Hodie est a.d. V Kal. Mart. 2772 AUC ~ 2 Anthesterion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- [not sure about this] 5 Days and 2,500 Years Under the Sea: Ancient Underwater Technique Revived | Wine Spectator
- Archaeology: Necropolis discovered, migrants working on dig – General news – ANSAMed.it
In Case You Missed It
- Ancient Roman shrine devoted to Romulus discovered | CNN Travel
- Tornos News | Compromise between an ancient necropolis and an ultra modern Cultural Center reached in Athens
- Archaeologists in Turkey Discover a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Cathy Keane speaks at the Langford Conference in Classics | Department of Classics
- UC classics graduate student third in a decade to win national archaeology award | News | newsrecord.org
Greek/Latin News
- [Ephemeris] WEINSTEIN
Public Facing Classics
- [Joel Christensen] The ancient Greeks had alternative facts too – they were just more chill about it
- [related to the above] Part I: The History Of How We Think About Truth | On Point
- [Richard Hutchins] Technology Won’t Save Us – EIDOLON
Fresh Bloggery
- This is Not the Truth You Are Looking For – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Long Late Antiquity on Cyprus | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Eternal Beauty or Sensory Truths? Epictetus and Epicurus on the Real – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Video of conference presentations: Neo-Paleography: Analysing Ancient Handwritings in the Digital Age
- Kings Fear Posterity’s Curse – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Liddell, Scott, Jones Ancient Greek Lexicon (LSJ) Wiki
- I Need Literary Attestation! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- De ware schrikkeldag – Mainzer Beobachter
- Overpowering the Truth – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Latin and Arabic: Entangled Histories
Fresh Podcasts
Qui sint mores Veronensium minus vituperandi.
It’s time for Rome’s fourth King, Ancus Marcius to come into the spotlight. I discuss what he did and didn’t build as well as play detective in a murder mystery. Spoiler alert, he probably did it.
Book Reviews
Professional Matters
- Mind, Body, Magic: Sensory And Emotional Approaches To Magic In The Roman World – 27/03/2020, Milton Keynes (England)
- CALL. 29.02.2020: Pecunia Omnes Vincit. 7th edition of the International Numismatic and Economic Conference – Szolnok (Hungary)
- CALL. 13.03.2020: [PANEL 13] “Greco-Roman Antiquity and White Supremacy (SCS2021) – Chicago (IL, USA)
- CALL. 05.03.2020: Translating Greek Drama (1600-1750) – Villetaneuse (France)
- CALL. 10.03.2020: [PANEL 12] “Think of the Children!“ Women’s Classical Caucus Panel (SCS2021) – Chicago (IL, USA)
- Whiting Public Engagement Fellowships and Seed Grants | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
- Inside the Lachish Temple, the Earliest Example of the Letter Samekh
- What Exactly is “Western Culture”? | The Bottom Line
- Ten Magnificent Greek Works of Art Found in Foreign Museums | GreekReporter.com
- The sane move is to give Greece back its Elgin marbles | Comment | The Sunday Times
- Ancient DNA from Sardinia reveals 6,000 years of genetic history
- Major British Newspapers Side With Greece Over Parthenon Sculptures | GreekReporter.com
- DEBATE: Is there a case for Britain keeping the Elgin Marbles? – CityAM : CityAM
- On the trail of the Greek philosophers | Neos Kosmos
‘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 reversal of fortune for the wealthy as well as wars and a serious storm.
… 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)