The #workshop "Nomina Omina. Detecting and Preserving Ancient #Greek and #Latin Proper Names in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" will take place at Leipzig University on June 27-29, 2024.
@Dinischreibt Ich bin weit weg von Gewässern und mag Regen, aber es scheint in Teilen richtig schlimm zu sein. Es regnet auch noch immer weiter. Die Stadtautobahn ist wie immer direkt überschwemmt.
Serious #Downfall vibes in the series finale of #Rome. I’m not an educated classicist and I know they had to change things for the show and its collapsing budget by this point, but I’m a bit skeptical that the real story was like this.
No wonder people see this show as a precursor to Game of Thrones - I may get round to watching that. I’ll have to rewatch season 1 later.
I also just bought Ten Caesars and will read it soon.
@GrittyLipids@bookstodon Tom Holland’s Rubicon, an excellent short history of the last century of the Roman republic, was the first book I read after watching Rome, and it really made me want to read some fiction set in the period (and that’s when I found McCullough’s at-the-time ongoing series).
@jameshowell Thanks for sharing, i´ve been lately loving baroque music and here in this video again I see the same enthusiasm by the musicians. Old music is such a gift for us living here now. :)
The Little Old Lady Phiz (Hablot K. Browne) March 1852 Etching.
Passage Illustrated: Initiating the Wards into the Ways of Chancery
"Oh!" said she. "The wards in Jarndyce! Ve-ry happy, I am sure, to have the honour! It is a good omen for youth, and hope, and beauty when they find themselves in this place, and don't know what's to come of it."
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On the Day of Judgment. I have discovered that the sixth seal mentioned in the Revelations is the Great Seal. It has been open a long time! Pray accept my blessing."
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"Youth. And hope. And beauty. And Chancery. And Conversation Kenge! Ha! Pray accept my blessing!"