Hodie est III Id. Septembres 2772 AUC ~ 13 Boedromion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Major fortress-settlement in Armenian Highlands excavated — ScienceDaily
- Bones of Roman Britons provide new clues to dietary deprivation | EurekAlert! Science News
- Israeli archaeologists discover 1,700-year-old underground passage in Roman theater – China.org.cn
- Ancient Settlement Uncovered on Greece’s Evia Island | GreekReporter.com
- [paywalled] Silchester dig suggests Brits beat Romans to the baths | News | The Times
- Public urged to unite to protect antiquities in Yeroskipou – Cyprus Mail
In Case You Missed It
- Ministry Speeds Up Works on Greece’s Amphipolis Site – GTP Headlines
- Ancient Greek Ram’s Head Statuette Found in Bulgaria – Archaeology Magazine
Public Facing Classics
- [“Clare Quinn”] How to Survive Teaching Latin at a Catholic All-Girls School
Fresh Bloggery
- Memorabilia Antonina: You be my Hercules, I’ll be your Athena.
- Mutual Literary Flattery – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Getting colourful and creative at ‘Diversifying Public Engagement’ during FIEC/CA 2019 | Mythology and Autism – Susan Deacy
- The Last Mythic Hero – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Core Vocab: nomos | The Kosmos Society
- The Erotic Madness That Has No Cure – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Fresh Podcasts
We talked to Winston Black about his new book, The Middle Ages: Facts & Fictions, which addresses the most common myths and misconceptions about the Middle Ages. And we touch on video games, D&D, and Game of Thrones in the process!
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Isabelle Torrance, Euripides. Understanding Classics.
- [BMCR] Noel Lenski, Catherine M. Cameron (ed.), What is a Slave Society? The Practice of Slavery in Global Perspective.
- [BMCR] John Granger Cook, Empty Tomb, Resurrection, Apotheosis. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 410.
- THE HOUSE OF AUGUSTUS: A Historical Detective Story – Classics for All
Dramatic Receptions
- Stephen Fry tells tale of Gods at first of three Birmingham shows – review | Express & Star
- Yale Rep Presents the World Premiere of GIRLS
- BWW Review: Greek tragedies are recounted in BAD NEWS! I WAS THERE… at NYU Skirball Center
Professional Matters
- Duke University, Three Tenured/Tenure Track positions in Classical Studies
- Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Professorship Tenured and Tenure Track
University of Notre Dame: College of Arts & Letters: Classics - Assistant Professor of Classics Grinnell College – Tenure Track (Start Fall 2020) | ChronicleVitae
Alia
- Lack of space at the British Museum sees major loan of Assyrian collection to Getty | The Art Newspaper
- The ancient world teemed with birds; now we think with them | Aeon Essays
‘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 should thunder today, “the underlings of the well born will foment revolution in the state”.
… 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)
