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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

Galen analogized godly man to Hermes herm

Galen used a classical Aesop fable about a Hermes statue to connect material to soul and mock Posidippus’s epigram about a statue of Philitas of Cos. … Read the post Galen analogized godly man to Hermes herm

al-Biruni treats Hindu idolatry like ancient Greco-Roman idolatry

In al-Biruni view, Muslim scholars should study Hindu thought and be no more concerned Hindu idolatry than about similar Greco-Roman idolatry. … Read the post al-Biruni treats Hindu idolatry like ancient Greco-Roman idolatry

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

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