Hodie est a.d. VI Id. Dec. 2772 AUC ~ 23 Maimakterion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- The archaeological excavations of the university in Aquileia have been completed
- Germany resists calls for return of artifacts smuggled from Turkey decades ago | Daily Sabah
- Greek-Illyrian Helmet Found In Southern Dalmatia, Croatia – Greek City Times
- Hypaipa ancient city comes to surface
- Survey reveals prehistorical links between Iran, Anatolia, Caucasus, and Mesopotamia – Tehran Times
- Roman and Iron Age treasure hoard donated to Hertford Museum – BBC News
In Case You Missed It
- Rare Second Temple menorah drawing from biblical Maccabean site brought to light | The Times of Israel
- To Protect Its Rare Artifacts, the U.K. Proposes Revised Definition of ‘Treasure’ | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
Classicists and Classics in the News
Greek/Latin News
- [Ephemeris] DE COMITIIS VENETIOLANIS
Fresh Bloggery
- Comfort Classics: Josh Nudell – Classical Studies Support
- A Letter to the President of UVM on Proposed Budget Cuts – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- What’s Your Writing Like Without Quotations? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Roman Times: Barbotine ware of Britannia and European Roman provinces
- Philo Can’t Trust His Mind: On Senses and Self – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The Baths of Constantine in Rome – Roger Pearse
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Τὰ ξένια: La cerimonia di ospitalità cittadina
- I’ll Take Cicero’s Word – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The Death of Harmonia, Painted By Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre (c. 1714–1789) | The Historian’s Hut
- The Deadly Consequence For Leaders Of Nepete Who Disappointed Rome | The Historian’s Hut
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Rare Greek-Illyrian helmet found in Croatia
- Cypriotisch opium – Mainzer Beobachter
- Lower City of Troy | Turkish Archaeological News
- PaleoJudaica.com: More on that ancient gaming die
- PaleoJudaica.com: Review of “… Revelation: Roasting Rome”
- PaleoJudaica.com: More menorah graffiti in a priestly (?) cave
- “Lies That Sound Like the Truth”: 24 Hours of the Odyssey #OdysseyRTW – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Classics for All Withdraw from Antiquities Auction
- Paris’ Prologue 17: Paris is Nursed by a Bear or a Hind while Exposed: spannycattroy — LiveJournal
- Greek Tragedy & Heavy Metal, Pt. 2: Sophocles – Heavy Metal Classicist
- Fayum Portraits: Striking Ancient Egyptian Mummy Paintings
Blog-like Publications
- Off the Dusty Bookshelf: Gilbert Highet’s Poets in a Landscape | by John Byron Kuhner | In Medias Res | Dec, 2020 | Medium
- Reading Ancient Roman Coins
Fresh Podcasts
This week Patrick and a panel of Classicists, Historians and Biographers discuss the life and creative legacy of Roman poet Horace. Joining Patrick on the panel are: Professor Emily Gowers, Professor of Latin Literature, St John’s College, Cambridge, Professor Stephen Harrison, Professor of Latin Literature, University of Oxford, Professor Martin Brady, Head of the School of Classics, UCD, Professor Carole E. Newlands, Department of Classics, Colorado University and Dr Luke Houghton, Department of Greek & Latin, University College London.
This episode covers book 4 of Plato’s Republic. What does it mean to be a good person? What is justice? To answer these questions, Socrates and the boys have built imaginary cities, raised educated and nobly lied to armies, and sent them all to live in a camp. Today’s the day Socrates brings it all home and explains his definition of justice both in the city and in the soul. And to boot, he explains the structure of the human soul.
Fresh Youtubery
- Pre-recorded video for the lecture, Roman relics and Renaissance collectors, 1350–1500 | British School at Rome
- The Ancient City of Sagalassos, Asia Minor, Turkey | Nomad Tahir
- Jewels of Rome Playthrough | Ancient Geeko-Roman
- 001. Iliad Book 2. 1-15 – YT | Walter M. Roberts III, PhD
- The Origin of the Pyramids | Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages
- Samuel J. Huskey, What is ‘Digital Latin’? An Overview of the Digital Latin Library | VedDPH
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Thomas J. Figueira, Carmen Soares, Ethnicity and identity in Herodotus. London; New York: Routledge, 2020.
- [BMCR] Ambros Gabriele, Der kyprische Apoll’: Heiligtum und Kult des Apollon Hylates in Kourion. Κυπριακά, Forschungen zum Antiken Zypern, Bd 3. Wien: Verlag Holzhausen, 2019.
- [BMCR] Barnaby Taylor, Lucretius and the language of nature. Oxford classical monographs. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2020.
Dramatic Receptions
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- Cuts at the University of Vermont | Society for Classical Studies
- Bettany Hughes is to talk at the BSA Christmas lecture
- Conference: Antiquity in Media Studies | Society for Classical Studies
- Classics Colloquium: Classics & Public Facing Humanities — Columbia University Department of Classics
- Funding at Manchester for PhD in Latin (Lees Scholarship in Latin)! | cahaeresearch
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- Agrigento, the extraordinary archaeological discoveries of 1927 – Agrigento Yesterday and Today
- We Can Thank Herodotus, the ‘Father of History,’ for Our Knowledge of the Ancient World | Discover Magazine
‘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 virulent disease but an abundance of crops. Still, there will be a plague on the flocks.
… 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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