Hodie est a.d. IV Id. Dec. 2772 AUC ~ 25 Maimakterion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends a slaughter of humans from disease but an abundance of fish.

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. V Id. Dec. 2772 AUC ~ 24 Maimakterion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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n.b Sententiae Antiquae’s multiple posts are related to the Reading the Odyssey Around the World Event … see below in the Youtubery section for the link …

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• ‎Ad Navseam: Ad Navseam Episode 14: Cicero Falls at Formiae – A Date which will Live in Infamy on Apple Podcasts

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends the downfall of a famous man.

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. VI Id. Dec. 2772 AUC ~ 23 Maimakterion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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• ‎Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast: 17 – Plato’s Republic 6: How to be a Good Person on Apple Podcasts

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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)

Hodie est a.d. VII Id. Dec. 2772 AUC ~ 22 Maimakterion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends the same things for everyone (?).

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. VIII Id. Dec. 2772 AUC ~ 21 Maimakterion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends men being visited by visions of the faces of the gods and they will have bad things happen to them.

… 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)