Links for September 19th

On the superheroes of the ancient world.
On the Romans’ love of fish-sauce.
And, lastly, on the recent excavation of a Roman home dated to the sixth-century BC.

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Links for the Week of 11 November

In time for Movember, a piece about beards and mustaches in antiquity: http://hehasawifeyouknow.tumblr.com/post/34927465794/taking-it-on-the-chin-facial-hair-and-barbers-in (via @ancientblogger and @rogueclassicist) And a piece about caryatids’ hairstyles: @http://www.greenwichcitizen.com/opinion/article/Grecian-formula-Archeologist-unravels-the-4016869.php (via

Conditions Powerpoint

Ruth Breindel has generously shared a powerpoint to explain conditional sentences in Latin. CONDITIONS.ppt

Catullus and the Beatles

By Ruth Breindel, who taught Latin, Greek, Linguistics and Mythology at Moses Brown School for 30 years. Who doesn’t love the Beatles?  The similarities between