Hodie est a.d. IX Kal. Apr. 2772 AUC ~ 1 Elaphebolion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

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Public Facing Classics

• [Meghan Henning and Candida Moss] Ancient Greeks purged city-states of disease as they would a human body – and it was the most vulnerable that suffered
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Fresh Bloggery

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Fresh Podcasts

• S.4 E.3 Coming of Age in Greek Mythology with Grace Page by That’s Ancient History

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• The Plague and the Peloponnesian War – War on the Rocks

As the world endures a pandemic, we look to a plague of the past: that which struck Athens early in the Peloponnesian War. And we do so with the aid of Neville Morley, professor of classics and ancient history at the University of Exeter. Where did the plague come from? How did it affect the war? How did it change Athenian society? We explore these questions and more in a fascinating extended conversation. Neville is the perfect guide for these matters, having written many books and articles on different aspects of ancient history and its modern influence, including Roman imperialism, ancient trade, and the ancient Greek historian Thucydides.

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Owen Rees, Great naval battles of the ancient Greek world. . Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2019.
• [BMCR] Sven Kielau, Terrakotten aus Pergamon: Tonfiguren und -objekte aus der Wohnstadt am Südhang der Akropolis und von weiteren Fundorten. Pergamenische Forschungen, 17. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2018.
• [BMCR] Daniele Foraboschi, Violenze Antiche: Testo pubblicato postumo a cura di Silvia Bussi. Philippika, 127. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2018.

Professional Matters

• CALL. 30.06.2020: V Convegno Internazionale “Dialoghi sull’Archeologia della Magna Grecia e del Mediterraneo “Catastrofi, distruzioni, storia“ – Paestum (Italy)

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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 prosperity.

… 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)