Hodie est pridie Id. Apr. 2772 AUC ~ 20 Elaphebolion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Biblical story of Jesus possibly explained by excavations in his hometown of Nazareth | Live Science
• World heritage in Turkey: Ephesus, a marvel of the ancient world | Daily Sabah
• Rare figurines uncovered at lost biblical city | The Lighthouse

In Case You Missed It

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Classics and Classicists in the News

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Greek/Latin News

• [Ephemeris] DONALDVS NOBIS 

Fresh Bloggery

• Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: April 10
• Victual Healing: Plutarch on the Curative Powers of Food – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Dams and Drainage in Mycenaean Greece – MUSINGS OF CLIO | MUSINGS ON HISTORY, ART AND ANCIENT SOCIETY
• Blog: Women in Classics: An Interview with Dee Clayman | Society for Classical Studies
• Comfort Classics: LJ Trafford – Classical Studies Support
• Two Plagues in Imperial Rome – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• The Wrong Monkey: Florus
• Weekend Reading: Fun and Rainbows – Classical Studies Support
• Kaiserswerth – Mainzer Beobachter
• While the world is shuttered for COVID-19 vandals and thieves can exploit opportunities ~ ARCAblog
• Oral law and the early Athenian democratic constitution
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Material Recently Collected in Israel on Sale in US
• Misverstand: Perikles’ strategie – Mainzer Beobachter
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Bactrian Coin, Metal Detected Find from Rotherham?
• Plague Refugees: Kadmos, Danaus and Moses – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Oriental Institute Encurate App
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Our Duty
• Stupidity, Evil’s Sibling. – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Women at the Dawn of History
• Misverstand: Et tu, Brute? – Mainzer Beobachter
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Festschrift for Maurice A. Robinson On-line
• Nazaret – Mainzer Beobachter
• Want To Be Happy for the Rest of Your Life? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Fresh Podcastery

• ‎The Ancient World: Episode T18 – Tigranes on Apple Podcasts

Synopsis:  The death of King Philip I marks the official end of the Seleucid line.  Invited by the Antiochenes to rule them, King Tigranes II of Armenia proceeds to conquer all of Syria – including Cleopatra Selene’s stronghold of Ptolemais-Akko.  But Tigranes’ refusal to abandon his ally, King Mithridates VI of Pontus, leads to his empire’s destruction.

• ‎Song of Sacrifice: SOS Chapter 5 Paris and the bulls podbook on Apple Podcasts

Young Paris has a run-in with the bulls.

• ‎Life Of Caesar: Caligula #20 – Hairy Antipasto on Apple Podcasts

Caligula got back to Rome around May 40 but stayed outside of the city until he could celebrate his ovation on his 28th birthday, 31 August. In the meantime he met with delegations from various parts of the world, including Philo’s delegation from Alexandria, and Herod Antipas and his wife, Herodias, from Judaea. Conspiracies against him are everywhere.

• ‎Bibl•e•pigraphy: #3 Inscriptional Proof of Jesus’s Empty Tomb? Important Update on Apple Podcasts

In this short podcast, Clint returns to the Nazareth Inscription, the subject of Podcast #1. He details the results from a recently published scientific study of the inscription’s provenance that provides hard evidence that the Nazareth Inscription is neither connected to Nazareth, Jesus, nor ancient Christianity.

• ‎The Endless Knot: Episode 80: Runes and Early Writing Systems on Apple Podcasts

We take a look at the history of runes and their connection to early alphabets and Germanic culture. Then we take a trip back to the Phoenician and Egyptian origins of the modern English alphabet, and talk about some of the earliest examples of Greek writing, in inscriptions, epic poetry, and myth. Also, introducing Lyceum, a new platform for educational podcasting!

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Book Reviews

• ROME VICTORIOUS: The Irresistible Rise of the Roman Empire – Classics for All

Professional Matters

• Benson Center Scholar in Residence – Classics

Alia

• Professing Faith: Story of Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine – Redlands Daily Facts
• Take a Virtual Tour of Two Recently Excavated Homes in Pompeii | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
• 5 Hollywood Movies Inspired By Greek Mythology – Hollywood Insider
• Origins of sports philosophy and Roman spectacle | Daily Sabah
• How Tunisia came to have its name – Face2Face Africa
• Everything You Wanted To Know About Roman Britain: A Podcast With Miles Russell – HistoryExtra
• Now Would Be a Good Time to Get to Know the Ancient Stoics | The Tyee
• The uncanny architecture of the Roman Pantheon
• What the Trump Administration Needs to Learn from the Plague that Destroyed Athens | The National Interest

‘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 rain and prosperity, but the demise of fish.

… 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)