Hodie est a.d. III Non. Mart. 2772 AUC ~ 11 Anthesterion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Glassware found on Okinoshima island came from ancient Persia : The Asahi Shimbun
• Archaeologists discover Roman iron smelting works at Ninove
• Mijas celabrates ancient find on the Costa del Sol – Euro Weekly News Spain

In Case You Missed It

• The tragedy of the lost Classics—mourning the Greek and Roman works of literature we’ll never get to read | Prospect Magazine
• Researcher identifies Galilee caves where Jews fought Romans – The Jerusalem Post
• Leasingham horse: ‘Spectacular’ Roman brooch unearthed in Lincolnshire | News | The Times
• Nazareth Tablet Has Nothing to Do With Jesus, Belonged to Greek Tyrant, Scientists Say

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Lawrence Elwood Stager, 74 – Harvard Gazette

Public Facing Classics

• [Mark Buchan] Sing, Goddess, the Story of Tonight – EIDOLON
• [Nandini Pandey] Classical Plagues School Trump on Coronavirus – EIDOLON
• [Daisy Dunn] The fighting spirit of Boudica, warrior queen, lives on in Brexit Britain
• [Curtis Dozier] Dr. Schliemann or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Classics – The Dartmouth Review

Fresh Bloggery

• Achilles’ (Missing) Sister – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• What Did They Eat; Gladiators — Bones and Ash – Danny Kane – Medium
• We Don’t Need Another Hero: Troy, Fall of a City (2018) and the End of Epic Male Heroism
• What have the Romans ever done for us? – Dario Sidhu – Medium
• Odysseus’s Sister and Names for In-Laws – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Two Impending Arrivals and A Departing Old Friend from the Digital Press | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• A Physician’s Notes on the Lives and Deaths of Women – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The results of the 2019 Digital Humanities Awards have been announced
• A Tip on Translating – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• PLV Inscriptions (Carvoran) | Per Lineam Valli

Fresh Podcasts

• QDP Ep 158: De Terroribus – Quomodo Dicitur? Podcast

Tres amici de eis rebus loquuntur quae se maxime terrent.

• ‎Ancient History Fangirl: Dionysus: Have You Heard the Good News (About Me)? on Apple Podcasts

Forget what you thought you knew about Dionysus and his cozy wine-drinking image. This is the Dionysus of Thrace. The Dionysus of Mithradates. Of Spartacus. Of revolutionaries across the classical world. This is the story of how one wandering god inspired people to rise up against injustice. In this episode, we look at Dio’s origin story, his mythography, and how his journey across the ancient world followed in the steps of winemaking.

Dramatic Receptions

• FRAGMENTS Comes to The Playground Theatre and The Old Fire Station
• Modern Echoes of an Ancient Greek War Without End in ‘Orestes 2.0’ at UCSD – Times of San Diego
• Photo Flash: First Look at THE BACCHAE at the Guthrie Theater
• Modern Echoes of an Ancient Greek War Without End in ‘Orestes 2.0’ at UCSD – Times of San Diego

Professional Matters

• CFP: Race and Racism: Beyond the Spectacular | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• The code of the Parthenon Marbles | Comment | ekathimerini.com
• Stoicism as a Spartan Philosophy of Life – The Good Men Project
• Orlando Science Center welcomes ‘Pompeii: The Immortal City’ exhibit

‘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, the Spring will be pleasant and the Summer fruitful.

… 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)