5/26 Embassy of Greece in Washington D.C.| Lecture on the Derveni Papyrus by Ioanna Papadopoulou. #AncientGreece #history #archaeology wp.me/p4fXQl-sg ams.chs.harvard.edu/?p=1752

“Every age without literature is dark…” Sine litteris omnis aetas caeca est… #Piccolomini

Egyptologists have unearthed the remains of a 4th-century B.C. sanctuary in Heliopolis bit.ly/1rtWj7q

"Emulation fosters genius; and then envy, then admiration which motivates imitation." #VelleiusPaterculus

Alit aemulatio ingenia, et nunc invidia, nunc admiratio imitationem accendit #VelleiusPaterculus

“Dinners, tell me, Muse, of dinners, much nourishing and fine." δεῖπνα μοι ἔννεπε, Μοῦσα, πολύτροφα καὶ μάλα #Matro #Dinner

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Sunday The Walters Art Museum | "Celebrating Women in Art" walk-in tour covers depictions of women from antiquity onward. thewalters.org/events/event.a…

"It fell: let Troy perish with its name.” occidit, occideritque sinas cum nomine Troia #Vergil #Juno

“Roman, remember that your arts are to rule The nations, enforce the custom of peace, spare the conquered and subjugate the proud” #Vergil

A 4th-century B.C. statue of the Egyptian cat goddess Bastet has been found in Heliopolis bit.ly/1rtWj7q

'#Italy to spend a billion euros on restoring museums and monuments.' telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/0… #History

Today in #history: The #Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out. (351 CE) Photo: CNG

"It is still not the custom to admit a poet as a witness; I wish that my words had lacked all weight.” #Ovid

Today in 558 CE: The dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders that the dome be rebuilt.

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"I am Odysseus, the son of Laertes, known among all men for tricks" εἴμ’ ᾿Οδυσεὺς Λαερτιάδης, ὃς πᾶσι δόλοισιν ἀνθρώποισι μέλω #Homer

“Philosophizing is for the few: it is hardly likely to please all around.” philosophandum est paucis, nam omnino haut placet #Ennius

May 9, 11 & 13: Lemuria is observed in ancient Rome. Ghosts abounded at this time, so pater familias awoke at 12 am, washed up & threw beans