Month: September 2020

#Thelxinoe ~ Classics News for September 10, 2020

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Hodie est a.d. IV Id Sept. 2772 AUC ~ 23 Metageitnion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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The Wars of the Diadochi begin, as Perdiccas prepares to attack Ptolemy in Egypt to recover Alexander’s body and secure his southern flank. Meanwhile, Eumenes is tasked with defending Anatolia from Antipater, Craterus, and Antigonus the One-Eyed, as the coalition assembled against him prepares to cross into Asia.

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Alia

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends strife in the place where the thunder was heard and also elsewhere.

… 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)

#Thelxinoe ~ Classics News for September 9, 2020

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Hodie est a.d. V Id Sept. 2772 AUC ~ 22 Metageitnion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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Lesley McAdam joins us to talk all about the challenges of researching prehistory in the absence of documents and testimony.

We’ve asked members of the Getty community to share short reflections on works of art they’re thinking about right now. These recordings feature stories related to our daily lives. This week, educator Anna Sapenuk finds parallels in Herakles and Iolaos’s fight against the Hydra and our global battle against the coronavirus…

Special guest Helena Meskanen joins the regular team of Matthew Lloyd, Joshua Hall, and Josho Brouwers to talk about museums, including some that are not strictly archaeological. We talk about our favourite museums, relate personal experiences when visiting them, and discuss what the role of archaeological museums should be. We also touch upon open air or “living history” museums.

Dionysus was the god of wine from Greek myths and the last Olympian to earn a place on Mount Olympus. His story starts with him being born from Zeus’s thigh…and then somehow gets stranger.

How do you acknowledge the wild forces of the world without letting them destroy you? Euripides, the youngest Greek tragedian whose work survives, asked exactly this question in his radical, boundary-pushing play “The Bacchae.” In this episode of Young Heretics, Spencer Klavan explores how, with the clarity of an artist’s vision, Euripides saw the downfall of Athens coming and spoke wisely into the heart of his moment—and our own.

People didn’t travel much in the ancient world. But, for those who did they developed the ancient equivalent of guidebooks. These were often lists of manmade sites and attractions which any traveler should take the time to see. Over time, one such Greek list was written down and it became known to us as the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

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Alia

‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends a disease-bearing wind.

… 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)

#Thelxinoe ~ Classics News for September 8, 2020

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Hodie est a.d. VI Id Sept. 2772 AUC ~ 21 Metageitnion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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In this final episode Dr Peter J Williams, Dr Dirk Jongkind and Dr Chee-Chiew Lee join us again for a final roundtable discussion with Dr Andrew Ollerton to discuss together how they each read the gospels and how academic scholarship can raise…

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends the powerful engaging in corruption of government, but they will not be successful.

… 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)

#Thelxinoe ~ Classics News for September 7, 2020

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Hodie est a.d. VII Id Sept. 2772 AUC ~ 20 Metageitnion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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Episode 21 (S4). Another investigation from Rob Cain’s Historical Detective Agency. Rob makes a Google search and discovers a world of antiques being sold on the internet. He digs deeper and deeper into what is real and what is perceived to be real. He answers an inquiry from Robert W.M. Greaves, the author of the popular blog site ‘Matters Arising’, and airs an interview by the late Archaeologist William Glover on the nature of context. This is a true investigation of what is ‘real’ and what not. Can we trust the popular auction house Ebay in buying our next antiquity?

Priestesses of Vesta, Goddess of hearth, home and family, the College of Vestal Virgins were Rome’s only full-time priesthood. They numbered only six and were selected from noble Roman families at an early age, between six and 10 years old. They would tend the sacred fire in the Temple of Vesta and remain virgins for the duration of their tenure, which would stretch long into womanhood, lasting at least 30 years. Their importance to Rome was paramount and throughout this ancient civilisation’s pagan history, the Vestal Virgins remained right at the heart of Roman society. But things were not always plain sailing for the Vestals during their 1,000 year history… I was delighted to be joined by a leading light on this subject Peta Greenfield to talk through the history of the Vestals. From the importance of fire and water for the cult to the infamous Vestal punishment of ‘incestum’ Peta explained the history behind all in this brilliant chat.

In which we discuss the three children of Zeus and Hera’s Marriage, the belated child of Zeus and Metis Marriage, A Disabled God and get our first robots!

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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends an outbreak of disease and bad things for the enslaved class.

… 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)

#Thelxinoe ~ Classics News for the Weekend of September 5-6, 2020

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Hodie est a.d. VIII Id Sept. 2772 AUC ~ 19 Metageitnion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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The Ionian Greek cities break out in revolt against the Persian Empire

It’s the Season One Finale, and we’re ending with a bang, not a whimper! It’s pretty much common knowledge that Facebook violates its users’ basic data privacy rights. But did you know that Facebook also is one of the prime vectors for billions of dollars of criminal trafficking in looted artifacts, inflicting catastrophic economic and cultural damage on vulnerable populations in conflict regions across the Middle East, fueling regional violence and transnational terrorism? Whether your answer is yes or no, we implore you to listen in to hear impassioned Archaeoactivist and everyday hero, Katie Paul, on this vitally important but little known crisis, complete with pointers on what we all can do to combat this global security threat. Join her as she walks Karen through a day in the life of an ancient Egyptian tomb raider and brings to light some of the most important issues facing the future of both history, and those who love it.

On a distant, storm-swept island, the dream-haunted Queen Penelope must defend her home from the ravages of pirates and thieves, and save her son from an untimely death. This series of Lore & Legend is called ‘The Gates of Dream’ — exploring tales of encounters between the heroes and heroines of Greek Myth, and the Gods and Spirits of the Greek Underworld – the Lands of Dream, Death, and Darkest Fate…

“I think we can all empathize with someone who’s like a son, or in this case, an adopted son, trying to kind of make his own mark and escape the shadow of his father, and leave something on the world of his own.” In the year 79 CE, Pliny the Elder set out to investigate … “

While the attempted coup was going on, Claudius had troops in Mauretania under the command of Suetonius Paulinus. One of Paulinus’ officers, Gnaeus Hosidius Geta, chases the Moors over the Atlas Mountains and into the desert – where he has to call on foreign gods to save his legions.

The Ionian Greek cities break out in revolt against the Persian Empire

This is a cultural history episode about sexuality in Ancient Rome. I thought the topic would be fun and juicy, but that’s because my memory of Roman sexuality was hazy. After refreshing it with lots of research, I can safely say that ‘fun’ is not a word I would apply to it. ‘Insanely disturbing’ is probably more fitting. Most of the ancient sources, in fact, seem to indicate that little to no attention was paid to the idea of sex being for mutual pleasure. Rather, sex was primarily seen as something to reinforce dominance and hierarchy. In this episode, we’ll cover prison sex, rapey garden gnomes, the similarities and differences between ancient Roman and Christian sexualities, the origin of the word ‘family’ (it’s not pleasant), threatening sexual violence to prove one’s manliness, the violent myths about Rome’s founding, the Rape of the Sabine women, sex and slavery, prostitution, why speaking of homosexuality or heterosexuality made no sense in Ancient Rome, legal trials as rap battles, Cicero & the art of character assassination, Mark Anthony & the art of assassinating Cicero, Augustus’ puritanism, gladiators fighting against their own wildcat-shaped phalli, Roman sexual art, and much, much more.

In this Olympic length episode I discuss the origin of the games and how both they and the site developed over time. I’ll also be picking up the wider aspects of it all from politics to nudity and even foul play.

Priestesses of Vesta, Goddess of hearth, home and family, the College of Vestal Virgins were Rome’s only full-time priesthood. They numbered only six and were selected from noble Roman families at an early age, between six and 10 years old. They would tend the sacred fire in the Temple of Vesta and remain virgins for the duration of their tenure, which would stretch long into womanhood, lasting at least 30 years. Their importance to Rome was paramount and throughout this ancient civilisation’s pagan history, the Vestal Virgins remained right at the heart of Roman society. But things were not always plain sailing for the Vestals during their 1,000 year history… I was delighted to be joined by a leading light on this subject Peta Greenfield to talk through the history of the Vestals. From the importance of fire and water for the cult to the infamous Vestal punishment of ‘incestum’ Peta explained the history behind all in this brilliant chat.

60 BCE – 44 BCE – The continuation of Caesar’s story covering the First Triumvirate, The Gallic Wars and Caesar’s Civil War.  Rome could never be the same again.

13th official episode of Spartan History Podcast, The sons of Heracles. Looking at the foundation of Sparta itself and the journey it’s inhabitants took to get there.

On this week’s episode of PillarTalk we are joined by our friend and UoM Masters Student – Jess Charlesworth, to discuss who we think are  the best and worst Roman emperors . Including debates surrounding the intentions of Nero, Antoninus Pius and our favourite cleaning products – plus! two wine spills and an entire wine glass smash.

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Alia

‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends women acquiring power beyond what is ‘appropriate’.

… 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)