PaulT: Antonine Wall west of Bonnybridge CC BY-SA 4.0 Ask most people what the northernmost frontier of Roman Britain was, and they would probably say it was Hadrian’s Wall. But there was, for a short time, a boundary further north: the Antonine Wall, now a World Heritage Site. This ran between the Firth of Clyde in the west and the Firth of Forth in the east. NormanEinstein: Map showing locations… Read more
We were excited to welcome Riccardo Ginevra, a CHS Fellow in Hellenic Studies 2019–2020 for an Open House. The title of the discussion is “Comparative Mythology and Folktale Studies: Kore, Demeter, Baldr, and the fairy tale “Sleeping Beauty”” It took place on Friday, May 15, at 11:00 a.m. EDT and was recorded. In preparation, you might like to read: Snorri Sturluson’s Prose Edda, Gylfaginning, chapter 49 Homeric Hymn (2) to… Read more
Since the beginning of the pandemic, wearing a mask has become a subject of debate. Some people think that we should all wear one and others do not want to be submitted to an obligation. The origin of the mask is very old. Wearing a mask during plagues has been one way for doctors to protect themselves. Drawings or paintings show doctors wearing masks in the 16th or 17th centuries… Read more
Other more entertaining writings may be found, in order that like recreation might be provided for my children, when they should have some respite from business affairs and could unbend and divert their minds. But in the arrangement of my material I have adopted the same haphazard order that I had previously followed in collecting it. For whenever I had taken in hand any Greek or Latin book, or had… Read more
This latest post about Core Vocabulary terms from The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours[1] and the associated Sourcebook[2] is mantis [μάντις], glossed as “seer, prophet”. There are other words for this function which also feature in some of these passages; these are listed at the end. In the Iliad the mantis Kalkhas makes an appearance, when Achilles summons an assembly to try and resolve the plague that has been… Read more