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Archive for September, 2007

Verbix

For those who might be occasionally stumped with a Latin verb form, you may find this site useful: Verbix’s quick Latin verb search tool. If you know the simple first person singular, present active/deponent indicative form (e.g., facio, audio, orno, arbitror, et cetera) then you are well on your way to resolve your stumped-ness.

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In the News

Today I came across these links, which may be of interest:

King Herod’s Quarry just recently discovered.
Troy Director’s Cut, 30 minutes longer than theatrical version, now on DVD.
Reopening of John Rylands Library, which exhibits one of the earliest New Testament papyrus fragments, P52.

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Useful tools

For Mac enthusiasts in the throes of (ancient) language study (or any study in general), you may find these links of freeware to be a great help. The first is Genius (compare Ebbinghaus; Chris Heard gives a thumbs up).  This has now replaced my old study habit of using physical flash-cards.  These days I can’t [...]

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I’ve uploaded a comprehensive printable chart of Latin pronouns and such. If there are any errors, please leave a comment for correction.Lat pronouns.pdfI’ll soon upload, and notify readers in a new post, the chart at Google Docs to be available in that format as well.

Update: for the latest click on the Latin Page in [...]

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Settling in

I’m starting to settle in at my new living quarters in Tallahassee.  I just started the Classics program (Greek & Latin) at FSU.  Courses I’m taking are: Ancient Epic, a Prose course focusing on Cicero and Pliny the Younger, a survey of Greek and Roman civilization, and a course on the art and archaeology of [...]

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