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“It’s the Oxford Latin Dictionary!”“Great Scott!”“Yes, that too!”
Of course, I caved. I mean, I can actually sort of justify buying them now that I’m going to be a real grad student and stuff. Besides, Megan and I can both use the OLD. At what comes to a 60% net...
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Official “Dead Language Geek Photo Contest” entry post
And here… we… go. From top to bottom: Bantam New College Latin & English Dictionary, Smythe Greek Grammar, Middle Liddell, Payne Smith Compendious Syriac Dictionary, BDAG, Sophocles Glossary of...
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Metropolitan Jonah is contra den Zeitgeist
“Only the Orthodox Church is most firmly opposed to the spirit of this world.” Now, if I could only get him to say that in an overly-pretentious mix of Greek, Syriac, Latin and German… (Hat tip to the...
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Dead Language Geek Photo Contest ends at midnight tonight
So far I’m the only entrant. I guess that means I’ll just have to keep the prizes…
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Today’s iPhone apps for Late Antiquarians and Medievalists…
Two Greek dictionaries, two Latin dictionaries, and an Old English dictionary: The Greek-English Lexicon. Uses the 1924 Great Scott/Big Liddell. The Lexiphanes Greek Dictionary. Uses the 1924 LSJ as...
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Week 5 of grad school and all is well
The last couple of times I had a hiatus in blogging, it was because things weren’t altogether well for me. This time, to be honest, I’ve got nothing to complain about. Things are going really well. I’m...
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Alliteration in liturgy, or things that don’t work in translation
Something that anybody accustomed to the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom in English hears on a regular basis is, right before the Koinonikon, is the priest saying: Holy things are for the holy....
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The division of disciplines and the implications for people like me
Registration time is upon us, and next semester, I’ll be diving into the deep end of the actual History pool, taking a colloquium titled “Essential Readings in Early Medieval History,” and a seminar...
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At the tail end of Paschaltide: in which the author finishes his first year...
The first half of spring semester got away from me as a result of my extracurricular activities at the beginning of the term, and then my losing a week from illness. The second half of spring semester...
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This is what happens when you tell me I can’t do it
Seven years ago today, somebody who was very well-informed about how such things worked told me that it was highly unlikely that I could ever be competitive for IU’s History graduate program, given an...
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