Gregory Stringer
@gregorystringer.bsky.social
Latin Teacher, historian, slow runner, hack drummer, amateur essayist, allstar Trekkie. 🖖 https://gregorypstringer.medium.com/fathers-and-sons-98e89b258a6d
My Medieval Latin Word Lost says the literal meaning of crucibulum (or crucibolum) dates to 13th C, and etymonline says metaphorical meaning to 1640 but then the trail goes dead. Basically I’m trying to figure out two things-when & where it got it’s metaphorical meaning and how Miller seized upon it
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
My Medieval Latin Word Lost says the literal meaning of crucibulum (or crucibolum) dates to 13th C, and etymonline says metaphorical meaning to 1640 but then the trail goes dead. Basically I’m trying to figure out two things-when & where it got it’s metaphorical meaning and how Miller seized upon it
You mean other than the eponymous Liz Taylor film? 😉
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
You mean other than the eponymous Liz Taylor film? 😉
1 year ago today! The culmination of an almost 15 year journey, I completed the Authentic Athens Marathon!
I took this year off, but I’m planning on going back next fall…
I took this year off, but I’m planning on going back next fall…
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
1 year ago today! The culmination of an almost 15 year journey, I completed the Authentic Athens Marathon!
I took this year off, but I’m planning on going back next fall…
I took this year off, but I’m planning on going back next fall…
November 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
BHS World Language Department Costume Contest Champions again! Six years running!
October 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
BHS World Language Department Costume Contest Champions again! Six years running!
This is the equivalent of an Eli Cash novel: “Well, everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is... maybe he didn't." #Owetober
October 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This is the equivalent of an Eli Cash novel: “Well, everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is... maybe he didn't." #Owetober
Drop some CHAINS
October 21, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Drop some CHAINS
Are we sure Jackie Chan is not involved? Having watched almost all his movies (about 85/100+ #Chanuary) the plot of about 36% of them involves repatriating stolen Chinese artifacts!
October 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Are we sure Jackie Chan is not involved? Having watched almost all his movies (about 85/100+ #Chanuary) the plot of about 36% of them involves repatriating stolen Chinese artifacts!
I know where they can get those answers (and much, much more!) 😉 www.bolchazy.com/A-Pliny-Work...
October 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I know where they can get those answers (and much, much more!) 😉 www.bolchazy.com/A-Pliny-Work...
Got my stylish new sweatshirt to rep my first semester teaching for the U!
#SeumasU #APPliny @jeltzz.bsky.social
#SeumasU #APPliny @jeltzz.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Got my stylish new sweatshirt to rep my first semester teaching for the U!
#SeumasU #APPliny @jeltzz.bsky.social
#SeumasU #APPliny @jeltzz.bsky.social
Yes!!! Love it!
September 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Yes!!! Love it!
Good thing the other countries are paying for the tariffs because otherwise my $10 Maxwell House would suddenly be $22!
Ok, so now I just need to know - where do I submit my request to Brazil and Columbia for reimbursement?? #TariffsAreTaxes
@kairyssdal.bsky.social
Ok, so now I just need to know - where do I submit my request to Brazil and Columbia for reimbursement?? #TariffsAreTaxes
@kairyssdal.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Good thing the other countries are paying for the tariffs because otherwise my $10 Maxwell House would suddenly be $22!
Ok, so now I just need to know - where do I submit my request to Brazil and Columbia for reimbursement?? #TariffsAreTaxes
@kairyssdal.bsky.social
Ok, so now I just need to know - where do I submit my request to Brazil and Columbia for reimbursement?? #TariffsAreTaxes
@kairyssdal.bsky.social
Hey AP Latin teachers and other interested Pliny readers! My book, A Pliny Workbook, is on the precipice of printing! In the meantime, you can pre-order it here: www.bolchazy.com/A-Pliny-Work...
#Classics #Latin
#Classics #Latin
August 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Hey AP Latin teachers and other interested Pliny readers! My book, A Pliny Workbook, is on the precipice of printing! In the meantime, you can pre-order it here: www.bolchazy.com/A-Pliny-Work...
#Classics #Latin
#Classics #Latin
Right?! I made essentially the same post the other day when I went to the public beach in NH and saw them asking for donations… 🙄
July 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Right?! I made essentially the same post the other day when I went to the public beach in NH and saw them asking for donations… 🙄
If only we could devise some system by which people who have extra money could help pay for public goods, like state parks for example. It could even say be tiered by your economic ability to contribute… 🤔
July 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
If only we could devise some system by which people who have extra money could help pay for public goods, like state parks for example. It could even say be tiered by your economic ability to contribute… 🤔
Watching Star Trek III The Search For Spock and David’s unethical use of proto-matter for the Genesis device because “if I hadn’t it might have been years or never” hits differently under the rush to make “AI” everything as fast as possible, ethics and consequences be damned.
July 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Watching Star Trek III The Search For Spock and David’s unethical use of proto-matter for the Genesis device because “if I hadn’t it might have been years or never” hits differently under the rush to make “AI” everything as fast as possible, ethics and consequences be damned.
Yay! I was in Coimbra last summer! So beautiful! Look out for the Minotaur!
July 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Yay! I was in Coimbra last summer! So beautiful! Look out for the Minotaur!
The Trevi has an Augustan link too! It was built to celebrate the restoration of the Aqua Virgo, originally built by Agrippa for Augustus. The upper right relief panel shows the Vestal pointing out the source, and the upper left has Agrippa approving the construction!
June 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The Trevi has an Augustan link too! It was built to celebrate the restoration of the Aqua Virgo, originally built by Agrippa for Augustus. The upper right relief panel shows the Vestal pointing out the source, and the upper left has Agrippa approving the construction!
Yes! My favorite! I even made a Latin translation of it!
May 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Yes! My favorite! I even made a Latin translation of it!
Like I get that his propaganda machine is going to paint it that way, but why is any supposed “neutral” outlet calling it a “victory”???
May 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Like I get that his propaganda machine is going to paint it that way, but why is any supposed “neutral” outlet calling it a “victory”???
I even bought myself the runabout 😉
May 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I even bought myself the runabout 😉
My Gen X-er former blockbuster employee suggestion…
May 1, 2025 at 10:59 AM
My Gen X-er former blockbuster employee suggestion…
Now in Herculaneum and Tauryen is back on it… 😆
April 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Now in Herculaneum and Tauryen is back on it… 😆