Epigram of the Month
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Epigram of the month: The ballet of the seasons
No doubt! Spring has sprung in Vienna (and in Berlin, where I spent my Easter vacation – and where I took the photo, on the left). We – and all life...
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Epigram of the Month: Staring into the void
It is well known that high child (and especially infant) mortality was a fact of life in antiquity. The omnipresence of this common experience did not, however, lessen the pains...
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Epigram of the month: Roses are red, violets are blue…
We like talking about death,what about you? Nowadays, February is commonly associated with Valentine’s day. Slowly but surely, little reminders start popping up around us coming the end of January...
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Epigram of the month: But Is It Art?
In the November edition of our recently launched Epigram of the Month series, Alexander Gangoly pointed out the very special relationship of the people of Vienna with their cemeteries. Vienna’s...
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Epigram of the month: Discover your inner Epicurean!
Last month we launched our new series ‘Epigram of the Month’, and we laughed with tears about an astonishing piece selected by Prof. Peter Kruschwitz. This month, Alexander Gangoly, doctoral...
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Laughing with tears (but not in the way you think), or: Introducing our Epigram of the Month series
With several thousand items of evidence that we deal with in the MAPPOLA project, studying the treasure trove that is the verse inscriptions of the Roman empire, we encounter fascinating,...