Hodie est XV Kal. Ian. 2772 AUC ~ 22 Poseideion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
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Fresh Podcasts
This year’s holiday episode is all about festivals and feasts — and in particular, midwinter celebrations, the solstice, and the seasons. And we read a couple of Latin poems about drinking — and explore the odd connection between them and a tire company!
Tres amici de carmine quodam Martialis colloquuntur.
Book Reviews
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Alia
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- The Literary Treasures of Troy | Fine Books & Collections
- Plato was wise, but he missed something about humans | Stuff.co.nz
- Decoding the dead to help reveal secrets of Romans in Colchester | Gazette
- What Did They Eat at The Last Meal in Pompeii? A New Exhibition Has the Answers | artnet News
- Happy Saturnalia – 2019! – Reason.com
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- Guide to the classics: Plato’s Republic
‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
- Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends a major 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)
