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

• [Ephemeris] CVRDI TOTIVS ORBIS. Nuntii Latini universi. 

Public Facing Classics

• [Monica Green] When Numbers Don’t Count – EIDOLON 

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

• Germanicus Murder Cold Case & Strabo’s the Geography | 21AD – 30AD 

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)

Hodie est  XIV Kal. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 22 Maimakterion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Treasure hunters uncover hoard of Roman coins in Derbyshire field – Derbyshire Live 
• 23 arrested for ‘smuggling antiquities’ – Lifestyle – ANSA.it 

In Case You Missed It

• Canakkale, Turkey: Why I am convinced this is the real site of Troy 
• For classicists, ‘quid pro quo’ is music to the ears – News – The Ledger – Lakeland, FL 

Greek/Latin News

• [AkropolisWorldNews] Πέντε Παλαιστίνοι ἐν τῇ Γάζῃ ἀποθνῄσκουσιν 

Public Facing Classics

• Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures: Madeline Miller – The Tartan 

Fresh Bloggery

• News: Egypt Exploration Society Missing At Least 120 Papyri | Variant Readings 
• FIEC: JOINT CALL FOR PAPYROLOGY 
• Once Again, Scott Carroll and a Papyrus of Plato | Variant Readings 
• F**k Heroic Poetry! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• “A Beacon of Love or Hate”: An Epigram – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• The History Girls: Of Great Men by L.J. Trafford 
• Carabinieri, EUROPOL , EUROJUST investigation, code named: “Achea” ~ ARCAblog
• Time Travel – Ancient Rome blog Top 5 Roman Sites in the United Kingdom – Time Travel – Ancient Rome blog 

Fresh Podcasts

• Germanicus Murder Cold Case & Strabo’s the Geography | 21AD – 30AD 

In this newest installment of A.D. History, Paul K. DiCostanzo and Patrick Foote probe one of the most debated murder cold cases in history of the Roman living legend Germanicus. They also examine the only known surviving such work of its time, Strabo’s much celebrated The Geography. The Geography in its detailed accounting provides a comprehensive work that not only outlines what the Greco-Roman sphere knew about the greater world, but also provides singular insight into how the Romans viewed their own place in that ancient world through Strabo’s eyes.

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Mirella Romero Recio (ed.), El legado de los emperadores hispanos. Historia y geografía, 348. Sevilla: Editorial Universidad de Sevilla, 2018. 
• [BMCR] Chris L. de Wet, Wendy Mayer (ed.), Revisioning John Chrysostom: New Approaches, New Perspectives. Critical Approaches to Early Christianity, 1. Leiden: Brill, 2019. 
• [BMCR] Laura Pfuntner, Urbanism and Empire in Roman Sicily. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2019.
• Military Book Review A History of the Roman Equestrian Order

Professional Matters

• CANADIAN CLASSICAL BULLETIN – BULLETIN CANADIEN DES ÉTUDES ANCIENNES 

Alia

• Donald Trump: He’s a leader speaking the ‘King’s Latin’ | The Riverdale Press | riverdalepress.com 
• Odyssey, the journey becomes a theme park | Neos Kosmos 
• The Purge: SWBTS Insider tells all – Capstone Report 
• Why Do We Know So Little About The Druids? | National Geographic Australia – National Geographic 
• The Muses Aren’t Just For Artists 

‘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 wars and other tribulations for city dwellers.

… 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)

Hodie est  XV Kal. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 121 Maimakterion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Dealer Sues For Seized Head of Alexander the Great – ArtfixDaily News Feed 

In Case You Missed It 

• Invasion, Not Santorini Eruption Tsunami Seen Destroying Minoan Civilization – The National Herald 

Classics and Classicists in the News

• For classicists, ‘quid pro quo’ is music to the ears – The Washington Post 
• [Brent Davis] Discovery is a key to deciphering this lost Minoan language – Futurity 

Greek/Latin News

• Radiogiornale Latino 16.11.2019 – Vatican News 

Public Facing Classics

• [Sarah Scullin] To Craft Is Woman? – EIDOLON 

Fresh Bloggery

• Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: September 16 
• Laudator Temporis Acti: A Laconic Message 
• Hey D, Where Does Punctuation Come From? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• CofC Classics Student Perspective: Chandler Spearman | Department of Classics 
• The spread of Egyptian cults across the early Hellenistic Aegean Sea – Novo Scriptorium 
• An Unfamiliar State of Affairs – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• Blog: How Do We Record the History of Women in Classics? | Society for Classical Studies 
• Fake Aristotle Quote Opposing Human Rights for Immigrants :: Pharos 
• Homer in the Sunshine – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• Revisiting the case of the marble head of Alexander the Great as Helios, the Sun God ~ ARCAblog
• NEW: An unnoticed portrait of Hadrian’s first heir, L. Aelius Caesar, in Rome’s Casino Aurora? – FOLLOWING HADRIAN 
• Arrian I.15.1-8 | The Second Achilles 

Fresh Podcastery

• BBC Radio 4 – Best of Today, Troy at the British Museum 

Myth and history are brought together in a new exhibition

• Caligula #4 – Monster or Misunderstood? | Life Of The Caesars 

We all think we know something of the story of Caligula. We have a picture of him as a destructive monster, an insane sadist. But truth is rarely that simple. Let’s take a look at the sources and their individual biases. And let’s keep in mind that Caligula was Rome’s first true emperor.

• Episode T11 – Euergetes from The Ancient World | Podbay 

Synopsis: Ongoing strife in Anatolia and Egypt allows Antiochus VII to campaign east against the Parthians.  His early successes inspire hopes of a resurgent Seleucid Empire, hopes shattered by his unexpected death.

• Dr. Jill Hicks-Keeton and the Crusade For Truth at the Museum of the Bible | The Lost Ogle

Whether they’re smuggling stolen artifacts from war-torn countries, displaying forged antiquities, or simply using the guise of a museum to promote, affirm and elevate their own Evangelical Christian beliefs, it seems like there’s always something in the news about the Museum of the Bible – the $500-million philanthropic pet project funded by the Green family of Hobby Lobby fame. As a result, Marisa and I thought it would be fun to have Dr. Jill Hicks Keeton – Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at OU – on The Lost Ogle Show to talk about her new book “The Museum of the Bible: A Critical Introduction.”

Landscape Modery

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Lidewij van Gils, Irene J. F. de Jong, Caroline Kroon (ed.), Textual Strategies in Ancient War Narrative: Thermopylae, Cannae and Beyond. Amsterdam studies in classical philology 29. Leiden: Brill, 2018. 
• [BMCR] Juan Antonio López Férez, Galeno: preparación y constitución de textos críticos, entrega y publicación de obras propias o ajenas. Estudios de Filología Griega (EFG), 16. Madrid: Ediciones Clásicas, 2018. 
• [BMCR] Susan Sherratt, John Bennet (ed.), Archaeology and Homeric Epic. Sheffield studies in Aegean archaeology, 11. Oxford; Philadelphia: Oxbow Books, 2016. 
• [BMCR] Clare Fitzgerald, John E. Bowlt, Rachel Herschman, Kenneth D. S. Lapatin, F. G. Naerebout (ed.), Hymn to Apollo: The Ancient World and the Ballets Russes. New York: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, 2019. 
• THE TROJAN WAR: The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian – Classics for All 
• LIDDELL & SCOTT: The History, Methodology and Languages of the World’s Leading Lexicon of Ancient Greek – Classics for All 
• [Anthony Everitt] The Latest Alexander the Great Biography – The National Herald 
• [Catherine Wilson] Review: A new guide to Epicureanism describes how to live life well | Book Reviews | postandcourier.com

Dramatic Receptions

• Student-Written Play MOIRAI Reimagines Greek Mythology – The Oberlin Review 
• Riot Act Inc. tells ‘The Odyssey’ maids’ stories | Local | jhnewsandguide.com 

Professional Matters

• PCS Fall Professional Day – November 23, 2019 | CAAS-CW 
• Career Networking Sign-Up Now Available | Society for Classical Studies 
• ASCSA – The Harry Bikakis Fellowship | CAAS-CW 
• Teaching Associate in Classics (Greek Language and Literature) at University of Bristol 
• Kenan Chair Professor ~ Wake Forest
• Assistant Professor, Art History ~ Wake Forest 
• University of Alabama Employment Site | Chair, Modern Languages & Classics 

Alia

• Helen of Troy: the Greek epics are not just about war – they’re about women | Culture | The Guardian 
• Troy: Myth & Reality | Apollo Magazine
• Of Girls and Gaulois: The Equality of Celtic Women in France 
• Tornos News | “The Independent” to UK PM Boris Johnson: Return the Elgin Marbles 
• Why Do We Say ‘Gubernatorial’? : NPR 
• [paywalled] The Epic Afterlife of Troy – WSJ 
• Mark Luttenberger’s new book “Philip II of Macedon” is a scholarly read on the life and legacy of Phillip II, king of Macedon. 
• Will Boris Johnson right our colonial wrongs and return the Elgin Marbles? Don’t make me laugh | The Independent 

‘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 plenty of food for the flocks.

… 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)

Hodie est  XVII Kal. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 19 Maimakterion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Turkey’s Fathomless Lake wiped off map in treasure hunting – Turkey News 
• Magnificent Egyptian Catacomb Reveals Carvings of a ‘Worthy’ Woman and Her Pet | Live Science

In Case You Missed It

• Catacomb With Mummies From Ancient Egypt’s Roman Period Discovered in Vast Burial Ground 
• From Thebes to Nazi Germany: ancient vase returned to Greece | World news | The Guardian 

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Georgia Nugent Named 20th President of Illinois Wesleyan | Illinois Wesleyan 

Fresh Bloggery

• Classics lost and found – Medieval manuscripts blog 
• The first accurate description of uterine carcinoma by Aretaeus of Cappadocia – Novo Scriptorium 
• Sharing the Struggle For Freedom – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• The World of Isle of the Blessed – Part VII – The Severan Invasion of Caledonia: Victory or Failure? | 
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Attic Vase Inscriptions – News & colloquium 
• The Roman poet, the butch, the hermaphrodite … and his lesbian lover 
• Hippocrates as fan fiction | CRSN 
• Homeric Epigrams: Unknowable Minds; Pitiable Sailors; Dog-Feeding Instructions – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE /
• Autism and Classical Myth: Mythical Hope 8 – Two monster stories… from Hydra heads to Hydra babies 

Fresh Podcasts

• The Exploress Podcast: When In Rome: A Lady’s Life in the Ancient Roman Empire, Part 1 

Let’s travel back to ancient Rome and meet the women who lived amid this ancient-world juggernaut. Many are Roman citizens: the wives and daughters and sisters of influential men who use every tool at their disposal to leave a lasting mark on their fast-changing world—and survive its cutthroat rules about what women were allowed to do and be. Others are “barbarians” who refuse to bow to the ever-expanding Empire, fighting against it with both cunning and spears. We will explore the events and laws they had to navigate, the intrigues and wars in which they had a hand. And as always, we’ll try to understand what life was like in ancient Rome for women: what did it look like through their eyes? Grab a really long sheet and a few vials of poison…just in case.

Dramatic Receptions

• “The Trojan Women” Is a Staging Puzzle on Par with “King Lear.” Bare Theatre Doesn’t Quite Solve It, but Who Ever Has? – INDY Week 

Professional Matters

• British School at Athens Intensive Course for School Teachers – ACE Classics 
• epigraphy.info workshop IV – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy 
• Conference in Classics and Ancient History ~ Coimbra 2020 
• Tokens: The Athenian Legacy to the Modern World 
• On Translating Greek Drama in Early Modern Europe
  (ca. 1400-1600) 

Alia

• Friday essay: shaved, shaped and slit – eyebrows through the ages 
• Josiah Wedgwood’s Portland Vase: The Pinnacle of Classical Perfection
• [paywalled] Some building works threaten Turkish antiquities. Others save them – A night at the museum 
• Ancient Roman Coins – Victory Over Parthia and the lost Roman Standards 

‘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, the fish harvest will be plentiful but it won’t be as good for other water-based beasts. The common good will improve.

… 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)

Hodie est  XVIII Kal. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 18 Maimakterion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• World’s oldest glue used from prehistoric times till the days of the Gauls 
• 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

• Riverhead High School to lose popular veteran Latin teacher | RiverheadLOCAL 

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

• ‎ANTIQUITAS: Episode 3.6: Issus 

Follow one of history’s most dramatic clashes of kings, when Alexander and Darius fought, for the first time, at Issus

• ‎Ancient History Fangirl: Cleopatra x Marc Antony: Lovers in a Dangerous Time (Part 2) on Apple Podcasts 

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)