Hodie est a.d. VIII Id. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 10 Maimakterion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
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Classicists and Classics in the News
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- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Among Digitized Manuscripts. Philology, Codicology, Paleography in a Digital World
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Fresh Podcasts
Episode one features Dr Liz Gloyn from the Department of Classics who explains why ancient monsters have continued to hold such a prominent position in western culture and why our perceptions of them are changing.
Tiberius Gracchus had introduced property laws that, while unpopular with the ruling elite, went down well with the people of Rome. You can please some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time. But that’s just politics, isn’t it? Nothing to lose your head over. Guest: Associate Professor Rhiannon Evans (Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University)
Book Reviews
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Professional Matters
- Tenure track Assistant professorship in Classical Greek language and culture – Universiteit van Amsterdam
- Lecturer or senior lecturer (assistant or associate professor in American terminology) In Archaeology Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- Teaching Ancient Warfare in Schools, Colleges and Universities – The Roman Soldier in Afghanistan
Alia
- Art in crisis: identifying and returning looted objects – The British Museum Blog
- From ashes to AI: How technology puts a new lens on ancient texts | NOVA | PBS | NOVA | PBS
- Who are the Tory ‘Spartans’? | The Week UK
- Pompeii ready to reveal more of its haunting past
- Human Rights Lawyer Blasts British Museum for Displaying ‘Pilfered Cultural Property,’ Urges Repatriation of Stolen Objects -ARTnews
- Ancient 70-Mile-Long Wall Found in Western Iran. But Who Built It? | Live Science
‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
- Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
- Sortes Virgilianae (English)
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- Consult the Oracle at UCL
Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends destruction of grain by insects
… 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)
