Cratylus Blog @CratylusBlog

A blog about the origins of words. Run by @AndrewDSteele94 cratylusblog.wordpress.com United States Joined November 2016

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Cratylus Blog @CratylusBlog

a year ago

@realDonaldTrump’s speech at the UNGA follows in a tradition of praising one’s own deeds going back, at least, to the Res Gestae of Augustus. Here’s a Cratylus translation excerpt (below Suetonius) and the full thing below that: cratylusblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/01/tra… penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman…

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Cratylus Blog @CratylusBlog

a year ago

@realDonaldTrump’s current speech at the UNGA follows in a tradition of praising one’s own deeds going back, at least, to the Res Gestae of Augustus. Here’s a translation excerpt from Cratylus, and the full thing below that: cratylusblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/01/tra… penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman…

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Cratylus Blog @CratylusBlog

2 years ago

Hope everyone has a portentous Ides of March! As the great one Gaius Julius Caesar once said (or, at least, as Bill Shakespeare said he said), "Cowards die many times before their death—the valiant never taste of death but once."

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2 years ago

“The examination of words is the beginning of education.” ἀρχὴ παιδεύσεως ἡ τῶν ὀνομάτων ἐπίσκεψις #Antisthenes

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2 years ago

After a too-long hiatus, Cratylus is back with a discussion of a recent tweet by @elonmusk. Does he have an adequate grasp on Roman history? What is DOGE, anyway? Read on for some moderately informed thoughts on these and other questions. cratylusblog.wordpress.com/2025/01/30/nem…