Hodie est pr. XV Kal. Mai. 2772 AUC ~ 25 Elaphebolion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
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- Oxford professor arrested on suspicion of ancient papyrus theft | UK news | The Guardian
- Classics student, two alumni named Gates Cambridge Scholars – McGill Reporter
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Fresh Bloggery
- An Update on the Case of the Stolen Oxyrhynchus Papyri | Variant Readings
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Oxford professor arrested on suspicion of ancient papyrus theft [UPDATED]
- Dirk Obbink arrested on suspicion of ancient papyrus theft ~ ARCAblog
- Papyrologie: update (3) Dirk Obbink gearresteerd – Mainzer Beobachter
- Dirk Obbink and Stolen P.Oxy Allegations: Some Food for Thought – rogueclassicism
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Plato and Xenophon
- Comfort Classics: Edith Hall – Classical Studies Support
- Friends and the Safety of the State – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Graffiti and Gastronomy in ancient Lyon
- Archeologisme – Mainzer Beobachter
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: CLASSICSINDEX: Links to Online Books (Google Books, Archive.org, etc.) FOR THE STUDY OF GREEK AND ROMAN CLASSICS, EARLY JUDAISM, AND CHRISTIANITY
- Epigraphy.info V (Leuven): Call for Preferred Dates – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy
- Intersex Births and Superstitious Beliefs – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Myth or history? Playmobil and classical antiquity – Antiquipop | L’Antiquité dans la culture populaire contemporaine
- It’s Not Fate, It’s My Fault – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Religious Rites in Ancient Rome |
Fresh Podcasts
- [not really fresh, per se, but a nice little article] Podcasts to Listen To: Myths and Legends and the best mythology podcasts to listen to – Entertainment – The McDonough County Voice – Macomb, IL
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Stephanie Döpper, Keramikassemblagen der Späten Bronzezeit aus dem Königspalast von Qatna und eine vergleichende Betrachtung zeitgleicher Keramik Westsyriens und der Levante. Qatna-Studien. Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen, 7. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 201
- [BMCR] Henry Heitmann-Gordon, Accommodating the individual: identity and control after Alexander. Hellenistische Polis als Lebensform, Band 8. München: Verlag Antike, 2017.
- [BMCR] Ellen Oliensis, Loving writing/Ovid’s Amores. . Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- [BMCR] Andrew Leigh, Latin prose composition: a guide from GCSE to A level and beyond. . London; New York: Bloomsbury, 2019.
- ‘In the Shadow of Vesuvius’: A historical mystery that delivers plenty – The Jerusalem Post
Professional Matters
- [online] Summer School in Homer 2020 | Department of Greek & Latin – UCL – University College London
- Annual Meeting Submission Deadlines | Society for Classical Studies
- Revealing Pompeii: An AIA April Webinar Series Grass Valley Events
Alia
- From Conqueror To Youth Icon: Who Was Persian Emperor Cyrus The Great? – HistoryExtra
- When Monks Went Undercover to Steal Relics | JSTOR Daily
- Pirates once swashbuckled across the ancient Mediterranean
- [paywalled] Hobbies for Kings and the People – WSJ
- [paywalled] Glad tidings from Homer | News | The Times
‘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 a surplus of necessities.
… 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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