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A quick #ClassicsCurio - Josephus claims that mandrake (which he calls 'Baras) had to be harvested by a dog on a chain, so that the root's scream as it was pulled out would not harm any humans. Thanks to @CBPolt for the inspiration!

Image: British Library: Harley 1585 f. 57

#LatinForTheDay - 21 November

Otium divos rogat in patenti
prensus Aegaeo, simul atra nubes
condidit lunam neque certa fulgent
sidera nautis;

otium bello furiosa Thrace,
otium Medi pharetra decori,
Grosphe, non gemmis neque purpura venale
neque auro.

Horace, Odes 2.16.1-8

#LatinForTheDay - 19 November

"cur non sub alta vel platano vel hac
pinu iacentes sic temere et rosa
canos odorati capillos,
dum licet, Assyriaque nardo

potamus uncti? dissipat Euhius...

The only Fleets I care about are in Iliad Book 2...

This coin comes from a remarkable issue of ca. 480 BC and features an Obverse with two ram's head rhyta, surmounted by dolphins.

@andrewsillett

#MuseumsUnlocked - Rome

Two views of the Arch of Constantine - the first an early 20th Century Postcard; the second Canalettos' 'View of the Arch of Constantine with the Colosseum', ca. 1742–1745.

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Images: George Watson Cole Collection; J. Paul Getty Museum (70. PA.52)

#LatinForTheDay - 10 November

"compesce mentem: me quoque pectoris
temptavit in dulci iuventa
fervor et in celeris iambos
misit furentem: nunc ego mitibus...

#LatinForTheDay - 7 November

Quem virum aut heroa lyra vel acri
tibia sumis celebrare, Clio?
quem deum? cuius recinet iocosa
nomen imago

aut in umbrosis Heliconis oris
aut super Pindo gelidove in Haemo,
unde vocalem temere insecutae
Orphea silvae

Horace, Odes 1.12.1-8

The civic coinage is dominated by a mounted horseman on the Obverse, with a couched lance. However, as the coins were designed for civic usage, the issues aren't as numerous as the Alexander-style design.