Links for June 25th

Why are rabbits in medieval manuscripts so violent?
An evaluation of a few of Rome’s “bad” emperors.
On Cicero and the Brexit.
Some suggestions on how to use Perseus effectively in an upper-level Latin or Greek course.

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Links for the Week of 9 December

Information about the ancient world from grape seeds: http://phys.org/news/2012-12-classics-professor-unearths-archaeological-clues.html (via @DrKillgrove) Rick Riordan has a teacher’s guide for the Camp Half Blood Books: http://rickriordan.com/my-books/percy-jackson/resources/teachers-guide.aspx (via

Dura Europos and Esther

The story of Esther is fiction.  There was no king Ahasuerus, or valiant woman Esther, or even her uncle Mordechai. However, it’s a very popular story and