Hodie est pridie Kal. Apr. 2772 AUC ~ 8 Elaphebolion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

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• [BMCR] Rachel Bryant Davies, Victorian epic burlesques: a critical anthology of nineteenth-century theatrical entertainments after Homer. Bloomsbury studies in classical reception . London; New York: Bloomsbury Academic, .

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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

… no entry for March 31!

… 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. III Kal. Apr. 2772 AUC ~ 7 Elaphebolion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

… the no news pattern continues … alas

In Case You Missed It

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Classicists and Classics in the News

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• Myth-in-a-Minute: Daily Challenge
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Fresh Podcasts

• ‎The Hellenistic Age Podcast: 042: The First Punic War – The Sicilian Wrestling Ground on Apple Podcasts

The First Punic War, lasting from 264 to 241 B.C., was the longest uninterrupted war in the ancient world, fought between the Roman Republic and the Phoenician city-state of Carthage. Exploring the origins of the conflict is essential, tracing the earliest instances of Romano-Punic relations to the intervention of Rome on the behalf of the Mamertines in 264. While the Romans may be able to hold their own in land engagements, will they be able to meet the awesome nautical power of Carthage and emerge victorious in the clash off Cape Ecnomus, the  largest naval battle in the ancient world?

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Jennifer A. Baird, Dura-Europos. Archaeological histories. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.
• [BMCR] Tom Geue, Author unknown: the power of anonymity in ancient Rome. . Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2019.

Professional Matters

• Stranger Things. Fantasy in Antiquity in Historiography and Reception

Alia

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‘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 the arrival of a powerful human who will bring good cheer.

… 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 Kal. Apr. 2772 AUC ~ 6 Elaphebolion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Hobby Lobby president Steve Green to give back 11,500 antiques to Iraq and Egypt governments | The Independent

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Greek/Latin News

• [Ephemeris] ACCVUSA IN PRAESIDEM

Fresh Bloggery

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• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Collezione Papiri Museo Egizio: “Turin Papyrus Online Platform (TPOP)” – Un passo oltre gli archivi chiusi verso gli open data
• Misverstand: IV – Mainzer Beobachter
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• Social Distancing, Phoenix-style | The Petrified Muse
• Weekend Reading: Baking and Piranhas – Classical Studies Support
• Thucydides on Sitalkes, King of the Odrysians – MUSINGS OF CLIO | MUSINGS ON HISTORY, ART AND ANCIENT SOCIETY
• A Statement from Steve Green on Hobby Lobby Acquisitions | Variant Readings
• Thucydides Explains Everything | Sphinx
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Digitized Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (CIL) at Arachne
• Steve Green to return another 11,500 antiquities to the Iraqi and Egyptian governments, but let’s not forget the past. ~ ARCAblog
• Val Max on Indian and Phoenician Women – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Disease and Prediction: Hippocratic Musings in the Time of COVID-19
• Papyrology: Update (2) – Mainzer Beobachter
• Steve Green announces the repatriation of 11,500 antiquities | Roberta Mazza
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• High Noon Homer *or* Western Lit – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
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• The Museum of The Bible’s Chairman’s letter leaves many unanswered questions ~ ARCAblog
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• “His Heart Barked”: Sex, Slaves, and Transgression in the Odyssey – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Telesilla: Argive Woman, Warrior Poet – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Looting Matters: The anonymous history of a Minoan larnax
• Twee heel oude dames – Mainzer Beobachter
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• Arrian I.24.1-6 | The Second Achilles
• Misunderstanding: Colosseum – Mainzer Beobachter
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• Hippocrates: Unmarried Women are Sad Because of Periods – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Fresh Podcastery

• ‎The Ancient World: Episode T17 – The Sons of Grypus on Apple Podcasts

Synopsis: With Rome encroaching from the north and south, the sons of Grypus battle Parthians, usurpers and local powers to keep their hold on Syria…

• ‎Classics Confidential: CC Shorts – Jody Cundy (part 1) on Apple Podcasts

In this CC Shorts episode, Elton talks to Dr Jody Cundy (University of Toronto) about her work on Pausanias’ Description of Greece. The conversation ranges over the themes of wonder, travel writing, and paradoxography (‘the cataloguing of marvels’), and how Pausanias represents Greece as a place of enchantment – from its most famous ruins to a simple rock on the ground.

• The Clever Slave’s Story ~ Creepy Classics

Something a little lighter to cheer everyone up this month – in this story, a young man throws a wild party, not realising his father has come home from a foreign business trip early, and a clever slave comes up with a novel idea for keeping the father out of the house… We’re all going through a rough time at the minute, one way or another, so rather than something scary or sad, I’ve gone for a bit of comic relief with this one! This story has been adapted from Plautus, Mostellaria, 446-531.

• ‎Timeline Tapes: A World History Podcast: Tony Robinson’s Romans – Caligula | Timeline Tapes #3 on Apple Podcasts

This episode of Tony Robinson’s Romans looks into the life of the infamously mad and ‘evil’ Emperor Caligula. We’ll be exploring his rise to power, the many attempts on his life and his most famous decision to make his horse a member of the senate. Historians Anthony Barrett and Andrew Wallace-Hadrill join Tony to explore the mind of Caligula.

Landscape Modery

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• [BMCR] Adolfo J. Dominguez, Politics, territory and identity in ancient Epirus. . Pisa: Edizioni ETS, 2018.
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• [BMCR] Roger S. O. Tomlin, Britannia Romana: Roman inscriptions and Roman Britain. . Oxford; Philadelphia: Oxbow Books, 2018.
• Ovide in Exile | Spartokos a lu

Dramatic Receptions

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Professional Matters

• Health and Wellbeing in the Ancient World – Online Course
• Loyola University Chicago Career Site | Instructor, Department of Classical Studies, Non-Tenure Track (One Year)
• Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• MAC offers Pompeii lecture series via Zoom | The Spokesman-Review
• Thucydides and the great plague of Athens have a lot to teach us in the age of the coronavirus.
• How to get to Pompei from Rome and back – Wanted in Rome
• “Portals to the Past”: Numismatics at Nickle Galleries
• Exploring the Phoenician Shipwreck – University of Malta, Department of Classics & Archaeology — Google Arts & Culture
• Pompeii Mania in the Era of Romanticism | JSTOR Daily
• The Spiritual Secrets of Crete’s Arkalochori Cave

‘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 better reputation 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. VI Kal. Apr. 2772 AUC ~ 4 Elaphebolion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

… the news cycle seems to be grinding to a halt …

Classicists and Classics in the News

• John McKie, classicist, master cruciverbalist and compiler of The Wee Stinker | HeraldScotland

Greek/Latin News

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Public Facing Classics

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Fresh Bloggery

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• A Penis on the Screen: Playing a Bard During a Plague – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
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• Online Open House | Disease and Social Order: The Plague Narratives of Thucydides and Lucretius, with Robert Cioffi | The Kosmos Society
• Computer reconstrueert het Latijn – Mainzer Beobachter
• Martial on Poetic Obscurity | Curculio – Michael Hendry
• First-Wives’ Club: Oinone and Her Son – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Ephedrismos – Mainzer Beobachter
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Dealing with the Antiquities Trade Virus
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Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Renee M. Gondek, Carrie Lyn Sulosky Weaver, The ancient art of transformation: case studies from Mediterranean contexts. . Oxford; Philadelphia: Oxbow Books, 2019.
• [BMCR] Nora Goldschmidt, Barbara Graziosi, Tombs of the ancient poets: between literary reception and material culture. . Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2018.
• [BMCR] Donato Loscalzo, Saffo, the hetaira. Syncrisis, 4. Pisa: Fabrizio Serra Editore, 2019.

Professional Matters

• Loyola University Chicago Career Site | Instructor, Department of Classical Studies, Non-Tenure Track (One Year)

Alia

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• How to get to Pompei from Rome and back – Wanted in Rome

‘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 imported 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)

Hodie est a.d. VII Kal. Apr. 2772 AUC ~ 3 Elaphebolion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• [paywalled] Hi-tech hunt for looted antiquities | News | The Times

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• Autism and Classical Myth: Hope lost? (Hope-bearer 2)

Fresh Podcasts

• ‎Life Of Caesar: Caligula 18 – Living God on Apple Podcasts

Many historians claim that Caligula’s demand to be treated as a living god is a sure sign of madness. And yet – JESUS claimed the same thing and nobody calls HIM insane. Why does he get special treatment? On this episode, we drill down into the evidence for the claim about Caligula.

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Owen Rees, Great naval battles of the ancient Greek world. . Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2019.
• Publishing in March: Cambridge World History of Violence | EurekAlert! Science News

Professional Matters

• CALL. 01.07.2020: Bellum ex altera parte: Social Status, Gender and Ethnicity in Ancient Warfare 21st Unisa Classics Colloquium – Pretoria (South Africa)
• CALL. 15.06.2020: 1st International Conference on the Archaeology of Symbols – Firenze (Italy)
• CALL. 01.08.2020: International PhD Student Conference “Laetae Segetes VII“ – Brno (Czech Republic)

Alia

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‘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 the acquisition of foreign slaves.

… 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)