Hodie est pridie Non. Octobres 2772 AUC ~ 8 Pyanepsion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Archaeologists To Resume Survey of Famous Antikythera Shipwreck | GreekReporter.com
- Gonzaga Holds Epic Greek Poem Marathon | Spokane Public Radio
- ICE returns 6th century marble statue to Libya | ICE
Greek/Latin News
- Radiogiornale Latino 05.10.2019 – Vatican News
- [Ephemeris] BELLVM MERCATORIVM De Europaeorum atque Americanorum certatione
- [AkropolisWorldNews] Τετρακισχίλιοι ἄγνωστον στρατιώτην παραπέμπουσιν
Public Facing Classics
- [Charlotte Higgins] Boris Johnson’s love of classics is about just one thing: himself | The Guardian
Fresh Bloggery
- Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: October 6
- A Sick Country and a Tyrannical Soul – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Weekend Reading: London, baby! – Classical Studies Support
- A Predator and His Council: A Fable for Our Times – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Morocco to Recover 35,000 Pieces of Stolen Heritage from France
- Ausonius: Addenda and Corrigenda to Jenkins’ Bibliography of Ammianus Marcellinus
- A Thing of Beauty… Kallos, London – Classical Studies Support
- The Wakeful Mind and Happiness – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Blog: What Do We Mean When We Say “Diversity”? Addressing Different Kinds of Inequity | Society for Classical Studies
- Politics Getting You Down? Here’s a Pep-talk from Cicero – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- FIEC: Introducing the Board Members of FIEC
Fresh Podcasts
In this special episode, we’re joined by Liz Smith, who has recently completed her doctoral research of the representation of women’s dress in statuary at Macquarie University. Together we’ll trace the threads of evidence for women’s attire in the Roman world.
This is a very special episode with some very special interviewees. I went along to Pimlico Academy for the first day of our inaugural Summer School and asked a few pupils who have been taught by The Latin Programme in their schools if they wouldn’t mind chatting to me about all things Latin.
De die natali quem modo egi
Landscape Modery
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Catharine C. Lorber, Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire. Part I. Ptolemy I through Ptolemy IV (2 vols.). Volume 1. Precious Metal. Volume 2. Bronze. Numismatic studies. New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2018.
- [BMCR] Albert Bates Lord, David F. Elmer, The Singer of Tales. 3rd Edition. Publications of the Milman Parry collection of oral literature, 4. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2019
- [BMCR] Christopher Carey, Ifigeneia Giannadaki, Brenda Griffith-Williams (ed.), Use and Abuse of Law in the Athenian Courts. Mnemosyne supplements. History and archaeology of classical antiquity, 419. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2018.
- [Classical Journal ~ PDF]: Music, Text and Culture in Ancient Greece
- GENDER, IDENTITY AND THE BODY IN GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURE – Classics for All
- TRAVEL AND HOME IN HOMER’S ODYSSEY AND CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE: Critical Encounters and Nostalgic Returns – Classics for All
- THE BROTHEL OF POMPEII: Sex, Class and Gender at the Margins of Roman Society – Classics for All
- EMPIRE OF LETTERS – Classics for All
- [review of Mendelsohn, Bad Boy of Athens] How the classics help us appreciate today’s cultural offerings
- [review of Magness, Masada] Maybe there was no mass suicide at Masada? Top archaeologist questions a legend | The Times of Israel
Dramatic Receptions
- Five unmissable reasons you need to see Zeus on the Loose starring Vicky Vox | WhatsOnStage
- Ensemble Theatre’s ‘The Penelopiad’ tells the story of the Odyssey from another angle – cleveland.com
Professional Matters
- 2019 Goodwin Award Winners | Society for Classical Studies
- Society of Classical Studies – Shelley Haley, President-Elect | CAAS-CW
- Technological Animation in Classical Antiquity | University of Exeter, 6th-7th December 2019
- CFP: Anchoring Technology in Greco-Roman Antiquity | Society for Classical Studies
- Assistant Professor, Classics University of Cincinnati
- Position Available: Investment Liaison | CAAS-CW
- Position Available – Secretary | CAAS-CW
Alia
- Free museum Sundays are back in Italy – Culture – ANSAMed.it
- In Dijon, Where Mustard Rules, You Can Also Meet an Ancient Goddess – The New York Times
- Something Happened in 146 BC That Significantly Affects Your Business Today – San Antonio Express-News
- 36 Roman statues within Union Station get a much-needed scrubbing | wusa9.com
- Use These Latin Phrases to Sound Smarter
- Hubble Space Telescope Finds Medusa in the Sky
- Succession Loves Ancient Greek and Roman Myths
- The Latin Epigram: Brevity, Levity, and Grief – Los Angeles Review of Books
- The Temple Mount’s treasure trove – www.israelhayom.com
- Ancient Greek tips for reading today’s news: Everyone matters
- What the Odyssey Tells Us About Deception
- Athens’ First Modern Stoicism Gathering – Greek City Times
‘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 the appearance of future abundance but the harvest will actually be less plentiful and autumn practically devoid of fruit.
… 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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