#Thelxinoe ~ Classical Social Media for February 17, 2020

Hodie est a.d. XIII Id. Mart. 2772 AUC ~ 24 Gamelion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Athens to bury its ancient traitors like heroes | World | The Times

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Junior Classical League to host competition on Feb. 15 – The Hawk Eye

Public Facing Classics

• Natalie Haynes: Troy Story Tickets, Thu 19 Mar 2020 at 18:00 | Eventbrite

Fresh Bloggery

• GMC is moving! | Greek Myth Comix
• PANOPLY VASE ANIMATION PROJECT BLOG: In the News – New Publications
• Flee, Don’t Go to Trial! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Restitution: A Roman Marble Sarcophagus Fragment of Sidmara Type ~ ARCAblog
• Hiding Your Neck in the Bushes – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Toward a Digital Ektypotheke  – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy

Fresh Podcasts

• On Oliver Stone’s “Alexander” w/ Trevor Culley (The History of Persia Podcast) by The Hellenistic Age Podcast | Free Listening on SoundCloud

Though initially a critical failure upon release, subsequent re-cuts of the 2004 “Alexander” film by director Oliver Stone has been more positively received, and it has been praised as one of the most historically accurate films to depict the ancient world thanks to the historical consultant Robin Lane Fox. In this loosely-structured episode, we are joined by Trevor Culley of the “History of Persia Podcast” to give our thoughts on the movie and analyze it from both a technical and (more importantly) a historical perspective.

Dramatic Receptions

• I regret to inform you that the new Anne Carson is not good | The Michigan Daily

Professional Matters

• Women in Antiquity | Women in Antiquity Conference series

Alia

• David Bouchier: In The Footsteps Of Zeus | WSHU
• Eliseo Gil Trial Highlights How Forgers Prey on True Believers
• Lost Pavlopetri, the Mysterious Pelasgians, and Minoan Language

‘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 very fruitful summer.

… 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)