Hodie est a.d. XI Id. Mart. 2772 AUC ~ 26 Gamelion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
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Classicists and Classics in the News
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Fresh Bloggery
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- Origins of the Western Monasticism in the 4th and 5th c. A.D. – Novo Scriptorium
- Pompeii als lithografie – Mainzer Beobachter
- Guest Comic: Abbi Holt’s Abecedarius Letifer | Greek Myth Comix
Fresh Podcasts
On this episode, there are two stories: one from Tunisia, and the other from Italy, about people who take their fate into their own hands to varying, oftentimes disastrous results.
The creature is a sad sea goat who just wants to be with all of his other sad sea goats but, because the Greek gods are the Greek gods, he’s doomed to a life of tragedy. Sorry, sad sea goat.
- Dramatic Receptions
- ‘Medea’ perfectly blends classical tragedy with the contemporary | The McGill Tribune
- ‘Eurydice’ brings modern female perspective to Greek myth | The State
Professional Matters
- CFP: International Society for Neoplatonic Studies | Society for Classical Studies
- CALL. 03.04.2020: Animals and Animal Imagery in the Ancient World – Calgary (Canada)
Alia
- Robots, Clocks and Computers: How Ancient Greeks Got There First – The New York Times
- British Museum to Present New Exhibition PIRANESI DRAWINGS: VISIONS OF ANTIQUITY
- When French historians of Ancient Greece conquered the world | Neos Kosmos
- Museum in Athens proves Ancient Greek technology was way ahead of its time – Greek City Times
‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
- Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends an outbreak of reptiles and worms.
… 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)
