Hodie est a.d. XV Kal. Sextilies (Augustas) 2772 AUC ~ 17 Hekatombaion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
Apologies for lateness this a.m. … probably will be late tomorrow too!
In the News
- [You really need to watch the video … 45 minutes] The Apollo of Gaza | Gaza | Al Jazeera
- [dating issues?] Vandals spray paint 3,000-year-old sarcophagus – Turkey News
- Kayaker finds rare Roman glass and pottery off Kent coast | UK news | The Guardian
- Pompeii Archaeologists ‘Committing Vandalism to Volcanology’ by Destroying History of Vesuvius Eruption, Scientists Claim
- On the trail of the Minoan civilization: Crete, June 2019 | The Kosmos Society
In Case You Missed It
- Eva Palmer Sikelianos, the American Artist Who Lived Like an Ancient Greek | USA.GreekReporter.com
- Women are bringing ancient male canon to the modern world – Alton Telegraph
Latin/Greek News
- [Ephemeris] INITUS DONALDI
Public-Facing Classics
- [Philip Walsh] What College Instructors Can Learn From the Front Lines of Classics Education | Eidolon
- [Peter Jones] Roman plebs would have known how to tackle Corbyn’s cabal | The Spectator
Fresh Bloggery
- Defending the Edge of the Empire | Summertime Fragments
- Marcus Cato, Literary and Cultural Critic – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- A curriculum for all, autistic imaginations and a bit of Percy Jackson – notes from “Engagement for All in the History Classroom” | Mythology and Autism – Susan Deacy
- “Someone Has to Play Patroclus!” – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Comix from Crete: Theseus in the Throne Room | Greek Myth Comix
- F**k This Job, and F**k Classics Too! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Fresh Podcasts
Seneca’s Thyestes, probably written around the 50s CE, is one of the most horrifying and influential plays ever written.
When Cleopatra met Julius Caesar, sparks flew. The daring Egyptian queen beguiled the conquering Roman general—and then enlisted him to fight her battles.
Outnumbered five to one in a city full of ancient wonders, Cleopatra and Caesar spent the next ten months barricaded in a luxurious palace while outside, the enemy howled for their blood. The two fought a deadly urban war for Cleopatra’s throne–and both of their survival.
Sejanus decided to remove the next in line of Germanicus’ heirs, Drusus, and finally married Livia Julia, the widow of the other Drusus, son of Tiberius. He also became Tiberius’ official partner in power – in 31CE Tiberius took his fifth consulship, with Seianus as his colleague. But before the year 31 would come to a close, Sejanus and all his family were dead, his statues thrown down, his name erased from the public records.
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Peter E. Pormann (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Hippocrates. Cambridge companions to philosophy.
- [BMCR] Michel-Yves Perrin, Civitas confusionis: de la participation des fidèles aux controverses doctrinales dans l’Antiquité tardive (début IIIe s. – c. 430).
- [BMCR] Ruth M. Léger, Artemis and Her Cult.
Dramatic Receptions
- ‘Mojada’ Theater Review | Hollywood Reporter
- ‘Mojada’ Theater Review: Euripides’ Medea Now Lives and Murders in Queens
- ‘The Bacchae’: Free summer theater courtesy the Classical Theatre of Harlem | abc7ny.com
Professional Matters
- Harvard Academic Positions | Tenure-Track (Assistant or Associate) Professor in Classical Archaeology
- CFP: SAGP Central and Pacific Divisions | Society for Classical Studies
- Seneca 2020. International Conference
- Workshop: Bringing Latin to Life in the Classroom | Society for Classical Studies
- Getty Scholars Program (2020/2021) | Society for Classical Studies
- FIEC: CAMWS ENDORSEMENT: GREEK AND LATIN INTANGIBLE WORLD HERITAGE
- CfP: Regional Epigraphic Cultures across the Ancient Globe – Panel at Classical Association Annual Conference (Swansea 2020) – Deadline 7 August 2019 – Current Epigraphy
Alia
- Louvre Removed Sackler Name From Its Walls and Website
- Largest Neolithic Settlement in Israel Uncovered. Up to 3,000 People May Have Lived There.
- US Educators Strengthening Greek Studies in Schools | USA.GreekReporter.com
- Greek Mythology Tells Us “The Little Mermaid” Can Be Any Skin Color – Artsy
- Harvard’s General Education curriculum encourages broad and deep examinations of Big Questions – Harvard Gazette
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, a crop shortage may come due to wet weather.
… 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)
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