Hodie est a.d. XV Kal. Apr. 2772 AUC ~ 24 Anthesterion in the third year of the 699th Olympia
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Fresh Podcasts
“Sing, O muse, of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.” It begins: the Greek army marches on Troy
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Lindsay Watson, Magic in ancient Greece and Rome. . London; New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.
- [BMCR] Richard J. Dougherty, Augustine’s political thought. Rochester studies in medieval political thought, 2. Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer Ltd., 2019.
- [BMCR] Helen Roche, Kyriakos N. Demetriou, Brill’s Companion to the Classics, Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. Brill’s Companions to Classical Reception, 12. Leiden: Brill, 2017.
- [BMCR] Anca Vasiliu, Penser Dieu: noétique et métaphysique dans l’Antiquité tardive. Bibliothèque d’histoire de la philosophie: nouvelle série . Paris: Librarie Philosophique J. Vrin, 2018.
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Professional Matters
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- CALL. 15.05.2020: Ambiguity and Narratology – Tübingen (Germany)
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- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is Free to Play This Weekend – Xbox One, Xbox 360 News At XboxAchievements.com
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- Marcus Aurelius’ guide to becoming a morning person – Big Think
- A Greek history of great plagues | Neos Kosmos
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends a period of severe rain and disease, an outbreak of locusts, and a very poor 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)
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