Russia(2018) and Qatar(2022), every FIFA world cup deserves the boycott.

Perched on a hilltop overlooking the Pontine Marshes, ancient Norba boasts some of the best-preserved polygonal walls in Italy. The town plan is a rare early example of Roman orthogonal urbanism on difficult terrain, utilizing a system of terracing.
#archaeology #history
#AncientSiteSunday

One day, you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.

~C.S. Lewis
🎨 Thomas Cooper Gotch (1904)

Reverse of a Roman aureus: Temple of Janus with closed doors.

#OnThisDay - 11 January - in 29 BC Augustus closed the doors of the Temple of Janus for the first time in his reign, symbolising peace throughout the empire. #Rome 🏺

Image: Aureus (Reverse) of Nero, AD 65-66. RIC Nero 58; ANS 1944.100.39421. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

Kirk Ormand, Ralph Rosen, and Julianne accept the outreach award

Candida Moss accepts the outreach award at the SCS

Lexie Henning accepting the outreach award

Congrats to all @scsclassics.bsky.social outreach award winners last night! Outreach sustains our field and grows our community to include everyone interested in the ancient world. Can’t thank @candidamoss.bsky.social, Anne Groton, @lexie-henning.bsky.social, & @tastinghistory.bsky.social enough.

The Temple of Venus at Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli. It is a small, circular Doric temple (tholos) set upon a raised platform. It was originally surrounded by a semicircular colonnade. A statue of Venus of the Cnidian type was found in the cella.
#archaeology #history

"Mm, well said LEGOnarius... I wish we had some Goose here."

An assortment of engraved #Roman gems, found in the drains of the legionary bathhouse at Caerleon (Wales). Originally set in pieces of jewellery - especially rings - until the glue softened in the heat & they fell out; similar collections are found in many Roman bathhouse drains

#AncientBlueSky 🏺

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Fancy meeting up on a free trip to Pompeii (UK folks only)? If you pre-order my new "Talking Classics" book (in which Pompeii features) from @Waterstones, you get to enter a prize draw for exactly that. Details, T&Cs here: www.waterstones.com/win/talking-...

A small bronze unpainted figurine of a standing woman. On her head an elaborate crown consisting of a horned solar headdress topped with two (ostrich) feathers. In her right hand she holds a steering oar, symbolising her patronage of sailors and her role as a guide over humans. In her left hand she holds two cornucopias or possibly torches.

A bronze figurine of Isis-Tyche-Fortuna holding a steering oar and not one but two cornucopias for double the blessings. Don’t settle for anything less this year.

Roman, 2nd Century CE. British Museum. 🏺 #AncientBluesky #Egyptology

"New year? What year?! Answer at once!"

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Everyone stay calm is just a... Typo.

Two Corinthian columns, part of the cryptoporticus at the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia in Palestrina

The vault of the cryptoporticus (in opus incertum) at the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia in Palestrina

A marble inscription commemorating Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. 161-169 CE

A statue of a sitting female figure, possibly Fortuna. II century CE

The Cryptoporticus (Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia in Palestrina) is the vaulted gallery that runs beneath the seating of the cavea. Built using opus incertum and originally finished with stucco, the space now houses sculptures and epigraphic documents from both the city and the surrounding area.

Beautiful Ely is definitely on my list of cities I must visit before I die, magnificent. 🤌🏻

INTAGLIO OF ATHENA PARTHENOS, 50-100 CE. PALAZZO MASSIMO ALLE TERME This very small (1.5-2 cm diameter) piece of red-brown jasper is a tiny masterpiece of intaglio reliefwork. The artist, a Greek named Aspasios, took the profile of Athena Parthenos from the great chryselephantine statue of the goddess by Phidias in the Parthenon in Athens. He seems more interested in Athena's hair and helmet than in her face, which nonetheless has a classic beauty. But her helmet is lovingly carved with tiny relief horses over her forehead, a shorter horsehair brush at the peak ceding to a long, lightly-incised central brush. Athena has long curly hair that escapes her helmet in ringlets over her cheek and down over her shoulders. She's wearing a necklace and her ægis with the Gorgoneion. Aspasios may have made this in Rome as part of a neoclassical revival that began under Augustus.

For #ReliefWednesday, a magnificent #jasper #intaglio depicting #Athena Parthenos in profile, in #palazzoMassimo. A tiny signature in Greek running vertically behind her helmet names the artist as one Aspasios. The artist took inspiration from the great statue in the #Parthenon. #AncientBluesky 🏺

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Meanwhile in Brazil January 1st