George LongleyAug 2, 20212 min readWordy Weekly XXVIIWe continue the biology/animal flavour this week. We start with Latin this week. BOVINE, CANINE, EQUINE, OVINE, VULPINE, LEPORINE,...
George LongleyAug 1, 20212 min readSENTENTIA COTIDIANA XPart Thought for the Day, part Wordy Weekly. Today's thought is inspired by the announcement about the government's investment in the...
George LongleyAug 1, 202111 min readAn Apology for Classics and Latin[A clarification: (added 06/12/2021) I use 'apology' in the sense of the word's ancient Greek predecessor 'defence'. After the rather...
George LongleyJul 26, 20216 min readTWO WOMEN FROM HERODOTUSWhen Herodotus opens his monumental nine-book history, he declares his intentions as follows: ὡς μήτε τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ ἀνθρώπων τῷ χρόνῳ...
George LongleyJul 24, 20214 min readWordy Weekly XXVI, pars II (24/07/2021)Following yesterday’s video, I bring you the second part of this week’s Wordy Weekly, marking BloggusClassicus’ half-birthday. Today’s...
George LongleyJul 23, 20211 min readWordy Weekly XXVI, pars IMy first video! Wordy Weekly this week will be animal themed.
George LongleyJul 22, 20214 min readSENTENTIA COTIDIANA IX (22/07/2021)Insurrection on the Capitol A Failure of Democracy or A Sobering Sign of its Inner Flaws? The mob incited by a leader refusing to accept...
George LongleyJul 22, 20212 min readSENTENTIA COTIDIANA VIII (21/07/2021)'"The Law is Reason free from Passion", now does anyone know who spoke those immortal words?' asks Professor Stromwell. David's hand...
George LongleyJul 21, 20212 min readWORDY WEEKLY XXVW, X, Y, Z this week. A mixed bag this week. · W…well…there aren’t any. · X, only in Greek. · Y, well…there aren’t any, · and Z, mostly...
George LongleyJul 20, 20212 min readSententia Cotidiana VIISomeone once asked me, ‘which literature from the ancient world do you think best illustrates the relevance of Classics?’ I remember all...
George LongleyJul 17, 20212 min readSententia Cotidiana Sexta‘The benefits of a Classical education…’ Some will recognise the quotation from the movie Die Hard. Hans Grüber (played by the marvellous...
George LongleyJul 13, 20213 min readSENTENTIA COTIDIANUS QUINTUSLOST LEARNING One thing I have learnt from studying Classics is just how many theories that I had previously considered relatively...
George LongleyJul 12, 20212 min readWordy Weekly XXIV‘V’ week. No ‘V’ in Greek, so this is Latin’s bumper week. GREEK But there is still material for Greek. If the Greeks didn’t have a...
George LongleyJul 12, 20212 min readOlympiasOlympias was the formidable mother of Alexander the Great. Today (12/07/2021), I am inspired to writer about her, not just because of the...
George LongleyJul 10, 20215 min readEarly does not = Primitive part IIToday we continue yesterday’s thought for the day looking at the sophistication of ancient writers’ thought on matters such as society,...
George LongleyJul 9, 20213 min readSententia Cotidiana IV (part I)Early does not = Primitive To Classicists, Historians, and Art Historians, I am probably preaching to the converted. No one looking at...
George LongleyJul 8, 20212 min readSENTENTIA TERTIA: Moods and Mindsets(08/07/2021) We all experience moods and we are familiar with the concept of a 'mindset', an outlook that can frame all our judgements...
George LongleyJul 7, 20211 min readSENTENTIA PRIMAThe Universality of Humour (Originally posted 06/07/2021 on the title page of 'sententia cotidiana) HUMOUR: Humour can certainly be...
George LongleyJul 7, 20212 min readSENTENTIA SECUNDALanguage and the Nature of Society Today, Thucydides gives us our thought for the day. "And they changed the customary meaning of words...
George LongleyJul 5, 20213 min readWordy Weekly XXIIIThis is going to be a very UUUUsfull week. (Start as you mean to go on!) Yes, we have reached ‘U’. An interesting letter, both for Greek...
