Obviously you have no obligation to help, just thought as someone who excels at this, you might have a lead or find it interesting… If anyone else wants to jump in, please do!

P.S Loving your book!

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

I also downloaded it a while ago but have yet to start as I’ve instead been plowing through @greatesttrek.com #greatestgen to get my trek fix and avoid being bombarded with too much news. What do you say? Is the book worth the trek? 😉 🖖

Yeah! I told them all the same things about Latin so then my approach was “Welp kids, we are stuck with each other for an hour a day and this textbook ain’t gonna read itself.”

Oh wow, literally never thought of that! 🤔 *Engage* the students *own* interests, then connect that to the *real* world! Brilliant 🙄

and of course @rheaclassical.bsky.social, also open access - a book review journal prioritizing underrepresented scholarly voices rheaclassicalreviews.com

Well, a surprising amount of the dialogue *is* actually direct quotes from ancient sources believe it or not! 😆

Well, well, well, look who’s here! 😆

You mean other than the eponymous Liz Taylor film? 😉

Ahem, you mean the “Peanut Punch”! #BearDown

Yes, there is definitely a way, or there was two weeks ago, but it took some clicking around to figure it out…