Hodie est a.d. V Non. Octobres 2772 AUC ~ 5 Pyanepsion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Ancient Egyptian Temple from Reign of King Ptolemy IV Unearthed Along Nile River | Live Science
- Ancient scrolls charred by Vesuvius could be read once again | Science | The Guardian
- Trafficking in antiquities bleeds Afghanistan of its history – Focus
- Uncovering secrets of mystery civilization in Saudi Arabia – BBC News
In Case You Missed It
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Fresh Bloggery
- Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: October 3
- Mythical Hope 2 – Hercules: an autistic Hope-bearer? | Mythology and Autism – Susan Deacy
- Destroying the People – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- A Draft of a Response to Andrew Reinhard’s “Assemblage Theory” | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Simonides and Boris – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- sex and treasure: women’s participation in looting and trafficking of Mediterranean antiquities | conflict antiquities
Fresh Podcasts
The romance between Mark Antony and Cleopatra has beguiled us for centuries. What most people don’t realize is that when Mark Antony met Cleopatra, he was already married—to someone just as epic. Her name was Fulvia.
Cleopatra had glamour and divinity and lots of money. But Fulvia had the gangs. She was a populist firebrand, military leader, and for a while, the undisputed power in Rome: both in the Senate and in the streets.
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Keegan Callanan, Montesquieu’s Liberalism and the Problem of Universal Politics.
- [BMCR] Greg Anderson, The Realness of Things Past: Ancient Greece and Ontological History.
- [BMCR] Angelos Chaniotis (ed.), Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum. Volume LXIII (2013).
- [BMCR] Kostas Myrsiades, Reading Homer’s Odyssey.
- [BMCR] Glenn W. Most, Hesiod. Theogony, Works and Days, Testimonia.The Loeb classical library, 57.
- [BMCR] Jennifer Knust, Tommy Wasserman, To Cast the First Stone: The Transmission of a Gospel Story.
- Vinogradov, Ju. A. et T.N. Smekalova (2019) : Гераклейский сборник. Материалы и источники по изучению хоры Херсонеса Таврического. Вып. 1 / «Geraklejskij sbornik» 1936 g. Geraklejskij sbornik. Materialy i istochniki po izucheniju hory Hersonesa Tavricheskogo. Vyp. 1, Saint-Pétersbourg, [Collection Héraclée 1936. Collection Héraclée. Matériaux et sources pour l’étude de la chôra de Chersonèse Taurique. Vol. 1].| Spartokos a lu
Dramatic Receptions
Professional Matters
- NACGLE 2020, Washington DC (January 5-7, 2020) – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy
- Retórica no Mundo Antigo 2020-1 | roda-da-fortuna
- [Various] Nestor – Calls for Papers
Alia
- How much Homer is too much Homer? Find out at GU’s Homerathon Friday | Arts & Culture | Spokane | The Pacific Northwest Inlander
- Stargazing in October: Watching Greek myth play out in the constellations | The Independent
- The Engineering Secrets That Enabled the Parthenon to Survive Time, Nature — and Man (video) | GreekReporter.com
- What Can The Ancient Greeks And Romans Teach Us About Leadership?
- Tornos News | Greek designer to present show at ancient Temple of Poseidon near Athens
- Wonder Woman Goes Classical Greek in a New Cryptozoic Statue
- Cleopatra was the queen of making the first move: Relationship lessons from women throughout history. – The Washington Post
- Achillea’s Gift Heals Soldiers’ Wounds – The National Herald
‘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, it portends hurricanes and conditions where trees will be uprooted; there will be great disruption in the lives of the common people.
… 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)
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