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“Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another” – Plato

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    • Re-thinking the Blog Carnival

      [Cross-posted to the Ancient World Bloggers Group.]
      If you’re not familiar with the term a Blog Carnival is a series of blog posts which are collections of links to other blog posts. An example would be the History Carnival or Four Stone Hearth. The carnival aspect comes from the fact that each post is compiled by [...]

    • I have no idea what this means

      Which Character on The Simpsons Are You?Created by BuddyTV
      I don’t watch the Simpsons. I can’t recall ever sitting through an episode and I have no idea if this is a good result or not. On the other hand I don’t know anything at all about Jerry Lewis either, apart from some vague idea he had [...]

    • Another way to browse Chiron

      Tears? Photo (cc) Caliope.
      The Chiron Photo Pool on Flickr, a collection of photographs connected with Classics and licenced through Creative Commons, has a new feature. You can now browse the most interesting photos via Flickriver.
      The Chiron Flickr group is organised by the people behind the Chiron aggregator, la primera aproximación a la blogosfera clásica. I’m [...]