Hodie est a.d. VII Kal. Feb. 2772 AUC ~ 2 Gamelion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
… a slow weekend, news-wise
In Case You Missed It
- Vitrified Brain Tissue Discovered in Victim from Herculaneum – Archaeology Magazine
- Pliny the Elder’s skull surfaces in Rome | World | The Times
- A Long-Hidden Collection of Ancient Sculpture Is Making Its Grand Debut | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
Classics and Classicists in the News
Greek/Latin News
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: January 25
- Longing for Something Known – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Learning One Thing Well
- Sybaris, Thurii, Copia: a piece of micro-history from modern Sibari
- Report: White Supremacy and the Past and Future of Classics Roundtable :: Pharos
- What Really Happened at Herculaneum? – SAPIENS
- Ancient Exchanges is here! – Medea Palatina
- A Tyranny of Luck and a Stranger – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Weekend Reading: A Tour of Troy – Classical Studies Support
- Improving on Antiquity – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The Secrets of Troy – new guidebook | Turkish Archaeological News
- Telemachus is Not a Monster – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Felix dies natalis, Hadriane! – FOLLOWING HADRIAN
- Page not found – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Roman Mysteries & Western Mysteries: Tabula Rasa
- The Three Words That Best Describe You: DRINK! DRANK! DRUNK! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Kroisos – Mainzer Beobachter
- The Illegal, Murderous Rapist: Herodotus Subtweets a Tyrant – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Classics Podcasts from the University of London, Institute of Classical Studies
- That Sickness Which Has No Cure – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Proposal of Artembares
Fresh Podcastery
The year is 305. Galerius has ascended to the position of Augustus and two of his cronies have become the new Caesars. For the time being his only rival in the Roman world was Constantius who ruled the West from Trier. But Constantius was helpless because his 33-year old son Constantine was still a hostage in Galerius’ court…
We have finally arrived at the Battle of Salamis. There’s a lot of buildup before the battle, and surprisingly, this phase is where a lot of the important pieces were moved into place by the wily Themistocles. We witness scenes in both the Greek and Persian camps the day and night prior to the battle, but once the fleets have moved into position, we then witness the clashing ships and the mayhem of close-quarters battle. Queen Artemisia of Halicarnassus makes several appearances throughout, and we conclude with a picture of the battle’s aftermath and the resultant carnage.
In this episode, two friends on a long journey argue over whether or not they should spend the night at a rather grim and unpleasant taverna… This Greco-Roman folktale was ‘very well known’ according to Cicero, and features some familiar tropes, including dreams, vengeance and danger on the road; the story has been adapted from Cicero, On Divination, 1.57 and Valerius Maximus, Memorable Deeds and Sayings, 1.7.ext.10.
Landscape Modery
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Paul Dräger, Apollonios von Rhodos. Die Fahrt der Argonauten: griechisch/deutsch. Universal-Bibliothek, 18231. Stuttgart: Reclam, 2019.
- [BMCR] Irad Malkin, Un tout petit monde : les réseaux grecs de l’Antiquité. Traduction par Julie Dalamard. Mondes anciens. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 2018.
- [BMCR] Anne Lagière, La Thébaïde de Stace et le sublime. Collection Latomus, 358. Bruxelles: Societété d’Études Latines de Bruxelles – Latomus, 2017.
- [BMCR] Kenneth Lapatin (ed.), Buried by Vesuvius: The Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum,
- CHRISTIANIZING ASIA MINOR: Conversion, Communities and Social Change in the Pre-Constantinian Era – Classics for All
Professional Matters
- Locus Ludi – The Cultural Fabric of Play and Games in Antiquity
- Tenure-Track Position as Assistant Professor in Latin Literature – CAUT | Academic Work
- Instructional Professor (open rank) in Classics | Society for Classical Studies
- Rumble Fund Lecture in Classical Art 2020: A Greek Lady from Persepolis: A statue of Penelope and her Roman sisters Tickets, Wed 25 Mar 2020 at 18:30 | Eventbrite
Alia
- Pompeii and the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius: A Timeline
- Trial of Helen of Troy | National Hellenic Museum
- Rome, Iran, and the Specters of Antiquity | Foreign Policy Journal
- Gods in Color | Apollo Magazine
‘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 many will be slaughtered by a powerful man, but eventually, he himself will be killed.
… 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)
