Hodie est a.d. VI Id. Octobres 2772 AUC ~ 12 Pyanepsion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Archaeology: 2nd century inscription found at Plovdiv’s Roman Forum, fining Philippopolis | The Sofia Globe
- Cretan tomb’s location may have strengthened territorial claim — ScienceDaily
- Yemen calls on US to ban sale of its artefacts – Middle East Monitor
- The Journal of Roman Archaeology has made the text and translation of that major inscription found at Pompeii a few months ago. Worth checking out …
Greek/Latin News
- [Ephemeris] POPVLARIS VICTORIA De comitiis Noricis
Public Facing Classics
- [Peter Jones] Extinction Rebellion proves Aristotle was right about the follies of youth | The Spectator
Fresh Bloggery
- Understanding Power: Free Classics and Politics Workshops for Schools – ACE Classics
- Epigraphy and Late Antiquity | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Oxen, Horses, and Priam Are Not Happy – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Chemin faisant: Mythes, cultes et société en Grèce ancienne. Mélanges en l’honneur de Pierre Brulé
- A piece of the Parthenon in Washington, DC | Classical Inquiries
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: La justice dans les cités grecques: De la formation des royaumes hellénistiques au legs d’Attale
Fresh Podcasts
Unde nascuntur, qua fluunt, quo influunt.
This time the team are discussing a topic suggested by one of our patrons, they talk over the the pro’s and con’s of experimental archeology and re-enactment in respect to ancient warfare.
Dramatic Receptions
- Not Medea blurs the lines between modern parenting and Greek tragedy | Theater | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper
- Cal U. theater fall season opens with Greek comedy | Living | observer-reporter.com
- Cal Poly Theatre and Dance Department Presents Bawdy Greek Comedy ‘Lysistrata’ Oct. 31-Nov. 3, Nov. 7-9 – Cal Poly News – Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
- Aries Osiris Perfectly Embodies the Mysteries of Dionysos in Shaking the Tree’s Bakkhai – Theater & Performance – Portland Mercury
Professional Matters
Alia
- An introduction to Orientalist painting – The British Museum Blog
- The Chicago Archaeologist Who Changed the Way We Study Civilization | WTTW Chicago
- Vintage filth: a guide to history’s rudest texts | Books | The Guardian
- Ancient Greek Philosopher Phythagoras Created Ultimate Practical Joke
- Speech by President Donald Tusk at the Athens Democracy Forum 2019 – Consilium
- Gertrude Bell: the dashing ex-spy who founded Iraq’s National Museum
- Colbert Thinks Trump Might Be Undone by His ‘Achilles Mouth’ (Video)
‘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 downfall of a praiseworthy man.
… 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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