Hodie est a.d.  III Kal. Sextilies (Augustas) 2772 AUC ~  29 Hekatombaion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

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Public Facing Classics

• Free lecture about the fall of Athens to Rome | Neos Kosmos 

Fresh Bloggery

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• Drinking with Roman Usurpers – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 

Fresh Podcasts

• ‎That’s Ancient History: S.3 E.6 The Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire with Harriet Scott

Religion was a central part of the Roman Empire and in today’s episode host Jean Menzies is joined by now regular guest Harriet Scott to explore the history of Christianity under the Roman Empire: from the persecution of ordinary Christians all the way to the adoption of Christianity as the state religion. My, how things can change in a few centuries!

Book Reviews

• [BMCR]Martha Krieter-Spiro, Homer’s Iliad. The Basel Commentary: Book XIV. (Translated by Benjamin W. Millis and Sara Strack and edited by S. Douglas Olson.)  AND Claude Brügger, Homer’s Iliad. The Basel Commentary: Book XVI. (Translated by Benjamin W. Millis and Sara Strack and edited by S. Douglas Olson.).
• [BMCR] Johanna Hanink (trans.), Thucydides. How to Think about War: An Ancient Guide to Foreign Policy. 

Dramatic Receptions

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Professional Matters

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• Pindar in Sicily 2019 | Fonte Aretusa 

Alia

• Using artificial intelligence to fill in gaps in ancient texts 
• Who dominates the discourse of the past? | WSU Insider | Washington State University 
• This is why swimming in the Roman Baths in Bath is a bad idea – Somerset Live 
• Historian Greg Jenner on Horrible Histories | History Extra Podcast – History Extra 
• Digging in the Holy Land: Evangelicals are excavating occupied soil to help their cause, and Israel’s – The National 
• Interview: Dyschronia author Jennifer Mills on the climate emergency, Ancient Greek oracles, and her Miles Franklin nomination – The AU Review 
• How European sailors learned celestial navigation | Aeon Essays 

‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

• Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
• Sortes Virgilianae (English
• Sortes Virgilianae (Latin)
• Consult the Oracle at UCL

Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If there is any thunder today, men who are out for revenge will “slip into the worst kind of treachery.”

… adapted from the translation of:

Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar, in Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Erika Simon (eds.), The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press, 2006. (Kindle edition)

Hodie est a.d.  IV Kal. Sextilies (Augustas) 2772 AUC ~  28 Hekatombaion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

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• The Karpos Roman era sarcophagus find was excavated carelessly, and workers were quick to re-bury the site – Republika English 
• The Romans beneath our feet: What can archaeologists expect to find when they start digging at Rougier Street? | York Press 

In Case You Missed It

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Latin/Greek News

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• Radiogiornale Latino 27.07.2019 – Vatican News 

Public Facing Classics

• A Paelex in Livy, from my research on a word – Maximus Planudes – Medium 
• The XI Most Mispronounced Latin Words – In Medias Res – Medium

Fresh Bloggery

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• PaleoJudaica.com: Diesel still teasing us with “Hannibal” movie 
• “Phoenician Letters”: Greeks on Where Writing Game From – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• The Golden Age in Pastoral: Eclogues 4.15-45 – The Classical AnthologyThe Classical Anthology 
• What I’ll be doing in Cardiff next week and why it might inform activities for autistic children | Mythology and Autism – Susan Deacy 
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• A Mere Scholar, A Mere Ass – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• Blog: Will Reading Fiction Make You a Better Ancient Historian? | Society for Classical Studies 
• ACE Panel at Classical Association/FIEC Conference – ACE Classics 
• Public-Facing Papyrology: from the News to the Classroom – Everyday Orientalism 
• A New Roman Empire for White People :: Pharos 
• Expanding Archaeogaming: Analogue Games – Archaeogaming 
• Weekend Reading: The Prime Minister’s Cheese-Box – Classical Studies Support 
• Harry Potter Spells in Wizards Unite | Latin Language Blog 
• Suffering for a Lack of the Latin Language – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• The power of fortuna: Odes 1.34, lines 1-15 – The Classical AnthologyThe Classical Anthology
• The Edithorial: Five Great (Labour) Classicist Parliamentarians 

Fresh Podcasts

• ‎Coffee and Circuses: 34: Liz Gloyn (Royal Holloway) 

Liz joins David to discuss her forthcoming book Tracking Classical Monsters in Popular Culture (https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/tracking-classical-monsters-in-popular-culture-9781350109612/) . They chat about the portrayal of monsters in Ray Harryhausen’s stop-motion films of the 1960s-80s, as well as more recent depictions, such as in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, reflecting on what makes a good monster and how the presentation of these creatures has changed.

There’s also talk about the place of reception studies in academia more generally, Liz’s research on Seneca, her blog which you can check-out here (https://lizgloyn.wordpress.com/) , and why the Sphinx is the patron monster of defeating mansplaining!

• The Ancient World Podcast: Episode T8 – The City 

Synopsis: The rediscovery of Ai Khanoum testified to the wealth and power of the Bactrian Kingdom.  Mithridates’ conquest of Babylonia is countered by an unlikely coalition…

• ‎The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour: Ken Calvert, John Steele Gordon, Ben Whalen, & Justin Jackson

topics: Roman models for our Founders, nuclear power, Shakespeare’s KING LEAR, & a new Hillsdale online course of the book of Genesis.

Scot Bertram is joined by Hillsdale professor of ancient history, Ken Calvert, to discuss Roman models of government that to which our Founders looked. John Steele Gordon tries to answer why the left refuses to embrace nuclear power. Hillsdale English professor Ben Whalen on Shakespeare’s KING LEAR. And Hillsdale’s Justin Jackson is you teacher for a new online course, “The Genesis Story: Reading Biblical Narratives.”

• ‎Highlights from Talking History: Ancient Athens: A History of a City 

This week Patrick and an expert panel of historians, writers and classicists explore the history of ancient Athens. Joining Patrick on the panel were Dr Martine Cuypers, Department of Classics, Trinity College Dublin, Robin Waterfield, Historian & Writer and the author of ‘Athens: A History – From Ancient Ideal to Modern City’, Dr Richard Stoneman, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Exeter, Professor Brian Mc Bing, Department of Classics, Trinity College Dublin and George Sarrinikolaou, author of ‘Facing Athens: Encounters with the Modern City’
Book Reviews

• MINOR GREEK TRAGEDIANS Volume I: The Fifth Century – Classics for All
• HADRIAN’S WALL AT WALLSEND – Classics for All

Dramatic Receptions

• Ion | Ioannina | July 29 | What’s On | ekathimerini.com 
• Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans review: too much teen drama | Film | The Guardian 

Professional Matters

• Conference: 5th Annual New Zealand Art Crime Symposium – Save the Date and Call for Presentations ~ ARCAblog

Alia

• Boris Johnson recites extracts of “The Iliad” in Greek – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
• ‘Bathing lady’ escorted out of Roman Baths after jumping into water – Somerset Live 
• What Has Archaeology Taught Us about Ancient Roman Life? – Archaeology in Bulgaria 
• Yannos Kourayos brings Despotiko to life in revival of Greek antiquity in the Cyclades | Neos Kosmos 
• Why Epicurean ideas suit the challenges of modern secular life | Aeon Ideas 

‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

• Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
• Sortes Virgilianae (English)
• Sortes Virgilianae (Latin)
• Consult the Oracle at UCL

Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If there is any thunder today, there will be abundant crops.

… adapted from the translation of:

Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar, in Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Erika Simon (eds.), The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press, 2006. (Kindle edition)

Hodie est a.d.  VII Kal. Sextilies (Augustas) 2772 AUC ~  25 Hekatombaion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• 2,300-year-old structure unveiled in northern city – Daily Sabah 

In Case You Missed It

• Volcanologists say archeologists are hogging study of Pompeii all to themselves | CBC Radio 

Fresh Bloggery

• The Ancient Economy | Summertime Fragments 
• Andromache’s Sons With Neoptolemos – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• Changing Tack: Cicero on Ends and Means in Politics – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• The column of Arcadius – a detailed pre-1700 drawing – Roger Pearse 

Fresh Podcasts

• Sermo Raedarius 98 | Sermones Raedarii 

Sermo Raedarius 98: de scholis parandis sine bonis libris pars altera: quid agendum sit de locis iam bene notis.

• ‎The Forum: The Spartans: Ancient Greece’s fighting machine 

For over two and a half thousand years the Ancient Greek Spartans have been known for their military might, discipline and self-sacrifice. Recent popular culture has portrayed them as the ultimate fearless warriors, especially ‘the 300’ Spartans who fought to the death at Thermopylae. But where does this image come from, and what do we really know about Spartan society and the peculiar utopia it tried to create? The city-state of Sparta has been admired for its stability, frugality, and the unusual social and sexual freedom of its women. But Sparta was also famous for its brutality towards its huge slave population, its authoritarian rule, and its policy of racial purity and eugenics that would eventually prove its undoing

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Pieter B. Hartog, Pesher and Hypomnema: A Comparison of Two Commentary Traditions from the Hellenistic-Roman Period. Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah, 121. 
• [BMCR] Frank Vermeulen, From the Mountains to the Sea: The Roman Colonisation and Urbanisation of Central Adriatic Italy. BABESCH Supplement, 30. 
• [BMCR] Angelos Chaniotis (ed.), La Nuit: imaginaire et réalités nocturnes dans le monde gréco-romain. Entretiens sur l’antiquité classique, 64. 
• [BMCR] D. Graham J. Shipley, The Early Hellenistic Peloponnese: Politics, Economies, and Networks 338-197 BC.. 
• [BMCR] Lynn Meskell, A Future in Ruins: UNESCO, World Heritage, and the Dream of Peace. 
• [BMCR] Marieke Dhont, Style and Context of Old Greek Job. Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, 183.

Dramatic Receptions

• Updated ancient Greek play at Genesius Guild is “an irreverent romp” | Entertainment | qconline.com 
• Bobby Cannavale and Rose Byrne Will Star in MEDEA at BAM 
• Horrible Histories film: Rotten Romans and all you need to know about the film – CBBC Newsround 
• Playwright Tom Stoppard On The World Premiere Of ‘Penelope’ 

Professional Matters

• WRITING THE EMBODIED EXPERIENCE IN IMPERIAL ECPHRASIS 
• [CFP] Homer in the Renaissance – Renaissance Society of America 
• [CFP] Classical Origins of Renaissance Aesthetics – Renaissance Society of America 

Alia

• [Museum] Mysterious Etruscan civilization unveiled 

‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

• Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
• Sortes Virgilianae (English)
• Sortes Virgilianae (Latin)
• Consult the Oracle at UCL

Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If there is any thunder today, after abundant crops, there will be famine. [apologies; I was a day ahead yesterday; yesterday should have been about bad things happening to young people and disease hitting crops]

… adapted from the translation of:

Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar, in Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Erika Simon (eds.), The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press, 2006. (Kindle edition)

Hodie est a.d.  VIII Kal. Sextilies (Augustas) 2772 AUC ~  24 Hekatombaion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Hellenistic sanctuary near planned Geroskipou hotel to be preserved – In-Cyprus.com 
• Gypsy Girl replica ‘almost ready’ for US museum | Hurriyet 

In Case You Missed It

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• Why Archaeologists and Volcanologists Are Clashing Over Excavations at Pompeii | Smart News | Smithsonian 
• 5th-century inscriptions near Galilee may show Christians’ fading Greek literacy | The Times of Israel 

Public Facing Classics

• [Peter Jones] Why cooks were a key ingredient in Greek comedy | The Spectator 

Fresh Bloggery

• Truth, Testimony, and Treason – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• Laudator Temporis Acti: A Curse 
• Classical Connections at #TeamEnglish National Conference July 2019 – ACE Classics 
• Slag | Summertime Fragments 
• The monsters are coming… | Classically Inclined 
• No One Calls the Iliad a “Prequel” to the Odyssey…. – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• The return of looted objects to their countries of origin 
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ptolemaic Coins Online Updated: 600 BnF Ptolemaic coins added 

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Brian Brennan , Herculaneum: A Roman Town Reborn . 
• [BMCR] Emma Dench, Empire and Political Cultures in the Roman World. Key Themes in Ancient History. 
• [BMCR] Nancy Worman, Virginia Woolf’s Greek Tragedy. Classical Receptions in Twentieth-Century Writing. 

Dramatic Receptions

• Electra/Orestes | Epidaurus | July 26-27 | What’s On | ekathimerini.com 

Professional Matters

• save the date! (fall meeting) | The Louisiana Classicist 
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Proceedings of the 28th Congress of Papyrology 

Alia

• Tornos News | UK’s new PM loves Greece but won’t return Elgin Marbles (videos) 
• How Metal Detectorist Discovered the Seaton Down Hoard 
• Where is the wise stranger of Mantineia to guide humanity to the light? | Letters To Editor | hidesertstar.com 
• How Did Ancient Athletes Prepare for the Olympics? – History Extra 

‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

• Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
• Sortes Virgilianae (English)
• Sortes Virgilianae (Latin)
• Consult the Oracle at UCL

Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If there is any thunder today, after abundant crops, there will be famine.

… adapted from the translation of:

Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar, in Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Erika Simon (eds.), The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press, 2006. (Kindle edition)

Hodie est a.d.  IX Kal. Sextilies (Augustas) 2772 AUC ~  23 Hekatombaion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

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• Ancient Egypt: Underwater Archaeologists Uncover Destroyed Temple in the Sunken City of Heracleion 
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• Saudi female archaeologist goes back to the future with career ambitions 
• Dr Andrea Zerbini 1984-2019 | News | CBRL 

Public Facing Classics

• [Mary Beard] Fake history in Carrara – TheTLS 

Fresh Bloggery

• Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: July 24 
• Augustus Caesar, Maybe Not the Nicest Guy – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Support and Refreshment 
• Epic Contests and Metal Books – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• Comix from Crete: Zeus and Europa | Greek Myth Comix 

Fresh Podcasts

• Ancient Warfare Podcast: Hired Help From Overseas 

Tarentum in southern Italy may have been a Spartan colony, but when it was under pressure from first its Italic neighbours and then Rome itself, it preferred to call in some help from abroad.

In this episode the Ancient Warfare team discuss the latest episode of the magazine which covers Hellenistic mercenary armies in Southern Italy.

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Eleni P. Manakidou, Frauentänze für Dionysos in der spätarchaischen Vasenmalerei Athens. Akanthiskos, 2.
• [BMCR] Eleni Manakidou, Frauentänze für Dionysos in der spätarchaischen Vasenmalerei Athens. Akanthiskos 2. [different reviewer]
• [BMCR] Paolo Liverani, Michael Pfanner, Stephanie Langer, Friederike Fless, Katalog der Skulpturen IV: Historische Reliefs. Monumenta Artis Romanae, 40. 
• [BMCR] Michele Kennerly, Editorial Bodies: Perfection and Rejection in Ancient Rhetoric and Poetics. Studies in rhetoric/communication.

Dramatic Receptions

• A Look at The Bacchae at the Classical Theatre of Harlem | Playbill 
• BAD NEWS… to Premiere at NYU Skirball in September 

Professional Matters

• Roman Law and Latin Literature – An Interdisciplinary Conference: Durham University, 2-4 September 2019 
• Call for Participants: CAMP’s “The Gladiator” at the 2020 Annual Meeting | Society for Classical Studies 

Alia

• Why Epicurean ideas suit the challenges of modern secular life | Aeon Ideas 
• Tidying Up With Socrates | Issue 133 | Philosophy Now 
• Pool: The intimate artifacts of Roman Vindolanda | Opinion | news-journal.com 
• The UK’s New PM Loves Greece — But Will he Return the Marbles? (video) | Greek Reporter Europe 
• Boris Johnson could prove more of a chancer than his hero Pericles | News | The Times 
• Hadrian’s Wall – 170 years since first ‘pilgrimage’ put it on the tourist map – Chronicle Live 

‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

• Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
• Sortes Virgilianae (English)
• Sortes Virgilianae (Latin)
• Consult the Oracle at UCL

Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If there is any thunder today, it portends the possible misfortune of a powerful man.

… adapted from the translation of:

Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar, in Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Erika Simon (eds.), The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press, 2006. (Kindle edition)