Meo Animo (Coffee Break Questions – CAES Institute 2014)
1. Greek or Latin author or work, interesting but not commonly read
- Any saint’s life
- Apuleius, the Golden Ass
- Bayeux Tapestries
- Cato
- Cornelius Nepos
- Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim (Latin: Hrotsvitha Gandeshemensis
- Jean de Haute-Seille (Johannes de Alta Silva)
- Josephus
- Lucretius
- Pindar
- Plutarch, Moralia, the Roman questions
- Tacitus, the Life of Agricola
- Vulgate – Genesis and Ecclesiastes
2. An ancient city, site or museum that should not be missed
- Abu Simbel temples (s. Egypt)
- Barcelona
- Baths at Herculaneum
- Caesarea in Israel
- Capitoline Museum
- Capri
- Dougga (Thugga, Tunisia)
- Museum at Hilton hotel on Hawaii Island
- Museum of the City of London
- Naples Museum
- New Acropolis Museum
- Ostia Antica
- Paestum
- Pantheon
- Siena
- Vindolanda (n. England)
3. One of your favorite Classics and/or teaching websites
- Dickinson College Commentaries - dcc.dickinson.edu
- Latin inscription dater - inscriptiondater.appspot.com
- Latin abbreviations - abbrevigine.appspot.com
- classdojo.com
- books.google.com
- thelatinlibrary.com
- Nodictionaries.com
- latin-student-problems.tumblr.com
- Vroma.org
- aesopfables.com
- Tabney.com
- Keith Toda’ blog - todallycomprehensiblelatin.blogspot.com
- ryanfb.github.io/loebolus
- Perseus.tufts.edu
- Etymology - etymonline.
- Latinology on youtube
- latintutorial on youtube
- Classical Greek and Latin Discussion Group - CLASSICS-L@LSV.UKY.EDU
- The Classicists - CLASSICISTS@liverpool.ac.uk
4. A superb author of historical fiction set in the ancient world
- Cromwell, Bernard
- Downie, Ruth
- Harris, Robert
- McCullough, Colleen
- Saylor, Steven
- Vergil
Thank you to Linda Emanuel for collecting and typing the responses! Maximas gratias!
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