Thomas Hendrickson
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Thomas Hendrickson
@thomashendrickson.bsky.social
Latin philology. Latin teaching/learning. Book history. Latin in the early modern era (and other eras).
Yeah. Hard to know if she "circulated" her own, for that matter. Also a little tricky whether Cato's were actually "letters" (since he also had works addressed to his son), but still in the same fuzzy world.
November 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Sounds awesome!
November 22, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Thanks for the heads up on this!
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Offhand: In Jordan's 1860 "M. Catonis praeter librum de re rustica quae extant" I find four fragments of letters (pp. 83-84).
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November 22, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Not that I'm aware of-- but with the caveat that there are a lot of things that I'm not aware of.

One could imagine fragments surviving in Plutarch or Gellius.
November 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Ugh. That is awful.

Overall, it has complete disappeared from news stories in the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Too Like the Lightning, by Ada Palmer
November 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I know. It makes me feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
November 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Oh, that's so cool-- thanks for sharing!
November 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I do not entirely agree, but the second I saw this post, I decided it was about time for me to close this window and watch a high-production value, award-seeking period piece.
November 17, 2025 at 2:26 AM
On that note: can you recommend any good works on color words in Latin?
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM