Hodie est a.d. III Id. Iunias 2772 AUC ~ 9 Skirophorion in the second year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Roman discoveries in Meon Valley spark debate over circus maximus – The News 
• Turkey: millenary city to be submerged by mega dam Ilisu – General news – ANSAMed.it 
• We Drink Basically The Same Wine As Ancient Romans — And That’s Not So Great : The Salt : NPR 

In Case You Missed It

• Why posh politicians pretend to speak Latin | OUPblog 
• Acropolis Museum turns 10 | ekathimerini.com 

Fresh Bloggery

• Blogs? Huh! | Sphinx 
• The False Promise of Stoicism | New Ideal

Fresh Podcasts

• Julius Caesar and the Point of No Return: The Show Notes – Ancient History Fangirl 
• Myth Digest: Pandora and Her Non-existent Box by That’s Ancient History 

That’s Ancient History is back with another ‘myth digest’ where host Jean Menzies tells the tale of one classical myth in particular, breaks down its themes and discusses its significance to ancient culture. This episode is all about the myth of Pandora, the first ever mortal woman, created my Zeus, king of the gods, as a punishment for man.

• Henriette van der Blom | Better Known 

Henriette van der Blom, Senior Lecturer in Ancient History in the Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham, discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

Book Reviews

• THE GREEK EXPERIENCE OF INDIA: From Alexander to the Indo-Greeks – Classics for All 

Dramatic Receptions

• Five productions in 2019 International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama – In-Cyprus.com 

Conferences and Calls for Papers

• Domitian and the East (Summer 2019) | Antony Augoustakis – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
• Programme | FB 07 – GRK Humans and Nature
• Convegno «Il teatro della πόλις» (Pisa 2019) | Centro Studi sul Teatro Classico 
• 14th Trends in Classics – Description | Τμήμα Φιλολογίας 
• Sex and the Ancient City 

Alia

• ‘Gladiator 2’ producers confirm timeline on Ridley Scott’s sequel – HeyUGuys 
• Culture minister recalls resignation requests over Acropolis lift |ekathimerini.com 
• Do Hermes couriers know about their classical links to the underworld? | Prospect Magazine
• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is getting a story creator mode, and it’s out now – The Verge 
• Ubisoft unveils Gods & Monsters, light-hearted Greek mythology adventure game | VentureBeat 
• Mary Norris: ‘One of the things that you learn from Greek, it teaches you to appreciate nature’ | Neos Kosmos