Hodie est a.d. IV Non. Sextilies (Augustas) 2772 AUC ~  2 Metageitnion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Bronze Horse Statuette Found in Bulgaria’s Rusocastro Fortress, Deemed Evidence of Roman Shrine – Archaeology in Bulgaria 
• Sheila Dickison recognized by the American Classical League – Department of Classics 
• Assos excavations have been going on since 1800s | Hurriyet
• Circeo, ecco la grotta segreta di Ulisse descritta nell’Odissea: identificata dagli speleologi 

In Case You Missed It

• Ancient Roman pen with an inscribed joke found under streets of London – CNN 

Public Facing Classics

• [Mark Milner] Mark Miner’s classical take on gender fluidity | San Diego Reader 

Fresh Bloggery

• Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: August 2 
• Sparta’s Counterfeit Myth – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• F**k Sunsets, We Want Greek Heroes! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• Like a Retired Ulysses – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 

Fresh Podcasts

• Fund Drive Special – A Biographical Life of Socrates – KPFA 

Socrates was a scholar, teacher, and philosopher born in ancient Greece. His Socratic method laid the groundwork for Western systems of logic and philosophy. When the political climate of Greece turned against him, Socrates was sentenced to death by hemlock poisoning in 399 B.C. He accepted this judgment rather than fleeing into exile. His life is chronicled through very few sources: the dialogues of Plato and Xenophon and the plays of Aristophanes. Today as part of our fund drive, we are in conversation with Armand D’Angour about the Life of Socrates and his influence on western intellectual tradition.

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Maddalena Vallozza (ed.), Isocrate: per una nuova edizione critica. La Colombaria. Studi, 251. 
• [BMCR] Bruce Louden, Greek Myth and the Bible. Routledge monographs in classical studies. 
• [BMCR] Gunnel Ekroth, Ingela Nilsson (ed.), Round Trip to Hades in the Eastern Mediterranean Tradition: Visits to the Underworld from Antiquity to Byzantium. 
• THE OXFORD HANDBOOK TO HESIOD – Classics for All
• THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF GREEK AND ROMAN COMEDY – Classics for All

Dramatic Receptions

• Yesterday’s satire becomes reality in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Times Colonist 
• Aeschylia Festival 2019 – Extraordinary nights in Attica, full of art and culture | TravelDailyNews International 

Professional Matters

• CANADIAN CLASSICAL BULLETIN (Supplementary Issue)- BULLETIN CANADIEN DES ÉTUDES ANCIENNES

Alia

• The Sparta Fetish Is a Cultural Cancer | The New Republic 
• A peek inside Michigan’s extensive collection of papyri: BTN LiveBIG Book Club « Big Ten Network 
• Manulife invites Singapore to ‘Reimagine Ancient Tragedies’ and mull on the need for insurance – Mumbrella Asia

‘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 outbreak of disease and a shortage of the necessities of life.

… adapted from the text and 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)