Hodie est a.d. XIX Kal. Sept. 2772 AUC ~ 26 Hekatombaion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
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In Case You Missed It
- A rare archeological find from the Second Temple period was discovered in Benjamin | News1 English
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Classicists and Classics in the News
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- Anton Powell, ‘self-made’ classicist who advanced studies of Sparta – obituary
Public Facing Classics
- Coronavirus and school exams: has the pain been in vain? – Column – Mary Beard: A Don’s life – TLS
- What rude jibes about Caesar tell us about sex in ancient Rome | Psyche
Fresh Bloggery
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- Instructors of Evil – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Inconstancy
- Comfort Classics: Ersin Hussein – Classical Studies Support
- Homeric Greek | Odyssey 1.252–256: At the front gates | The Kosmos Society
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Men, Goods and Ideas Travelling over the Sea. Cilicia at the Crossroad of Eastern Mediterranean Trade Network
- Thinking a Bit about Publishing and ASOR | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- “The Leaders have Changed”: Theognis, Just Like Us – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
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- Welcome to the Machine | Sphinx
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- “The Inheritance Trilogy” by N.K. Jemisin (2010-2011) – Mixed up in Classics
Fresh Podcasts
Claudius was a builder and a visionary. Humble and generous. He liked gladiatorial contests a little too much. But then there was his wife. Valeria Messallina. Like Livia, Messallina often gets blamed for some of the deaths that occurred early in his reign.
Ave, citizens! Rome wasn’t built in a day, but this podcast was built in a few hours, so you tell me which is better? This week, we’re doing a Romans special. We talk about the games Romans appear in, the way they’re portrayed, and the difference between Romans on console vs on PC. Also we talk a lot about the Pope, and ask the important question: what does a wolf’s milk taste like?
After the fall of Alexander the Great, the Successors set to work carving out kingdoms of their own. Asia Minor became an important proving ground for these would-be rulers.
Book Reviews
- [Classical Journal ~ PDF] The Fragility of Power
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Dramatic Receptions
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Alia
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- Fall of Rome: How, When And Why Did The Roman Empire Collapse? – HistoryExtra
- A rogue general and the sack of Rome – Ancient World Magazine
- IdeasThe Coinage of Achelous, Water God of Ancient Greece
- 11 German words that come from the Greek language – The Local
- Hip-Hop in 2020 Is Full of Greek Mythology – DJBooth
- The Good Shepherd in Early Christianity — Hermes recast (video) | Khan Academy
‘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 war for the people but an abundance of crops.
… 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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