Thomas Hendrickson
@thomashendrickson.bsky.social
Latin philology. Latin teaching/learning. Book history. Latin in the early modern era (and other eras).
Trying to order a book from an Italian publisher. They say, "Fine, but we're not shipping it until after Epiphany."
I truly love Italy.
I truly love Italy.
December 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Trying to order a book from an Italian publisher. They say, "Fine, but we're not shipping it until after Epiphany."
I truly love Italy.
I truly love Italy.
Resolution: Find an orderly place on my shelves for the books I acquired in 2025.
(Currently there's a pile on my nightstand, a pile on the floor next to my desk, and an unknown number of books scattered around the house left in whatever places I was reading them.)
(Currently there's a pile on my nightstand, a pile on the floor next to my desk, and an unknown number of books scattered around the house left in whatever places I was reading them.)
December 31, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Resolution: Find an orderly place on my shelves for the books I acquired in 2025.
(Currently there's a pile on my nightstand, a pile on the floor next to my desk, and an unknown number of books scattered around the house left in whatever places I was reading them.)
(Currently there's a pile on my nightstand, a pile on the floor next to my desk, and an unknown number of books scattered around the house left in whatever places I was reading them.)
New acquisition.
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
New acquisition.
Reposted by Thomas Hendrickson
Happy to announce that the Fall 2025 issue of the New England Classical Journal (52.2) is now published! Featuring an article on felicitas in late antiquity, two book reviews, and an in memoriam for Gil Lawall. Check it out at the link!
crossworks.holycross.edu/necj/
AncientBlueSky ClassicsBlueSky
crossworks.holycross.edu/necj/
AncientBlueSky ClassicsBlueSky
New England Classical Journal | College of the Holy Cross
A publication of the Classical Association of New England, New England Classical Journal is a biannual, peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles, notes, and reviews on all aspects of classical an...
crossworks.holycross.edu
December 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Happy to announce that the Fall 2025 issue of the New England Classical Journal (52.2) is now published! Featuring an article on felicitas in late antiquity, two book reviews, and an in memoriam for Gil Lawall. Check it out at the link!
crossworks.holycross.edu/necj/
AncientBlueSky ClassicsBlueSky
crossworks.holycross.edu/necj/
AncientBlueSky ClassicsBlueSky
For anyone who happens to know: what's the earliest surviving epistolary collection of a pope? Damasus?
December 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
For anyone who happens to know: what's the earliest surviving epistolary collection of a pope? Damasus?
Me, yesterday: Susie Wiles sure has managed to keep a low profile.
December 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Me, yesterday: Susie Wiles sure has managed to keep a low profile.
Another lost work I long for: a copy of Seneca's Apocolocyntosis written in Claudian letters.
Come on, you know there had to be one.
Come on, you know there had to be one.
December 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Another lost work I long for: a copy of Seneca's Apocolocyntosis written in Claudian letters.
Come on, you know there had to be one.
Come on, you know there had to be one.
More on the lost works I wish had survived: the plays in (presumably?) Oscan performed in Rome during the time of Augustus (Suet. Div. Aug. 43):
December 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
More on the lost works I wish had survived: the plays in (presumably?) Oscan performed in Rome during the time of Augustus (Suet. Div. Aug. 43):
Thinking more about the injustices of which ancient works survive.
Seriously, we have about 20,000 pages of Galen (snooze!) but only precious fragments of Suetonius's "On Famous Courtesans," like the one where he tells about Omphale, the sex-worker who liked to dress Hercules up as a woman
Seriously, we have about 20,000 pages of Galen (snooze!) but only precious fragments of Suetonius's "On Famous Courtesans," like the one where he tells about Omphale, the sex-worker who liked to dress Hercules up as a woman
December 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Thinking more about the injustices of which ancient works survive.
Seriously, we have about 20,000 pages of Galen (snooze!) but only precious fragments of Suetonius's "On Famous Courtesans," like the one where he tells about Omphale, the sex-worker who liked to dress Hercules up as a woman
Seriously, we have about 20,000 pages of Galen (snooze!) but only precious fragments of Suetonius's "On Famous Courtesans," like the one where he tells about Omphale, the sex-worker who liked to dress Hercules up as a woman
Spring '26 syllabus coming after me:
December 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Spring '26 syllabus coming after me:
My top 5 (leaving aside those already named):
-Cornelia (mater gracchorum), complete correspondence
-Suetonius, "On Famous Courtesans"
-Suetonius, "On Greek Swear Words"
-Sulpicia Lepidina (Vindolanda), the complete correspondence
-Cicero's joke book, 3 vol.
-Cornelia (mater gracchorum), complete correspondence
-Suetonius, "On Famous Courtesans"
-Suetonius, "On Greek Swear Words"
-Sulpicia Lepidina (Vindolanda), the complete correspondence
-Cicero's joke book, 3 vol.
I'll play with my top 5:
Agrippina's Memoirs
Timaeus (yes, that's relevant to the Romans!)
Claudius' Tyrrhenika
Punic anything (some actual Sanchuniathon, maybe? I'm not picky here)
Pollio's histories
Agrippina's Memoirs
Timaeus (yes, that's relevant to the Romans!)
Claudius' Tyrrhenika
Punic anything (some actual Sanchuniathon, maybe? I'm not picky here)
Pollio's histories
For drama I’d take these sooner:
Accius’ Brutus
Ennius’ Andromacha
Pacuvius’ Medus
Varius’ Thyestes
Any other republican tragedy anyone else wants to name.
For imp lit I’d prob go:
Ag’s memoirs
Any other poetry by a woman
Pollio’s histories
Seneca Elder’s histories
A pomponius secundus tragedy
Accius’ Brutus
Ennius’ Andromacha
Pacuvius’ Medus
Varius’ Thyestes
Any other republican tragedy anyone else wants to name.
For imp lit I’d prob go:
Ag’s memoirs
Any other poetry by a woman
Pollio’s histories
Seneca Elder’s histories
A pomponius secundus tragedy
December 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
My top 5 (leaving aside those already named):
-Cornelia (mater gracchorum), complete correspondence
-Suetonius, "On Famous Courtesans"
-Suetonius, "On Greek Swear Words"
-Sulpicia Lepidina (Vindolanda), the complete correspondence
-Cicero's joke book, 3 vol.
-Cornelia (mater gracchorum), complete correspondence
-Suetonius, "On Famous Courtesans"
-Suetonius, "On Greek Swear Words"
-Sulpicia Lepidina (Vindolanda), the complete correspondence
-Cicero's joke book, 3 vol.
Prometheus Bound: Aeschylus?
December 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Prometheus Bound: Aeschylus?
Reposted by Thomas Hendrickson
Happy “Learn a New Language” month! Sign up for Introduction to Ge’ez, a #Language and #Paleography course held in partnership with @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social, from July 5 to August 1, 2026, at HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota.
Deadline is February 23. Learn more: hmml.org/programs/intro-ge-ez
Deadline is February 23. Learn more: hmml.org/programs/intro-ge-ez
December 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Happy “Learn a New Language” month! Sign up for Introduction to Ge’ez, a #Language and #Paleography course held in partnership with @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social, from July 5 to August 1, 2026, at HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota.
Deadline is February 23. Learn more: hmml.org/programs/intro-ge-ez
Deadline is February 23. Learn more: hmml.org/programs/intro-ge-ez
Reposted by Thomas Hendrickson
SNLS Call for Papers!
The Society for Neo-Latin Studies is organising an online event for PhD students and ECR colleagues. See flyer for more details! #NeoLatin #AncientGreek
The Society for Neo-Latin Studies is organising an online event for PhD students and ECR colleagues. See flyer for more details! #NeoLatin #AncientGreek
December 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
SNLS Call for Papers!
The Society for Neo-Latin Studies is organising an online event for PhD students and ECR colleagues. See flyer for more details! #NeoLatin #AncientGreek
The Society for Neo-Latin Studies is organising an online event for PhD students and ECR colleagues. See flyer for more details! #NeoLatin #AncientGreek
My end of semester energy:
December 6, 2025 at 1:25 AM
My end of semester energy:
Reposted by Thomas Hendrickson
📣Did you read someone's great first article from either 2024 or 2025? Is the author a NAPS member? Would they like cash money?
Nominate them by sending a PDF of their piece to jecs.editor@gmail.com by January 31, 2026
Best First Article prize and a cool $250 awarded at the NAPS annual meeting!
Nominate them by sending a PDF of their piece to jecs.editor@gmail.com by January 31, 2026
Best First Article prize and a cool $250 awarded at the NAPS annual meeting!
December 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
📣Did you read someone's great first article from either 2024 or 2025? Is the author a NAPS member? Would they like cash money?
Nominate them by sending a PDF of their piece to jecs.editor@gmail.com by January 31, 2026
Best First Article prize and a cool $250 awarded at the NAPS annual meeting!
Nominate them by sending a PDF of their piece to jecs.editor@gmail.com by January 31, 2026
Best First Article prize and a cool $250 awarded at the NAPS annual meeting!
MLA prize for scholarly edition goes to: a book collaboratively edited by a high school teacher and a class of 16 students. (Let that sink in for a moment.)
1/3
1/3
December 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
MLA prize for scholarly edition goes to: a book collaboratively edited by a high school teacher and a class of 16 students. (Let that sink in for a moment.)
1/3
1/3
"Once-ler declares thneeds to be sustainable."
December 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"Once-ler declares thneeds to be sustainable."
"And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath."
That's right, like a Christmas wreath but it's smoke, because Santa's got a long night, and sometimes he'll just have a smoke break. In your living room.
That's right, like a Christmas wreath but it's smoke, because Santa's got a long night, and sometimes he'll just have a smoke break. In your living room.
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath."
That's right, like a Christmas wreath but it's smoke, because Santa's got a long night, and sometimes he'll just have a smoke break. In your living room.
That's right, like a Christmas wreath but it's smoke, because Santa's got a long night, and sometimes he'll just have a smoke break. In your living room.
Reposted by Thomas Hendrickson
some fantastic antiquity/premodern stuff on here, starting with two (2) offerings from @chancebonar.bsky.social!
Our longest yearly book list ever! Thirty six books by contingent historians for you to read, gift, and request for purchase at your library!
2025 Contingent Book List
When you’re shopping for books this season, consider a contingent scholar.
contingentmagazine.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
some fantastic antiquity/premodern stuff on here, starting with two (2) offerings from @chancebonar.bsky.social!
If you're looking to NOT buy something today, might I recommend instead downloading free PDFs from Pixelia Publishing? Open-Access editions of several Latin (and English) texts. Most recent edition is the Latin poetry of Elizabeth Jane Weston: pixeliapublishing.org
Pixelia Publishing
Open Access Educational Texts
pixeliapublishing.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If you're looking to NOT buy something today, might I recommend instead downloading free PDFs from Pixelia Publishing? Open-Access editions of several Latin (and English) texts. Most recent edition is the Latin poetry of Elizabeth Jane Weston: pixeliapublishing.org
Reposted by Thomas Hendrickson
New post on Hermes, by Dries Nijs (PhD researcher @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social), on a unique early modern poem he found in the archives of @unileiden.bsky.social, entitled
"A Woman Writing New Ancient Greek Poetry for a Leiden Disputation (1686)"
Enjoy!
earlymodernhellenism.org/2025/12/01/a...
"A Woman Writing New Ancient Greek Poetry for a Leiden Disputation (1686)"
Enjoy!
earlymodernhellenism.org/2025/12/01/a...
A Woman Writing New Ancient Greek Poetry for a Leiden Disputation (1686)
Dries Nijs (KU Leuven) Leiden University library houses an extensive collection of printed disputationes. These broadsheets and pamphlets present the theses that university students — the responden…
earlymodernhellenism.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
New post on Hermes, by Dries Nijs (PhD researcher @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social), on a unique early modern poem he found in the archives of @unileiden.bsky.social, entitled
"A Woman Writing New Ancient Greek Poetry for a Leiden Disputation (1686)"
Enjoy!
earlymodernhellenism.org/2025/12/01/a...
"A Woman Writing New Ancient Greek Poetry for a Leiden Disputation (1686)"
Enjoy!
earlymodernhellenism.org/2025/12/01/a...
1. Feeling unduly proud of myself.
2. If there is any substance more disgusting than what you find when cleaning out a slow-draining sink, I DON'T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT
2. If there is any substance more disgusting than what you find when cleaning out a slow-draining sink, I DON'T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT
November 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
1. Feeling unduly proud of myself.
2. If there is any substance more disgusting than what you find when cleaning out a slow-draining sink, I DON'T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT
2. If there is any substance more disgusting than what you find when cleaning out a slow-draining sink, I DON'T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT
Reposted by Thomas Hendrickson
Public transport isn't just for Middle Earth. Narnia's getting in on the act!
I've drawn a subway map covering all 7 books of The Chronicles of Narnia. Follow the plots lines, but don't touch the third rail! #Narnia #Maps #Subway
You can buy prints on my Etsy store:
www.etsy.com/listing/4345...
I've drawn a subway map covering all 7 books of The Chronicles of Narnia. Follow the plots lines, but don't touch the third rail! #Narnia #Maps #Subway
You can buy prints on my Etsy store:
www.etsy.com/listing/4345...
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Public transport isn't just for Middle Earth. Narnia's getting in on the act!
I've drawn a subway map covering all 7 books of The Chronicles of Narnia. Follow the plots lines, but don't touch the third rail! #Narnia #Maps #Subway
You can buy prints on my Etsy store:
www.etsy.com/listing/4345...
I've drawn a subway map covering all 7 books of The Chronicles of Narnia. Follow the plots lines, but don't touch the third rail! #Narnia #Maps #Subway
You can buy prints on my Etsy store:
www.etsy.com/listing/4345...
I DO have a pie ranking:
1. Hittite
2. Vedic Sanskrit
3. Tocharian B
Anyone who puts the Sabellic dialect continuum in the top 3 is kidding themselves.
1. Hittite
2. Vedic Sanskrit
3. Tocharian B
Anyone who puts the Sabellic dialect continuum in the top 3 is kidding themselves.
i have no pie ranking — i like all pie — but i will say that my sweet potato pie once won an award
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I DO have a pie ranking:
1. Hittite
2. Vedic Sanskrit
3. Tocharian B
Anyone who puts the Sabellic dialect continuum in the top 3 is kidding themselves.
1. Hittite
2. Vedic Sanskrit
3. Tocharian B
Anyone who puts the Sabellic dialect continuum in the top 3 is kidding themselves.