Hodie est a.d. XIII Kal. Octobres 2772 AUC ~  21 Boedromion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

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• Marble bust of Aristophanes sold for £96,000 by auction in Stansted | Saffron Walden and Uttlesford News | Saffron Walden Reporter 
• Marble Stele from Asia Minor Returned to Munich Museum | Greek Reporter Europe 
• Roman-era mosaic revealed by illegal excavation in SE Turkey’s Mardin – Daily Sabah 
• Project to float boats in ancient city continues 

In Case You Missed It

• Noel Robertson Obituary – New York, NY | New York Times 

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Public Facing Classics

• [Peter Jones] David Cameron would be a winner in Ancient Greece | The Spectator 

Fresh Bloggery

• Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers: Mythological Monster of the Month: Argus 
• To Live and Die in Aristotle’s Works – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• The Edges of the Absurd in Academia | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World 
• Scholarship and Superfluous Detail – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• Treason: A Theme for Every Season – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 

Fresh Podcasts

• ‎The Partial Historians: Episode 97 – Surprising Sabines

We return to our narrative of Rome’s history of its foundation with some surprising Sabines. It’s still 460 BCE, which is an indication of just how complicated Rome’s history is becoming when we read our sources. Both Livy and Dionysius of Halicarnassus are very focused on the ongoing conflict between the Roman elites and the emerging claims to power from the plebeians. We wouldn’t would to give too many spoilers away, but while the Romans are busy trying to figure out what their internal politics will look like, there might just be an enemy on the horizon!‎

• Getty Art + Ideas: Belief, Ritual, and Society with Neil MacGregor on Apple Podcasts 

Since the Ice Age, humans have been using their imaginations to create objects of great artistry and skill, many of them destined for spiritual or religious functions.  Exploring the stories these objects tell and the shared narratives they reflect helps us to understand the nature of belief and the complex relationship between faith and society. In this episode, former British Museum director, Neil MacGregor, discusses these ideas, which are the topic of his recent book Living with the Gods: On Beliefs and Peoples.

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Francesca Piccioni (ed.), Apuleio. ‘Florida’. Introduzione, testo, traduzione e commento. University press letteratura, 26. 
• [BMCR] Niccolò​ Mugnai, Architectural Decoration and Urban History in Mauretania Tingitana. Mediterranean Archaeology Studies, 1. 
• THE REALNESS OF THINGS PAST: Ancient Greece and Ontological History – Classics for All
• A PROSOPOGRAPHY TO MARTIAL’S EPIGRAMS – Classics for All

Dramatic Receptions

• New play explores contemporary womanhood through the myth of Medusa – South Philly Review 
• Review: The Penelopiad raises the bar for Saskatoon theatre | Saskatoon StarPhoenix 

Professional Matters

• Assistant Professor – Classics job with University of Washington Tacoma | 1869617 
• BANEA  ~ ‘Critical Debates in the Archaeology of the Middle East’. 

Alia

• Financial Mirror -Globalisation and lessons of Alexander the Great 
• Oh, sure. Now it’s trendy. But drinking vinegar was the taste that originally refreshed an ancient empire. | The Seattle Times
• Socrates in love: how the ideas of this woman are at the root of Western philosophy | MENAFN.COM 
• The Middle East: The battle for Palmyra – Middle East – Jerusalem Post 
• A Passing Storm or Coming Shipwreck?, by Terence P. Jeffrey | Creators Syndicate 
• Letter: Classics professors oppose Program for Public Discourse – The Daily Tar Heel 
• Tornos News | Greek Tourism Minister: Development of Kaiafa thermal springs and more tourists to Ancient Olympia 
• Italy to help restore Libyan antiquities 
• The next Total War game called Troy: A Total War Saga, reveal Sept. 19 – Polygon 
• Coca Cola Forced to Stop Using Parthenon and Other Greek Symbols in Advertising | GreekReporter.com 
• On the Parthenon Marbles – The British Museum and the Art of Hypocrisy – The National Herald 
• The Myth of Technophobia | WIRED 

‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

• Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
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• Consult the Oracle at UCL

Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it should thunder today, it portends the downfall of a ruler or the overthrow of a king, but also portends discord among the people and prosperity.

… 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)