tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post2084659605401316618..comments2024-03-28T17:46:07.937+00:00Comments on The Edithorial: Ancient Cats and Modern MoggiesEdith Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02518971064140009711noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-90515687425331680622020-12-18T07:04:58.904+00:002020-12-18T07:04:58.904+00:00This blog was extremely helpfull. I really appreci...This blog was extremely helpfull. I really appreciate your kindness in sharing this with me and everyone else! <a href="https://188loto.com/nam-mo-thay-meo-danh-so-may/" rel="nofollow">năm mơ thấy mèo đánh số mấy trúng lớn</a>.BrendaPalmerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413601920483928620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-49377523362919679992015-01-12T10:19:14.721+00:002015-01-12T10:19:14.721+00:00You know what? I think that it is entirely plausib...You know what? I think that it is entirely plausible. if there was a font, a cat would definitely fancy curling up in it.Edith Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02518971064140009711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-66052988605472958752015-01-12T06:37:33.902+00:002015-01-12T06:37:33.902+00:00He is removing the cat which is demonstrating the ...He is removing the cat which is demonstrating the 'if I fits I sits' feline mentality.<br />It's an obvious instruction to look for hidden cats before any ritual.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00700353154973722198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-9201804305078915062015-01-06T10:34:58.731+00:002015-01-06T10:34:58.731+00:00What is it with Classics academics and cats? Ther...What is it with Classics academics and cats? There's a photo of Hugh Lloyd Jones with a hairy one perched on his desk http://www.ulb.ac.be/assoc/aip/lloydjones_150dpi.jpg and E.J. Kenney records in an obituary of Shackelton Bailey in the Independent the great man's passion for felines:<br /><br />"He became a cat lover on acquiring Donum, so called because he was the gift of Frances Lloyd-Jones, and displayed his affection to the classical world in the dedication of his magnum opus to DONO DONORVM AELVRO CANDIDISSIMO, "The gift of gifts, whitest of cats". It was indeed generally and credibly believed in Cambridge that his departure from Jesus and return to Caius was occasioned by the refusal of the Master of Jesus, Sir Denys Page, a dog man, to sanction the cutting of an entrance for Donum in the ancient oak (outer door) of his rooms. At Ann Arbor there were to be other cats, but Donum was special: there comes to mind an evening in those rooms in Jesus when the company suddenly became aware their host had disappeared, and discovered him and Donum in silent communion beneath the floor-length tablecloth."<br /><br />More recently we have seen Neville Morley of the Sphinx blog (http://thesphinxblog.com/) affectionately cuddling his pet moggy in a Twitter posting. (https://twitter.com/NevilleMorley) The Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08399560905202555331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-27558708362579115902015-01-05T01:50:43.732+00:002015-01-05T01:50:43.732+00:00Lovely name! Loving cats and ancient Greek do seem...Lovely name! Loving cats and ancient Greek do seem to go together.Edith Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02518971064140009711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-62004026681691207782015-01-04T20:55:15.061+00:002015-01-04T20:55:15.061+00:00I was so happy to see another avatar at her temple...I was so happy to see another avatar at her temple at Bauron! Anyway, a year and a half ago our cute Tuxie kitten needed a name and I felt her name materialize in my head: Artimidora. She has indeed been a gift of joy.Julia Erganehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613625453621934834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-8166615955814984252015-01-04T14:30:31.513+00:002015-01-04T14:30:31.513+00:00Thomas, this is very helpful! It explains why cats...Thomas, this is very helpful! It explains why cats always sit in the straw in Christmas cribs!Edith Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02518971064140009711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-59683907357728806652015-01-04T14:29:56.320+00:002015-01-04T14:29:56.320+00:00Yes; they have to discipline cats firmly in nudist...Yes; they have to discipline cats firmly in nudist colonies like TaurisEdith Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02518971064140009711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-6660436746799652702015-01-04T12:46:07.701+00:002015-01-04T12:46:07.701+00:00from ANCIENT HISTORY ENCYCLOPEDIA:
"Although ...from ANCIENT HISTORY ENCYCLOPEDIA:<br />"Although cats were kept by people in Greece and Rome, the appreciation for the animal as a hunter was not as great in those cultures owing to the Greek and Roman practice of keeping domesticated weasels for pest control. The Romans regarded the cat as a symbol of independence and not as a creature of utility. Cats were kept as pets by both Greeks and Romans and were regarded highly. A first century CE epitaph of a young girl holding a cat is among the earliest pieces of evidence of cats in Rome and, in Greece, the playwright Aristophanes frequently featured cats in his works for comic effect (coining the phrase, “The cat did it” in assigning blame). Among ancient civilizations, however, the cat was probably least popular among the Greeks owing to its association with the goddess of death, darkness and witches, Hecate. A much later development in Greek appreciation for the cat is evidenced in the legend that the cat protected the baby Jesus from rodents and snakes and so is accorded the best of spots in a Greek home but, originally, they do not seem to have been regarded highly."<br />http://www.ancient.eu/article/466/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391056009534275291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-15100955175592720442015-01-04T10:18:52.149+00:002015-01-04T10:18:52.149+00:00He is explaining what will happen if it jumps onto...He is explaining what will happen if it jumps onto his lap again. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08621341831817543293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-36731003365732980892015-01-04T08:53:01.393+00:002015-01-04T08:53:01.393+00:00Trying to imagine the garment you mean-some kind o...Trying to imagine the garment you mean-some kind of sporran? Were there Scotsmen in the ancient Crimea? The comic fragment quote by Antiphanes does indeed imply that some people ate cats while others saw them as sweet little pets.Edith Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02518971064140009711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-28767819203205538552015-01-04T08:50:22.445+00:002015-01-04T08:50:22.445+00:00GIN and essence of feline--must try it! I normally...GIN and essence of feline--must try it! I normally prefer cucumber. The cocktail could be called a Tauris Slammer. I love your new approach to etymology. and Happy New Year to you, sir.Edith Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02518971064140009711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-12831465564075742932015-01-04T08:48:08.737+00:002015-01-04T08:48:08.737+00:00I really hope my favourite heroine didn't sacr...I really hope my favourite heroine didn't sacrifice kitties, but fear you may be right. Or perhaps it is a sign of how barbarous the local rituals were in Tauris, the Crimea where the play is set! The certainnly would have been a lot of CATerwauling!Edith Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02518971064140009711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-25516832931172169762015-01-04T08:44:07.497+00:002015-01-04T08:44:07.497+00:00I know! A thick leather apron would have been a wi...I know! A thick leather apron would have been a wise precaution!Edith Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02518971064140009711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-9449260581863938112015-01-04T08:43:31.064+00:002015-01-04T08:43:31.064+00:00A fine suggestion, but why would there be a bit of...A fine suggestion, but why would there be a bit of a comic episode on a vase painting otherwise illustrating a single tragedy? Edith Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02518971064140009711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-71283109416981011442015-01-03T21:57:38.255+00:002015-01-03T21:57:38.255+00:00I would suggest that the young man is obviously in...I would suggest that the young man is obviously in need of some clothes and is about to turn the cat into a useful garment to protect his modesty.<br /><br />This is from an account of the difference between the Egyptian and Greek view of cats.<br />τὸν αἰέλουρον κακὸν ἔχοντ᾽ ἐὰν ἴδῃς<br />κλαίεις, ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἥδιστ᾽ ἀποκτείνας δέρω.<br /><br />If you see a cat suffering you cry, but I would quite happily kill it and skin it.<br /><br />Athenaius. 7.55 (quoting Antiphanes<br /> http://platosparks.wordpress.com/2014/10/24/wavy-tail/<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-88921448467649745452015-01-03T16:16:56.220+00:002015-01-03T16:16:56.220+00:00He's about to express essence of cat as one wo...He's about to express essence of cat as one would with a lemon or lime into a xmas sized pre-symposium cocktail - the word 'catatonic' derives from this practice. Cambyses' pussy hurling proclivities gave rise to the word 'catapult'. <br />Blwyddyn Newydd Dda, Geraint.Gerainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11336281018349202695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-24376322748493496382015-01-03T13:21:32.208+00:002015-01-03T13:21:32.208+00:00Could he be bathing the cat prior to sacrifice, as...Could he be bathing the cat prior to sacrifice, as you bathed piglets in the Eleusinian Mysteries? Or maybe he's just de-fleaing it!Emma Staffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03897975459372331154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-59118088926332468202015-01-03T11:19:37.055+00:002015-01-03T11:19:37.055+00:00Given his state of undress, I hope he's not at...Given his state of undress, I hope he's not attempting a ritual lustration. BrianR https://www.blogger.com/profile/11084982458935874569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134533972010981122.post-53311732175683936332015-01-03T11:02:11.286+00:002015-01-03T11:02:11.286+00:00It looks as if he's trying to drown it... Some...It looks as if he's trying to drown it... Something from a lost comedy?<br /><br />Google came up with some comparanda: http://www.penn.museum/documents/publications/expedition/PDFs/20-3/Ashmead.pdfAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01573760547359811456noreply@blogger.com