Hodie est a.d. IV Id. Oct, 2772 AUC ~ 25 Boedromion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
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Fresh Podcasts
Xerxes arrives and sings a lament with the Chorus, bringing The Persians to a close.
This episode, Myth Dynamite gets political (gasp!) as we delve into the world of the Emperor Augustus and his manipulation of myth in one of the boldest and most drastic political overhauls of all time. A big claim and we’re sticking to it. In 27 BCE, Augustus became the first Emperor of Rome and dragged it from warring Republic into “peaceful” and “harmonious” autocracy. And he used myth *cough* Fake News *cough* to do it. We’ve started to wonder if there is a little more of Donald Trump in the Augustus we’ve known and loved (or at least respected). There’s nothing new under the Sun.
Book Reviews
- [Classical Journal ~ PDF] Classicism and Christianity in Late Antique Latin Poetry
Dramatic Receptions
- Theater Department Performs Modern-Day Interpretations of Greek Tragedies – Southwestern College News Center
- Oedipus + Antigonê is back but with a pandemic twist | The Examiner | Launceston, TAS
Professional Matters
- 2020 Classical Studies MA Essay Prize | Classical Studies
- Interdisciplinary research of the Paphos Agora Project, 2011-2019
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Alia
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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
- Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
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- Consult the Oracle at UCL
Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends prosperity but very strong winds.
… 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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