Hodie est  a.d. III Id. Feb. 2772 AUC ~ 18 Gamelion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

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Public Facing Classics

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Fresh Bloggery

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Fresh Podcasts

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Lupercalia was a Roman festival which took place in the middle of February, and had the effects of purifying and cleansing the city. Participants would take part in a blood sacrifice, strip off their togas, and run naked through the streets of Rome.

• Episode 79: Sex & Gender — The Endless Knot

We trace the etymologies and development of the words “sex” & “gender”, as well as words for women and men in Greek, Latin, and English, touching on Roman, Greek, and medieval English ideas about gender. Then we discuss the grammatical term “gender” and how it differs across languages around the world.

Book Reviews

• [Daisy Dunn] The Terror and the Fascination of Pompeii | The New Yorker
• [BMCR] Susanna Morton Braund, Zara M. Torlone (ed.), Virgil and his Translators. Classical Presences. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. 
• [BMCR] Marie-Pierre Chaufray, Ivan Guermeur, Sandra Luisa Lippert, Vincent Rondot (ed.), Le Fayoum: archéologie, histoire, religion: actes du sixième colloque international, Montpellier, 26-28 octobre 2016. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2018. 
• [BMCR] Jacopo Tabolli (ed.), From Invisible to Visible: New Methods and Data for the Archaeology of Infant and Child Burials in Pre-Roman Italy and Beyond. Studies in Mediterranean archaeology, 149. Uppsala: Astrom Editions, 2018. 

Dramatic Receptions

• UCI’s “The Penelopiad” Brings New Narrative to a Classic Greek Epic – New University
• The Love of Gods and Mortals – Shepherd Express

Professional Matters

• Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in Ancient Literature (AMPAL) 2020 – Department of Classics, University of Reading, Whiteknights Campus
• Classics Everywhere Deadline Approaching | Society for Classical Studies
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• University of Sydney – Lecturer in Ancient History
• CALL. 20.02.2020: [PANEL 7] Prophets and Prophecy (EABS) – Wuppertal (Germany)

Alia

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• Uncovering the History Behind the Myth of Troy | Art & Object

‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

• Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
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• Consult the Oracle at UCL

Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends good childbirths for women.

… 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)

Hodie est  a.d. IV Id. Feb. 2772 AUC ~ 17 Gamelion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

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In Case You Missed It

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Classicists and Classics in the News

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Greek/Latin News

• [AkropolisWorldNews] Ἡ ἐν τῇ Βενεζουέλῃ κατάστασις 

Fresh Bloggery

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• “Lycurgue cavalier” – Mainzer Beobachter
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Understanding Relations Between Scripts II: Early Alphabets
• Kiwi Hellenist: The Epic Cycle wasn’t as popular as you think
• MoM | Er is geen jaar nul (en dat doet ertoe) – Mainzer Beobachter
• A Sign of Love or Hate – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• ‘The mystery of the Mycenaean “labyrinth”‘ now available online – It’s All Greek To Me

Fresh Podcasts

• Crucifixion on the Dance Floor – The Partial Historians

For our 90th episode, Dr G and I decided to record a special episode on the Australian Ballet’s production of Spartacus. We were honoured when we were contacted and asked if we could produce an article for Classicum based on this podcast. The finished product has just been published, and so the Partial Historians has finally made it into print. We have talked about Spartacus in so many ways over the years, from film to TV to Ted-Ed animations, and covering the ballet added yet another dimension to the complicated and lengthy reception of this gladiator-rebel. We would particularly like to share the conclusion of the article here, but you can access the full text at Academia.edu at either Dr Rad or Dr G’s profile. (Thanks again to Classicum for allowing us to openly share the paper.)

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] André Sauge, L’Odyssée ou Le retour d’Ulysse: un traité d’économie politique. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2018. 
• [BMCR] Silvio Bär, Herakles im griechischen Epos: Studien zur Narrativität und Poetizität eines Helden. Palingenesia, Band 111. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2018. 
• [BMCR] Domingo Placido Suarez, Index thématique de l’esclavage: Antiphon. Institut des sciences et techniques de l’Antiquité (ISTA), 1460. Besançon: Presses Universitaires de Franche-Comté, 2019. 
• [BMCR] Marie-Laurence Desclos (ed.), La Poésie archaïque comme discours de savoir. Kaïnon – Anthropologie de la pensée ancienne, 12. Paris: Classique Garnier, 2019. 

Dramatic Receptions

• Rose Byrne On Creating A Modern-Day Medea

Professional Matters

• CALL. 01.03.2020: Toys as Cultural Artefacts in Ancient Greek and Roman Cultures: Anthropological and Material Approaches – Fribourg (Switzerland)
• 10th Annual UK Punic/Phoenician Network Graduate Workshop – 22/02/2020, Dublin (Ireland)
• CALL. 20.02.2020: [PANEL 4] Hellenistic Imperial Economies and Near-Eastern Temples Research Group: Impact of Hellenistic Empires (EABS) – Wuppertal (Germany)
• CALL. 20.02.2020: [PANEL 3] Ancient Jewish and Christian Religions in their Broader Religious Landscapes (EABS)- Wuppertal (Germany)
• CALL. 20.02.2020: [PANEL 6] Workshop: “Comparing Ancient Historiographies: The Yehudite Book of Chronicles, Herodotus and Babylonian Chronicles“ (EABS) – Wuppertal (Germany)

Alia

• Who was Sappho, the Greek icon Kalki Koechlin named her daughter after? – Lifestyle News
• The Terror and the Fascination of Pompeii | The New Yorker

‘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 success for wild beasts over humans.

… 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)

Hodie est  a.d. V Id. Feb. 2772 AUC ~ 16 Gamelion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

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• Historic Cam remains of incredible Roman bath house will be preserved by housing developer Bovis after residents’ campaign – Gloucestershire Live

In Case You Missed It

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Classics and Classicists in the News

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• Professor Donald Russell FBA | St John’s College, Oxford

Greek/Latin News

• Radiogiornale Latino 08.02.2020 – Vatican News

Public Facing Classics

• How do we review television – intelligently? – Column – Mary Beard: A Don’s life – TLS

Fresh Bloggery

• Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: February 9
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• Polyphemus’ Daughter – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Deeper into the Map of Pompeii – Pompeii Artistic Landscape Project
• Nilometer – Mainzer Beobachter
• Paraklausithyron
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• Weekend Reading: Out Of Office – Classical Studies Support
• Debt, Asylum, Slavery, and Freedom – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Gaudeamus Igitur
• “Words have no meanings in death”: Translating Catullus 101
• I Know Simon and Simon Knows Me – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Queries about Quadrupeds in Linear B – It’s All Greek To Me
• The Truth about Pythagoreans – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• ‘Classics Beyond Whiteness:’ Relevant, inclusive | Wake Forest News
• The Historian’s Hut: Did You Know?: Rome’s Underhanded Acquisition Of Disputed Land In 446 BCE
• Poring Over the Pugna Porcorum – In Medias Res – Medium

Fresh Podcastery

• ‎Bibl•e•pigraphy: #2 Inscriptional Proof of a First Century CE Christian? Erastus the Aedile ≠ Erastus the City-Manager (Rom 16:23) on Apple Podcasts

This podcast explores the Erastus Inscription from ancient Corinth, which many scholars conclude refers to a first century Christian named Erastus (Rom 16:23). Clint tests this hypothesis and discusses the oft-neglected circumstances surrounding the inscription’s discovery and publication.

• ‎Literature and History: Episode 71: The Gods Depart (Statius’ Thebaid) on Apple Podcasts

Statius’ Thebaid, Books 7-12. Six hundred years after Aeschylus, Statius once again brought the Theban epic to a thunderous conclusion.

Landscape Modery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CfqTxIk6Ts

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Fred C. Woudhuizen, The Luwians of Western Anatolia: Their Neighbours and Predecessors. Oxford: Archeopress, 2018. 
• [BMCR] Philipp Sidney Horky (ed.), Cosmos in the Ancient World. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 
• [BMCR] Camilla Colombi, La necropoli di Vetulonia nel periodo orientalizzante. Italiká, 5. Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2018. 
• [BMCR] Nathaniel B. Jones, Painting, Ethics, and Aesthetics in Rome. Greek culture in the Roman world. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 
• [BMCR] David Pritchard, Athenian Democracy at War. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 
• [BMCR] Ulrike Steinert (ed.), Assyrian and Babylonian Scholarly Text Catalogues: Medicine, Magic and Divination. Die babylonisch- assyrische Medizin in Texten und Untersuchungen, Band 9. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2018. 
• Military Book Review Maecenas

Dramatic Receptions

• Read the Reviews for the Metropolitan Opera Premiere of Agrippina | Playbill

Professional Matters

• 81st Annual Latin Week contests – February 22, 2020 | CAAS-CW
• CALL. 15/02/2020: Sixth Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Heritage of Western Greece with special emphasis on Arete -Syracuse (Italy)
• Oberlin College & Conservatory Applicant Portal | Thomas F. Cooper Post-Doctoral Fellow in Classics

Alia

• The Best Board Games of the Ancient World | Science | Smithsonian Magazine
• Climate activists bring Trojan Horse to British Museum in BP sponsorship protest | London Evening Standard
• NGC Ancients – Bronze Coinage of the Greek Kings of Ptolemaic Egypt
• Homer Or Hollywood: 5 Inaccuracies In Brad Pitt’s Troy (5 Times They Got It Right)
• Gwent has a stunning array of Roman ruins – here’s a quick guide | South Wales Argus
• Spartacus Was a Real Gladiator and the Baddest Rebel Leader in Rome | HowStuffWorks
• Museum Bums team get to the bottom of Greek love in Cambridge
• Confucius and Cicero | EurekAlert! Science News
• A re-evaluation of manner of death at Roman Herculaneum following the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
• Irene Siegel revisits Ravenswood mural: ‘I’m still excited by art” – Chicago Sun-Times

‘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 bad things for the barley crop.

… 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)

Hodie est  a.d. VII Id. Feb. 2772 AUC ~ 14 Gamelion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

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Fresh Bloggery

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Fresh Podcasts

• A Tribute to Kirk Douglas – The Partial Historians

Join Dr Rad as she reminiscences about one of her film favourites and pays tribute to the man that has unwittingly dominated her life for over a decade…

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Simon Lentzsch, Roma victa: Von Roms Umgang mit Niederlagen. Schriften zur Alten Geschichte. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, 2019. 
• [BMCR] Cecilia Mussini, Stefano Rocchi, Giovanni Cascio (ed.), Storie di libri e tradizioni manoscritte dall’Antichità all’Umanesimo: in memoria di Alessandro Daneloni. Münchener Italienstudien, Band 5. München: Herbert Utz Verlag, 2018.
• [BMCR] Edward Feser, Aristotle’s Revenge: The Metaphysical Foundations of Physical and Biological Science. Neunkirchen-Seelscheid: Editiones Scholasticae, 2019. 
• [Scheidel, Escape from Rome] Rising from Roman ashes
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Dramatic Receptions

• The Waltonian – Eastern’s Production of Antigone and the Importance of Female Power: Inside the recent production put on by the Eastern Theatre Department and how they adapted an ancient Greek tragedy to be their own.
• Step aside, Odysseus — UC Irvine retells Greek classic in ‘The Penelopiad’ – Los Angeles Times

Professional Matters

• CALL. 04.05.2020: Lost in connection. Connectivity in time of transformations – Napoli (Italy)
• CALL. 28.02.2020: The Case for Critical Ancient World Studies – Oxford (England)
• CALL. 15/02/2020: Conversation and Dialogue in Latin (21st ICLL 2021) -Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
• CALL. 28/02/2020: The Ancient Near East.  Cultures in Contact (9th Annual Postgraduate Conference in Assyriology) -Oxford (England)

Alia

• Spartacus Was a Real Gladiator and the Baddest Rebel Leader in Rome | HowStuffWorks
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• What Happens When Antiquities Are Obliterated? A Sociologist Investigates. | UVA Today
• Trump’s Impeachment Lawyer Alan Dershowitz May Have Owned Looted Antiquities, an Art Crime Expert Says | artnet News
• The Evolution of Pandora – CounterPunch.org

‘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 brief period of destruction for humans.

… 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)

Hodie est  a.d. VIII Id. Feb. 2772 AUC ~ 13 Gamelion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

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Classicists and Classics in the News

• [Benjamin Anderson] History of art and classics professor wins book prize | Cornell Chronicle
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• [Kathleen Lynch] UC classics professor researches ancient Greece through ceramics | News | newsrecord.org
• UC Classics assembles a new digital gallery of historic Troy archaeology photos, documents | University Of Cincinnati
• Gift of $750,000 helps students and faculty in the Department of the Classics | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at Illinois

Public Facing Classics

• [Timothy Joseph] This is how ancient Rome’s republic died – a classicist sees troubling parallels at Trump’s impeachment trial
• [Peter Jones] The ancients would have thought Boris was deluded | The Spectator

Fresh Bloggery

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Fresh Podcasts

• PODCAST: A Global Story with Getty Museum Director Tim Potts | The Getty Iris

From his childhood in Australia spent reading about the ancient world to his current role as director of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Tim Potts has always thought globally. Potts’s broad experiences as a PhD student at Oxford, banker at Lehman Brothers, and director at the National Gallery of Victoria in Australia, Fitzwilliam in England, and Kimbell in Texas have shaped his approach to the Getty’s collections and programs.

In this episode, Potts discusses how he came to the museum and how the institution is using its largely European art collection to engage in discussions of international exchange from the ancient world through today.

• QDP Ep 156: De Spectaculo Optimo – Quomodo Dicitur? Podcast

Tres amici spectaculum cinematographicum de quibusdam felibus tractant, quod Augustus optimum aestimat post hominum memoriam vidum.

Dramatic Receptions

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Professional Matters

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• CALL. 09.02.2020: AMPAL 2020. Fear in Ancient Culture – Reading (England)
• CALL. 25.03.2020: [PANEL 23] “Cognitive approaches, philosophy and religion. Languages, emotions, perceptions and ritual“ (CCAH) – Coimbra (Portugal)
• CALL. 01.03.2020: [PANEL 3] Inscriptions and Literacy (SCS20201) – Chicago (IL, USA)
• CALL. 25.03.2020: [PANEL 3] “Science, Technology, and Technicians in Ancient Warfare“ (CCAH) – Coimbra (Portugal)
• CALL. 25.03.2020: [PANEL 27] “Ancient Necropolitics: Politicizing Death and the Dead in Ancient Greece“ (CCAH) – Coimbra (Portugal)
• CALL. 25.03.2020: [PANEL 26] “Arts in Work: About the Interaction of Soundscapes and Taskscapes in Antiquity“ (CCAH) – Coimbra (Portugal)

Alia

• Greek Antiquities Meet 19th Century Art in Exhibition on 1821 Revolution | GreekReporter.com
• Everyone Was Drinking! Inside an Ancient 3 Day Festival of Wine | The Getty Iris
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• Here Are Some Valentine’s Day Lessons From 43 BC Roman Poet Ovid
• The Athenian Tetradrachm – The Most Iconic Ancient Greek Coin: MA-Shops
• Pompeii’s ancient drains still work perfectly | World | The Times
• [paywalled] The Times view on metal detectorists: Treasure Island | Comment | The Times
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• What ancient Rome, the Founding Fathers and MLK can tell us about impeachment | Berkeley News
• Greek Language Day: The Mother of All Western Languages | 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 major uprising for the state, although there will be more fish and dangerous beasts will die.

… 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)