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Peter Davis
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Enthusiastic about Latin poetry, especially Ovid. Commentary on a selection of Ovid’s Heroides will be published by Oxford UP in mid 2026.
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I think that he means Shakespearean tragedy. There are no clowns in Greek tragedy.

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Barnaby Joyce’s exit from the Nationals ‘almost a Greek tragedy’, Michael McCormack says – as it happened
This blog is now closed
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November 28, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Appel à contribution – Ovid’s Metamorphoses through Time: Paratexts, Translations and Iconography

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Appel à contribution – Ovid’s Metamorphoses through Time: Paratexts, Translations and Iconography
We are delighted to open a call for papers for the closing conference of the research project “The Transformation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Modern Printing: text, image and new readership” (MedOvi…
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November 22, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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#job 📣 La Trobe University (Melbourne) - Lecturer Level B - Classics and Ancient History (esp. Roman history and literature) - teaching-focussed - continuing - jobs.latrobe.edu.au/caw/en/job/5... Deadline December 4th
Details - Lecturer, Classics and Ancient History (TF), La Trobe University
Jobs at La Trobe University
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November 22, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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New issue of American Journal of Philology Vol. 146, No. 3 Fall (2025) muse.jhu.edu/issue/55709 @projectmuse.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social #openaccess
journal cover
October 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Only THREE places remaining!
anzamems.bsky.social ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · Sep 19
As part of the 2025 ANZAMEMS conference, a one-day intensive palaeography workshop will be hosted at University of Melbourne on Tuesday 2 December for HDRs and ECRs. See the below flyer:
Flyer for the Intensive Palaeography Workshop to be hosted at University of Melbourne on 2nd December 2025. More details at https://conference.anzamems.org/anzamems-seminar/
October 14, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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#OvidAlert 👇

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rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · Oct 7
Call For Papers: Teaching With Ovid.

Any aspect of teaching Ovid in the classroom, for a 2-day symposium on 12-13 June 2026.
Classicist teaching Ovid? Medievalist teaching the Ovide moralise? Librarian/archivist with historic copies of Ovid to share? Take a look: shorturl.at/RiviU

Deadline 16 Jan.
The full Call For Papers can be accessed at the following link: https://shorturl.at/RiviU
October 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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The latest Pasts Imperfect has @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social taking on ancient & medieval monsters 🐉. Then, a new book on art from ancient India & the Greco-Roman world, Barnard profs defend free speech, ancient world journals by @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & Joy Connolly eulogizes Michael Putnam.
Pasts Imperfect (9.25.25)
This week, historian of science, art, information, and monsters Surekha Davies discusses monster-making in the past and the present.
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September 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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#LatinForTheDay – 22 September #Ovid

“Memnona si mater, mater ploravit Achillem,
et tangunt magnas tristia fata deas,
flebilis indignos, Elegia, solve capillos!
a, nimis ex vero nunc tibi nomen erit!—
ille tui vates operis, tua fama, Tibullus...
September 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Australia's universities are blighted by a "culture of consequence-free, rotten failure", a senate inquiry has found.
'Rotten' Australian university culture lashed in long-running senate inquiry
Australia's universities are blighted by a "culture of consequence-free, rotten failure", a senate inquiry has found.
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September 19, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Troy in Melbourne www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/s...
Troy review – this fresh Australian take on Homer’s Iliad is a monumental triumph
Malthouse, MelbourneTom Wright’s production is the best thing Malthouse has produced in years: shocking, chilling, funny and often breathtakingly beautiful
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September 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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📜Australasian #Ovidian Society upcoming meeting

Join us next week, & check out the full program on our flyer!✨

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📌I'll be presenting this month on #Ovid Heroides 7
🗓15 Sept, 5PM AEST
📖 The Dido Project: Creative Research Practice as Critical Resistance
September 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Introducing... The Roman Mourner - a comprehensive analysis of the customs and rituals associated with mourning and death in ancient Rome.

Find out more: bit.ly/4lMdRI6
July 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Given the news about Melvyn Bragg stepping down from In Our Time, now might be a good time to share this list (thanks to Paul Cartledge for the reminder!) keenerclassics.wordpress.com/classics-in-...
Classics In Our Time Podcasts
This is a list of podcasts from BBC In Our Time. I originally posted this as a Blog Post in 2017, but now updating it to a Page to make it easier to edit. Latest update: 4 September 2025 Greek…
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September 5, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Here we go, gang! All 12 books of The Aeneid in 27 minutes. In one take. If I managed it. Let's find out...

Tune into BBC Radio 4 at 9am today 😬

Catch up any time on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
September 2, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Now out - open access - in Classical Review. Thanks, @thedancinggrad.bsky.social for taking this one on.
thedancinggrad.bsky.social Daniel Libatique @thedancinggrad.bsky.social · Sep 1
Latest review just dropped! I had the pleasure of reviewing the new English translation of the Valla commentary on Ovid's Metamorphoses, and I unsurprisingly found it the most definitive English-language commentary on the Metamorphoses out there. Check out the review here!

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THE DEFINITIVE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE COMMENTARY ON OVID’S METAMORPHOSES | The Classical Review | Cambridge Core
THE DEFINITIVE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE COMMENTARY ON OVID’S METAMORPHOSES
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September 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Well. It’s official. You can now submit your proposals to the New Perspectives on Ancient Greek Religion book series, published by Edinburgh University Press!

#ClassicsBluesky 🏺
Book Series
Published by Edinburgh University Press ​The study of ancient Greek religion stands at a critical methodological juncture. While foundational frameworks like the polis-religion model have yielded...
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September 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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#LatinForTheDay – 27 August #Ovid

“fallat, et in tenues evanidus exeat auras,
perque gradus molles emoriatur amor.
sed modo dilectam scelus est odisse puellam:
exitus ingeniis convenit iste feris.
non curare sat est: odio qui finit amorem,...
August 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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I have one PhD scholarship attached to my Ancient Monarchy Future Fellowship project for a candidate working on ancient monarchy and religion, preferably with a comparative element. $38,154 stipend for domestic & international candidates. Deadline 30 September.
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Why Monarchy Endures: Answers from the Ancient Mediterranean World PhD Scholarship | The Australian National University
Why Monarchy Endures: Answers from the Ancient Mediterranean World PhD Scholarship, Applications are invited for one PhD scholarship in monarchy and government in the Ancient Mediterranean world (c. 1...
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August 27, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Why Monarchy Endures: Answers from the Ancient Mediterranean World PhD Scholarship | The Australian National University
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Why Monarchy Endures: Answers from the Ancient Mediterranean World PhD Scholarship | The Australian National University
Why Monarchy Endures: Answers from the Ancient Mediterranean World PhD Scholarship, Applications are invited for one PhD scholarship in monarchy and government in the Ancient Mediterranean world (c. 1...
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August 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Universities have lost their way, but cost-cutting and consultants are not the answer
Last week in Sydney, we saw a melodrama acted out that could stand in for the state of Australian universities more generally.
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August 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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I'm doing my annual update to my list of linguistics and language podcasts:
www.superlinguo.com/post/1584480...

If you listen to anything that's not already on the list, please let me know about it! (I wait until something has 5 episode before adding it to the list)
Linguistics and Language Podcasts
Looking for podcasts about language and linguistics? Here’s a comprehensive list with descriptions! I’ve also mentioned if shows have transcripts. If there are any I missed, let me know! Linguistics...
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August 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Today's new arrival, and it's hot stuff!
August 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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A Trump administration tariff deadline is creating "chaos" for postal networks and retailers globally, as low-value parcels will be slugged with import duties from next week.
Australia Post halts transit shipping to US as 'chaotic' Trump tariff looms
A Trump administration tariff deadline is creating "chaos" for postal networks and retailers globally, as low-value parcels will be slugged with import duties from next week.
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August 21, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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Who’s up for a bit of Catullus? With @daisydunn.bsky.social and Llewelyn Morgan…? That’s tomorrow sorted, then! ✍️📻

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BBC Radio 4 - Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics, Series 11, Catullus
The brilliant Roman love poet is the poster boy for teen angst.
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August 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵

#LatinForTheDay – 18 August #Ovid

“dure vir, inposito tenerae custode puellae
nil agis; ingenio est quaeque tuenda suo.
siqua metu dempto casta est, ea denique casta est;
quae, quia non liceat, non facit, illa facit!
ut iam servaris bene corpus, adultera mens est;...
August 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM