Hodie est a.d. III Non. Sext. 2772 AUC ~ 15 Hekatombaion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Roman ruins uncovered in Almuñecar
- New season of exploration begins in Persepolis – Tehran Times
- Actualité | Rare découverte d’une authepsa à Die | Inrap
- Torna alla luce il Santuario di Apollo! – Arte & Cultura – TGR Toscana
Classicists and Classics in the News
- What the Blunt Affair has to teach | Blog post by Mary Beard – The TLS
- Gregory Areshian, archaeologist who co-led discovery of world’s oldest winery, dead at 71 | ARMENPRESS Armenian News Agency
Fresh Bloggery
- Pride and Proportionality – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Carpe Diem is Too Late – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Chaeronea: Philip Confirms His Domination Over Greece | The Second Achilles
- Secret Doctrines, Public Knowledge – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- PaleoJudaica.com: The Underwater Malta project
- PaleoJudaica.com: 7th century CE shipwreck recovered near Haifa
- Sean Hannity Still Doesn’t Know Latin—But Does He Read My Blog? – Tales of Times Forgotten
- Wannabe Politicians and Lords of Lies – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Fresh Podcasts
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The conquest of the Achaemenid Persian Empire by Alexander the Great and his Successors did not spell the end of Iranian civilization. During the early Hellenistic period, several Iranian dynasties manage to establish themselves as independent rulers in their own right, propagating and transforming Iranian traditions and cultures in a changing environment. We will be covering such figures Mithridates I Ktistes, the founder of the Kingdom of Pontus, Orontes I, ruler of horse-rearing Armenia, and Amastris, the last Achaemenid princess and first Hellenistic queen.
In this episode, we discuss the years 411-410 BC of the Peloponnesian War, including the theshifting of the naval war to the Hellespont, the vigor that the Athenian democracy showed in carrying on the war effort against Sparta and Pharnabazos with victories at Cynossema and Cyzicus, the re-establishment of the radical democracy at Athens, and the transition from the historical account of Thucydides into that of Xenophon’s Hellenica.
Book Reviews
- [Classical Journal ~ PDF]: The Latin of Science
- [Classical Journal ~ PDF]: The Brothel of Pompeii
- [Classical Journal ~ PDF]: Classics in Britain
- [Classical Journal ~ PDF]: Tragik bei Homer und Vergil
Alia
- New outdoor exhibit showcases rich history of ancient Ashkelon – The Jerusalem Post
- Total War: Troy lays out the Greek and Trojan heroes in detailed videos | PC Gamer
- British Museum battling pests drawn to dust left by lockdown lack of visitors
‘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 trials and debates among the common folk.
… 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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