Thoughts on Antiquity

Archive for December, 2008

24 Dec

Ancient Treasures Found on Farmer’s Shelf

Not kidding, either.

Washington, Dec 24 (ANI): Italian police have found the long-sought treasure of Satricum, consisting of more than 500 delicate miniature pots crafted about 2,600 years ago, in a farmers bookshelf.
According to a report in Discovery News, the treasure was discovered during a police investigation in the countryside near the village of Campoverde di […]

18 Dec

Migne Volumes Online in PDF, Revisited

Some time ago I announced having found a native Greek site which offered various Greek Migne volumes as PDF files. That site, however, went offline not long after the announcement.
I do not know if any other blogger has pointed this out yet, but some or most of these same PDF files are on offer at […]

05 Dec

Cicero, Ad Fam., XIV.4

 I was reading an essay at the library, and found a reference to this beautiful letter Cicero wrote to his family, thought I’d post it. Particularly, these lines:
[…] Quod si nos ad aliquam alicuius commodi aliquando recuperandi spem fortuna reservavit, minus est erratum a nobis; si haec mala fixa sunt, ego vero te quam primum, […]

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