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Mesopotamian Goddesses

Mesopotamian goddesses are among the oldest in the world. Inanna is commonly referenced as the most ancient goddess, first worshipped during the Uruk Period (4100-2900 BCE). Veneration of Inanna and the others developed throughout the Early Dynastic Period (2900-2334 BCE) and Akkadian Period (2334-2218 BCE) and continued through the fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire in 612 BCE.

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From Rome to Mickey Mouse

I have long been a a fan of the Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Dukas. And I loved the Fantasia scene as a kid. I am now enjoying sharing it with my own offspring. Imagine how super excited I was to learn a couple of days ago that the story has its origins in Ancient Rome.

Enjoy the following link:

https://x.com/stephenjenkin/status/1750443745437155680?s=46&t=IfkIqjZnjgPfZXocpn7Kww

#classics #education #learning #latin #dukas #fantasia

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Happy New Year! Thank you to all my followers. Here’s a little something from Britten to see the New Year!

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Cool

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Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was an Enlightenment philosopher who, as author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, is widely credited as the founder of feminism. Wollstonecraft called for equal education opportunities for men and women, and she stressed the benefits to society as a whole of improving the situation of women in this and other areas of daily life.

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A reminder that the first theory of heliocentricity was formulated over two thousand years ago.

#Aristarchus #classics #education #learning #ancient world #ancient discovery #heliocentric #heliocentricity #ancient greece #ancient engineering #science #ancient science #ancient astronomy #astronomy #copernicus

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Beautiful Sirmione

Catullus: A Work of the Week on Bloggus Classicus.

A new Blog post (after a while). This one is a Work of the Week and Catullus furnishes us with a beautiful poem. This one allowed me happily to unite my love of opera with my love for Classics. Here is Catullus' eulogy of the lovely Sirmione on Lake Garda, also a favoured retreat of my favourite singer Maria Callas, the centenary of whose birth was fittingly yesterday. Enjoy this charming poem!

#classics #latin #poetry #catullus #maria callas #sirmione #lake garda

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TODAY is World Philosophy Day!

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This is awesome!

In ancient Japan, it was usually only men who were allowed to become samurai. Then came along Takeko Nakano and her sister Yuko, fighters so fierce the rules were changed.

#samurai #women #martial arts #female #japan #ancient origins #history #ancient #education

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#classics #education #ancient world #ancient greece #Greek inventions

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So cool!

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#classics #education #learning #latin language #derivatives #latin #teaching

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MOLYBDENUM: A Mis-named Metal!

This metal was known to the Greeks and Roman's. The word μόλυβδος from which it is derived appears in several ancient texts to denote a metal....except that word does not refer specifically to the metal we now call molybdenum.

μόλυβδος is the ancient Greek for lead, the same as Latin plumbum (ar least we're pretty certain so. Molybdenum ores were originally believed to be from less or lead-based.

It is, as Oliver Sacks calls it, the 'metal of extremes.' It can be a high temperature lubricant or be used in hhigh speed drills.

More about molybdenum in the ancient sources over on BloggusClassicus soon.

#molybdenum #classics #derivatives #latin language #ancient greek #periodic table #metals

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Show Me Your METAL!

Read the entire series over on BloggusClassicus:

#classics #derivatives #ancient greek #latin language #teaching #periodic table #metals #education #learning #gold #silver #lead #lanthanum #lanthanides #chalcogen #titan #prometheus

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The Titan of Elements

Promethium (Pm): So, finally in this series, we come to the Titan element, and, yes, it is significant that this element takes its name from the titan Prometheus. It is a highly radioactive metal and is a member of the lanthanides (yes, the elements that ‘lay hidden’, a property shared by Lanthanum, the first in this article). It is no accident that this powerful, but volatile, element is named after the titan who stole fire for mortals’ benefit…and destruction. It reflected the fears felt over its possible misuse by humans and was suggested by Mary Coryell, wife of one of the element’s discoverers, Charles D. Coryell. Humans can use and they can abuse. The name is thus rather aptly applied to a potentially dangerous atomic element.

#classics #education #learning #derivatives #ancient greek #latin language #periodic table #lanthanum #selenium #tellurium #promethium #chalcogen #lanthanides #prometheus #titan