Hodie est XIII Kal. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 23 Maimakterion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Archaeological Crime Gang Uncovered in Italy, 10,000 Artefacts Recovered – The New York Times
- Roman-era sarcophagus with skeleton found in Turkey
- Italy busts international antiquity smuggling ring | News | DW | 18.11.2019
- Troy: Myth and Reality review, British Museum: plunges you into an epic tale that has thrilled for 3,000 years
- Troy: Myth and Reality review — Museum’s odyssey has a timeless appeal | Times2 | The Times
- Troy meets world: London exhibition reconciles myth and reality of ancient city | The Art Newspaper
In Case You Missed It
- Treasure hunters destroy ancient lake in northeastern Turkey | Ahval
- Spyros Louis: Ancient trophy given to first marathon winner is returned to Greece | World | The Times
Greek/Latin News
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- News: Egypt Exploration Society Missing At Least 120 Papyri | Variant Readings
- At least 120 pieces of papyri appear to be missing from the Egypt Exploration Society collection ~ ARCAblog
- The Coptic Material from Oxyrhynchus | Variant Readings
- Tawdry Tuesday: Further Scatological Studies – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Latin Class
- The Edithorial: Troy in Nicosia:The Women’s War
- Romeinse wachttoren in het Zaanse veen – Mainzer Beobachter
- Besprent with Learned Dust – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- SIAC Newsletter – 179 (11/2019) | Tulliana News
- SIAC Newsletter – 178 (10/2019) | Tulliana News
- 5th Century AD Byzantine Thermae (Public Baths) Discovered in Downtown of Bulgarian Black Sea City Varna – Archaeology in Bulgaria. and Beyond
- Looting Matters: Looting in Calabria
- Every Which Way But Lose | Sphinx
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Appeal: The campaign for papyri.info
- Elementa: Teaching Literacy with Latin – In Medias Res – Medium
Fresh Podcasts
In episode 3 of the A.D. History Podcast, we probe the Germanicus murder cold case, and see the Roman world in Strabo’s The Geography.
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Sarah Iles Johnston, The Story of Myth. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018.
- [BMCR] Virginia Burrus, Ancient Christian Ecopoetics: Cosmologies, Saints, Things. Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018.
- [BMCR] James J. O’Donnell (trans.), Julius Caesar. The War for Gaul: A New Translation. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019.
- Le littoral de la mer Noire à l’époque antique et au début du Moyen Âge | Spartokos a lu
- TROY ON DISPLAY: Scepticism and Wonder at Schliemann’s First Exhibition – Classics for All
Dramatic Receptions
- Madcap ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’ opens Friday at the Kravis Center – Entertainment – The Palm Beach Post – West Palm Beach, FL
- SYRMA, a One Act Play Inspired By Greek Mythology And Dante’s Divine Comedy to Premiere at Alchemical Studios
- Oedipus Rex | Let’s Play
Alia
- Ancient Rome’s lesson for Washington as impeachment inquiry progresses – Baltimore Sun
- Paideia’s spring course offerings highlight wellness, service, and citizenship | Penn Today
- Column | The Greek mariner who enhanced link between Egypt and Kerala
- The Leonardo starts unpacking artifacts from Pompeii, for exhibition opening Saturday – The Salt Lake Tribune
‘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 success for women.
… 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)
