#Thelxinoe ~ Classics News for October 22, 2020

Hodie est a.d. XI Kal. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 5 Pyanepsion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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This week Dave and Jeff watch—sometimes through their fingers—Wolfgang’s Petersen’s sweaty, beardy epic, Troy (2004).  Come along as we revisit the film after several years of peaceful forgetfulness. Was it as bad as we thought? More fit for a shampoo commercial than a tour-de-force of bravado aristeia? Some highlights: a) musing over whether the film embodies a “Homeric Spirit” b) the “Tiresias” award for most obnoxious performance (Orlando, we’re looking at you), and c) the real question, better with the gods or without? Don’t be a heel—tune in.

A classic haunted house story for Halloween – a philosopher rents an old house with suspiciously cheap rent and the sound of clanking chains in the night… This story is taken from Pliny the Younger, Letters, 7.27.5-11. After the story, Dr Tony Keen of the University of Notre Dame in London joins me for a chat about Pliny, urban legends, the fantastic in the ancient world, and about working for the Roman Emperor.

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends bad conditions and assorted diseases for the people.

… 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 October 21, 2020

Hodie est a.d. XII Kal. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 4 Pyanepsion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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Mary Rose regular Emma Sothon joins us to talk all about her new book on murder in Ancient Rome. We promise you, no giraffes were harmed in the recording of this podcast, nor people making up weird sex stories about them. However weird they are.  Buy the book! A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

In this episode of The Catholic Talk Show, the guys discover and explore lost books and manuscripts that almost were part of the Bible.

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today it portends an outbreak of a coughing sickness and heart maladies.

… 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 October 20, 2020

Hodie est a.d. XIII Kal. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 3 Pyanepsion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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After years of digging, Professor R. Steven Notley believes he can prove the true location of biblical Bethsaida, also known as the “Lost City of the Apostles.” Get the latest scoop on El-Araj from Professor Notley and learn why he thinks it is the best candidate for biblical Bethsaida during this special program held in person at Museum of the Bible.

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends an airing of old grievances and for many, suffering from the discord that arises.

… 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 October 19, 2020

Hodie est a.d. XIV Kal. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 2 Pyanepsion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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This episode covers the first part of book 2 of Republic. Glaucon and Adeimantus take over the conversation with Socrates and challenge him to prove that it’s good to be good. Glaucon gets wild with a ring of invisibility. The gang builds a utopian city of pigs and meets an army of good-natured dogs.

Straddling the Strait of Kerch in the Northern Black Sea, the Bosporan Kingdom provides an unusual case study within the Hellenistic period. Originally settled by Greeks during the 6th century BC, the Cimmerian Bosporus would become host to a powerful kingdom backed up economically by its massive grain exports to the Mediterranean. For most of its history the kingdom would be headed by the Spartocid Dynasty, a group of Hellenized Thracians who ruled as tyrants and kings until the early 1st century BC, and had close ties with the nomadic Scythian and Sarmatian tribes of the steppe as both enemies and trading partners.

We Discuss the biography of Hesiod and the poem The Works and Days. Opinions and Beeps happen. 

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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today it portends the downfall of a ruler or the overthrow of a king, but it also portends discord among the people and an abundance of crops.

… 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 October 17-18, 2020

Hodie est a.d. XV Kal. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 1 Pyanepsion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

n.b. We’ve added a link below (in the ‘Professional’ section) to Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar … It is a good source for online social events and talks with a Classics bent …

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Xerxes launches the second invasion of Greece

The NSW premier’s relationship with disgraced former MP Daryl Maguire has led to calls for her resignation. If you look at Roman history, it’s not the first time a lover has caused a political leader strife. Associate Professor of Classics & Ancient History at La Trobe University, Rhiannon Evans, tells Virginia Trioli about the case of Mark Antony.

Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo – brother-in-law of Caligula – is sent by Claudius to Germany to deal with some rebellious tribes. But he’s TOO successful, so Claudius calls him home. Messalina decides to get married again – while still married to Claudius. Surprisingly he isn’t too happy about it when he finds out. So she has a date – with a sword.

16th official episode of Spartan History Podcast, Jason and the Golden Fleece part 4.

… I was delighted to be joined by Dr Lyndsay Coo, a leading expert on Sophocles and his lost plays, to talk through the life and legacy of this famous dramatist. We first talk about Sophocles and his seven surviving plays, before going on to the many, many fragments that survive and their significance. This was an enthralling and eye-opening chat. Enjoy.

509 BCE – 284 CE – A whistle-stop tour of some of the aspects of Rome and how some of them changed over time.

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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends a plentiful grain supply brought from foreign lands.

… 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)