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    The Endless Knot

    Aven & Marcie discuss etymology, history, literature, language, and cocktails, and the sometimes surprising connections between them all.

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    Episode 92: Canuck, and Re-Thinking Canada's Story Jun 28, 2021
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    This episode is being released for Canada Day, but it’s not a celebration. This year, even more than most, we feel that this day needs to be one of reckoning with our past and trying to make a better present and future. So we talk about the history of the word Canuck and the various stories that Canadians tell themselves about their county, and we also discuss the role of Classics in the early history of the colonial project in Canada, as well as how to think about Classics today in relation to Indigenous issues. And then we finish with some quick etymologies of uniquely Canadian words and phrases. Content note: there is brief mention of residential schools and discussion of historical racism.

    Le Canuck Cocktail

    Jacques Cartier Heritage Minute

    Minute Women podcast

    Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles

    Brill’s Companion to Classics in the Early Americas

    Zachary Yuzwa on Twitter

    Robinson-Huron Treaty lawsuit

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    Beavertails

    Nanaimo bars

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    Porketta Bingo

    “Only in Canada, You Say?” by Katherine Barber

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    Episode 91: Roman Gardens, with Victoria Austen May 25, 2021
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    We talk to Dr. Victoria Austen about Roman gardens. What defines a garden? Where were the gardens at Rome, and what were they for? How did Romans think about gardens and gardening, and what roles did they play in literature, philosophy, and the public relations efforts of emperors?

    @Vicky_Austen

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    Episode 90: Unrolling Books and Evolving Words Apr 26, 2021
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    We talk about the history of the book, the reading habits of the ancient Romans, the pliability of sheep skins, and the mechanisms of semantic change that cause words to evolve over time. Oh, and we discuss Charles Darwin’s own language for his new theory.

    "Codex Cocktail" was created for us by Ed Bedford — recipe here

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    McCutcheon, R. W. “Silent Reading in Antiquity and the Future History of the Book.” Book History, vol. 18, 2015, pp. 1–32., www.jstor.org/stable/43956366

    “In Ancient Rome” by Joseph Howley, in Further Reading, edited by Matthew Rubery and Leah Price. 2020.

    Erasmus Darwin video

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    Switcheroo 2021! Apr 01, 2021
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    This year for April Fool's Day we're taking part in a podcast switcheroo where podcasters are trading episodes to introduce their audiences to other podcasts they think you might enjoy. So we're having the great folks from Bunny Trails, Shauna and Dan, showcase one of their episodes, about the phrase “Queen Bee”.

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    Episode 89: Horses in Antiquity, with Carolyn Willekes Mar 17, 2021
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    We speak to Dr. Carolyn Willekes about horses in antiquity: their development and domestication, their use in warfare, their training and breeding, and her many adventures riding horses across Greece, Turkey, Mongolia, and Canada.

    The Horse in the Ancient World: From Bucephalus to the Hippodrome

    Greek Warriors: Hoplites and Heroes

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    Announcement: Online Course Feb 27, 2021
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    Aven: Hi everyone. This isn't a regular episode of the Endless Knot podcast. Just a quick announcement.

    Mark: I wanted to let you all know about something new that I'm doing: an online seminar series. It's basically a short course open to anyone, on the Speakeasy platform. The title is: "The origins of English: learning to think like an etymologist" and it's going to be four one-hour classes on zoom, in which, through a series of linguistic puzzles, we will follow in the footsteps of etymologists and historical linguists to reconstruct the relationships between languages and long forgotten roots of English words.

    The class is limited to 12 people and starts on Thursday, March 4th, at 7:00 PM eastern time, running on the three following Thursdays at the same time. If you're interested, you can go to our website at alliterative.net, and there's a link to the Speakeasy page, where you can buy a ticket.

    Or if you'd like to take part, but the timing doesn't work for you, you can leave Speakeasy a message about what would be better, and we'll try and take that into consideration when we schedule the next session. Because if this goes well, I'm hoping not only to be able to repeat it, but also do some different courses on Old English poetry, on the development of English from the early middle ages to today, and more

    Aven: So if you think this sounds fun, please go to our website at www.Alliterative.net for more information.

    Mark: Hope to get to meet you online sometime soon!

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    Episode 88: Meta-Etymology Feb 15, 2021
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    We talk about the etymology of “Etymology” itself, and then discuss the basics of historical linguistics, including Grimm’s Law, Verner’s Law, and more. We also talk about Isidore of Seville, the etymological puns of Latin poets, and the way Mark does his research for his videos.

    The Simple Truth cocktail

    Our “Etymology” video

    Isidore of Seville’s Etymologiae

    Keith, A. M. “Etymological Wordplay in Ovid's 'Pyramus and Thisbe' (Met. 4.55-166).” The Classical Quarterly, vol. 51, no. 1, 2001, pp. 309–312.

    Shelton, Colin. “Logical Complexity and Etymological Wordplay.” Latomus, vol. 73, no. 2, 2014, pp. 385–398.

    O'Hara, James J. “Vergil's Best Reader? Ovidian Commentary on Vergilian Etymological Wordplay.” The Classical Journal, vol. 91, no. 3, 1996, pp. 255–276.

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    Episode 87: Alexander the Great, with Meg Finlayson Jan 25, 2021
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    This episode is all about Alexander the Great, and especially about his reception by later Greeks & Romans, the middle ages, and modern popular culture. We had the pleasure of interviewing Meg Finlayson who studies Alexander and his reception and shared her knowledge, enthusiasm, and dreams of a new Alexander movie with Colin Farrell playing Philip!

    Meg’s twitter @agameganon

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    Episode 86: Who's on Your Calendar? Dec 26, 2020
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    Happy holidays! In this seasonal episode we discuss the origins of the modern Western calendar, the names of the months and days of the week, and the sources we have for Roman calendars and Germanic gods. Happy new year, and may it be better than the last!

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    Ovid's Fasti

    Herbert-Brown, Geraldine. “Fasti: the Poet, the Prince, and the Plebs” in A Companion to Ovid, ed. Peter E. Knox, Wiley-Blackwell. 2013.

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    Episode 85: Election Talk to Take Your Mind off the Election Nov 03, 2020
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    It’s election night 2020 in the US, and our video from 4 years ago about the language of politics is relevant once again. We discuss the changing vocabulary of democracy and what it can tell us about shifting attitudes towards popular rule and politicians. It may not be a complete break from political coverage, but at least it’s mostly about the distant past, not the uncertain future!

    Ballot Box Cocktail

    Mashed Radish blog post on Candidate

    Mashed Radish blog post on Poll

    Anatoly Liberman on Booth

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