A modern ‘ancient’ Greek dialect discovered? This has been making the rounds: a remote, Muslim community has been found speaking (and notably not writing) a dialect of Greek apparently quite clos Continue Reading →
Reading Rome (Mommsen, 1.4) Mommsen continues to rely upon dubious etymology to make historical conjectures, but several times seems aware of the relative unimportance of such sp Continue Reading →
Reading Rome (Mommsen, 1.3) Just a caveat: I tend to read argumentatively, but it doesn’t mean that I think I know more or better than the author. I find it a productive way of r Continue Reading →