Hodie est Kal. Mart. 2772 AUC ~ 7 Anthesterion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Experts amazed after ‘incredibly rare’ Roman artifact found in Lincolnshire field – Lincolnshire Live
- Tablet thought to have guarded tombs after Jesus’s death may not be what it seems | Science | AAAS
- Roman road found under Guildhall during redevelopment | York Press
- Roman coin hoard declared treasure | Shropshire Star
- Roman remains found at major development near Chesterfield | Derbyshire Times
- Archaeology: Necropolis discovered, migrants working on dig – General news – ANSAMed.it
In Case You Missed It
Classics and Classicists in the News
- Oxford Classics Should Keep Homer and Virgil on the Syllabus | National Review
- What inspiration can be taken from retrieving the Parthenon Marbles? – CGTN
Greek/Latin News
- Nuntii Latini mensis Ianurii 2020 – Latein-Monatsnachrichten – Bremen Zwei – Radio Bremen
- [AkropolisWorldNews] Ἡ Τουρκία τὸν ὅρον ἀνοίγνυσιν
- Radiogiornale Latino 29.02.2020 – Vatican News
- [Ephemeris] VENENVM PERSICVM
- [Ephemeris] NOVA LEX GERMANICA
Public Facing Classics
- Why Do We Have A Leap Year? Two UT Austin Experts Explain. – UT News
- X Fiddled While Y Burned – EIDOLON
Fresh Bloggery
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: CHS Online Open House | Homer’s Thebes: Epic Rivalries and the Appropriation of Mythical Pasts
- Australasian BLOG TAKEOVER #1 | CRSN
- Australasian BLOG TAKEOVER #2 | CRSN
- Australasian BLOG TAKEOVER #3 | CRSN
- Advocacy, growth, and inclusion are the three new strategic priorities that the SCS is committing to for the immediate future.
- The Truth about Daedalus and Icarus – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- QVARTAE SIT PARTIS VLIXES … HERES: a re-examination of Roman testamentary law in Horace, Satire 2.5
- Sarcasm! Flesh-Tearing With a Counterfeit Grin – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Weekend Reading: Anything You Can Do… – Classical Studies Support
- Nothing New – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: More Plurals of Personal Names
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: CALLIDUS (Computer-Aided Language Learning: Lexikonerwerb im Lateinunterricht durch korpusgestützte Methoden)
- SIAC Newsletter – 182 (02/2020) | Tulliana News
- Bisextile? Yes, It’s a Leap Day – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Ugly modernism?| Topica
- Time Travel – Ancient Rome blog Didius Julianus Buys the Roman Empire – Time Travel – Ancient Rome blog
- A Latin Love Triangle: Zeus, Echo and Narcissus PART I | Latin Language Blog
- Flash Back to Restitutions: Remembering the Apulian dinos, 340-320 B.C.E. attributed to the Darius painter ~ ARCAblog
- Homer and the aphrodisia – Novo Scriptorium
- Ancient Authority – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Mount Athos Repository
- Arrian I.16.1-7 | The Second Achilles
- “Where Is the Soul From?” And Other Casual Conversation Starters – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Theodor Mommsen – Mainzer Beobachter
- February 2020 in Turkish archaeology | Turkish Archaeological News
- Festivals for Women and Different Marriage Customs – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- British Academy Writing Workshop ‘Classics in Egypt: (Re)Writing Egypt’s Graeco-Roman Past’ (College of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, AASTMT, Aswan 13-15 April 2020) – Everyday Orientalism
Fresh Podcastery
In this month’s episode, the Tyrant Periander needs a favour from his dead wife, but she may not be in an obliging mood… This story has been adapted from Herodotus 5.92. It’s followed by a short talk introducing Herodotus, ancient colours, and oracles of the dead.
The city-state of Carthage , founded by Phoenician settlers in modern Tunisia during the 9th century B.C., was a premier power of the western Mediterranean. Stretching their reach from North Africa into Spain, Sicily and Sardinia, the Carthaginians managed to establish a formidable economic empire thanks to their nautical prowess, eventually leading to their clash for dominance with the up-and-coming Roman Republic. In this episode, we will trace Carthage from its foundation to the 1st Punic War, and look at issues such as its government, human sacrifice, and its complicated relationship with the Greco-Roman world.
Landscape Modery
Book Reviews
- Settlements and Necropoleis of the Black Sea and its Hinterland in Antiquity | Spartokos a lu
- Bibliographia classica orae septentrionalis Ponti Euxini, vol. III : ars, res sacrae et mythologia | Spartokos a lu
Dramatic Receptions
- It’s a fine Greek tragedy, Medea, at Worcester’s Huntingdon Hall | Hereford Times
- Conversations with Homer | San Francisco Classical Voice
- Roleystone Theatre take on ‘A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum’ – OUTInPerth – LGBTIQ News and Culture | OUTInPerth – LGBTIQ News and Culture
Professional Matters
- Lecturer 1 in Ancient and Medieval Studies (AMS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Literature Section
- Ancient History GCSE Resources
- Feminism & Classics 2020
- American School of Classical Studies at Athens Application Manager – Mellon Professor Application (3 Year Position)
- Associate/Full Professor of Classics | The University of Texas at Austin: College of Liberal Arts : Department of Classics
Alia
- Senhouse Roman Museum in Maryport celebrates 30 years | Times and Star
- Did Plato have a woman problem? Maybe, but his vision of politics was still radical for its time – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
- Take a (Virtual) Walk Through These War-Torn Ancient Cities | At the Smithsonian | Smithsonian Magazine
- How Do We Know That Epic Poems Were Recited from Memory? | JSTOR Daily
- Reed Magazine | Going Stoic
- Trivially Speaking: Exploring the ‘slip between the cup and the lip’ – Loveland Reporter-Herald
- Leak: Greek Myth-Based Setting Coming To Dungeons & Dragons
‘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 an entire year of strife and disagreements.
… 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)
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