Hodie est a.d. VIII Kal. Septembres 2772 AUC ~  25 Metageitnion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• 2,500-year-old Persian post office found in Turkey’s Amasya – Daily Sabah 
• France to send Parthenon metope to Greece for 2021 celebrations | News | ekathimerini.com
• Traces of Zeus Temple found in ‘Pompeii of Anatolia’ 
• Fresh excavation at Caister Roman town reveals scale ofancient temple | Latest Norfolk and Suffolk News | Eastern Daily Press 
• Homer’s legendary town of Iklaina | Life | ekathimerini.com 

In Case You Missed It ~ Long Reads

• The Mystery of the Eteocretans – Gatekeepers of Crete’s Hidden Past 
• Miracle of the Multiplication mosaic found on ‘wrong’ side of Sea of Galilee – Archaeology – Haaretz.com 
• The New Treasures of Pompeii | History | Smithsonian 

Public Facing Classics

• [Llewelyn Morgan and Armand D’Angour] Mystery behind polymath’s Greek grave engraving is solved by University of Oxford academics 

Greek/Latin News

• Radiogiornale Latino 24.08.2019 – Vatican News 
• [Ephemeris] CAEDES BACTRIANA Nuptiae cruentissimae 
• [Ephemeris] DE SILVIS BRASILIANIS Incendia omnia uastant 
• [Ephemeris] CONTENTIO ORIENTALIS Pactum inter Iaponiam et Austrocoream ruptum est 

Fresh Bloggery

• Birthday Parties in Greece and Rome – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• Blog: Classics Everywhere: Inspiring Curiosity for the Ancient World through Art, Engineering, and Timeless Stories | Society for Classical Studies 
• Ares’ Priests and a Hill in His Name – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• Battle of the sexes: Roman lamp fragment shines a light on gender politics and sexuality in 1st century Southwark | MOLA 
• Too Hard to Translate! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• Philo of Byzantium, On the Seven Wonders of the World: an English translation and some notes – Roger Pearse 
• Weekend Reading: An Open Question – Classical Studies Support 
• What is gameful course design? – Amy Pistone
• When Did Vesuvius Erupt? The Evidence for and against August 24 | The Getty Iris 
• “Covered in Flames and Sorrowful Ash”: Martial on Vesuvius – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 

Bingeworthy Past Podcastery

This week’s podcast with scores of episodes to catch up on:

• ‎Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! A Greek & Roman Mythology Podcast on Apple Podcasts 

Landscape Modery

The Hellenic Society had a conference entitled “Saving Ancient Treasures for the World” … here are the speakers (one is possibly missing?):

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Francesca Romana Berno (ed.), L. Annaeus Seneca. De constantia sapientis: La fermezza del saggio. Studi latini, 92 
• [BMCR] Silvio Bär, Emily Hauser (ed.), Reading Poetry, Writing Genre: English Poetry and Literary Criticism in Dialogue with Classical Scholarship. Bloomsbury studies in classical reception.
• THE ROMANS IN SCOTLAND AND THE BATTLE OF MONS GRAUPIUS – Classics for All
• [Classical Journal ~ PDF]: Pindar and the Poetics of Permanence 
• [Classical Journal ~ PDF]: Reading Medieval Latin with the Legend of Barlaam and Josaphat 
• [Classical Journal ~ PDF]: The Ancient Celts 
• Military Book Review: Armies of the Late Roman Empire AD 284 to 476: History, Organization & Equipment 

Dramatic Receptions

• 15 Years Later, Is Troy More Than A Historical Travesty? 
• Aamir Khan’s daughter Ira to make directorial debut with ‘Euripides’ Medea’- The New Indian Express 

Professional Matters

• Kalamazoo College. Classical Studies Program Search. 
• The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship | The British Academy 

Alia

• What Are Caryatids? Exploring The Unique Sculpture’s History 
• How ancient poetry can revitalise our erotic imaginations | Aeon Essays 
• BROWN: The new functionality of Classical Latin in an economy of creative discipline | Opinion | mainlinemedianews.com 
• Classical Ed Is Worth Pursuing Even If It Doesn’t Recreate The Past 
• ‘The Silence of the Girls’ Gives a Voice to Ancient and Modern Women 

‘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 it thunders today, it portends a shortage of tree fruit during stormy weather.

… 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)