Hodie est Id. Apr. 2772 AUC ~ 21 Elaphebolion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

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• ‎Greek Mythology Retold: Hellen of Sparta and Troy: Wonder Women of Greek Mythology on Apple Podcasts

An exploration of how Helen of Troy and Sparta became the symbolic spark of the Trojan War. As a favorite of Aphrodite, she endured the goddess’ blessings and curses. The Wonder Women of Greek Mythology series focuses on the female characters of the Trojan War era.

• ‎I, Podius: Episode 9 “Hail Who?” on Apple Podcasts

I, Podius ain’t your daddy’s I, Claudius-based podcast! On Episode 9 of I, Podius, hosts John Hodgman and Elliott Kalan recap another thrilling episode of “I, Claudius” and take a special dispatch from the empire from friend to the show Adam Koford!

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Patrick Paul Hogan, A student commentary on Pausanias book 2. Michigan classical commentaries . Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2018.
• [BMCR] Judith Perkins, Janet E. Spittler, The narrative self in early Christianity: essays in honor of Judith Perkins. Writings from the Greco-Roman world supplement series, 15. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2019.
• Apollonia du Pont (Sozopol), la nécropole de Kalfata (Ve-IIIe s. av. J.-C.) | Spartokos a lu

Alia

• Coronavirus: What Boris Johnson’s Greek hero teaches us about epidemics – BBC News
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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends destruction for men and cattle.

… 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)