Tag: Funerary epigrams
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Behind the scenes: Mors immatura at the Mainzer Steinhalle
by Victoria González Berdús and Yolanda López Sánchez (Universidad de Sevilla, FPU predoctoral researcher funded by the Ministerio de Universidades, Gobierno de España, within the CLEO project), our academic visitor...
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Guest blog: Strangers in a strange city
Davide Massimo writes about his work and time at Vienna, where he was a visiting researcher of Team MAPPOLA in February and March 2022, enabled by kind support of Österreichischer...
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All, all are sleeping, sleeping, sleeping on the hill
With this instalment of our Epigram of the Month series, I would like to take a short break from Latin poetry and move far away, both geographically and chronologically, to...
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A memorial for a tough woman
In previous years, on occasion of International Women’s Day, we celebrated a selection of women from across the Roman Empire: you may read our pieces here and here. In 2022,...
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Epigram of the month: Let’s talk and write about sex!
Today marks another Epigraphy Tuesday – and the day after this year’s Valentine’s Day (which is, by the way, called Singles Awareness Day). I hope you did not let the expectations...
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Epigram of the month: Hopelessly devoted to whom?
When dealing with Latin epigraphic poetry, it is a matter of time before one encounters a text that, however easy to understand and to translate it may be, includes some...
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Epigram of the month: I have often visited the city of Baiae
It’s August. Our cities are burning hot and eerily deserted, our daily routine is slowed down by the high temperatures in our offices. Many of us are on vacation or...
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Epigram(s) of the month: The poetics of the Merry Cemetery
There are many incredible, beautiful, and curious places in the world to explore for anyone who, like us at the MAPPOLA project, wish to study the poetics of death and...
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Epigram of the month: Call the ancient midwife!
Tomorrow, May 12th, 2021, marks both the endpoint, and the highlight, of a very imporant week. May 6th – 12th is Nurse’s Week, and its last day simultaneously is International...
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REBLOGGED: WYSIWYG Classics, Or: Making Roman diversity visible, audible, and accessible for 21st century audiences
This blog post was originally published on CUCD-EDI. The author is grateful to Elena Giusti and Victoria Leonhard for both their invaluable support and permission to re-blog! Image credit: Fabien...