Hodie est XVIII Kal. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 18 Maimakterion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
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- Ancient Cup Given to 1st Marathon Victor Returned to Greece – The New York Times
- New memorandum to protect Cyprus’ archaeology – Cyprus Mail
Classicists and Classics in the News
Public Facing Classics
- [Peter Jones] For the ancient Greeks, the only point in taking part was to win | The Spectator
- [Daisy Dunn] What really happened at Troy? | The Spectator
- [Charlotte Higgins] From carnage to a camp beauty contest: the endless allure of Troy | Culture | The Guardian
Fresh Bloggery
- Gallery | Trojan Women | The Kosmos Society
- This Poem Breaks Metrical Rules – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- An Island Archaeology of Early Byzantine Cyprus | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Latin Authors, Far From Homer – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The Neolithic settlement of Episkopi, Ioannina, Greece – Novo Scriptorium
- Great Authors Err Too – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The Celtic/Gallic invasions of Italy (4th-3rd cen. B.C.) – Novo Scriptorium
- Ancient Coin Collecting: Some thoughts about Cultural Property
Fresh Podcasts
Follow one of history’s most dramatic clashes of kings, when Alexander and Darius fought, for the first time, at Issus
When Cleopatra and Marc Antony met by the River Tarsus, Antony was smitten. And when Cleopatra went back to Alexandria, he forgot about invading Parthia and followed her home. The two then spent a magical few months in Alexandria, where they threw each other lavish banquets, made bets and compacts, played ridiculous practical jokes on each other and the public–and fell in love. But nothing good can ever stay. The real world came knocking, and soon Marc Antony was forced to choose between his heart in Alexandria and his future in Rome.
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Lydie Bodiou, Véronique Mehl (ed.), Dictionnaire du corps dans l’Antiquité. Histoire. Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2019.
- [Goodman, The Jewish War: A Biography] Written by the victors? | The New Criterion
- [Wilson, Robert Graves] The Keys to Robert Graves’s Mythologies
Dramatic Receptions
- A thread of their own: Riot Act Inc. tells maids’ stories in ‘The Penelopiad’ | Arts | jhnewsandguide.com
- Language is the food of love in SCU’s ‘Eurydice’ – The Stanford Daily
Professional Matters
- Septimana Latina – The Oxford Latinitas Project
- Call for Book Chapters: INSCRIBING SPACE – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy
Alia
- 9 Fascinating Facts About Julius Caesar, ‘Dictator for Perpetuity’ | HowStuffWorks
- Didaskalia – The Journal for Ancient Performance 15 (2019)
- Artemisia Gentileschi’s painting Lucretia sells for almost €4.8m | Art and design | The Guardian
- In Pursuit of Alexander the Great: Establishing Ownership of Ancient Art
- Portrait of first female Oxbridge professor unveiled
‘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 that poisonous snakes will be calmly dealt with by men.
… 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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