Hodie est a.d. XI Kal. Feb. 2772 AUC ~ 28 Poseideon II in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
In Case You Missed It
- Augustus’ tomb in Rome to be “indispensable” tourist stop after renovation – Famagusta Gazette
- New Guidelines May Force the British Museum to Return the Parthenon Marbles | Greek Reporter Europe
- Archaeologists seen working by City Walls the day before collapse – Cheshire Live
- Oxford don suspended over alleged artefact theft could still gain from sale | Education | The Guardian
- Archaeology news: Major burial site discovered in Somerset rewrites Roman history | UK | News | Express.co.uk
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Professor EJ Kenney obituary | Register | The Times
- University of Leeds | News > University > Mary Beard to give latest Alice Bacon Lecture
Greek/Latin News
- [AkropolisWorldNews] Ὡπλισμένοι πολῖται
- [Ephemeris] VIRVS SINENSE
Fresh Bloggery
- A freshers honeymoon phase > OurWarwick
- Teaching Tuesday: Without a Syllabus | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Lucky By Nature – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- It’s All Greek To Me – A blog about Classics, linguistics, archaeology, cake, and more
- Giving The Finger in Ancient Greek – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- MET you at a party, you were being an ass – Ostraka – Medium
- Thinking Outside the Böck(s) – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Rediscovering STEM’s Latin Roots – In Medias Res – Medium
- “F**k Gibbon!” – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Thucydides on Revolution and the Meaning of Words – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Fenicisch scheepswrak – Mainzer Beobachter
- #TroyExhibition: Tweet & Photo Party! – THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES
- Who was Homer? – The British Museum Blog
Fresh Podcasts
Starting in 1801, the Seventh Earl of Elgin removed many classical Greek sculptures from Greece, particularly from the Parthenon and other monuments at the Acropolis in Athens. Pt. 1 covers the events leading up to the early removal efforts.
Book Reviews
- THE PERSIAN WAR: In Herodotus and Other Ancient Voices – Classics for All
- [BMCR] Lucio Coco (ed.), Anonimo Greco. Giochi d’amore: Erotopaignia. Giochi d’amore. Introduzione, traduzione e note. Firenze: Olschki, 2019.
- [BMCR] Estelle Galbois, Images du pouvoir et pouvoir de l’image: les médaillons-portraits miniatures des Lagides. Scripta antiqua, 113. Bordeaux: Ausionius Éditions, 2018.
Dramatic Receptions
Professional Matters
- CALL 02.03.2020: I Congress of Young Researchers of Ancient History of the University of Seville: “The Family in Antiquity” – Seville (Spain)
- Northern Association for Ancient Philosophy annual conference | Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures | University of Leeds
- CALL. 31.01.2020: The distribution of economic and political power in ancient empires – Saint Andrews (Scotland)
- NEH Public Scholar’s Program | Society for Classical Studies
- CALL. 31.01.2020: “Human“ and “non human“ in Homeric and Archaic epic – Vathy (Greece)
- London International Palaeography Summer School | Institute of English Studies
- CALL. 09.03.2020: [PANEL 2] “Poeticis magis decora?“ Latin Prose and the Limits of Intertextuality (CCC) – Lyon (France)
- CALL. 20.03.2020: [PANEL 3] Translation and the limits of Greek-Latin bilingualism in Late Antiquity (ca. 300-600 CE) (CCC) – Lyon (France)
Alia
- Aerial Photo of Snow-Capped Mount Olympus Goes Viral | GreekReporter.com
- What Lies Hidden Under Hagia Sophia? | Greek Reporter Europe
- When did the vulva become obscene? | MENAFN.COM
- The Lysicrates Prize: Theatre for All. From Athens, 334 B.C. to Sydney, 2020 A.D. – Greek City Times
‘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 prosperity, but there will be an abundance of mice and deer.
… 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)
