Hodie est a.d. IV Non. Feb. 2772 AUC ~ 9 Gamelion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- In former Syria rebel stronghold, nothing was spared – France 24
- Spectacular Findings Uncovered in Santorini’s Akrotiri Archaeological Dig | GreekReporter.com
In Case You Missed It
- Greece Says Brexit Helps Cause for Return of Parthenon Marbles – The National Herald
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- [Paywalled] Was Pliny the Elder’s heroic death in the face of Pompeii’s destruction a work of fiction? | The Independent
Classics and Classicists in the News
- Bringing a Classical Discipline Into the 21st Century – The University Times
- News – IAD at the Parthenon with the AIA-Nashville Society – Archaeological Institute of America AIA News
- UCL’s Homer Day 2020 by Lauren Cudjoe, Reigate College | Surrey Comet
Greek/Latin News
- Nuntii Latini mensis Ianurii 2020 – Latein-Monatsnachrichten – Bremen Zwei – Radio Bremen
- Radiogiornale Latino 01.02.2020 – Vatican News
- [Ephemeris] RESPONSVM PALAESTINVM
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Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- The Edithorial: What did the Scots the Romans Met Really Look Like?
- “Do Not Acquit this Man” – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Today
- Weekend Reading: From Ascanius to Higgins – Classical Studies Support
- Putting on Speed Near the End – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Boris and the Boy Band Singer | The Second Achilles
- Vasil Bozhkov’s antiquities collection ordered to be seized by Bulgarian authorities ~ ARCAblog
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Confucius and Cicero: Old Ideas for a New World, New Ideas for an Old World
- Space and Memory on Lindos’ Acropolis — a phenomenological approach
- Papyrologie: update – Mainzer Beobachter
- Final Fantasy XV: Latin song “Somnus” | Latin Language Blog
- New Texts: Albinovanus Pedo and Cornelius Severus | Curculio – Michael Hendry
- Henry David Thoreau and the nature of civil disobedience – Philosopher of the Month | OUPblog
- “From ‘Warriors for the Fatherland’ to ‘Politics of Volunteerism’: Challenging the Institutional Habitus of American Archaeology in Greece. | From the Archivist’s Notebook
- How To Recognize a Grouch – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The Theodosian Walls of Constantinople – Novo Scriptorium
- Monuments from Dougga, Tunisia – Novo Scriptorium
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Afghan Geniza Texts to be Handled in Oxford?
- The Secrets of Pamukkale and Hierapolis – new guidebook | Turkish Archaeological News
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Online Open House | Confessions of Murder in the Odyssey, with Eunice Kim
- SIAC Newsletter 181 (01/2020) | Tulliana News
- Your Jokes Killed Homer! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Persius Index
- A pagan philosopher writes against Manichaeism: Alexander of Lycopolis and his “Against the Manichaeans” – Roger Pearse
- Book Club | February 2020: Ovid’s The Art of Love | The Kosmos Society
- Impossible Plausible Events are Better than Implausible Possible Ones – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Journal: Ciceroniana On Line
- Seneca Goes Stir-crazy On the Weekend – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Livius Newsletter | February 2020 – Mainzer Beobachter
- January 2020 in Turkish archaeology | Turkish Archaeological News
- Demons! Corruption! Games! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Fresh Podcastery
Continuing my examination of the Roman kings I talk about Tullus Hostilius, the third Roman king. Tulls was primarily associated with Rome’s military exploits and had a hand in a famous myth. He also had more than a hand in a death which shocked even Livy. From war to religious problems and a bizarre death. It’s all here.
Penelope is one of the most compelling characters from ancient Greek mythology. And yet her intelligence and agency in Homer’s Odyssey is seldom appreciated. Towards the end of the epic, Penelope comes face-to-face with Odysseus, who has finally returned home disguised as a beggar. After they exchange a few stories (with Odysseus still maintaining his disguise), Penelope sets in motion a chain of events that seals the fate of all the major characters in the story. Since antiquity people have debated whether Penelope realizes who this beggar is or not. Obviously, how you come down on that question is going to profoundly affect how you see her as a character. Is she naive and passive or is she discerning and cunning? …
In our last two episodes I talked about the high politics of Gallia and the Roman Empire. Today, we’re going to look at daily life for the people living in Gallia. The Gauls had been through a lot over the past two centuries. They were arguably the worst hit during the Crisis of the Third Century as constant invasions led to near-total societal collapse by the 280s when Diocletian sent Maximian to pacify the region. Then the following fifty-year period spanning the rules of Maximian, Constantius and his son Constantine was incredibly transformative. This half-century brought stability to Gallia, but not prosperity, as the Roman Empire developed into the Late Roman Empire. …
Landscape Modery
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] M.C. Bishop, The Secret History of the Roman Roads of Britain. Yorkshire; Philadelphia: Pen & Sword Military, 2019.
- [BMCR] John F. Drinkwater, Nero: Emperor and Court. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- [BMCR] Rita Degl’Innocenti Pierini, Pomponio Secondo: profilo di un poeta tragico ‘minore’. Testi e manuali per l’insegnamento universitario del latino, 144. Bologna: Pàtron, 2019.
- [David Quint, Virgil’s Double Cross] Virgilian Afterlives: The Classics in Question –
- Andrea Marcolongo’s Nine Epic Reasons to Love Greek gives little incentive to battle through learning the famously difficult language | Illawarra Mercury | Wollongong, NSW
- Phanagoria. L’histoire de la recherche archéologique (fin XVIIIe – milieu du XX siècle) | Spartokos a lu
Dramatic Receptions
- In the Met Opera’s ‘Agrippina,’ the Roman Empire Never Ended – The New York Times
- Carriageworks To Present PENELOPE SLEEPS – An Opera In Essay Form
Professional Matters
- The world in your hand
- CFP: “”Koinonia” in Plato’s Philosophy | Society for Classical Studies
- The Real Estate Market in the Roman World Tickets, Wed 25 Mar 2020 at 09:00 | Eventbrite
- Conference in Classics and Ancient History
- Lecturer in Mediterranean Studies for the Department of Classical Studies job with MASARYK UNIVERSITY | 194304
Alia
- A man called Regulus – Part 2 | Columnists | paysonroundup.com
- Colosseum features in Rome bid for 2024 Euro athletics – WNKY 40 News
- Eleanor Drury offers modern take on Homer’s Odyssey (6 photos) – TBNewsWatch.com
- Painter probed the dark side of beauty and celebrity
- Super Bowl Roman numerals, explained: A guide to help decipher the NFL’s weird numbers game | Sporting News
- The Unknown Story of the Greeks Who Shaped the Latin Alphabet | GreekReporter.com
‘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 a shortage of wheat but more barley; also there will be an increase in livestock, but human beings will decrease.
… 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)
