Hodie est a.d. VI Kal. Sept. 2772 AUC ~ 9 Metageitnion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Revised tree ring data confirms ancient Mediterranean dates | Cornell Chronicle
- 5,000-year-old paint palette unearthed in northwest Turkey | Daily Sabah
- Tel Aviv light rail work on hold after graves unearthed at construction site – Israel News – Haaretz.com
- Is Iraq Getting Screwed in a Looted Treasures Deal With Hobby Lobby?
- Excavation starts in ancient city unconquered by Alexander the Great
In Case You Missed It
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Interactive scavenger hunt on ancient Rome planned for Colgate in fall
- Paolo Ferri, Italian antiquities hunter known as ‘the Sherlock Holmes of archaeology’ – obituary
Greek/Latin News
- [Ephemeris] COMPREHENSIO SINENSIS
Public Facing Classics
- Is fat shaming a thing of the past? – University of Birmingham
- The Romans wouldn’t have understood our exam obsession | The Spectator
Fresh Bloggery
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: La religion des femmes en Grèce ancienne: Mythes, cultes et société
- Everyone’s In Love! Reading Euripides’ “Hippolytus” Online – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Roman Anatolia | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Arms and the man I sing: a playlist of Virgil’s Aeneid – Mixed up in Classics
- A Recipe For Your, Um, Growing Problem – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Diodorus Siculus | The Historian’s Hut
- Art Crime Research Opportunities: 27 August 2020
- Transformations of Helen – Everyday Orientalism
- PaleoJudaica.com: Equal time for et-Tell as Bethsaida
Fresh Podcasts
A group of freedmen at a party demand a story, and get an exciting tale set on the night of a full moon… I’m delighted to be joined on this episode by Dr Liz Gloyn, from Royal Holloway University, to talk about ancient and modern werewolves, folklore, class and ghosts. This month’s story comes from Petronius, Satyricon, 61-62.
We were very lucky this week to be joined by the amazing Partial Historians! They are experts in the field, and this field has a tree, and under this tree is a man named Spartacus! Find out about the man, the myth and how he has been used throughout history. Plus, a fabulous return of our ever popular, regular feature: ‘How Well Do You Know Your Co-Host?’
Book Reviews
- Noviodunum, chantier archéologique 1995-2009 | Spartokos a lu
- [Classical Journal ~ PDF] Sabina Augusta
- [Ancient History Bulletin ~ PDF] Emma Nicholson reviewing John Boardman, Alexander the Great: From His Death to the Present Day (49-51)
Alia
- Minoan art, an introduction – Smarthistory
- Mycenaean art, an introduction – Smarthistory
- Cycladic art, an introduction – Smarthistory
- An introduction to the ancient Aegean – Smarthistory
- Greek sanctuaries as artistic hubs – Smarthistory
- Discovery of scholar’s notes shine light on race to decipher Rosetta Stone | Culture | The Guardian
- The Classics in Soap: An Interview with Meekyoung Shin — The Jugaad Project
- U.K.’s ‘Low Traffic Neighborhoods’ Nothing New: Ancient Romans Blocked City Roads To Carriages
- Collectible or Not? A Study of Ancient Coin Fourées
- In defence of Hans Sloane | The Spectator
- Collectors like Hans Sloane were not saints – but they changed our world
- Pandemics in Perspective – Biblical Archaeology Society
- Pella: A Window on Survival – Biblical Archaeology Society
‘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 both wars and conspiracies.
… 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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