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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Today I've been trying to capture the energy of this from @jneuf on the other place. 🎂 🏛 (I hope you don't mind that I kept a copy at the other place.)

Tweet from Jonathon A Neufeld, @jneuf

Who should jump out of Marcus Agrippa's birthday cake? Emperors bearing drinks for all but partying so hard they bring the house down.
23 Oct 2014

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Happy birthday* Marcus Agrippa, to those who celebrate. (I do.) * Maybe (64 BCE) ClassicsBluesky

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

I hereby move A Motion To Introduce The Aorist Tense In The English Language. I look forward to receiving your vote. #ClassicsBluesky #AncientGreek 🏺

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Great to see @nataliehaynes.bsky.social standing up for Hestia. I've had a small fascination with her since I first heard about her in ancient history lectures about household rituals in ancient Athens. 🔥🏺

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Thanks, I'll have to look it up. I'm at that stage where I have to work hard at translating (and developing fluency), but I'm growing more distrustful of translations in general (without going back to the original to check for myself). But it is a joy to spend the time with Euripides.

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

My first new copy of a Loeb, appropriate that it's The Bacchae, since I'm spending the semester translating it in my Ancient Greek class. #ClassicsBluesky #AncientGreek

Two new books.
On the left a copy of a commentary on Euripides' Bacchae, edited by William Allan and Laura Swift (in the yellow and green Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics series).
On the right a hardcover volume of the Loeb Classical Library edition of Bacchae, Iphigenia at Aulus and Rhesus, translated by David Kovacs.

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Your video also reminded me of the Corinthian columns on our local city hall. (Photo testing the zoom on my new phone.)

Three fluted Corinthian columns on the Brisbane City Hall, with an acute triangle of the neo-classical pediment visible above. The sculptures on the pediment were carved by Daphne Mayo in 1027-30, featuring images of white settlement
The plain stone column on the left side, an extension of the end wall, also features a Corinthian capital.

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Moving house, unpacking everything, supporting elderly relatives... but there were some fun things too. But the study/work combination shaped the previous 6.5 years, so I need to get back while I can - and for the poor old brain. 😅

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I feel that joke intensely at the moment! 😅 My grand plans to consistently read some Latin while I did two years of Greek grammar came to little, but I console myself that it should be easier to learn again. This semester is only Euripides, so how difficult could that be?

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

And I'm well, although the restorative six months off didn't really work out restorative in the slightest. But the rising fear of third year Greek after eight months away from the books is tempered by the excitement at getting back to it. 🤓

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Thank you, but you're too kind. 😊 (I won't critique your η, since I'm not sure I'd do much better...) That's a lovely video. I learnt something about bees, the Corinthian order and Acanthus (Acanthi? Acanthotes?)

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Xander's Skyscape @wellmanneredxs.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Batten down your earholes for some mispronounced Ancient Greek, but here's a little video on why Acanthus plants are one to avoid in wildlife gardening in the UK - but have a really cool Classical backstory nonetheless!

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Acanthus is bad for UK bees - but has great Ancient History! UK Wildlife Gardening

YouTube video by Selqet's Gardener

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Back in the saddle - ancient Greek in the restaurant at Ikea. Revising grammar with a bottomless coffee, my happy place. 🤓 After six months off study, it feels like I have a lot to relearn before classes resume at the end of July. 😬 #AncientGreek #StudentLife #ClassicsBluesky

JACT Reading Greek textbook sitting on a blank writing pad with a metal pen crossed on it. There is a coffee beside the book.
In front of the table, large windows open onto the massive yellow lettering of an Ikea store mounted on a blue background. In the middle distance, there are trees with roads crossing between them. Bliss.

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

I'm looking forward to reading it (apparently I will receive it for a birthday soon). After two years of taking ancient Greek lessons of my own, this will be interesting.

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

New Julio-Claudians just dropped. AncientBluesky 🏺

Two classical busts of female heads in a cardboard box, in the garden decor section of the local hardware warehouse.

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Kenneth Slessor's poem Beach Burial used to have his name and 'El Alamein' at the bottom. (Slessor was a journalist and war correspondent during WWII.) I can still recite most of the poem decades after learning it at school. allpoetry.com/Beach-Burial...

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Beach Burial by Kenneth Slessor

Comments & analysis: Softly and humbly to the Gulf of Arabs / The convoys of dead sailors come; / At night they

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Kevin Albrecht 🏺📚 @kevinalbrecht.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

If you are learning the Ancient Greek language, you might find this feed I created helpful. Any time people mention Ancient Greek books or other learning material, it should show up here: bsky.app/profile/did:... #LearnAncientGreek

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

A lot of fun listening to your Oddysey stand up this morning. And I agree on the importance of his cheese-making. With sheep and cheese, Polyphemus can't be all bad. 👁

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

χαίρετε / salvēte new followers. A quick intro: I returned to the Uni of Queensland in 2018 to study ancient history (decades-old unfinished business). After two years each of Latin and classical Greek, I'm taking a break for six months before continuing advanced Greek in mid-2025. ClassicsBluesky

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Also, a lot of the technical things I read about feeds were way too complicated for my level of knowledge (or interest), so I needed something easier to use. The site above worked ok for my "learn a few things and fumble through it" approach.

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I used this site, reading online and experimentation to refine the criteria. Still picks up random references and things like Latin music, but it's better than nothing on a good day. Sorry I can't be more useful, but it was a while ago, and I've done a lot of Greek since then... blueskyfeeds.com/en

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Bluesky Social Feeds @ BlueskyFeeds.com

Search Bluesky feeds, browse the Bluesky feed directory, or use our no-code Bluesky feed builder to make your own custom feed for yourself or your community here.

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

For the new classical languages people arriving on Bluesky, here is a feed you can follow. It's meant to pick up any classical Greek or Latin references in posts, although it's not perfect (but then, I didn't really know what I was doing when I set it up). ClassicsBluesky 🏺 bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Ana Martin @latintutor.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

salvete caeruli! I'm new to the platform and looking for the Classics, and spoken Latin and Greek scene. Where are you?

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Ana Martin @latintutor.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Brand new here, so allow me to introduce myself briefly: I am a Latin and Greek specialist, and I write about languages, history, travelling and diving - sometimes all at the same time. Catalan speaker and minoritised language advocate. Food lover. All loaves my own.

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Welcome! Looking forward to the dirty talk. song.link/au/i/715750443

song.link

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Thank you for adding me to this list. I assume this is why I've had so many new followers today... 🙂

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Alexandra Sills @belovedofoizys.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I'd love to expand this list: go.bsky.app/443Rvhs

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Happy birthday to Marcus Agrippa, for those who celebrate. Men like Agrippa were essential to many of Augustus' achievements, so this is a bit of love for the wingman. Also my annual opportunity to share this gem from @jneuf.bsky.social on the other place. 🙏 🎂 🏛 ClassicsBluesky 🏺

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 09/10/2024

I was going to go looking for that reply. Thomas is/was one of our local shotposters in the mid to late days of the old birdsite.

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 08/10/2024

And right on cue, there's my app update. I look forward to logging into L for my ancient Greek course.

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 08/10/2024

Blackboard - Lack-board, am I right? [Λ] (Official post from a student who has to use it. 😞)

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 05/10/2024

Digital Maps of the Ancient World is expanding its website, including mapping out individual Roman legions. Something wonderful about lists of members of a legion identified through epigraphical or historical sources. digitalmapsoftheancientworld.com/digital-maps... AncientBluesky AncientRome🏺

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Roman Legions

Roman Legions Step into the boots of the Roman legions with our groundbreaking digital maps, as we unveil a unique exploration of the profound impact individual legions had on shaping the destiny o…

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 01/10/2024

I've just come across improper prepositions in an ancient Greek grammar and now I'm scandalised.

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 01/10/2024

That opening speech sounds like he's saying "I wish I was in Gladiator," or maybe "I want to be Russell Crowe when I grow up."

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

I'm at the "trying to write someone's name half in Greek characters" stage of learning. I suppose that's a good thing. (They would have known that -ν- was actually an -n-, wouldn't they?)

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

The collective noun is a lash of dominatrices.

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

I'm not yet at this level in my ancient Greek, but I can see it from here. ClassicsBluesky

Balding professor-ish man in a child's bedroom. He is sitting beside the bed reading to the child from a large hardback book. The caption reads:
"Look, I could make the story more accessible, but that would mean sacrificing the elegance of the original Greek."

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 06/08/2024

E.g. if you haven't found it already: bsky.app/profile/did:...

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 06/08/2024

Reddit is well-known for its snark, although some topics are better than others, and some are downright toxic. Bluesky and niche servers on Mastodon / Fediverse have been my places since I left the other place. Learning how to use the feeds in Bluesky is a useful way to find people and topics.

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 06/08/2024

I felt similarly when I deleted Reddit. Some funny things, some useful information, but the cynicism was seeping in (and I'm a pretty cynical person).

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 19/05/2024

I'm sure you'll be way ahead of all the other bass-playing Latinists. And there will be room for side projects, so Future More Vivid can get a run too (and even the underground tour of Future Less Vivid).

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 19/05/2024

A bass-playing Latinist will go off with the SoT crowd.

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