Ana Martin. Greek and Latin
@The_Latin_Tutor
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Words meet history: exploring the past through Latin, Greek and stories.
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Say hello to our latest Catalan classic in accessible Latin! and please forgive me the plug, for I'm way too excited!
#catal
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#lingualatina
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Tucked away in a suburban London cemetery, a tomb in the shape of a Bedouin tent sticks out from the rest. Designed by Lady Isabelle Burton, it takes us to the fascinating world of one of the most eccentric Victorian intellectuals. Let's take a look inside - literally 🧵1/
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The tower behind me may not look like much, but this pharos is one of the most remarkable buildings not only in the UK but in the whole of Europe. Let me show you around!🧵 1/8
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I'm not a historian, but I wanted to share my view as a Classicist of a building that exemplifies well how landscape is history. As a bonus, here are some images from inside the palace, which is decorated as it may have looked in the 1200s. Feel the continuity! 8/8
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And this takes me to the end of my thread: a look inside the mausoleum where lady Burton is said to have sat visiting her husband while waiting for her own death. He must have been an extreme man: he lasted less than 2 years in Oxford before being expelled and 8/
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A random list with his prolific career will do here: he spoke around 20 languages, made a pilgrimage to Mecca in disguise risking capital punishment, translated (with no censorship) the Kamasutra, 1001 Nights and The Parfumed Garden into English, was the 5/
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claimed that he had mastered Latin and Greek by age 5. Whether the latter is true or not, it tells us of a character so appealing that both Borges and Verne felt compelled to write about. If you'd like his tomb to be restored, here is how you can help:
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This Roman lighthouse was built in the 2nd c. AD at the shortest crossing point between Britain and the European mainland. On a clear day, you would have been able to see Gaul, just like today. Below is a reconstruction of its counterpart across the channel in Boulogne 2/8
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But when the Romans settled in Dubris (Dover), they did not do it on empty land. The hill had already been turned into a fortified vantage point by Iron age settlers. 3/8
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Given the state of most Roman heritage in Britain, it is fair to ask how it's still in such remarkable shape. The key lies to the right: the pharos was used without interruption until probably at least the 12th c. Let us look at what surrounded it 4/8
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When Richard died in Trieste in 1890, Isabel brought him back to England and, being a devout Catholic, chose the cemetery adjacent to St Mary Magdalen, a Catholic Church. Christian imagery is prominent in the tomb, but it is also evident that other religions are represented 3/
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So when did the pharos stop working as a lighthouse? It seems to have become a gunpowder magazine in the 1580s, at which point a roof was added to it. But the sturdy structure still stands and it has witnessed 6/8
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A few tweets can't make justice to Lady Burton's husband, Sir Richard Burton: a multifaceted linguist, historian, explorer, writer, soldier. This tomb however, gets very close to it. Let's see what we can find out about this curious couple. 2/
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kings and regimes come and go, and is still part of the most iconic military garrison in Britain. From Henry II to the evacuation of Dunkirk, the country has been defined by events on this impressive hill. 7/8
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England in that strip of depravation, these and other sexual remarks caused a scandal in Victorian society. His wife burnt some of his work, and the need to reconcile his atheism with her faith is visible in the tomb, which BTW has a 🪜 and peaking hole behind 7/
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After the Roman retreat, Saxon buildings then Norman ones were added to the hill. A good example is St Mary in Castro next door, which despite up and downs including being turned into a fives court, is still standing. At one point, the pharos was its bellfry 5/8
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first European to reach Lake Tanganyija. Not all his scholarship has aged well: he visited brothels and measured penises across the world, and "discovered" a Sotadic zone where sodomy and pederasty were endemic, and accused Jews of human sacrifice. Despite not including 6/
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I've cancelled my Netflix subscription because they don't want to offer content in Catalan. Help us spread the word: together we can support linguistic diversity.
#NetflixEnCatal
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@netflix
@NetflixUK
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@DoblatgeCatala
Els adults estem abandonant els joves. S'estan dedicant pocs diners i recursos a la normalització de la llengua. El luxe que vam tenir creixent rodejats de contingut audiovisual en català de qualitat simplement ja apenes existeix. No ens hem centrat en mimar la llengua de tots.
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I wonder why nobody is hoping for the lost poetry of Cicero 🤣
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prope ripam fluminis hodie cucurri. sol lucebat, flores optime fragrabant et caelum erat clarum. nonne pontem procul vides?
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M'he donat de baixa de Netflix perquè no ens volen oferir continguts en català.
#netflixencatal
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@netflix
@NetflixES
@NetflixUK
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This Greek vase looks like a funny chicken, yet holds layers of political, philosophical and religious meaning. Whether it relates to Aristophanes' Birds or not, it's simultaneously funny and relatable, and a mystery. Come on a thread on teasing animal-shaped Greek pottery🧵 1/
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I've had a flattering number of new follows (THANK YOU! ), so it's time for a short presentation. First, it turns out I'm a classical philologist. Let me give you an example of how that may work on those around me: 🧵 1/
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@RogersHistory
I do tutoring, content writing and consulting. I love the flexibility and I don't think I will go back into a brick and mortar school until something is done about work/life balance and admin load. I still consider myself a teacher, but without links to a particular school.
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@amazon
, I just watched your latest release in a high quality Catalan version, and my whole family says: "moltes gràcies, en volem més!"
@DoblatgeCatala
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@Desdelsofa_cat
gràcies per lluitar per tal de fer-ho possible!
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I have a Dative joke but it's not for you
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@isamyths
Te comento que en otros países los filólogos clásicos estamos muy reconocidos. Disfruté una carrera de clásicas y he trabajado en lo que he querido sin problema. Vivo en el Reino Unido y ME LLAMAN para trabajar de profesora de clásicas.
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ecce! ludum optimum de eruptione Vesuvii in Linguam Latinam verto, et multum gaudeo. multas gratias vobis
@snafustore
@MarcFigueras
ago!
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The perfect Christmas read does not exi...
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sole lucente, ora Britannica est mirabile visu.
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Plinius Adversus Vesuvium can now be downloaded in Latin as well. You can read about the translation process in my latest blog post:
#VesuviusDay
#MountVesuviusDay
#ClassicsTwitter
#LinguaLatina
@snafustore
@MarcFigueras
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vinum emi quod et pictura et nomen mihi placuerunt. aptissimum est.
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oppidum natale meum vobis monstrare volo. nomen est Saliens et in Catalonia situm est. filum 🧵
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We've had a fun afternoon testing the final version of Plinius Versus Vesuvium from
@snafustore
with the
@ARLTClassics
lot. There were some losses but we worked hard to save our good friend Pomponianus.
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panem cum olivis paravi. non est pulcherrimus, sed bene sapit.
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@MickyFurio
@EulaliaSara
@CarmeJunyent
La culpa d'una violació recau en el violador. Per què no preguntes: i els pares dels violadors no els van educar en consentiment? Com és que aquesta gent gosa anar pel carrer i atacar els altres?
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@Jordipascual73
@govern
A veure: us estan oferint APRENDRE una llengua; no té res a veure amb obligar-vos a donar classe EN una llengua. Celebrem les llengües i l'aprenentatge! És una proposta fantàstica.
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in horto statuam plumbeam Mercurii vidi; mea sententia oxymorum maximum perfecerunt.
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mostly you will find me where languages meet stories, which is why I love my job teaching Latin and Greek, and I have ended up speaking quite a few languages. But this is not LinkedIn, so I'll leave a picture of my cat to make up for that little bio. End of thread, promise!
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non pluit, sed sunt nubes atrae in caelo. mutabilis est Londinio mensis Martius.
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@RogersHistory
Let us not extrapolate: teaching Latin does not equal teaching by rote. Latin teachers, just like teachers of other subjects, are aware of methodologies and work hard to teach their subject in the most suitable way for their students.
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in popina argentinensi carnem optimam cum marito consumpsi. et vinum argentinense, Paula nomine sicut puella mea cara, erat egregium.
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The Latin version of En Patufet has been for a while in bovis ventre, but it is finally ready to go to print. Here is my scatological contribution to Latin literature:
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cibum varium gustare nobis felices facit. hodie cum pueris tabernam coreanicam visitavimus, ubi cibum e tota Asia et America invenimus. nunc est coquendum!
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@DoblatgeCatala
Moltes gràcies per la bona feina! Ens ajudes a que Disney extengui al català als usuaris d'altres zones? Aquí a UK podem veure Raya però no les altres que han afegit. Volem cinema en català, arreu del món!
#doblatgeencatal
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Britannia silvas antiquas plurimas habet. in pictura est "Aqua Levis", quam heri laete visitavi.
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@10DowningStreet
The only rip off here is the uni fees, which we should all be covering with our taxes. Everyone should be able to get the education they want and deserve, regardless of how "profitable" it is.
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flumen Llobregat, quod Latine Rubricatus appellatur, oppidum meum Salientem permeat.
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The Argonaut octopus was named by Aristotle after the Argo crew: it was believed to swim ship-like on its shell using its legs as sails and oars. But naming animals after Greek myths did not stop in antiquity. Pull the thread to see some more recent examples: 🧵1/
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o libri exspectatissimi! qui nunc mecum iter Londinium facient.
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@mullaonyksiidea
El gran irritant per mi és quan did que vaig a Barcelona (pronunciat amb "s") i s'entesten en intentar fer-me dir Barθelona amb accent castellà.
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liber novus noster vix paratus est. hic est draco esuriens, sed ubi sunt regina et eques? mox aderunt!
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orchidea pulcherrima culinae meae tandem aperta est. maxime coloribus et formis gaudeo. eam duos annos abhinc in culina diligenter servo.
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@jordiedu
Jo vaig fer un curs online per fer networking amb Joanne que és una crack (). I ara tinc això muntat
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ecce! pulvis ruber cum imbre de nubibus cadit. nescio unde veniat, sed hodie caligo nomine calima in Hispania visa est. nonne a Sahara pulvis ruber venit?
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in raeda sedens iter ad familiares facio. tempus orbemque terrarum transiens nubes et arbores per fenestram specto.
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viae Cantuarienses antiquae sunt. ecce locus itineris mei.
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Ara sí, Plinius adversus Vesuvium fent-se selfies per Lugo!
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The closing of
@UoRClassics
is disgraceful. I say this as a classicist and also as a resident of the local community, which is being robbed of yet another cultural center. It was an excellent example of academic relevance, and my students and I benefitted from its hard work.
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ecce duae picturae quas in schola artium cum salicis carbone feci: saccus et testum.
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nomen iam dedi et cursus mihi perplacet! multa discenda sunt!
Cursus c.t. (Y)PLC, seu (Your) Perfect Latin CURRICULUM, iam iterum offertur! Nomen dare licet usque ad diem 31 m. Decembris:
🚀CURSUM VIDE ►
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Take this cow's shaped hoof depicting a shepherd in winter attire, with a wolf menacing cattle and a hare. It may have served at rituals and been exchanged as a precious gift. Tell me you don't want this as a "mug" for your next zoom meeting! Let's move to everyday objects 2/
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librum novum de vita Sancti Georgii in linguam Latinam iam reddidi. nuper plura dicam! ecce oves quae in fabula consumptae sunt:
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Here's a rare meeting of animal shaped Greek vases from a recent BM exhibition. The donkey in particular is exquisite, so I could not resist the picture "drinking" from it. But let's see some more unusual shapes 5/
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But I am biased. Check out my own Sunday tea set bits! I'm sure I'm not alone, do you keep any zoomorphic pottery around the house? I'd love to see it! 9/
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ambulatio matutina mentem ad linguas discendas parat.
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You can eat crisps or eat crisps with style.
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ubi sum? oppidum notissimum Britanniae est.
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Today I visited a museum and went for coffee. I might now go wild and sit in a restaurant, like it's 2019 or something.
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mater mea patellam oryzae paravit. in esca deliciosa sunt squillae, sepiae, musculi, capsica, croceus, pisi, alium et ius piscium variorum cum paululo tomatae. NB: non sunt botuli ulli.
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What a great summer school we've had this week,
@ARLTClassics
! I lead a very successful spoken Latin group with
@GaiaAfrania
, with an extraordinary cameo from
@lacvolo
. We were all so keen to keep chatting that we're already planning spoken Latin sessions for next year. euge!
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- ¿Què estudies?
+ Filologia clàssica
- (opción a) Ah, ¡filosoFia clàssica!
- (opción b) ¿Però encara s'estudia això?
- (opción c) rosa, rosa, rosam... mmmmm... rosarum
- (opción d) ¿I això què és?
- q estudias?
+ filosofía
- (opción a) uff la odiaba en el instituto
- (opción b) tienes que ser súper inteligente
- (opción c) fumando porros todo el día no? jaja
- (opción d) y eso para qué sirve?
- (opción e) no te pega, eres muy pija
- (opción f, mi favorita) cual? Inglesa?
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Our Latin version of Patufet is now out for sale! You can support our work by getting it here - and a laugh is guaranteed!
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@LatineEtGraece
@FJavier_Sanchez
La carrera de filología clásica: cinco años convenciendo a familiares y amigos de que es "útil" seguidos de diez más escuchando que te ha ido bien porque has tenido mucha suerte, pero que fue muy mala idea igualmente 😊
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The variety is endless, and holding, displaying and using them would have begged questions of belonging, status and companionship. Here are a dog, a weasel, a deer and a heron. And people, and their body parts, also join the party 🧵👇 6/
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Little parfume bottles often have what can pretty much be described as cute shapes, such as the cockles and almond below. But let's go back to animals, which are more common in feasting and ritual settings 4/
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I really did not expect to find this sort of classical reception in my crochet magazine.
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@SueGreaney
@CatLodge1
@worcester_uni
Getting in (huge) debt for a degree where much of the opportunities afterwards are unpaid or poorly paid is a great barrier for many students. Tuition fees are greatly to blame, as is the catastrophic underfunding of the arts in general.
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if you're interested it's because early quills were feathers, whose hollow hard bottom end held the ink, just like penne use their feather-like shape to hold sauce. Anyway, I'm also into food, history and archaeology. Hence projects like making/eating Roman for a week, but 3/
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@Miss_Snuffy
There are plenty of teachers that are qualified and willing to teach both Latin and MFL/History/English/RE, etc
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