{"id":34329,"date":"2017-08-11T14:54:08","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T18:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=34329"},"modified":"2018-01-09T17:07:32","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T21:07:32","slug":"happy-winter-solstice-greeks-and-romans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2017\/08\/happy-winter-solstice-greeks-and-romans\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Winter Solstice, Greeks and Romans! From the Classics Library’s Staff."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Happy<\/p>\n

Recommended holiday readings include Latin writings on agriculture, festivals, and the seasons:<\/p>\n

Macrobius’ Saturnalia<\/em>\u00a0https:\/\/www.loebclassics.com\/view\/macrobius-saturnalia\/2011\/pb_LCL510.3.xml?rskey=zBWyFV&result=1<\/a><\/p>\n

Columella’s Res Rustica\u00a0<\/em>https:\/\/www.loebclassics.com\/view\/columella-agriculture\/1941\/pb_LCL361.3.xml?rskey=2qvhvQ&result=1<\/a><\/p>\n

And De Arboribus<\/em>\u00a0https:\/\/www.loebclassics.com\/view\/columella-trees\/1955\/pb_LCL408.343.xml?rskey=2qvhvQ&result=2\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Varro’s Res Rustica<\/em>\u00a0https:\/\/www.loebclassics.com\/view\/varro-agriculture\/1934\/pb_LCL283.161.xml?rskey=IlRdAQ&result=2<\/a><\/p>\n

Cato’s De Agri Cultura<\/em>\u00a0https:\/\/www.loebclassics.com\/view\/cato-agriculture\/1934\/pb_LCL283.3.xml?rskey=A8FqDU&result=1<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Happy<\/p>\n

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PS. If you have not yet picked up a classics library mini-bookmark (perfect for pocket-size books!), please come to the Reading Room and do so. While there, you can also view a display of rare books and modern editions of the agricultural writings above. Also, stay tuned for Angelica Wisenbarger’s witty description of the classics library’s “Book of the Month,” Stephanus’ 1543 imprint of\u00a0Cato and Varro on Agriculture with commentary by Petrus Victorius, on Facebook later this month.<\/p>\n

\"Happy<\/p>\n

\"Happy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recommended holiday readings include Latin writings on agriculture, festivals, and the seasons: Macrobius’ Saturnalia\u00a0https:\/\/www.loebclassics.com\/view\/macrobius-saturnalia\/2011\/pb_LCL510.3.xml?rskey=zBWyFV&result=1 Columella’s Res Rustica\u00a0https:\/\/www.loebclassics.com\/view\/columella-agriculture\/1941\/pb_LCL361.3.xml?rskey=2qvhvQ&result=1 And De Arboribus\u00a0https:\/\/www.loebclassics.com\/view\/columella-trees\/1955\/pb_LCL408.343.xml?rskey=2qvhvQ&result=2\u00a0 Varro’s Res Rustica\u00a0https:\/\/www.loebclassics.com\/view\/varro-agriculture\/1934\/pb_LCL283.161.xml?rskey=IlRdAQ&result=2 Cato’s De Agri Cultura\u00a0https:\/\/www.loebclassics.com\/view\/cato-agriculture\/1934\/pb_LCL283.3.xml?rskey=A8FqDU&result=1     PS. If you have not yet picked up a classics library … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[1478,1479],"class_list":["post-34329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classics","tag-greetings","tag-readings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}