Hodie est VII Kal. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 29 Maimakterion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
… another quiet Monday …
In the News
Classicists and Classics in the News
Fresh Bloggery
- Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: November 25
- No Politics and Religion at Dinner? Try Love Instead – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- How to fill up your time if you’ll spend the holiday here or if you plan a weekend getaway > OurWarwick
- Dinners: Invitations and Guest-Lists for the Feasts – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- A Fine Tragedy – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Philip J. Smith, Hans Beck (ed.), Megarian Moments: The Local World of an Ancient Greek City-State. Teiresias Supplements Online, 1. Münster: Teiresias Supplements Online, 2018.
- [BMCR] Stefano Acerbo, Le tradizioni mitiche nella Biblioteca dello ps. Apollodoro: percorsi nella mitografia di età imperiale. Amsterdam: Adolf M. Hakkert, 2019.
- [BMCR] Christophe Cusset, Alessandra Lukinovich, Redécouvrir ‘L’Apparition’ de Ménandre. Études grecques. Paris: L’Harmattan Editions Distribution, 2019.
Professional Matters
Alia
- From the Iliad to Circe: culture’s enduring fascination with the myths of Troy – EconoTimes
- Praying to Lady Luck is nothing new – it was a way of life for the Romans – Chronicle Live
‘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 dangerous war.
… 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)