It’s been a bad week. Not for me, particularly – but all week I’ve been hearing from people who are miserable. For some it’s just the general gloom that January seems to bring with it – but others are dealing with chronic pain, bereavement and other awful things.
So I’ve spent the week doling out extensions and extending sympathy. And now I think it’s time for another round-up of the finest classical silliness the internet has to offer, for everybody who’s having a rotten January. Enjoy!
(Next week I’ll be heading to the British Museum for the Troy exhibition, so expect LOTS of pictures!)
(And if you want more, here’s a compilation I made earlier…)
This week’s classical links
News
A world-class Roman attraction in York – Northern Echo
The secret fort – Chronicle
Antigone review – The Guardian
Sappho and Christie’s – Faces and Voices
Comment and opinion
In the shadow of Vesuvius – Spectator USA
The advantages of learning dead languages – Reader’s Digest
When women translate the Classics – The Week
Hesiod on Eros – The Historian’s Hut
Teaching Classics in schools – CUCD Bulletin
Reflections on Classics in America – Ad Meliora
The history of Mount Olympus – Classical Wisdom Weekly
Latin phrases to make you sound smarter – Reader’s Digest
Insights from philosophers – Thrive Global
On guilty pleasures – Eidolon
Coming up…
2020 Undergraduate Awards now open (until June) – The Global Undergraduate Awards
The 2020 International Lego Classicism Day is coming up in February (yes, I’ll be doing something – but I don’t know what yet!) …
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