Hodie est a.d. VII Id. Apr. 2772 AUC ~ 15 Elaphebolion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Southwestern Ends Largest Evangelical Archaeology Program…… | News & Reporting | Christianity Today
- Almost 98 Percent of ‘Eastern Mediterranean’ Antiquities Sold in Germany Are of Questionable Origin, a New Report Has Found
Classicists and Classics in the News
Greek/Latin News
- [Ephemeris] ITALICVM MALVM
Public Facing Classics
- [Nandini Pandey] Not with a Bang but with a Whimper? – EIDOLON
Fresh Bloggery
- Alex, Don’t Be A Plague – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The Roman lead tokens in the BnF | L’Antiquité à la BnF
- Misunderstanding: Armor – Mainzer Beobachter
- Media Archaeology and Archaeologies of Media | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Comfort Classics: Mary Beard – Classical Studies Support
- Putting the Hick in Hickory – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Coin Relief – Issue Three – County Pages
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: L’identification des personnes dans les mondes grecs
- Roman Archaeology Blog: Fourth Style Frescos of the Casa del Principe di Napoli, Regio VI, 7,8 in Pompeii.
- A Plague of Gout on Goats – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Financieel wanbeleid (uiteraard papyrologie) – Mainzer Beobachter
- What Is Rome’s Greatest Latin Inscription? – In Medias Res – Medium
- Tempelreiniging – Mainzer Beobachter
Fresh Podcasts
These are strange times, with many of us trapped at home Jasper suggested the Ancient Warfare Magazine team share their recommendations for books, movies, articles and podcasts to pass the time.
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Peter Brown, Terence: the girl from Andros. Aris & Phillips classical texts . Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2019.
- [BMCR] Signe Krag, Rubina Raja, Women, children and the family in Palmyra. Palmyrene studies, 3. Copenhagen: The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, 2019.
- DE ROMANIS BOOK 2: HOMINES – Classics for All
Professional Matters
- CALL. 15.05.2020: 18th IANLS Conference: Half a Century of Neo-Latin Studies – Leuven (Belgium)
- CALL. 01.05.2020: Dénoncer ou dissimuler? L’erreur médicale dans l’Antiquité et au Moyen Âge. Grèce, Rome, Égypte, Proche-Orient – Lyon (France)
- News – AIA-Spokane Society Embracing All Things Pompeii – Archaeological Institute of America AIA News
Alia
- Hellenic Post: The Stamp Series “Ancient Greek Theatres” and Its Symbolic Significance in Pandemic – The National Herald
- Origins of sports philosophy and Greek athletics | Daily Sabah
- Achilles, Priam, and the Redemptive Power of Forgiveness | Merion West
- Spot an ancient burial mound from your armchair for science – DutchNews.nl
‘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 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)
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