Dr Naomi Scott
@drnaomiscott.bsky.social
A.G Leventis Fellow in Greek Studies at the University of Bristol. Julius Pollux superfan. Expert in Ancient Greek jokes.
My research profile: https://tinyurl.com/2fc8fbzh
My book: https://tinyurl.com/2x256h64
My research profile: https://tinyurl.com/2fc8fbzh
My book: https://tinyurl.com/2x256h64
Trying to decipher the second word (after ἔπαινος) of the chapter title scribbled at the bottom of this page and srsly I hope he’s happy in hell.
October 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Trying to decipher the second word (after ἔπαινος) of the chapter title scribbled at the bottom of this page and srsly I hope he’s happy in hell.
I have *feelings* about the scribe who wrote Parisianus Grec. 2646. None of them good.
October 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I have *feelings* about the scribe who wrote Parisianus Grec. 2646. None of them good.
<Insert your own seasonal Seneca joke here>
October 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
<Insert your own seasonal Seneca joke here>
Every day with Pollux brings new surprises 😳 Truly there is no topic he does not cover.
(One surprise here is that the only author cited in this chapter is Hyperides, the Athenian orator, where I might have expected some nice Old Comic fragments on this ummmm…. rather agricultural topic.)
(One surprise here is that the only author cited in this chapter is Hyperides, the Athenian orator, where I might have expected some nice Old Comic fragments on this ummmm…. rather agricultural topic.)
October 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Every day with Pollux brings new surprises 😳 Truly there is no topic he does not cover.
(One surprise here is that the only author cited in this chapter is Hyperides, the Athenian orator, where I might have expected some nice Old Comic fragments on this ummmm…. rather agricultural topic.)
(One surprise here is that the only author cited in this chapter is Hyperides, the Athenian orator, where I might have expected some nice Old Comic fragments on this ummmm…. rather agricultural topic.)
I mean I’m like a week late almost but there is now new year honey cake cooling in the kitchen. It looks unassuming but it smells good (as it should with that much sugar, currently feeding the kids cavolo nero and spinach for dinner in attempt to balance out the nutrients 😬)
September 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I mean I’m like a week late almost but there is now new year honey cake cooling in the kitchen. It looks unassuming but it smells good (as it should with that much sugar, currently feeding the kids cavolo nero and spinach for dinner in attempt to balance out the nutrients 😬)
A little Monday afternoon treat 🎉
September 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A little Monday afternoon treat 🎉
I just used up a whole carrier bag full in a cake! My grandparents are similarly desperate to get rid of huge quantities, it must be a good year for apple trees!!
September 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I just used up a whole carrier bag full in a cake! My grandparents are similarly desperate to get rid of huge quantities, it must be a good year for apple trees!!
Life with cats: 5 days off her food. Trip to the vet on day 2 turned up nothing. Hunger strike continued. I began to worry she was dying. Yesterday she coughed up the biggest hairball of her life, wolfed down 2 breakfasts, and proceeded to act like nothing happened. I am both relieved and outraged.
September 1, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Life with cats: 5 days off her food. Trip to the vet on day 2 turned up nothing. Hunger strike continued. I began to worry she was dying. Yesterday she coughed up the biggest hairball of her life, wolfed down 2 breakfasts, and proceeded to act like nothing happened. I am both relieved and outraged.
Desk-cell in Senate House. Blue skies beyond. 12th draft of a grant application. There are probably worse ways to spend the dog days of summer. Probably.
August 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Desk-cell in Senate House. Blue skies beyond. 12th draft of a grant application. There are probably worse ways to spend the dog days of summer. Probably.
Grayson Perry at the Wallace Collection. Excellent way to spend a bank holiday morning.
August 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Grayson Perry at the Wallace Collection. Excellent way to spend a bank holiday morning.
Also this is some serious #couplegoals haha. We shall have to have the eventual print edition framed to pass on to our utterly uninterested children.
August 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Also this is some serious #couplegoals haha. We shall have to have the eventual print edition framed to pass on to our utterly uninterested children.
Glorious gift from a friend’s garden. It’s a tromboncino and I mean just look how silly it looks isn’t it fabulous?
August 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Glorious gift from a friend’s garden. It’s a tromboncino and I mean just look how silly it looks isn’t it fabulous?
Because it just wouldn’t be a holiday without dragging our bored children round a castle.
July 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Because it just wouldn’t be a holiday without dragging our bored children round a castle.
Very excited to report that the mysterious door in the Senate House basement that looks intriguingly like a safe was finally open today
July 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Very excited to report that the mysterious door in the Senate House basement that looks intriguingly like a safe was finally open today
Insufficiently contrite
July 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Insufficiently contrite
Senate House has great views from the top, but the 7th floor is kinda weird.
July 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Senate House has great views from the top, but the 7th floor is kinda weird.
Paperbacks are in! Now available at a fairly reasonable price*
*By academic book standards, at least. Let’s not go nuts here it’s still £££
*By academic book standards, at least. Let’s not go nuts here it’s still £££
July 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Paperbacks are in! Now available at a fairly reasonable price*
*By academic book standards, at least. Let’s not go nuts here it’s still £££
*By academic book standards, at least. Let’s not go nuts here it’s still £££
After an exciting week of trips to nice places I am back in sequesterment with my draft grant application. Can report that the ICS combo of blinds and fans makes the library fairly bearable, which is more than I can say for our flat tbh.
June 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
After an exciting week of trips to nice places I am back in sequesterment with my draft grant application. Can report that the ICS combo of blinds and fans makes the library fairly bearable, which is more than I can say for our flat tbh.
A few bits and bobs from the V&A Storehouse for #classicsbluesky and #ancientbluesky
June 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A few bits and bobs from the V&A Storehouse for #classicsbluesky and #ancientbluesky
Also exciting: Dragonetti’s double bass, which hasn’t been on display since the V&A closed its music galleries (sob) is out! As a former double bass player* this is very exciting.
* I am barely over five foot tall I have a small one this thing is genuinely taller than I am by some distance.
* I am barely over five foot tall I have a small one this thing is genuinely taller than I am by some distance.
June 9, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Also exciting: Dragonetti’s double bass, which hasn’t been on display since the V&A closed its music galleries (sob) is out! As a former double bass player* this is very exciting.
* I am barely over five foot tall I have a small one this thing is genuinely taller than I am by some distance.
* I am barely over five foot tall I have a small one this thing is genuinely taller than I am by some distance.
Omg the new V&A Storehouse is like if someone made Pollux into a museum this is the most exciting thing ever.
June 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Omg the new V&A Storehouse is like if someone made Pollux into a museum this is the most exciting thing ever.
Sending off a final version of a journal article & reminded of this ever-relevant cartoon.*
*the peer reviews for this one 100% made it a better piece but also some of the footnotes are now gargantuan 😬
*the peer reviews for this one 100% made it a better piece but also some of the footnotes are now gargantuan 😬
April 23, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Sending off a final version of a journal article & reminded of this ever-relevant cartoon.*
*the peer reviews for this one 100% made it a better piece but also some of the footnotes are now gargantuan 😬
*the peer reviews for this one 100% made it a better piece but also some of the footnotes are now gargantuan 😬
Grant writing is grim, but the view from my sunny window seat at the Warburg Library is moderately cheering.
April 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Grant writing is grim, but the view from my sunny window seat at the Warburg Library is moderately cheering.
Toddler is napping. Cat is asleep in the sun. Big kid is learning about dinosaurs from CBeebies (with headphones on, god bless the person who first invented child-sized headphones). I might just get five minutes of quiet to read this. Happy Saturday.
March 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Toddler is napping. Cat is asleep in the sun. Big kid is learning about dinosaurs from CBeebies (with headphones on, god bless the person who first invented child-sized headphones). I might just get five minutes of quiet to read this. Happy Saturday.
Apparently we’re eating matzo as a diet food now 🤨
I shall have mine with cheese and wine thanks.
(Yes, it’s early. Yes, I like them. No, these ones aren’t even kosher for Passover. Yes, there is a market for that in NW London. Yes, I am that market).
I shall have mine with cheese and wine thanks.
(Yes, it’s early. Yes, I like them. No, these ones aren’t even kosher for Passover. Yes, there is a market for that in NW London. Yes, I am that market).
March 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Apparently we’re eating matzo as a diet food now 🤨
I shall have mine with cheese and wine thanks.
(Yes, it’s early. Yes, I like them. No, these ones aren’t even kosher for Passover. Yes, there is a market for that in NW London. Yes, I am that market).
I shall have mine with cheese and wine thanks.
(Yes, it’s early. Yes, I like them. No, these ones aren’t even kosher for Passover. Yes, there is a market for that in NW London. Yes, I am that market).