Hodie est a.d. IX Id. Mart. 2772 AUC ~ 28 Gamelion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
In Case You Missed It
- Fresh treasures revealed at Pompeii after painstaking restoration
- This Carving Is Helping Archaeologists Unravel the Secrets of Ancient Scottish Warriors | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
- Roman dagger uncovered by teenage archaeologist on work experience is restored to former glory
- Rome to unveil tomb that may belong to wolf-suckled king – France 24
- Classics without Homer is like maths minus the numbers | Comment | The Times
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Lecture ties Greek mythology to Jewish history – The Johns Hopkins News-Letter
- Love and the humanities – The Bucknellian
Greek/Latin News
- [Ephemeris] ABSOLVTIO TVRCA
- [Ephemeris] VIOLATIO MVLIEBRIS Coactio Indica x
- [AkropolisWorldNews] Νέος περὶ τῶν μετοίκων νόμος
Public Facing Classics
- Will Brexit see the exit of the Parthenon Marbles? – Column – Mary Beard: A Don’s life – TLS
- Pompeii travel guide: tickets, advice and the best sites, according to Mary Beard
Fresh Bloggery
- I Did The Silly Thing You Told Me To Do – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- A Conversation About Slavery in the Latin Classroom
- “Here I Lie, Everyone’s Friend, A Pig” – In Medias Res – Medium
- Ask Me No More Questions, But Tell Me Some More Lies – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The Oriental Institute: Fragments for a History of an Institution: Discovering New Pasts: The OI at 100
- Not Just Hitler and Mussolini: Neo-Nazis Love Neoclassical Architecture too :: Pharos
- The Proverb Behind Silenus’ Wisdom – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: LiLa-Linking Latin: Lemma Bank available
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access publishing by the Institute of Classical Studies
- Intertextuality in Flavian Epic Poetry Contemporary Approaches | The Tesserae Project
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Greek Vocabulary Tool
- Naar het Colosseum – Mainzer Beobachter
- Agamemnon 931–43: Purple Soles | The Oxonian Review
Fresh Podcasts
The tour of the Persian Empire continues. This time I’m going through the empire within the empire to dissect Assyria and Babylonia. Within these two satrapies, there were many important administrative districts and geographic divisions including Judea, Palestine, Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Akkad in addition to Assyria and Babylon themselves. With hindsight’s 20/20 this was obviously one the most important parts of the empire, and we’ll go through it in detail.
Juvenal’s Satires, produced some time in the decades around 100 CE, mercilessly mock some of the more colorful aspects of Roman life.
Caligula built a 3-mile long bridge over the Bay of Naples. Why? So he could ride over it to prove someone wrong. Then he marries his third and last wife, Caesonia. Then he fires two consuls for not celebrating his birthday and starts a general purge of governors who are called back to Rome and, in some cases, charged with majestas. There’s conspiracy in the air.
Dramatic Receptions
- Dionysus in the Underworld (Bacchae & Frogs – King’s Greek Play 2020) | King’s College London eStore
Professional Matters
- Visiting Assistant Professor ~ Vassar College | Society for Classical Studies
- Wellesley College Employment Opportunities | Visiting Lecturer – Classical Studies
- Archaeological Excavations in Israel 2020
- CFP: Flavian Empire conference, June 2020 | Maynooth University
- CALL. 01.03.2020: [PANEL 8] The Religion of Little Things: Small Finds and Big Ideas (SCS2021) – Chicago (IL, USA)
- CALL. 01.03.2020: [PANEL 9] Ovid and the Constructed Visual Environment (SCS2021) – Chicago (IL, USA)
Alia
- Science Notes – 3D imaging and reimagining 19th-century interpretations – Current Archaeology
- Hungry Ghosts – Frank McNally on the Roman festival of Feralia
- BookMark: “The Swerve: How The World Became Modern” By Stephen Greenblatt | WPSU
‘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 abundance.
… 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)
