Hodie est a.d. XV Kal. Sept. 2772 AUC ~ 30 Hekatombaion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
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Greek/Latin News
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Fresh Bloggery
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- Bad Customs and Pretend Wisdom, Some Sayings of Epicurus – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
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- Comfort Classics: Michael Beer – Classical Studies Support
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- Some More Thoughts on Book Layout | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- F**k The Aeneid! [FTS Week] – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
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- Fitting the pieces together | Classically Inclined
- Great Authors Err Too! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
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- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Towards a New Map of Second Temple Literature: Revelation, Rewriting, and Genre Before the Bible: A Forum Organized Around New Work by Molly M. Zahn
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- Resources – Can You Help? – ACE Classics
- A (Now) Illustrated Himerius. Greek Sophistic Meets Modern Art in the… | by Robert J Penella | In Medias Res | Aug, 2020 | Medium
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Fresh Podcasts
Alexander’s half-sister Cynane becomes the first member of the Argead Dynasty to perish, following the death of her brother in Babylon two years earlier. To prevent a mutiny within the Macedonian Army, Perdiccas marries Cynane’s daughter Adea to her half-uncle, King Philip III. In the aftermath of Cynane’s death, the regency collapses as Antigonus the One-Eyed informs Antipater of Perdiccas plans to set aside his daughter Nicaea to marry Alexander’s sister Cleopatra. Outraged by this insult, and believing the Regent is setting up a play to crown himself as king, Antipater and his son-in-law Craterus vow to throw Perdiccas out of power. Meanwhile, Alexander’s body makes its way from Babylon to Asia Minor, in preparation for Perdiccas’ plans to bury the king in Macedon and possibly lay claim to the throne. In Syria however, troops under Ptolemy’s command hijack the funeral procession and divert the body to Egypt…
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Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Martin Worthington, Ea’s duplicity in the Gilgamesh flood story. The ancient word. London; New York: Routledge, 2019.
- [BMCR] Matthias Perkams, Alexander M. Schilling, Griechische Philosophie und Wissenschaft bei den Ostsyrern: Zum Gedenken an Mār Addai Scher (1867–1915). Transmissions, 3. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2019.
- [Classical Journal ~ PDF] Plutarch’s Rhythmic Prose
- [Classical Journal ~ PDF] Greek Myth and the Bible
- [Ancient History Bulletin ~ PDF] Daniel P. Harmon reviewing Jörg Rüpke, Pantheon: A New History of Roman Religion (1-3)
- [Ancient History Bulletin ~ PDF] Gwynaeth McIntyre reviewing Guy de la Bédoyère. Domina. The Women Who Made Imperial Rome (4-6)
Alia
- The Feminine as Pillars of the Heavens: this week on the Storyteller’s Night Sky | Interlochen
- Haunting dispatches from the edge of the Roman Empire, just before its collapse | Aeon Videos
- Destruction, Memory, and Monuments: The Many Lives of the Parthenon – Smarthistory
- The Trojan War finally explained
- Herculaneum papyri – Charred remains of antiquity | Need For Science
- How to Begin Each Day: A Recipe for Unshakable Sanity and Inner Peace from Marcus Aurelius – Brain Pickings
- Database is at the heart of the Italian art squad – Innovation Origins
- The Celts: Who Were They, Where Did They Live, & What Happened After The Romans Left Britain? – HistoryExtra
- Channel the Ancient Greeks during COVID-19 | Neos Kosmos
- Martin Campbell’s novel discovers sexuality of Julius Caesar | Somerset County Gazette
‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
- Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
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- Consult the Oracle at UCL
Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends civil war.
… 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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