Hodie est a.d. V Kal. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 1 Maimakterion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

A very slow Monday …

In Case You Missed It

• Tornos News | History Tourism report: The Greek origins of Marseille in France 

Fresh Bloggery

• Homer Mocks His Age – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• Don’t Eat Brains: Zombie-Tydeus for Werewolf Week – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 

Fresh Podcasts

• 033: Ptolemaic Egypt – Ptolemy I: Son of Lagus, Son of Ra by The Hellenistic Age Podcast | Free Listening on SoundCloud 

Ptolemy I Soter, a former commander of Alexander the Great turned King and Pharaoh of Egypt, was perhaps the craftiest out of all of Alexander’s Successors. A talented commander and even more brilliant politician, Ptolemy would wield diplomacy and intrigue with a deft hand, founding what would become the longest lasting Hellenistic Kingdom in his nearly 40-year reign.

Dramatic Receptions

• Orpheus and Eurydice – The Twisted Underbelly of Love – Westender – West End 4101 
• In KCST’s “The Bacchae 2.1,” greek mythology is chromatic, melodic, and queer – Columbia Daily Spectator

Professional Matters

• University of Maryland College Park Employment Site | Assistant Professor  Roman Imperial and Late Antique Mediterranean History
• Contacts linguistiques en Grèce Antique : diachronie et synchronie – Sciencesconf.org 
• Programme AMPRAW 2019 – Historical, Literary and Cultural Studies 

Alia

• Classics are worth reading — and testing for college admissions (opinion) 

‘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, it portends a shortage of necessities.

… 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)