Tag : Greek
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How Eratosthenes measured the earth. Part 1
1. The spherical earth | 2. Eratosthénes’ measurement In the 200s BCE, a Libyan mathematician and geographer by the name of Eratosthénes
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How Eratosthenes measured the earth. Part 1
1. The spherical earth | 2. Eratosthénes’ measurement In the 200s BCE, a Libyan mathematician and geographer by the name of Eratosthénes
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Collections: How to Polis 101, Part IIc: The Courts
This is the third part of the second part of our three(ish) part look at the governing structures of the Greek polis (I, IIa, IIb). At some point I
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Collections: How to Polis 101, Part IIc: The Courts
This is the third part of the second part of our three(ish) part look at the governing structures of the Greek polis (I, IIa, IIb). At some point I
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Chrest or Christ
The Roman historian Tacitus mentions ‘Christians’ and ‘Christ’. He wrote his Annals in the 110s CE, so his account is one of the very
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THMD: My Dad’s Lamb Risoni Bake
Skinnymixer’s My Dad’s Lamb Risoni Bake features in the new cookbook The Healthy Mix Dinners. Hopefully this book helps takes a little bit of
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esti
If you’ve never had Greek-Australian fusion food – and we’ll take a wild, stab-in-the-dark guess here and say no, you probably haven’t –
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The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and
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Good God!
Meet the Gods: Adonis One of the gods associated with Beltane is Adonis, the Greek god of beauty, desire, fertility and renewal. He was born a
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Briercrest's Fall 2023 Ancient Greek Semester
I am pleased to report that we will be running our third immersive Greek semester this coming fall on the Briercrest College & Seminary campus.
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‘Digging for Lullingstone’ – Dr Anne Thick shares her memories of the excavations of Lullingstone Roman Villa over 60 years ago. By Caroline K. Mackenzie.
Dr Anne Thick spoke to Caroline K. Mackenzie about her life-changing experience as a teenager working on the original excavations of Lullingstone
Homer's metre 3. Catalogue and glossary
An appendix to the last two posts on Homer’s hexameter. Contents: A taxonomy of violations of Hermann’s Bridge Glossary of technical terms
Homer's metre 3. Catalogue and glossary
An appendix to the last two posts on Homer’s hexameter. Contents: A taxonomy of violations of Hermann’s Bridge Glossary of technical terms
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Homer's metre 2. Hermann’s Bridge
Hermann’s Bridge is a metrical feature in Homeric verse. Often it’s regarded as advanced — for specialists only. Well, hear this. If you’re