Amator
@chaldaeus.bsky.social
Amateur Latinist, now especially interested in Assyriology and some Biblical Hebrew
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@chaldaeus.bsky.social
· Nov 11
For anyone just following me or seeing my feed — for the last 6 years I have been studying Latin & Latin literature (mostly poetry + Apuleius and some early vitae) as a hobby. For the past 3 or so years I have been studying Biblical Hebrew, and for the last year or so, Akkadian and Sumerian.
In honor of MLK day (& delayed due to recent drama), enjoy these words of Apuleius c. 158 AD
"It is not where one was born, but how he is mannered that is to tested, not from what region but with what reason he undertakes life that is to be reflected upon."
Apologia 24.3
"It is not where one was born, but how he is mannered that is to tested, not from what region but with what reason he undertakes life that is to be reflected upon."
Apologia 24.3
January 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
In honor of MLK day (& delayed due to recent drama), enjoy these words of Apuleius c. 158 AD
"It is not where one was born, but how he is mannered that is to tested, not from what region but with what reason he undertakes life that is to be reflected upon."
Apologia 24.3
"It is not where one was born, but how he is mannered that is to tested, not from what region but with what reason he undertakes life that is to be reflected upon."
Apologia 24.3
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all art is made from spite or horniness, and a computer cannot be spiteful or horny, so a computer should never make art
January 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
all art is made from spite or horniness, and a computer cannot be spiteful or horny, so a computer should never make art
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I've just published a new essay on my substack examining the structural similarities between Psalm 89 and the "Great Hymn to Marduk" (known more properly as Prayer to Marduk 2), and the historical conditions by which one may have influenced the other.
www.monumentofmud.com/p/psalm-89-m...
www.monumentofmud.com/p/psalm-89-m...
A structural comparison of Psalm 89 and The Great Hymn to Marduk
Psalm 89 has long been an occasional object of conference with Enuma Elish, the Babylonian account of the creation of the world, on account of the way in which “Rahab” (perhaps an evil sea monster — a...
www.monumentofmud.com
December 8, 2024 at 8:59 PM
I've just published a new essay on my substack examining the structural similarities between Psalm 89 and the "Great Hymn to Marduk" (known more properly as Prayer to Marduk 2), and the historical conditions by which one may have influenced the other.
www.monumentofmud.com/p/psalm-89-m...
www.monumentofmud.com/p/psalm-89-m...
I've just published a new essay on my substack examining the structural similarities between Psalm 89 and the "Great Hymn to Marduk" (known more properly as Prayer to Marduk 2), and the historical conditions by which one may have influenced the other.
www.monumentofmud.com/p/psalm-89-m...
www.monumentofmud.com/p/psalm-89-m...
A structural comparison of Psalm 89 and The Great Hymn to Marduk
Psalm 89 has long been an occasional object of conference with Enuma Elish, the Babylonian account of the creation of the world, on account of the way in which “Rahab” (perhaps an evil sea monster — a...
www.monumentofmud.com
December 8, 2024 at 8:59 PM
I've just published a new essay on my substack examining the structural similarities between Psalm 89 and the "Great Hymn to Marduk" (known more properly as Prayer to Marduk 2), and the historical conditions by which one may have influenced the other.
www.monumentofmud.com/p/psalm-89-m...
www.monumentofmud.com/p/psalm-89-m...
For anyone just following me or seeing my feed — for the last 6 years I have been studying Latin & Latin literature (mostly poetry + Apuleius and some early vitae) as a hobby. For the past 3 or so years I have been studying Biblical Hebrew, and for the last year or so, Akkadian and Sumerian.
November 11, 2024 at 9:30 PM
For anyone just following me or seeing my feed — for the last 6 years I have been studying Latin & Latin literature (mostly poetry + Apuleius and some early vitae) as a hobby. For the past 3 or so years I have been studying Biblical Hebrew, and for the last year or so, Akkadian and Sumerian.
Move over Catullus!
(translation from Foster's great 'Before the Muses')
(translation from Foster's great 'Before the Muses')
November 11, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Move over Catullus!
(translation from Foster's great 'Before the Muses')
(translation from Foster's great 'Before the Muses')
Already out of stock, amazing. This series looks very promising, especially given the price point.
New #openaccess Enuma Elish The Babylonian Epic of Creation
Johannes Haubold , Sophus Helle , Enrique Jiménez & Selena Wisnom (eds) www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
Johannes Haubold , Sophus Helle , Enrique Jiménez & Selena Wisnom (eds) www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
November 1, 2024 at 3:52 AM
Already out of stock, amazing. This series looks very promising, especially given the price point.
It is truly astounding how many sumerian inscriptions are simply lost in some archive somewhere. Something like 80% of the royal inscriptions in Hayes are missing even a photograph of location of the original.
October 29, 2024 at 9:59 PM
It is truly astounding how many sumerian inscriptions are simply lost in some archive somewhere. Something like 80% of the royal inscriptions in Hayes are missing even a photograph of location of the original.