Hodie est a.d. IV Kal. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 2 Maimakterion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Getty Center Safe and Secure after Mass Efforts in Getty Fire | The Getty Iris
- 1,900-year-old mausoleum tablet found in northwestern Turkey – Daily Sabah
- Rome to reveal hidden Torlonia Collection of Roman treasures
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In Case You Missed It
Classics and Classicists in the News
- Annual Classics battle reenactment to take place on Halloween | Announce | University
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- Boston Red Sox’s Chaim Bloom knows Yale Classics degree is unconventional for a baseball executive; ‘But it worked for me’ – masslive.com
Greek/Latin News
Public Facing Classics
- [Helen King] Spin Doctor – EIDOLON
Fresh Bloggery
- Ancient Vampires 2: What’s Really Scary is Misogyny – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Science, History, and Late Antiquity | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Poets in the Posse, Entertainers in the Entourage – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: An Argument of Epicurus
- Arrian I.4.1-8 | The Second Achilles
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Trivia
- An Ancient Greek Horror Story to Make You Scream – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Fresh Podcasts
Salamis, the great clash at sea between Greece and Persia.
For this episode I had the pleasure of taking the train into Oxford to meet the fabulous Mai Musié, the Knowledge Exchange Project Officer at Oxford University. We talked about her work at the university along with her many other projects, her own Classical education, and the importance of reframing Classics as a subject that has something for everyone.
Quid video hodie, dum ambulatio fruor vespertina
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe, Eye and Art in Ancient Greece: A Study in Archaeoaesthetics. Turnhout: Brepols, 2018.
- [BMCR] Eric C. Smith, Jewish Glass and Christian Stone: A Materialist Mapping of the “Parting of the Ways.” Routledge studies in the early Christian world. New York: Routledge, 2017.
- [Bajtlik, Greek Myths and Mazes] Classic Parenting: Labyrinth of Delights – In Medias Res – Medium
Professional Matters
- Tenure track Assistant professorship in Classical Greek language and culture in North Holland, Amsterdam
- Call for Papers « Roman Archaeology Conference
- Talk: E. Adelaide Hahn Lecture | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
- The discovery of an ancient Greek city – BBC Reel
- Pompeii experts probe mystery ‘ancient safe’ found intact 2,000 years after disaster | World | News | Express.co.uk
- Watchmen Gordian Knot Reference Might Prove That Adrian Veidt Is Still Alive
- Why Viewers Are Drawn to Renaissance Artists’ Go-To Pose | Smart News | Smithsonian
- Trump’s English still lacking, but his Latin’s getting better | Columns | idahostatejournal.com
- Twelve Worcester buses named after Roman goddesses to highlight salt heritage | Worcester News
‘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 year of serious disease.
… 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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