Hodie est a.d. XIII Kal. Sext. 2772 AUC ~ 2 Hekatombaion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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Fresh Podcasts

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• ‎History of the World podcast: Vol 3 Ep 30 – BATTLE – The Battle of Zama ( 202 BCE ) on Apple Podcasts

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Book Reviews

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Dramatic Receptions

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Professional Matters

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‘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 disagreement among the subject peoples, but only for a short time.

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. XIV Kal. Sext. 2772 AUC ~ 1 Hekatombaion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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Book Reviews

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Professional Matters

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Alia

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‘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 unhealthy drought.

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. XIV Kal. Sext. 2772 AUC ~ 29 Skirophorion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

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Book Reviews

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• [BMCR] Andreas Willi, Formes et fonctions des langues littéraires en Grèce ancienne: neuf exposés suivis de discussions. Entretiens sur l’Antiquite classique (Series), tome LXV. Genève: Fondation Hardt, 2019.
• [BMCR] Hélène Roelens-Flouneau, Dans les pas des voyageurs antiques: circuler en Asie Mineure à l’époque hellénistique (IVe s.av.n.è – Principat). Asia Minor Studien, Band 86. Bonn: Habelt Verlag, 2019.
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• XENOPHON’S PELOPONNESIAN WAR – Classics for All
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Dramatic Receptions

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• WATCH: Livestream No Exit Theatre Collective’s Abridged IPHIGENIA IN AULIS Tonight at 7 p.m. ET on BroadwayWorld

Professional Matters

• Teaching Classical Languages – 14/08/2020, (Online)
• International Training School – Digital Epigraphy. El texto epigráfico, teoría, práctica, informatización y digitalización – 07-08-09-10-11/09/2020, (Online)
• The Online Conference Thermopylae 2500 -21/11/2020, (Online)

Alia

• Safeguarding heritage ‘a national duty’ — Jordanian archaeologist | Jordan Times
• Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar — an extraordinary journey into the mind of a Roman emperor | Saturday Review | The Times
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• The Roman Baths of Toledo – Toledo, Spain – Atlas Obscura
• Netflix’s The Old Guard: A revolutionary, ancient gay romance – Vox
• Roman holiday, 40BC: an in-depth view of the Villa dei Papiri, the inspiration for the Getty Villa | The Art Newspaper
• The Druids: Philosophers, Politicians, Priests or Sorcerers? | HowStuffWorks
• Lake Nemi: Pristine waters and an ancient mystery – Wanted in Rome

‘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 the outbreak of war and destruction of the powerful. Grain will be plentiful, however.

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. XV Kal. Sext. 2772 AUC ~ 28 Skirophorion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

This week’s video-based gleanings; page may take a while to load (I’ve fiddled with categories this week to make some of the content producers’ identities more clear):

Mini Docs

 

Lectures and Conferences

 

Tragic Performances/Readings

 

The Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages

 

Smarthistory

 

Darius Arya/American Institute for Roman Culture

 

Dr Word Person

 

Divus Magister Craft

 

Satura Lanx

 

College Year in Athens

 

Oxford Classics

 

Mythology Manifest

 

Classics For All

 

Vindolanda Trust

 

Iter Artis

 

Bettina Joy de Guzman

 

Swansea Uni Classics

 

Classics in Color

 

Stupid Ancient History GCSE

 

Alia

Hodie est a.d. XVI Kal. Sext. 2772 AUC ~ 27 Skirophorion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

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• Aeschylus’ The Persians to be live-streamed from Epidaurus on July 25 | Life | ekathimerini.com

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Greek/Latin News

• [Ephemeris] FVRTVM RVSSICVM 

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• De Skythen (2) – Mainzer Beobachter
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• ‎Ancient Warfare Podcast: 109 – Traitors, discipline and punishment on Apple Podcasts

The ancient warfare magazine team are back this time discussing traitors, discipline and punishment in the ancient world.

Book Reviews

• DIOTIMA AT THE BARRICADES: FRENCH FEMINISTS READ PLATO – Classics for All
• Homo omnium horarum: Collection d’articles en l’honneur du 70e anniversaire de A.V. Podosinov | Spartokos a lu
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• FORUM OLBICUM III | Spartokos a lu

Alia

• ANE TODAY – 202007 – How Greek is Limestone Sculpture on Cyprus? –
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• The Hunt for Cleopatra’s Tomb, review: when will we be free of TV’s ancient Egyptian curse?
• What would it mean to ‘decolonise’ the Classics? | The Spectator

‘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 the succession of a great ruler.

… 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)