Bust at Delphi believed to be of Plutarch In September 2022 the Kosmos Society Book Club read Plutarch’s Virtues of Women. We discussed the main themes: the fight for justice, defeating the oppressor, and Plutarch’s writing skills. However, there were some themes that are perhaps less significant, if significance is measured by the amount of attention paid to them, but which, nevertheless, made me think of other similar stories, and… Read more
We were excited to welcome Maria Gerolemou for an Open House entitled “Technolarynges and the Production of artificial voice in Antiquity.” The event took place on Friday, November 18 at 11:00 a.m. EST and was recorded. To get ready for the event, you might like to view the pdf file which includes the following passages: Aristotle, On the Soul 420b 5-31 Hero Pneumatics 1.15, 2.32 Lucian in his Alexander, The… Read more
Who hasn’t dreamed of having a robot to accomplish certain tasks? For a long time people have conceived the existence and the possibility of having or creating such automatons, or robots, or androids or humanoids in their imaginary worlds, to replace them, or to do things in their place, or just to be with them. The word “robot” is recent (a 20th-century word), but the ancients used the word “automaton”… Read more
We are pleased to share this video interview with Bettina Joy de Guzman, about her experience in teaching Latin to high school students. You can watch the video in the frame below, or on our YouTube channel. Related topics Interview | Teaching and learning Greek, with Joel Christensen Interview | Teaching and learning Greek, with Suzanne Lye For further videos please visit the Watch page. Bettina Joy de Guzman Bettina… Read more
The architect should be equipped with knowledge of many branches of study and varied kinds of learning, for it is by his judgement that all work done by the other arts is put to test. This knowledge is the child of practice and theory. Vitruvius 1.1.1, translated by Morris Hicky Morgan For November’s Book Club we will be reading selections from Vitruvius’ On Architecture. Vitruvius (Marcus Vitruvius Pollio) was writing… Read more