Hodie est a.d. III Kal. Oct, 2772 AUC ~ 12 Boedromion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Giant cistern from the 4th century BC excavated in Lumbarda on Korčula island | Croatia Week
- I piedi etruschi della Catona di nuovo a “casa” | Cultura AREZZO
In Case You Missed It
- Turkish Archaeologists Uncover 2,400-year-old Dionysus Mask
- AI ‘resurrects’ 54 Roman emperors, in stunningly lifelike images | Live Science
- Rome Colosseum scandal: Irish tourist tried to write his initials – Deseret News
Fresh Bloggery
- A Leader’s First Duty – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Wanna Be A Baller, Shot Caller, Lib’ral Arts Degree Hanging On The Wall-a – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- I Won’t Bury My Treasure – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Ruins, Industry, and the City | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Roman Times: Diadems symbols of wealth, victory, and royalty
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: e-Ktobe: Manuscrits Syriaques
- 4 Years of Presidential Memories: Ancient Greek Words for Excrement – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Het Perinthos-incident – Mainzer Beobachter
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » 4th century B.C. cistern excavated in Croatia
- No, the WCO report doesn’t show that ‘Business of Smuggling Cultural Property Is Not as Big as People Think’
- Were Achilles and Patroclus cousins? – Bad Ancient
- Looting Matters: Stela from Saittai (Lydia)
Blog-like Publications
- Classics Everywhere: Engaging with Antiquity through Film and Theater at Home | Society for Classical Studies
- The Archaeologists Who Unlocked Cold War Spy Photos of Israel – Atlas Obscura
Fresh Podcasts
The Royalist cause in Anatolia collapses as Eumenes’ allies desert him on land and sea. Meanwhile, Antipater, Craterus, and Antigonus the One-Eyed cross the Hellespont into Asia, determined to topple Perdiccas’ government and crush anyone who stands in their way.
Book Reviews
Professional Matters
- Fellowship: Center for Ballet and the Arts | Society for Classical Studies
- CFP: Translations of Aristotle’s Poetics ever since the XVI Century and the Forging of European Poetics | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
- Part I: Identifying and slabbing ancient coins | Coin Update
- Italy Is On The Hunt For Someone To Run Pompeii, And We Think It’s The Coolest Job Ever – Secret Manchester
- Did Early Christians Use Psychedelics?
‘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 serious drought.
… 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)
rogueclassicism 