It’s Behind You! | Family Matters: “The Godfather” and Greek Tragedy

Family Matters: “The Godfather” and Greek Tragedy

Kris Hirst | Pompeii Streets Photo Essay

Pompeii Streets Photo Essay

The Latin Lover | Of Pascal Candles

Of Pascal Candles

[from the archives]

History of the Ancient World | Roman Thoughts, Ideas, and Practices of Pregnancy

Roman Thoughts, Ideas, and Practices of Pregnancy

History of the Ancient World | Was the Peloponnesian War inevitable after 435 BC?

Was the Peloponnesian War inevitable after 435 BC?

Classical Wisdom Weekly | The Odyssey XI: The Book of the Dead

The Odyssey XI: The Book of the Dead

Roman History Books and More | book chats for june: ‘fire in the east warrior of rome series #1 by harry sidebottom -

book chats for june: ‘fire in the east warrior of rome series #1 by harry sidebottom

Latin for Addicts | I-Stems: Mixed I-Stems [5/8]

I-Stems: Mixed I-Stems [5/8]

The Ancient World Online: | Associations, Synagogues, and Congregations website

Associations, Synagogues, and Congregations website

A Don’s Life | Read a Latin Poem at the BM . . . and Pompeii coming to a cinema near you!

Read a Latin Poem at the BM . . . and Pompeii coming to a cinema near you!

res gerendae | Linguistics Baking Part III: Phoenician

Linguistics Baking Part III: Phoenician

Antika | Le tombe villanoviane di San Giovanni in Persiceto

Le tombe villanoviane di San Giovanni in Persiceto

David Allsop Classics | The Poseidon or Zeus

The Poseidon or Zeus

res gerendae | It’ll be all Bright on the Night: Classics and Stand-Up Comedy

It’ll be all Bright on the Night: Classics and Stand-Up Comedy

Bestiaria Latina Blog | Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: May 19

Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: May 19

Roman Mysteries & Western Mysteries | Which Temperament Are You?

Which Temperament Are You?

The Stoa Consortium | Which beginners’ Ancient Greek textbooks do you use?

Which beginners’ Ancient Greek textbooks do you use?

 

Zenobia: Empress of the East | “I AM HIYA!” Part 2

“I AM HIYA!” Part 2: More Graffiti in Dura Europos (3rd century CE)

The Edithorial | Meet the Classicist Foremothers

Meet the Classicist Foremothers

Dorothy King’s PhDiva | Lebanon seizes artifacts smuggled from Syria

Lebanon seizes artifacts smuggled from Syria

Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues | On their Way: Smuggled Syrian antiquities recovered in Lebanon

On their Way: Smuggled Syrian antiquities recovered in Lebanon

“He has a wife you know” | Ancient Roman Dogtag

Ancient Roman Dogtag

kateantiquity | The Other Ten Percent

The Other Ten Percent

via  kateantiquity

[on the recent JACT Conference]

Ancient Lives Project Update

Wow … it’s hard to believe that the Ancient Lives Project has been around for almost two years now (see our initial coverage: Help Transcribe the Oxyrhynchus Papyri) … according to this interesting video from the Guardian, as of last October they’ve had well over a million transcriptions done in this crowd-sourcing project … check the video out:

Pondering the Historicity of the Trojan War

Over at the OUP Blog, Eric Cline has keyboarded an interesting post … here’s a bit in medias res:

[...]According to the Greek literary evidence, there were at least two Trojan Wars (Heracles’ and Agamemnon’s), not simply one; in fact, there were three wars, if one counts Agamemnon’s earlier abortive attack on Teuthrania. Similarly, according to the Hittite literary evidence, there were at least four Trojan Wars, ranging from the Assuwa Rebellion in the late 15th century BCE to the overthrow of Walmu, king of Wilusa in the late 13th century BCE. And, according to the archaeological evidence, Troy/Hisarlik was destroyed twice, if not three times, between 1300 and 1000 BCE. Some of this has long been known; the rest has come to light more recently. Thus, although we cannot definitively point to a specific “Trojan War,” at least not as Homer has described it in the Iliad and the Odyssey, we have instead found several such Trojan wars and several cities at Troy, enough that we can conclude there is a historical kernel of truth — of some sort — underlying all the stories.[...]

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