Hodie est a.d. III Id. Iun. 2772 AUC ~ 21 Thargelion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Archaeology: Thracian pit sanctuary found in Bulgaria’s Bourgas | The Sofia Globe
- Court rules in favour of Greece in dispute with Sotheby’s over sale of ancient Greek bronze horse
- ANS Launches Important Update to Online Imperial Roman Coins
- Archaeologists uncover historic sites and Roman roads in Colchester | Gazette
In Case You Missed It
- Ancient pottery reveals secrets of Roman rule over Jerusalem – new study – The Jerusalem Post
- Entire Ancient Roman City Mapped Ground-Penetrating Radar – Archaeology Magazine
Classicists and Classics in the News
Greek/Latin News
- [Ephemeris] EPHEMERIS. IRA AVSTRALIS
Fresh Bloggery
- Knowing Matters: Reading Sophocles’ “Oedipus Tyrannos” Online – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Pythia
- Comfort Classics: Steve Jenkin – Classical Studies Support
- Reversal and Recognition: Oedipus is Just the Best! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Towards a more inclusive Classics | Classics at Reading
- A Greek Horse in the US Courts ~ ARCAblog
- Wax Attack – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Classics in Sarasota: Regarding the Fury: Persuasion and detheatricalization in Eumenides
- F**k Those Vergilian Bees! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Indo-European Etymological Dictionaries for the Perplexed: Latin & Sabellic | Consulting Philologist
- From the Editor: For the Class of 2020, Launching Into Uncertainty
- Per Scyllam Pestilentiae et Charybdin Aetheriae Doctrinae
- Autism and Classical Myth: Mythology of Hope in Israel and the UK: a PS
- PaleoJudaica.com: Online conference on provenance of the DSS
Fresh Podcasts
Professor Ray Laurence struck viral gold with his animated Youtube videos depicting teenage life in Ancient Rome. With more students studying ancient history for their HSC in NSW then anywhere else in the world, we chat with Prof Laurence about the allure of Ancient Rome, and the digitisation of historical resources.
We invited the Partial Historians onto our show to discuss one of their favorite topics and ours: Spartacus in film and pop culture. Join us in a no-holds-barred conversation in which Dr. Rad unleashes the beast, Dr. G stages a rebellion-within-the-rebellion, and Dr. Rad’s cat has a LOT to say.
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Sophie Lalanne, Femmes grecques de l’Orient romain. DHA supplement, 18. Besançon: Presses Universitaires de Franche-Comté, 2019.
- [BMCR] Gérard Freyburger, Anne-Marie Chevallier, Censorinus, Le jour anniversaire de la naissance. Collection des universités de France. Série latine, volume 423. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 2019.
- The history of Thebes is as mysterious as its Sphinx | The Spectator
- Brilliant legacy of scholar priest: Thomas Finan, Christian humanist – The Irish Catholic
Alia
- Rick Steves: Roman treasures in Nimes – Chicago Tribune
- Archaeologist uncovers heartbreaking find in Pompeii exposing ‘whole new side to story’ | World | News | Express.co.uk
- Seneca the Elder and his rediscovered ›Historiae ab initio bellorum civilium‹ – New perspectives on early-imperial Roman historiography | De Gruyter
- Emperor Nero: Facts, Life and Biography – HistoryExtra
- Discovering Turkey’s impressive, must-see ancient cities | Daily Sabah
- The Athenian Plague, a Cautionary Tale of Democracy’s Fragility | The New Yorker
- Greece Renews Efforts to Bring Back the Parthenon Marbles | GTP Headlines
- How Total War Saga: Troy Brings Myth To Life In A Historical Setting – GameSpot
- What We Are Reading Today: Euripides and the Politics of Form by Victoria Wohl | Arab News
‘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 days of very hot weather but it will not do damage; there will be celebrations over state business.
… 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)
rogueclassicism 