Hodie est a.d. III Non. Oct, 2772 AUC ~ 18 Boedromion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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Fresh Podcasts

• ‎The History Of European Theatre: Greek Conclusions Part 2 on Apple Podcasts

In the final episode on the story of Greek Theatre a further fleshing out of three big subjects in Ancient Greek theatre – The Mask, The Theatre Buildings and The audience.

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Mauro Tulli, Lirica, epigramma, e critica letteraria. Seminari, 3. Pisa; Roma: Fabrizio Serra Editore, 2019.
• [BMCR] Maria Intrieri, Koinonia: studi di storia antica offerti a Giovanna De Sensi Sestito. Historica, 11. Roma: Giorgio Bretschneider Editore, 2018.
• [BMCR] John Oksanish, Vitruvian man: Rome under construction. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
• [BMCR] David Braund, Edith Hall, Rosie Wyles, Ancient theatre and performance culture around the Black Sea. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Professional Matters

• Inland Cyprus in the Late Bronze Age: Survey and excavations

Alia

• Ara Pacis Augustae – Smarthistory
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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends an abundance of necessities, except grain.

… 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)