Hodie est a.d. V Non. Quintiles (Iulias) 2772 AUC ~ 2 Hekatombaion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Massive intact mosaic to go on display
- Calstock dig reveals ‘unexpected’ Roman mine – BBC News
- How do you read ancient scrolls too brittle to unfurl? An American scientist may have an answer. – The Washington Post
- The incredible Roman remains discovered in modern York – Yorkshire Post
- Minster FM – News – First concept pictures for the York Roman Quarter plan
- Getty Villa Welcomes Its Ancient Ancestors | Art Talk
- Complementary vibrational spectroscopic techniques used to test ancient burned bones
In Case You Missed it
Latin/Greek News
Fresh Bloggery
- Dirk Obbink and the Museum of the Bible: A Brief History | Variant Readings
- Science This! Some Ancient Theories on Eclipses – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- A 1987 plan for the ruins of the Roman fort of “Walton Castle” – Roger Pearse
- Auction Alert – Bonhams Auction House – An il(licit) Apulian red-figure janiform kantharos? ~ ARCAblog
- Object Withdrawn – Bonhams Auction House – Apulian red-figure janiform kantharos ~ ARCAblog
- Questions for Christie’s with regards to its upcoming sale of the Quartzite head of the young pharaoh portrayed as the ancient god Amun ~ ARCAblog
- Tawdry Tuesday Returns: A Priapic Poem That’s A Tad Too Defensive – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Difficulty of Translating
- PaleoJudaica.com: Herod the Gardener?
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Archéologie des Conflits / Archéologie en Conflit: Documenter la Destruction au Moyen-Orient et en Asie CentraleArchaeology of Conflict / Archaeology in Conflict: Documenting Destruction of Cultural Heritage in the Middle-East and Central Asia
- Attic Inscriptions Online Updated – Current Epigraphy
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Sviatoslav Dmitriev, The Birth of the Athenian Community: From Solon to Cleisthenes.
- [BMCR] Christopher Collard, Colloquial Expressions in Greek Tragedy: Revised and Enlarged Edition of P. T. Stevens’s Colloquial Expressions in Euripides. Hermes. Einzelschriften, 113.
- [CJ ~ pdf] Reperforming Greek Tragedy
- [CJ ~ pdf] : Classical Art
Dramatic Receptions
Professional Matters
- Lecturer in Classical Literature and Roman History/Culture (Liverpool)
- Lecturer in Classical Studies (Greek) (Liverpool)
- Digital Scholarship Librarian | UOklahoma
Alia
- Why Rome continues to underpin western culture and politics – an extract from Mary Beard’s book ‘SPQR’ | World Economic Forum
- Terrorists are trafficking antiquities with impunity on Facebook — Quartz
- Designer Vassilios Kostetsos’ new collection inspired by Aphrodite de Milo calls for return of antiquities to Greece | Neos Kosmos
- Opinion | A Revolution in Happiness – The New York Times
- Thirteen UChicago faculty members receive named, distinguished service professorships | University of Chicago News
- Grandmother, 82, secures a place at UCy – Cyprus Mail
- Trump as Alexander the Great
- Trump’s Rape of America, and Other Greek Tragedies
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