Hodie est a.d. VIII Kal. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 27 Pyanepsion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- ‘Extraordinary’ Roman villa reopened to public in Herculaneum | World news | The Guardian
- US ambassador returns to Italy a statue stolen in 1968
- Archaeologists find 1,900-year-old tomb of woman doctor in Turkey | Ahval
- France finally allows access to ancient tombs in Jerusalem – www.israelhayom.com
- Can a Restored Pompeii Be Saved From ‘Clambering’ Tourists? – The New York Times
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Greek/Latin News
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Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- Dabbling in the Occult: Odysseus, Necromancer – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Scylax | The Kosmos Society
- Halloween is Next Week: Werewolf Week Returns – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The World of Isle of the Blessed – Part IV – The Court of Severus in Eburacum |
- Meta-Classics Costume Idea: Paris as Menelaos – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Fresh Podcasts
Emma-Jayne joins David to discuss the OU’s online learning tools, including the creation of the Hadrian: The Roamin’ Emperor game and filming at Delphi. Emma-Jayne also chats about her research on disability and sensory experience in the Roman World, and how bodily experience would have been far more varied then we tend to think, as well as votive offerings and how these might have helped people deal with these issues. Fittingly, just in time for Halloween, they also talk about Emma-Jayne’s work on funerary customs and the process of os resectum, which included removing a finger of the deceased.
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Shawn W. Flynn (ed.), Children in the Bible and the Ancient World: Comparative and Historical Methods in Reading Ancient Children. Studies in the history of the ancient Near East. London: Routledge, 2019
- [BMCR] Matthew Loar, Carolyn MacDonald, Dan-el Padilla Peralta (ed.), Rome, Empire of Plunder: The Dynamics of Cultural Appropriation. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- [BMCR] Kenneth Glazer, Searching for Oedipus: How I Found Meaning in an Ancient Masterpiece. Lanham; Boulder; New York; London: Hamilton Books, 2018.
- АRKHОNТ : Reliques antiques de Chersonèse : découvertes, résultats, théories. 2019 | Spartokos a lu
Professional Matters
- Associate Professor (or Professor) in Ancient History (Greek) – Corpus Christi College Oxford – Vacancies
- Mediterranean Identity and Race in Antiquity | Department of Classics
Alia
- Asterix makes way for first female hero in comic’s history
- Mark Zuckerberg’s obsession with Augustus Caesar may explain haircut – Business Insider
- Rahe’s new book on Sparta wins geopolitical award – Hillsdale Collegian
- Classics lecture held in memoriam of Grace West – Hillsdale Collegian
- Modern Meets Ancient in A. E. Stallings – The Objective Standard
- Percy Jackson and the Problem of Western Civilization | Chris Gehrz
‘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 thunders today, there will be major misery as a result of unfortunate events.
… 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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