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Magistra Telford

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Salvete! I am hoping to use Twitter to keep my Latin students informed regarding any new and interesting insights into the Classical World.

 Weston, CT
Joined July 2016
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In case anyone is interested, this is what I’ve been doing with my own children while on quarantine. Follow us on Instagram @quarantineartclass
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Oops, forgot one!
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@edithmayhall@edithmayhall18 Feb 2020
Exciting news. Our PM may have a bust of Pericles in his office, but if you want the truth from real sources about the great Athenian general there'll be an IN OUR TIME on him, which I'll be participating in, on Thursday 26th March.
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@edithmayhall@edithmayhall3 Jan 2020
I'm not the biggest fan of Cicero, born 3 Jan. 106 BCE, but have been greatly helped twice in my life by this from 1st speech v. Catiline: “I have always been of the opinion that unpopularity [invidia] earned by doing what is right is not unpopularity at all, but honour.”
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#SCS2020 Does this outfit say "I could have fed this whole room with stags I killed?" Is this elegant and functional enough to wear to the @MRECC_Classics reception? #ClassicsTwitter
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I hate baking, but when your school mascot is the Trojans and you need cookies to decorate for Saturnalia, you pull up.
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The online application for @holy_cross's four-year full-tuition Bean and Fitzgerald Classics Scholarships is now live: holycross.edu/academics/prog…
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Catullus 5: "rumoresque senum severiorum/ omnes unius aestimemus assis!" Student: so, he's putting down the boomers.
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Legonium@tutubuslatinus2 Dec 2019
On this day - December 3 - the women of Rome gathered to honour Bona Dea. The ‘Good Goddess’ was a mortal woman, made divine after being murdered by Faustus, either an abusive father or spouse. In just two days, Faustus himself will be honoured with feasts.
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WHS Latin students doing great things inside and outside of class! Great job, Bella!
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Class S swim State Champion in the individual medley, Bella Gary. And shes followed by Sarah franco second, Olivia Huewe third. A Weston one two three
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I’ve been doing daily “do-now”s with my students. On Thursdays they fill in memes. They can do anything they want that is related to Latin or Roman History, but I love it when they make it relevant to our current unit!
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WHS Latin Club learning about Diocletian in preparation for next weeks Diocletian Kahoot
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Most intense game of Latin 2 Quizlet Live ever. Took 15 minutes to finish one round!
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In Latin, fanny pack is called Sacculus. "Sacculus" is little bag, and "culus" is rear end. When I saw Catullus in the underworld, he told me that is what was full of cobwebs in his dinner party poem. Maybe start translating that accurately from now on. #ClassicsTwitter
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And in my yard
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This year’s Latin 2 pumpkins
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For my 3 Honors class that just read Pliny's letter to Tacitus
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[The classics version of waiting for godot gets another installment] Ancient scrolls charred by Vesuvius could be read once again | Science | The Guardian - theguardian.com/science/2019…
Ancient scrolls charred by Vesuvius could be read once again

Ancient scrolls charred by Vesuvius could be read once again

US scientists say it may be possible to decipher words using new x-ray technique

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Legonium@tutubuslatinus13 Sep 2019
Every year on September 13 the Romans held a festival in honour of Minerva, goddess of wisdom, trade guilds and craft. ⬆️ This was first posted back in September 17, just before tweets went to 280 characters.
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@edithmayhall@edithmayhall12 Sep 2019
There is a mouse scuttling around my office at King's College London. Mice are quite important in some ancient Greek Literature e.g. Aesop and Apollo had a title God of Mice (Smintheus) in the Iliad. But I'm still not impressed
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Legonium@tutubuslatinus12 Sep 2019
On this day - September 13 - many Romans must have gone to bed tired. There was a festival for the goddess Minerva, another festival for Juno, and a feast honouring Jupiter, king of the gods. And, if that wasn’t enough, today was the first day of the Ludi Romani (Romans Games).
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