Hodie est a.d. IX Kal. Iun. 2772 AUC ~ 3 Thargelion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

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Fresh Podcastery

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Will Vorenus and Pullo recover Caesar’s stolen standard? Will anyone explain why Octavian needs to go to Gaul? Find out in the inaugural episode of Raising Standards, a true rewatch podcast of HBO’s Rome for true Romans! Raising Standards, an occasional rewatch podcast of HBO’s Rome, hosted by Rhiannon Evans and Matt Smith of the Emperors of Rome podcast.

• ‎We’ll Always Have Athens: Stephen Fry: City of Myths on Apple Podcasts

It’s fair to say Stephen Fry is a man of many talents. After dazzling guests at a dinner party while retelling Greek myths, the British actor, comedian and author discovered his talent for bringing these ancient tales to life. He knows his Theseus from his Prometheus, his Medea from his Medusa, and has a knack for making us feel that the myths are still alive and kicking in the city’s old temples, winding streets and hills. He’s even written a book on the subject, suitably titled “Mythos”. Fry joins us from lockdown in his home in Norfolk, UK, to share his three favourite myths about Athens.

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Nathan T. Elkins, A monument to dynasty and death: the story of Rome’s Colosseum and the emperors who built it. Witness to ancient history. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
• [BMCR] Theodora A. Hadjimichael, The emergence of the lyric canon. . Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.

Dramatic Receptions

• ‘Ovid and the Art of Love’ Review: Indie Curio Meshes Rome and Detroit – Variety

Alia

• Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, Animated: History’s Greatest Parable Exploring the Nature of Reality – Brain Pickings
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• Gladiator Is 20 and I Am but Shadows and Dust – Paste
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• Hobby Lobby Lawsuits Expose a Dark Side of Biblical Studies | Observer
• Steve Coogan and Rob Bryden Follow Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ In Their New Film : NPR
• Is coronavirus extraordinary? Digging into Greece’s mythological past | Neos Kosmos
• Great Roman sites to add to your post-lockdown bucket list | Eastern Daily Press
• The Strange Artifacts Hidden Inside the Parthenon’s Walls – Greece Is

‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

• Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
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• Consult the Oracle at UCL

Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

[I can’t make heads or tails of today’s entry]

… 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)