March 2020’s Eventful Week

This coming week has a few potentially ominous days to it…

  • Mar 8 – Time change (and all the increased accidents that come with it)
  • Mar 9 – Supermoon
  • Mar 13 – Friday the 13th
  • Mar 14 – pi Day (one good thing)
  • Mar 15 – Ides of March

In Nova Scotia, where I am, I would also put bets on getting our first case of COVID-19 in the province, if someone offered such odds.

Anything else I’m missing this week that could make it a bad week?

Definition: Droste Effect, Crime Tourism, Peristyle

You can see 50 examples of the Droste Effect here.

 

https://twitter.com/digitalcitizen/status/1220941274955636736

 

https://twitter.com/digitalcitizen/status/1221092843583832065

 

https://twitter.com/digitalcitizen/status/1221124086086148097

 

https://twitter.com/digitalcitizen/status/1221116589547970560

Definition: Sebasteion, Lararia, Velarium, Spectacula, Hoi Polloi

Hoi Polloi is Greek, eh? Had no idea. I only ever knew the word from the musical, Wicked.

 

Lararia

Modest shrines at Roman town crossroads or inside home atria dedicated to somewhat mysterious guardian deities called Lares

 

Hoi polloi

Greek for “the many” (literally), or “the people” figuratively

 

Spectacula

Seating area in Roman forum (arena is playing surface only)

 

Velarium

Sun shade area in Roman amphitheatre

 

https://twitter.com/digitalcitizen/status/1220891685107961858

 

https://twitter.com/digitalcitizen/status/1220899362965983232

Definition: Charismatic Megafauna, Damnatio Memoriae, Caduceus

A term as modern as could be, and a few from the ancient world today…

 

https://twitter.com/digitalcitizen/status/1220881024344907776

 

https://twitter.com/digitalcitizen/status/1220885149392474112

Definition: Oratio, Collect (as in Prayers), Philhellene, Verism

Verism (also Vericity and Veristic)

Extreme or strict naturalism in art or literature

 

Oratio

A prayer in a collect, or set of prayers each for a part of a collect

 

Collect

A short prayer comprising an invocation, petition, and conclusion

 

Philhellene

Lover of all things (ancient) Greek

 

https://twitter.com/digitalcitizen/status/1220879468862021633