Hodie est V id. Sextilies (Augustas) 2772 AUC ~  9 Metageitnion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad.

In the News

• BBC – Travel – A trattoria with a hidden, ancient underworld
• Archaeology: Bulgarian team finds parts of Serdica’s northern fortification walls | The Sofia Globe 
• Ancient eagle sculptures found in Anatolian Hellenistic temple – Daily Sabah 
• Tornos News | New 6th century BC finds by excavation works on Despotiko island in Greece l
• Hoard of Roman coins and brooch found in Shropshire declared treasure | Shropshire Star 
• The Forgotten Discovery: A First Temple Era Water Cistern near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem 
• Minister tours rare Akaki mosaics depicting scenes from chariot race (photos) – In-Cyprus.com 

In Case You Missed It

• New Oxford Exhibition Shows What—and How—Ancient Romans Ate | Mental Floss 

Fresh Bloggery

• In Libris Libertas: Open Access Monographs in Classics, Ancient History, Art History, and Archaeology – History From Below 
• What Was the Name of Odysseus’ City? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Digital Classical Philology: Ancient Greek and Latin in the Digital Revolution 
• Poetic Study in the Time of Pindar – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• More Late Antiquity (or at least a start) | Summertime Fragments 
• Vergil the Evangelist – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 

Fresh Podcasts

• Coffee and Circuses / Helen Forte (Minimus Latin) 

Helen joins David to discuss the Minimus Latin course, for which she is the illustrator, that has been going for twenty years! Helen chats about creating Minimus with Barbara Bell, how it has spread across the globe and became much bigger than they ever thought possible, the importance of finding inventive and entertaining ways to teach people – especially children – about the ancient world, the Minimus at Vindolanda weekend, and being inspired by the TV series I, Claudius…

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] George Alexander Gazis, Homer and the Poetics of Hades. 
• [BMCR] J. Alison Rosenblitt, Rome after Sulla. 
• [BMCR] Matteo Taufer, Das Symposion in der griechischen Komödie = Il simposio nella commedia greca. Rombach Wissenschaften. Reihe Paradeigmata, Band 48.
• THE POETS OF ALEXANDRIA – Classics for All
• MYTHS OF THE UNDERWORLD IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE: The Backward Gaze – Classics for All

Dramatic Receptions

• The AlphaNYC Presents LYSISTRATA 
• Prometheus Bound | Epidaurus | August 9-10 | What’s On | ekathimerini.com 

Alia

• ANE TODAY – 201908 – Crosses and Crucifixions, Misunderstood and Misinterpreted-a guide for/to the perplexed – 
• Is There Hope for the American Republic After Trump? 
• How a Penn Station Eagle Ended Up in a Long Island Railroad Parking Lot | Untapped Cities 

‘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 should be thunder today, it portends good health for men for the next year.

… 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)