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Philologist, Dog Lover, Amateur Photographer, Book Dragon, Melomaniac.

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MFSR @koalaadorable.bsky.social · 2d

My book on #AncientDemagogues is already on Amazon (soon there will be a #kindle version as well): www.amazon.es/dp/B0FTVDM7BL
#ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics #AncientBlueSky #Aristophanes #Thucydides

MFSR @koalaadorable.bsky.social · 2d

My book on #AncientDemagogues is already on Amazon (soon there will be a #kindle version as well): www.amazon.es/dp/B0FTVDM7BL
#ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics #AncientBlueSky #Aristophanes #Thucydides

MFSR @koalaadorable.bsky.social · 7d

This is what happens when one is a philologist AND a #BlackSabbath fan. This is a chapter of my upcoming book on #ancientdemagogues. #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 8d

A reminder that #ClassicsTober starts tomorrow on @classicstober.bsky.social and the overall theme is KATABASIS.

ClassicsTober25: Katabasis

1. Hypnos
2. Thanatos
3. Graeae
4. Shroud
5. Hermes Psychopompos
6. Moirai
7. φαρμακίς (pharmakis) - witch, sorceress
8. Erebos
9. Lampades
10. Hekate
11. Torch
12. Styx
13. Empousa
14. Cocytus
15. Τέρατα (Térata) - monsters
16. Typhon
17. Echidna
18. Kharon
19. Shade
20. Acheron
21. Kerberos
22. Judge
23. Lamia
24. Phlegethon
25. Tartarus
26. Punishment
27. Erinyes
28. Phobos & Deimos
29. Mysteries
30. Lethe
31. Elysian Fields

MFSR @koalaadorable.bsky.social · 8d

I love this!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

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Durham Classics and Ancient History @durhamclassics.bsky.social · 20d

💥 Publication of 107 new inscriptions on Attic Inscriptions Online!

👉 New entries include all votives of artisans and workers, and boundary stones of the Athenian empire on Aigina.

🎉 Congratulations to Dr Chris de Lisle and team!

🔗 buff.ly/4Bgd7gF

MFSR @koalaadorable.bsky.social · 21d

Today at 12:30 (Mexican time), I will be talking about the #Lysias and his speech, “Against Epicrates” (Lys.27). YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/NzWk-Ym... #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics #AncientBlueSky

MFSR @koalaadorable.bsky.social · 23d

This Monday I will be taking about #Lysias and his manuscript transmission! The program: www.iifilologicas.unam.mx/index.php?pa... #ClassicsBlueSky #blueSkyClassics #AncientBlueSky

MFSR @koalaadorable.bsky.social · 26d

That if academia and the humanities still exist…

MFSR @koalaadorable.bsky.social · 27d

I will write to you later on. Thank you so much!

MFSR @koalaadorable.bsky.social · 27d

I am deeply sorry for not reading you, I’m sure it would have enriched my paper.

MFSR @koalaadorable.bsky.social · 27d

Doing science in Argentina is hard, and under those circumstances were even harder. I contacted medievalists there who put me in contact with others who helped me with the bibliography. I knew there was a ned book edition of Moerbeke but I didn’t know anyone who had it nor my library had it.

MFSR @koalaadorable.bsky.social · 27d

I have no idea who the reviewers were, but that would have been helpful, indeed. This paper was difficult for me because I’m a classical philologist and my aim was beyond Moerbeke itself. And I wrote this mainly during lockdown (in Argentina it lasted two years).

MFSR @koalaadorable.bsky.social · 27d

I am sorry. I will look it up. Thank you!

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Anders Dahl Sørensen @andersdahlsorensen.bsky.social · Feb 26

Unboxing day! Thanks to all the many people who helped along the way. I hope it’ll generate some interest in these fascinating fragments. Among other things they’re about a people’s own responsibility for preserving its democracy. So not entirely irrelevant for our current moment.

A new edition of the fragments of ‘Anonymus Iamblichi’, fresh off the CUP

MFSR @koalaadorable.bsky.social · Sep 5

Pinch me, @degruyterbrill.bsky.social has published an article of mine in the journal #Polis on the medieval reception of Aristotle and its influence in our modern concept of #demagoguery
#AncientBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics #ClassicsBlueSky
doi.org/10.1163/2051...

MFSR @koalaadorable.bsky.social · Aug 26

Deadline reminder: Friday 29.08! #AncientBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics #ClassicsBlueSky

Emiliano Buis @emilianobuis.bsky.social · Jun 24

📣 ¡Se vienen las segundas *Jornadas Internacionales de Derecho Griego Antiguo y Tardo-Antiguo*! Esta vez la sede del evento, con formato híbrido, será la @DerechoUBA. 🏛️⚖️🔝 Ya está abierta la inscripción. 😀👍🏻

MFSR @koalaadorable.bsky.social · Aug 21

Next week I will offer a lecture on #ancientdemagogues and conspiracy in #Aristophanes and #Thucydides. More info: www.instagram.com/encuentroint...
#AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

MFSR @koalaadorable.bsky.social · Jul 26

I am deeply sorry to read this. He was a great scholar.

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Helena Heald @helenaheald.bsky.social · Jul 25

Happy Friday! May I interest you in a free book? SLAVERY AND HONOUR IN THE ANCIENT GREEK WORLD is out now in Open Access! This edited collection from David Lewis, Mirko Canevaro and Douglas Cairns explores the complexities of honour and dishonour in ancient Greek slavery.

A photo of a hardback book, Slavery and Honour in the Ancient Greek World, edited by David Lewis, Mirko Canevaro and Douglas Cairns. The cover includes an ancient vase painting of a shackled humanoid figure.

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Emiliano Buis @emilianobuis.bsky.social · Jul 26

📣 Se viene, se viene una nueva edición de este curso en la Maestría en Estudios Clásicos de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la UBA 🏛️🏺🎭 #uba #filo

MFSR @koalaadorable.bsky.social · Jul 25

New nerdy t-shirt 🥰 #AncientBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics #ClassicsBlueSky

MFSR @koalaadorable.bsky.social · Jun 24

Attention, #BlueSkyClassics #ClassicsBlueSky ! Our conference on Ancient Greek Law is happening this November!

Emiliano Buis @emilianobuis.bsky.social · Jun 24

📣 ¡Se vienen las segundas *Jornadas Internacionales de Derecho Griego Antiguo y Tardo-Antiguo*! Esta vez la sede del evento, con formato híbrido, será la @DerechoUBA. 🏛️⚖️🔝 Ya está abierta la inscripción. 😀👍🏻

MFSR @koalaadorable.bsky.social · Jun 19

There’s a preview of my book on #AncientDemagogues is already available! #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics It will be out in October (Athena’s willing) minoydavila.com.ar/producto/pal...

Palabras de demagogo

¿Cómo se construyó el discurso sobre la demagogia en la Atenas del siglo V a.n.e.? Mariana Franco San Román analiza las representaciones de los demagogos en Aristófanes y Tucídides, revelando un tejid...

minoydavila.com.ar

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Dr Renske Janssen🟥 @renskejanssen.bsky.social · Jun 17

Exciting news! @unileiden.bsky.social now has its very own Leiden Center for the Study of Ancient Religions (L*CeSAR), run by my wonderful colleagues Kim Beerden and Rafał Matuszewski. Working on ancient religion, and looking to connect? Check out the website: ancientreligions.lucdh.nl

Website of the Leiden Center for the Study of Ancient Religions. The text reads: "
Leiden Center for the Study of Ancient Religions

L*CeSAR is a network that aims to foster academic exchange among researchers working on ancient religions in Leiden and beyond. The Center seeks to become a hub for interdisciplinary collaboration, bringing together scholars from Leiden University and other Dutch universities, and offering a platform for scholarly dialogue and the dissemination of knowledge."

At the bottom, two clickable buttons read "Who are we?" and "What we do?". At the top, the horizontal menu reads "Home", "About us", "Activities" and "Contact Us"

MFSR @koalaadorable.bsky.social · Jun 11

On July 7th I’ll be presenting a paper in the Workshop #EmotionsofCrisis at the University of Liverpool on the rhetoric of trauma and its effects on punishment and forgiveness between the end of the 5th century and the beginning of the 4th BCE. #ClassicsBlueSky #AncientBlueSky

Programme | Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology | University of Liverpool facebookyoutubeinstagramblueskyThe Original RedbrickUniversity of Liverpool on FacebookLivUni on Instagra...

The programme of activities and speakers for the Emotions of Crisis event will be held on 7 July 2025.

www.liverpool.ac.uk