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Artifacts to help you imagine more.

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  • Abelard castrated
  • Byzantine wife saves husband
  • Amphitryon & Geta duped
  • Chastelaine de Vergi tragedy
  • Aristotle’s advice to Alexander
  • Empress Theodora: woman leader
  • Tristan & Isuet
  • Xanthippe & Socrates
  • New Modern Sexism Scale

sensory ecology

Biological and behavioral description and analysis of human senses in ecologically relevant circumstances

visual poetry: a Hellenistic "coronis" epigram

A verbal coronis for a poorly copied, reused papyrus roll is a highly literary epigram that probably decorated a Hellenistic-era elite literary parchment. … Read the post visual poetry: a Hellenistic "coronis" epigram

Asterius of Amasea’s Euphemia ekphrasis

Asterius suspends wearisome argument and conventional imitation. He follows the original ending of Mark’s gospel with a call for imaginative completion. … Read the post Asterius of Amasea’s Euphemia ekphrasis

Mark Cuban on the value of professional basketball

Fan value in professional basketball is mainly about simultaneous, inclusive, emotional relations — the experience of a great wedding. … Read the post Mark Cuban on the value of professional basketball

word and image in the Book of the Dead

Market demand for illustrations probably drove fluid inclusion of images within ancient Egyptian Books of the Dead. … Read the post word and image in the Book of the Dead

fuck communication economics

The phonological form of fuck supports its use. Fuck has a superb design for obscenity. … Read the post fuck communication economics

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