Hodie est a.d. VIII Kal. Oct, 2772 AUC ~ 7 Boedromion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- CAC Approves Temporary Removal of Antiquities to Build Thessaloniki Metro | archive , greece , general news | The National Herald
- Rare masthead from ancient shipwreck found in northern Israel – The Jerusalem Post
- Newly found Roman stone blocks to repair Chester city walls | Chester and District Standard
- Smuggled to Italy, Lydian artifact returns home in Turkey | Daily Sabah
- Four-thousand-year-old textile mill unearthed in western Turkey
- Unique Roman lead ingot, also known as a pig, on show at Wrexham Museum | The Leader
In Case You Missed It
- Turkey: Mosaics in ancient church unearthed
- Rome: Tourist rescued after falling into Forum of Augustus
- Tourist caught carving initials into Colosseum | The Independent
Greek/Latin News
- [Ephemeris] LABORIS CARCERES
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Survey of Mediterranean Survey Projects
- Only Tears Remain: Reading Euripides’ “Suppliants Online – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams (DBBE)
- Some background on Erdal Dere and Faisal Khan and Fortuna Fine Arts Ltd., charged in the SD/New York ~ ARCAblog
- Kleptophilosopher! Plato Stole from Homer! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Roman Times: The ancient city of Tiryns in history and myth
- AD 120 – The army erects a wooden palisade on the German frontier (#Hadrian1900) FOLLOWING HADRIAN
- Panel: Experiences of Black Academics – Mixed up in Classics
- Read Everything, and Attend Every Lecture! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- 4 Years of Presidential Memories: “What Should Seem True Cannot” – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Caligula in Katwijk – Mainzer Beobachter
- Plato Seeks the G (ometry) Spot – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Hesiod | The Historian’s Hut
- The Bloody-Armed Followers Of Bellona | The Historian’s Hut
- Alexander Entering Babylon, By Sébastien Leclerc (c. 1637-1714) | The Historian’s Hut
- Resources for Classical Civilisation and Ancient History – ACE Classics
- PaleoJudaica.com: Aelia Capitolina
- Persephone and the Autumn Equinox | Tony Mierzwicki
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Fortuna has Ceased to Smile for one US Dealer?
Blog-like Publications
- Aelia Capitolina – Roman Jerusalem – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Archaeologists find Roman camp in Netherlands – The Archaeology News Network
- Money People Hated: Damnatio Memoriae on Ancient Roman Coins
- Sophist, Statesman, Philosopher? (The Sophist) | John Mark N. Reynolds
Fresh Podcasts
Episode 22 (S4) With a backdrop of an original musical piece composed by Matthew Leigh Embleton, British composer, we hear the piece begin with a translation of the poem (read by Dr. Christensen of Brandeis University), it jumps to an excerpt of the Battle of the Frogs and the Mice by George Martin (read by Graeme Malcolm with permission of Random House Audio Books) with the conclusion of the poem (the attack of the crabs) told with storytelling brios by Dr. Christensen. Based on his book with Eric Robinson titled: The Homeric Battle of the Frogs and Mice we can hear the story teller across the millennia tell a tale of bravery and foolishness. George Martin and the Christensen / Robinson books are available on line. In a one on one interview with Dr. Joel Christensen he guides us through this odd epic poem where the heroes are frogs and mice acting like Homeric Heroes. Was this a poem written by Homer himself? Did kids or adults listen to it? What does Homeric poetry try to teach us? Did Alexander the Great hear this poem?
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah, Aelia Capitolina – Jerusalem in the Roman period: in light of archaeological research. Mnemosyne, supplements, 432. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2019.
- [BMCR] Pierre Chiron, Charles Guérin, Frédérique Woerther, Pierre Chiron. Rhétorique, philologie, herméneutique. Textes et traditions . Paris: Vrin Editions, 2019.
- [BMCR] Harriet Fertik, The ruler’s house: contesting power and privacy in Julio-Claudian Rome. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
Dramatic Receptions
- Loyola DFPA’s ‘Scenes from the Odyssey’ Impresses Online, Amid COVID-19
- The Odyssey – a reading on line from the Jermyn Street theatre. 9 October 2020 starting at 9 am. 72 actors will read the 25 books of the epic. – ReviewsGate
- ONLINE THEATRE Blueprint Medea, Finborough Theatre London | Morning Star
Professional Matters
- CALL. 30.09.2020: [PANEL 24] “Nature, Knowledge and Ethics in the Epicureanism“(CCAH) – Coimbra (Portugal)
- ASCSA William Sanders Scarborough Fellowships | Society for Classical Studies
- Convegno internazionale “Sub palliolo sordido. Studi sulla commedia frammentaria greca e latina“ – 15-16/10/2020 (Online)
- CFP: 44th Ancient Philosophy Workshop | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
- Is It Time for a “490 B.C. Project”?: Independent Institute
- Tornos News | Epigraphic Museum of Athens the biggest of its kind in the planet
- The Ring of Legendary King Minos: A Tale of Intrigue and Deception | GreekReporter.com
- The FBI Has Arrested Two New York Antiquities Dealers for Falsifying Ownership Histories Using Dead Collectors’ Names
- POLL: As US wades into row, should UK hand Elgin Marbles back to Greece? | World | News | Express.co.uk
- Ambiorix of the Gauls joins Civilization VI: New Frontier Pass
- Learning from the Past: How our current political climate resembles the fall of Rome’s Republic – The Orion
- Tornos News | US congressmen send letter to British PM for return of Elgin Marbles to Greece
- Stoicism in Gladiator 2 – The Good Men Project
- What Would the Romans Say About the American Republic Today?
- How All Roads Did Lead to Rome | IE
- Bringing Looted Etruscan Art Home | Art & Object
- Herbal Medicine in the Fantastical Myths of Ancient Greece | food & travel , food | The National Herald
- Perth discussion on the reunification of the Parthenon Marbles | Neos Kosmos
- Greek Culture Minister Thanks US Congress Members In Favor For The Repatriation Of The Parthenon Sculptures – Greek City Times
‘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 a drought. There will be an abundant harvest from the nut trees in the autumn but they will be destroyed by storms.
… 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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