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In Greek, his name was Ptolemy XV Caesar Philopator Philometor. His throne title, in Egyptian, was Iwapanetjerentynehem Setepenptah Irmaatenra Sekhemankhamun, meaning “The heir of the saviour gods, who is the chosen of Ptah, who brings forth the order of Re, the living image of Amun” (translation from this excellent site), but he is more commonly [...]

A long time without much Chaucerin’. Blame is shared, no doubt, by the time-crunch of the semester and the mental wipe-out that followed the completion of The Middle English Metrical Paraphrase of the Old Testament.
A few spare minutes at this turn of the year, however, have put me in the mood for dusting off [...]