Hodie est a.d. VIII Id. Dec. 2772 AUC ~ 10 Poseideion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Celtic warrior from 2,000 years ago buried in chariot with weapons and ponies hailed as most important find of its kind in UK | The Independent
- ‘Only complete’ 1,700-year-old Roman egg at Aylesbury dig – BBC News
Classicists and Classics in the News
- New Curator of Greek and Roman Art Joins Carlos Museum | The Emory Wheel
- Students Want Thomas Hubbard Fired for Work on ‘Pederasty’ but University of Texas Says It’s Protected Speech
Greek/Latin News
- [Ephemeris] SEDITIO FRANCOGALLICA. Nuntii Latini universi.
Fresh Bloggery
- Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: December 5
- Oligarchy and Plutocracy – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Paintings at Delphi | The Kosmos Society
- How Classical Civilisation A-Level Changed My Life – ACE Classics
- Bad Signs, Worse Decisions – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Digging for gold: the archaeology of the internet and the “Electronic Journal of Mithraic Studies” (EJMS) – Roger Pearse
- Odysseus, Scammer – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Collections: A Trip Through Thucydides (Fear, Honor and Interest) – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
- The Acropolis Museum – Mainzer Beobachter
- Autism and Classical Myth: Hope 11 – Hercules, Blue Story, British Museum… thinking about children’s choices
- The World of The Stolen Throne- Part II – The Romans in Cornwall |
- Friends, Romans, and the Launching of ‘Lessons from Roman Floral Design: Building Sustainable Floristry Today’ – Institute of Classical Studies Blog
Dramatic Receptions
- Breaking the fourth wall in Greek tragedy – The Hindu
- Canada’s Oscar Contender ‘Antigone’ Offers Modern Take on Greek Tragedy | Hollywood Reporter
- ISU Theatre production to retell ‘The Odyssey’ as a refugee story | News | iowastatedaily.com
Professional Matters
- Greece: Greek in Greece
- Ciceronian Congress 2019 | Ośrodek Badań nad Tradycją Antyczną
- State of the Field 2020 | Archaeology at Brown
- Fellowships | American School of Classical Studies at Athens
- CALL. 14.02.2019: Conference in honour of Peter J. Rhodes on the occasion of his 80th birthday – Coimbra (Portugal)
Alia
- Silchester’s Roman baths – Current Archaeology
- For Humanities Students, a Lab of Their Own – The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Rare copy of 19th century essay lands at Johns Hopkins | Hub
- Roman goddess of agriculture Archives – Missourinet
- As Told by Herodotus – Archaeology Magazine
- IO, SATURNALIA, heralding the Roman Festival of Merriment and Goodwill | CAAS-CW
‘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 men being presented with visions of the gods and it will turn out badly for them.
… 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)
