mperale.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Liverpool. Editor, The Classical Quarterly. Working class academic tweeting about Classics/Papyrology.
👤 Joined on 19 September 2023
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@mperale.bsky.socialLooks like he only did Book 6. But again, quite fine, this opening. #classicsbluesky #Vergil archive.org/details/sixt...
Show PostDo not indulge stoney columns with perfumes or wreathes, and do not raise high the flame: such an outlay goes to the void. While I'm alive, if you are so inclined, charm me with favors. When you pour a drink for the pyre's ashes you will make mud, and the dead will not drink.
Show PostNew book from Brill: Dr. Markéta Preininger's "The Magical Body: Embodiment in Coptic Magical Papyri." It covers "[t]he lived experience of individuals from Late Antique and Early Islamic Egypt." #Classics #Egyptology #AncientBlueSky brill.com/display/titl...
Show PostThanks - ideally I'm not after one trying to reconstruct "original" pronunciation, partly because that might be more confusing for students and partly because I query the whole idea of one "original" pronunciation (plus if that existed it wouldn't just be received texts with added /w/s!)
Show PostAncient Greek pebble mosaic from Ancient Sikyon, northern Peloponnese, Greece. Dated 4th century BCE. Archaeological Museum of Sikyon. 📷 me #AncientBluesky
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