Hodie est a.d. VII Id. Apr. 2772 AUC ~ 15 Elaphebolion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

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Book Reviews

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Alia

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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends good things and a prosperous season.

… 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)