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emilydebenham.bsky.social
@emilydebenham.bsky.social
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I run a Latin language blog on patreon, write books, and read a lot. Married another writer. We have two kiddos together.
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emilydebenham.bsky.social
I haven't been good at posting Latin recently but I made a card game where you have to use rhetorical devices to win and my family is like...wait...this is the perfect game for us! We would love this! So, there is much play testing in my future....
December 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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bn8sy.bsky.social
Let’s nail the heck outta this week!
Good morning BS 🌟🌟
November 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️

Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!

Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo collage shows four pottery vessels, all a creamy yellow in colour, with black painted decoration depicting underwater sea-life featuring lively stylised octopuses with writhing tentacles (arms), All on display at Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. Top L - Minoan pithoid storage jar decorated in the “Marine Style” with wide-eyes octopus, argonauts, rocks, and coral. Rounded top tapering down to a narrower base. Short cyclindrical neck flaring out at the mouth with black wavy decoration reminiscent of waves. Loop handles attached to the shoulders of the body. Height 55 cm. From Zakros. 1500-1450 BC Top R - Minoan flask with a rounded body, short cyclindrical neck which flares at the rim, and two small curved handles attached between the top of the spout and the shoulders of the body. Decorated in “Marine Style” which depicts an almost cartoon-like octopus with wide eyes and sucker-lined tentacles which writhe around the vase. Other decorative sea-motifs include sea urchins, seaweed and rocks. Height 27cm. From Palaikastro, 1500-1450 BC Bottom L - alabastron, broad at the base, swelling outwards into a fuller belly before narrowing near the top with a very short cyclindrical neck and a wider flat rimmed mouth. Decorated in “Marine Style” with a wide-eyed octopus among rocks. From Knossos Little Palace, 1450-1370 BC Bottom R - krater with rounded body narrowing at the bottom towards the foot. Wide flaring mouth and rim with black painted wavy decoration, and two sturdy handles attached on each side between the top of the mouth and shoulders of the vessel. Decorated with a central very stylised wide-eyed octopus whose tentacles loop up and down around the body of the pot, 1370-1300 BC
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
emilydebenham.bsky.social
#classics #latinquotes #ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky
November 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
emilydebenham.bsky.social
#classicsbluesky #cicero #elections #latinquotes
November 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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forestcollectiv.bsky.social
Had a great time at the Somerset Museum on the weekend, so for #MosaicMonday a short thread on its mosaics which of course include this, the Low Ham mosaic of Dido & Aeneas

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October 13, 2025 at 7:12 AM
emilydebenham.bsky.social
#cicero #classicsbluesky #bibliophile #latinquotes
October 23, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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katieholten.bsky.social
When @ursulakleguin.com started writing a new novel, she would begin by drawing a map. The Word for World is the first publication focusing on her maps.

THE WORD FOR WORLD: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin is available in the US from @pointreyesbooks.bsky.social

Here: ptreyesbooks.com/book/9781068...
Photo of a book with three large pebbles on a vivid blue table. The book cover is black with title in the same shade of blue. It was published to accompany the exhibition "The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin" at AA Gallery in London, UK, 2025. The pebbles are etched with map drawings by Ursula. The book was edited by So Mayer and Sarah Shin, and co-published by Spiral House (imprint of Silver Press) and AA Publications, with texts by Ursula K. Le Guin, Theo Downes-Le Guin, David Naimon, and others. When Ursula K Le Guin was writing a new story, she would begin by drawing a map. The Word for World presents a selection of these images by the celebrated author, many of which have never been exhibited before, to consider how her imaginary worlds enable us to re-envision our own. Photo courtesy of Silver Press.
October 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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sarahebond.bsky.social
A reminder about public history. ✍️
Easy reading is damn hard sticker allegedly said by Nathaniel Hawthorne?
October 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
emilydebenham.bsky.social
#Cicero #latinquotes #nokings #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky
October 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
emilydebenham.bsky.social
Okay, so I collect tragic orpheus songs. So, I was super surprised when looking for an old one to discover Machine Gun Kelly release a new one a few months ago. It is GORGEOUS!
youtu.be/xptCUHbdI-c?...
mgk - orpheus (Official Audio)
YouTube video by MGKVEVO
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October 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
emilydebenham.bsky.social
Everyone knows Cicero is the best at calling out stupid people. Go read my essay! #classicsbluesky #latinquotes authoremilydebenham.substack.com/p/oderint-du...
October 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
emilydebenham.bsky.social
Okay, I'm super new to substack but the built-in features are actually really cool! Go read my new essay! authoremilydebenham.substack.com/p/oderint-du...
October 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
emilydebenham.bsky.social
I spent my weekly Latin post time this week writing a spicy essay about what Romans really thought about the quote 'oderint dum metuant' You can read it on my Patreon. #classicsbluesky #latinquotes www.patreon.com/posts/oderin...
Oderint dum metuant: an ancient warning. | Emily Debenham
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October 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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rebeccarhelm.bsky.social
CAN YOU GUESS THIS ONE?? 👀

(Thanks to @schmidtocean.bsky.social for letting me share their video!)
October 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
Shapiro: I filed that amicus brief last night to make it very clear that the Pennsylvania National Guard is under my command.

The way the President has chosen to deploy the Guard in other states—and, in at least one case, deploy the Guard from one state into another—is extremely dangerous.
October 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Book bans do not protect children; they seek to control them. They limit what young people can know, imagine, and question.

Resistance is Reading. Share this post now to spread the word about Banned Book Week!
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October 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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govpritzker.illinois.gov
Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.
October 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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houlahan.house.gov
Why would we willingly sign on to a deal that harms Americans? What assurances do we have that the executive branch will hold up its end of the bargain? Everyone – Republicans and Democrats – should be outraged at this administration's overreach.
October 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
emilydebenham.bsky.social
#latinquotes #medievallatin
October 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
emilydebenham.bsky.social
It's been a while since I did a book rec. Picked this one up on a whim on the new-book rack. It is awesome! I loved it! It introduced me to so many great quotes and interesting personalities! I enjoyed how Asian traditions were paralleled with western ones on occasion. If you love books try it out.
September 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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amchristensen.bsky.social
Science!!
September 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
emilydebenham.bsky.social
#classicsbluesky #latinquotes #latinvocab #ancientrome
September 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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#classicsbluesky #latinvocab #latinquotes
September 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
The amazing Roman pharos (lighthouse) at Dover, still standing after almost 2,000 years! 🤩

The tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD.

📷 by me

#RomanSiteSaturday
#Archaeology
My photo shows the ruin of an eight-sided Roman brick lighthouse with four stepped levels. There is a doorway at ground level, above which, on the upper three levels, are narrow rectangular window openings. It stands 15.8 metres high and is 12.2 metres wide at the base. Roman fabric survives to a height of 12.5 m. The brickwork of the uppermost level was reconstructed for use as a church bell tower for the adjacent Anglo-Saxon church of St Mary in Castro of which a small portion can be seen in my photo on the right hand side. The Pharos is dated 1st century - early 2nd century AD and is one of a pair originally built on the headland flanking each side of the Roman port of Dubris (Dover). It now stands within the grounds of Dover Castle.
September 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM