Hodie est Kal. Iun. 2772 AUC ~ 11 Thargelion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

Another sleepy Monday for news …

In Case You Missed It

• Archaeologists discover remarkably intact ancient shipwreck

Greek/Latin News

• [AkropolisWorldNews] Ταραχὴ ἐν τῇ Minessota 

Fresh Bloggery

• Reasons for Revolutions: Wanting To Be Equal Vs. Wanting Just More – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Roman Archaeology Blog: Antiques Roadshow presenter stunned to discover ancient Roman site in garden
• Roman Archaeology Blog: Well-preserved Roman mosaic unearthed in Italian vineyard
• Roman Archaeology Blog: Coal Mine in Serbia Gives up New Roman Treasure
• HEY SISTER! Translingual messages on spindle whorls from Autun
• Polybius on the decay of states – Novo Scriptorium
• Emperor Justinian’s codification of the laws & his work as a builder – Novo Scriptorium
• Classics in Sarasota: Prosaic Peripeteia: How could Aeschylus be so undramatic?
• MoM | Dendroklimatologie – Mainzer Beobachter
• Archaeologists Excavate Roman Villa at Pompeii – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Persepolis – Ceremonial Capital of the Achaemenid Empire – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• May 2020 in Turkish archaeology | Turkish Archaeological News
• Taking Sides | Sphinx
• Deep Purple: dyeing Egyptian textiles – Papyrus Stories
• PaleoJudaica.com: Ink, writing surfaces, and fakes

Fresh Podcasts

• ‎History Today Podcast: Thebes: The Forgotten City on Apple Podcasts

The city of Thebes was central to the ancient Greeks’ achievements in politics and culture. For many centuries it has been largely – and often deliberately – forgotten. Join Paul Cartledge in conversation with History Today Editor, Paul Lay, as they discuss Paul Cartledge’s article on ‘Thebes: The Forgotten City’, which is in the June issue of History Today.

• ‎Ancient History Hound: Kings of Rome. Tarquin and his expulsion. on Apple Podcasts

It’s time for the final King, Tarquinius Superbus. I chat about his reign, the expulsion and the emergence of the Republic. Tarquin was a King who did as much inside Rome as outside of it. Plenty to talk about. (content includes reference to sexual assault).

• ‎The Hellenistic Age Podcast: Interview: On the Wars of the Diadochi w/ John McTavish on Apple Podcasts

In this episode we are joined by historian and Cornell PhD student John McTavish to discuss the Wars of the Diadochi, where the Successors of Alexander the Great fought over a period of 40 years to carve apart his empire and found their own kingdoms, giving birth to the Hellenistic World as we know it. We discuss the problems of early Hellenistic sources and chronology,  diagnose the causes of the empire’s rapid disintegration, and look at the major players and indigenous peoples responses to the power vacuum left by Alexander’s death.

Dramatic Receptions

• Burg Review: Open Stage brings “masterful” “Iliad” to modern times, to your living room – TheBurg

Alia

• Tombstone Epitaphs and the Meaning of Funerary Inscriptions in Ancient Rome
• Cyrenaica, the Greek region of Libya | Neos Kosmos

‘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 an abundance of fruit with the exception of barley; there will be an outbreak of dangerous diseases.

… 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)