Hodie est a.d. VIII Kal. Sept. 2772 AUC ~ 7 Metageitnion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
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Fresh Bloggery
- On Citations | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Comfort Classics: Danny Bate – Classical Studies Support
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Instruments – Observations – Theories: Studies in the History of Astronomy in Honor of James Evans
- Bad Witnesses: Some Apocryphal Sayings of Heraclitus – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Roman Times: Syncretistic religions of the Roman Imperial Period
- “Ability, Practice, and Time”: Some Ancient Sayings about Education – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Early Christians Adapting to the Roman Empire. Mutual Recognition
- Visiting the Palace of Nestor at Pylos – virtually – It’s All Greek To Me
- The Long Term Effects of Anger and Hate – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Wierden, dobbes, kerken en Bacchustempels – Mainzer Beobachter
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Bronze Age Britons shaved with a mini labrys
- Rocket Man | Sphinx
- 14 things not to miss at the British Museum – The British Museum Blog
- NT Blog: “Tahime . . . She’s true and not fake!”
- An email about the letters of Isidore of Pelusium – Roger Pearse
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Fresh Podcasts
MonsterTalk Classic interviews return with a look at robots and automata of the ancient classical world. Adrienne Mayor joins us to talk about her book Gods and Robots. Greek myths, ancient science, and monsters abound.
Just because someone claims to hold the truth doesn’t mean they actually do. On this episode, investigative journalist Ariel Sabar tells us the fascinating story of how a Harvard professor was duped into believing she made a discovery that would turn the Christian world upside down. But as it turns out, truth is not always subjective.
In this episode, we discuss the Second Greco-Punic War (410-406 BC), as hostilities in Sicily draw in Carthage and the Syracusan fleet away from the eastern Aegean and the Hellespont, including Hannibal Mago’s first invasion of Sicily and the destruction of Selinus and Himera, the rebellion of Hermocrates, the rise of Dionysius as tyrant of Syracuse, Hannibal Mago’s second invasion of Sicily and his destruction of Akragas, and the ceasefire which would see Carthage and Syracuse as the two strongest powers on Sicily
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Martin Revermann, A cultural history of theatre in antiquity. Cultural history of theatre, volume 1. London; New York: Bloomsbury, 2017.
- [BMCR] Robert Bracht Branham, Inventing the novel: Bakhtin and Petronius face to face. Classics in theory. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. x
- [Ancient History Bulletin ~ PDF] Everett Wheeler reviewing Roel Konijnendijk, Classical Greek Tactics: A Cultural History (35-45)
- [Classical Journal ~ PDF] Polis Histories
Professional Matters
- International Zoom Conference: Greek Epic and Artificial Intelligence Registration, Multiple Dates | Eventbrite
- Announcement: ICS Public Engagement Awards 2020 – Institute of Classical Studies Blog
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- The remarkable Roman sculpture in Scotland that features on new Royal Mail stamp | The Scotsman
- Aristotle and the chatbot: how ancient rules of logic could make artificial intelligence more human | Neos Kosmos
- Narcissists and sociopaths make bad teachers – What Euripides tells us about teaching – Ancient World Magazine
‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
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- Consult the Oracle at UCL
Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends a stormy winter and a shortage of tree fruits.
… 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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