Hodie est a.d. V Kal. Feb. 2772 AUC ~ 4 Gamelion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Roman ruins found on site of highly anticipated Ikos Andalucia hotel on Spain’s Costa del Sol – Olive Press News Spain
- Bonds of friendship formed at Pylos archaeological dig | Life | ekathimerini.com
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In Case You Missed It
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Classicists and Classics in the News
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- Faculty note: Prof. Gregory Aldrete publishes video lecture analyzing Roman movies – Inside UW-Green Bay News
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Fresh Bloggery
- Avoiding Viruses and Playing Games in Rome – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Publishing as An Ecosystem | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Journal: Studia Hercynia: Journal of the Institute of Classical Archaeology
- Teachers, Not Specialists – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- CREWS Display Online: Writing in Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean
- The Celtic stance towards Hannibal and the Romans – Novo Scriptorium
- Australasian BLOG TAKEOVER #1 | CRSN
Fresh Podcasts
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
When Caligula’s favorite sister, Drusilla, suddenly died in 38 CE, he couldn’t cope. He made her a god, to be worshipped as Panthea, the “All-Goddess,” or “all-embracing deity”, Divae Drusillae Sorori Caius Augusti Germanici. One senator declared under oath that he had witnessed how Drusilla rose to heaven. And now Caligula needed to find a new successor.
Book Reviews
Dramatic Receptions
Professional Matters
- Summer school 2020 – THE LOST WORLD OF ANCIENT CRETE (JULY 2020)
- CFP: Flavian Sicily Conference and Tour | Society for Classical Studies
- CALL. 03.03.2020: Italy Before History: New Research and New Perspectives on Iron Age Italy – Cambridge (England)
- CALL. 15.02.2020: Convegno Terra, legno e materiali deperibili nell’architettura antica – Padova (Italy)
- CFP: Greco-Roman Antiquity and White Supremacy | Society for Classical Studies
- Silence and (Apparent) Wisdom – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The TOMBA project
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Ways of Looking at Things
- How We Occupy Our Sorry Days… – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- CALL. 15.02.2020: [SESSION 5] “Archaeology of Jordan“ (ASOR 2020) – Boston (MA, USA)
- CALL. 15.02.2020: [SESSION 4] “Archaeology of the Near East and Video Games“ (ASOR 2020) – Boston (MA, USA)
- CALL. 15.02.2020: [SESSION 6] “Gender in the Ancient Near East“ (ASOR 2020) – Boston (MA, USA)
- CALL. 15.02.2020: [SESSION 7] “Contemporary Identities and Self-Reflective Approaches in the Study of the Ancient Near East“ (ASOR 2020) – Boston (MA, USA)
- CALL 02.15.2020: [SESSION 8] Workshop “Cultural Heritage and Archeology of Palmyra” (ASOR 2020) – Boston (MA, USA)
Alia
- Crete’s new Archaeological Museum of Mesara opens with ‘Islands of the Winds’ exhibition | TravelDailyNews International
- Tivoli’s Poetry | The Smart Set
- The Romans May Have Invented The Hamburger | IFLScience
- Saint Augustine: The Bishop Who Brought Christianity to the Roman Empire : Tech : Nature World News
- How Hercules Totally Nailed His 12 Labors | HowStuffWorks
- Odysseus, Ophiussa and the Origin of Lisbon – Portugal Resident
‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
- Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
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- Consult the Oracle at UCL
Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends plenty of fish in the sea, but death 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)
