Hodie est a.d. III Non. Sext. 2772 AUC ~ 15 Hekatombaion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Roman ruins uncovered in Almuñecar
• New season of exploration begins in Persepolis – Tehran Times
• Actualité | Rare découverte d’une authepsa à Die | Inrap
• Torna alla luce il Santuario di Apollo! – Arte & Cultura – TGR Toscana

Classicists and Classics in the News

• What the Blunt Affair has to teach | Blog post by Mary Beard – The TLS
• Gregory Areshian, archaeologist who co-led discovery of world’s oldest winery, dead at 71 | ARMENPRESS Armenian News Agency

Fresh Bloggery

• Pride and Proportionality – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Carpe Diem is Too Late – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Chaeronea: Philip Confirms His Domination Over Greece | The Second Achilles
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• PaleoJudaica.com: The Underwater Malta project
• PaleoJudaica.com: 7th century CE shipwreck recovered near Haifa
• Sean Hannity Still Doesn’t Know Latin—But Does He Read My Blog? – Tales of Times Forgotten
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Fresh Podcasts

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• ‎The Hellenistic Age Podcast: 048: Persian & Iranian Survival in a Hellenistic World on Apple Podcasts

The conquest of the Achaemenid Persian Empire by Alexander the Great and his Successors did not spell the end of Iranian civilization. During the early Hellenistic period, several Iranian dynasties manage to establish themselves as  independent rulers in their own right, propagating and transforming Iranian traditions and cultures in a changing environment. We will be covering such figures Mithridates I Ktistes, the founder of the Kingdom of Pontus, Orontes I, ruler of horse-rearing Armenia, and Amastris, the last Achaemenid princess and first Hellenistic queen.

• ‎The History of Ancient Greece: 104 The Democratic Empire Strikes Back on Apple Podcasts

In this episode, we discuss the years 411-410 BC of the Peloponnesian War, including the theshifting of the naval war to the Hellespont, the vigor that the Athenian democracy showed in carrying on the war effort against Sparta and Pharnabazos with victories at Cynossema and Cyzicus, the re-establishment of the radical democracy at Athens, and the transition from the historical account of Thucydides into that of Xenophon’s Hellenica.

Book Reviews

• [Classical Journal ~ PDF]: The Latin of Science 
• [Classical Journal ~ PDF]: The Brothel of Pompeii
• [Classical Journal ~ PDF]: Classics in Britain 
• [Classical Journal ~ PDF]: Tragik bei Homer und Vergil 

Alia

• New outdoor exhibit showcases rich history of ancient Ashkelon – The Jerusalem Post
• Total War: Troy lays out the Greek and Trojan heroes in detailed videos | PC Gamer
• British Museum battling pests drawn to dust left by lockdown lack of visitors

‘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 trials and debates among the common folk.

… 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. IV Non. Sext. 2772 AUC ~ 14 Hekatombaion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Binchester Roman Fort Set to Reopen | Newton News
• Newport Roman Villa to reopen — following Coronavirus closure | Isle of Wight County Press
• Epidaurus’ Asclepion Archaeological Dig Uncovers Layers of Ancient Greek History | GreekReporter.com

In Case You Missed It

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• ‘Alexandrian’ glass confirmed by hafnium isotopes | Scientific Reports
• Facebook Has Moved To Ban Sales Of Looted Antiquities. Will It Make A Difference? : NPR
• Major fire breaks out at Susya archaeological site in Hebron hills – The Jerusalem Post
• D.C. Museum Of The Bible To Return Looted Artifacts To Iraq : NPR
• Spanish police recover ancient treasure from alleged looter | World news | The Guardian

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Student sets Cleopatra’s life to music > News > USC Dornsife

Greek/Latin News

• [Ephemeris] DECRETVM DE RETI 

Fresh Bloggery

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• PaleoJudaica.com: Fire at Susya
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• Weekend Reading: Summer Fun – Classical Studies Support
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Vicus Aurelianus: Das römische Öhringen
• Roman Times: The art of ancient Yemen: Arabia Felix to the Romans
• Screaming and Intemperance of Words – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: July 31
• Book Club | August 2020: Quintus Smyrnaeus Fall of Troy 10–14 | The Kosmos Society
• Cicero Says August Is the Start of a Whole New Year! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• PaleoJudaica.com: Coins of Herod the Great
• PaleoJudaica.com: Dark on the archaeology of Nazareth
• Here’s a Plan: Evict the Rich, Feed Everyone – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Sallust and Juvenal Made Prophets of Racial Decline :: Pharos
• Review: The Duolingo Latin Course | Society for Classical Studies
• “Me and White Supremacy” by Layla F. Saad (2020) – Mixed up in Classics
• Imago Imperii Romani Persis, Legendo Shahnameh | by In Medias Res | In Medias Res | Jul, 2020 | Medium
• Gold diadem found in Roman-era sarcophagus in Izmir – The Archaeology News Network
• Inscribed Roman stone monument found in Serbia stolen after 24 hours – The Archaeology News Network
• Update on the Asclepeion dig at Epidaurus – The Archaeology News Network
• Gold diadem found in Roman-era sarcophagus in Izmir – The Archaeology News Network
• Publications | Curculio – Michael Hendry
• Lindsey Davis’ The Grove of the Caesars | Ben Witherington
• Elections or Street Violence – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Roman Archaeology Blog: Archaeological dig on the A1 in North Yorkshire uncovers Roman remains
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• PaleoJudaica.com: Biblical Studies Carnival 173
• Roman Archaeology Blog: New Roman fort uncovered in Lancashire after years of speculation
• Mixed up in White Supremacy: The Basics – Mixed up in Classics
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• Talking Too Much and the Work of Existing – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
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• The History Blog » Blog Archive » California man indicted for Roman mosaic looted from Syria

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] William M. Barton, Mountain aesthetics in early modern Latin literature. London; New York: Routledge, 2016.
• [BMCR] Helen King, Hippocrates now: the “father of medicine” in the internet age. Bloomsbury studies in classical reception. London; New York: Boomsbury Academic, 2020.
• [BMCR] Thomas Völling, Holger Baitinger, Sabine Ladstätter, Arno Rettner, Martin Alan Miller, Olympia in frühbyzantinischer Zeit: Siedlung – Landwirtschaftliches Gerät – Grabfunde – Spolienmauer. Olympische Forschungen, Band 34. Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2019.
• [Classical Journal ~ PDF]: Searching for Oedipus 
• [Classical Journal ~ PDF]: The Oxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy 
• [Classical Journal ~ PDF]: Diogenes Laertius: Lives of the Eminent Philosophers 
• La céramique locale d’Apollonia Pontica, VIe-Ier s. avant J.-C. | Spartokos a lu
• HERODOTUS AND THE QUESTION WHY – Classics for All
• Les antiquités russes dans les monuments de l’art | Spartokos a lu

Professional Matters

• Fellowship: Basel Fellowships in Latin Literature | Society for Classical Studies
• CFP: Greek Literary Topographies in the Roman Imperial World | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• What we can learn from ancient Greeks about tyranny | OUPblog
• [Paywalled] Dispatch – A Greek tragedy purges the plague | 1843 | The Economist
• Collecting Ancient Coins: Time to Consider a New Paradigm That Facilitates Lawful Trade
• Babylon: What Happened To The Ancient City? – HistoryExtra
• Leprechauns originated from Italy rather than Ireland, research claims | The Irish Post
• Things That Did Not Cause the Fall of the Roman Empire – Tales of Times Forgotten

‘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 both an outbreak of disease and a shortage of the necessities of life.

… 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 Kal. Sext. 2772 AUC ~ 13 Hekatombaion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

This week’s video-based gleanings; page may take a while to load (I continue to fiddle with categories):

Mini Docs

 

Classical Association Northern Ireland

 

Extra Credits

 

Center for Hellenic Studies

 

 

Andrea Cirla

 

The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

 

Satura Lanx

 

Etruschannel

 

Divus Magister Craft

 

Ancient History Encyclopedia

 

Darius Arya/American Institute for Roman Culture

 

Lindybeige

 

Women’s Classical Committee UK

 

Wessex Archaeology

 

Kentiquity: Classics and Archaeology at Kent

 

Swansea University Classics

 

Pompeii Sites

 

Mythology Manifest

 

College Year in Athens

 

Ancient Literature Dude

 

Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages

 

IterArtis

 

Classics in Color

 

Stupid Ancient History GCSE

 

Alia

Hodie est pr. Kal. Sext. 2772 AUC ~ 12 Hekatombaion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Epidaurus’ Asclepion Archaeological Dig Uncovers Layers of Ancient Greek History | GreekReporter.com
• Major fire breaks out at Susya archaeological site in Hebron hills – The Jerusalem Post
• A Pompei di scena passione e bellezza: riaperta la Casa degli Amanti e inaugurata Venustas, la mostra di gioielli e profumi – Napolisera
• Romans fixed potholes in the road at Scotch Corner, new book reveals – Richmondshire Today
• The Romans Called it ‘Alexandrian Glass.’ Where Was It Really From? – The New York Times
• Rotte, merci e navi: nuovi reperti dal mare di Porto Cesareo
• Archaeological dig on the A1 in North Yorkshire uncovers Roman remains | Yorkshire Post

In Case You Missed It

• Ancient ‘Acropolis of the sea’ opens to divers, guarded by high tech | News | WTVB
• Roman Fort Identified in Northern England – Archaeology Magazine
• Ancient ‘Amazon’ myth: Russian researchers unpack 2,500-yo Scythian burial | Know more – IBTimes India

Fresh Bloggery

• Humanity’s Many Wonders: Reading Tragic Choruses Online – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• There’s No Hektor Here – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Comfort Classics: Carey Fleiner – Classical Studies Support
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Humor
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Quantifying Ancient Building Economy
• Three Things Thursday | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• Restitution: Lot 448, Christie’s ~ ARCAblog
• Roman Times: Elaborately Painted Shroud of Neferhotep, Son of Herrotiou, 100-225 CE, Romano-Egyptian
• Demetrius, Where Does Punctuation Come From? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• A Tunic of Flesh and Kirke as an Allegory – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Het graf van Damasistrate – Mainzer Beobachter
• Camillus And The Schoolmaster Of Falerii, Attributed To Domenico Corvi (c. 1721–1803) | The Historian’s Hut
• The Spoils of Colonial Oppression – The Archaeology News Network
• How to Build Community in Your Online Classroom | by Anna Pisarello | Jul, 2020 | EIDOLON
• The Ancient Greek Temples Home to Orchards, Vineyards, and Rare Bees – Gastro Obscura
• Kiwi Hellenist: What did Caligula think of his nickname?
• Collections: Bread, How Did They Make It? Part II: Big Farms – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
• Art Crime Research Opportunities: 31 July 2020

Fresh Podcasts

• Aristotle Episode – BYUradio

Guest: Edith Hall, Professor, Classics, King’s College London, and author, “Aristotle’s Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life” Want to be more happy? Some look for tips and tricks from influencers, magazines, YouTube. Hall suggests we look back to Aristotle to find the recipe for happiness.

• ‎Ancient Warfare Podcast: AWA: Did the Romans downplay their navy before the first Punic war? on Apple Podcasts

In Ancient Warfare Answers, Jasper (editor of Ancient Warfare Magazine) and Murray (deputy editor) tackle your questions on ancient military topics. In this episode Jasper ponders on if the Romans intentionally downplayed their naval capabilities before the first Punic war? Thank you to patron of the podcast Dag Atle for suggesting this question.

• ‎Lore and Legend : Tales From Our Mythic Past: The Binding of Cassandra · Prologue II on Apple Podcasts

The Binding of Cassandra is the second of four ‘mini-episodes’ or prologues to our second season of Lore & Legend, which focuses on Greek mythology.  Season 2: The Gates of Dream explores the Gods and Spirits of the Greek Underworld – the Lands of Dream, Death, and Darkest Fate.

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Katja Sporn, Alexandra Kankeleit, Die Abteilung Athen des DAI und die Aktivitäten deutscher Archäologen in Griechenland 1874-1933. Beiträge zur Geschichte der Archäologie und der Altertumswissenschaften, 2. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2020.
• [BMCR] Judson Herrman, Demosthenes. Selected political speeches. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019.
• [BMCR] Marc D. Lauxtermann, Byzantine poetry from Pisides to Geometres: texts and contexts. Wiener Byzantinistische Studien, 24/2. Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Verlag, 2019.
• Military Book Review Agrippa II: The Last of the Herods

Alia

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• Ancient Coin Profiles: The Indepedent Bronze Coinage of Roman Termessos
• The NBA’s Florida Bubble Mimics the Ancient Olympic Games – The Atlantic
• The Enduring Stories of Homer’s Odyssey | The Getty Iris
• Judaea’s Leaderless Revolt Against Rome – TheTorah.com
• Where is the Burial Place of Alexander the Great? | GreekReporter.com
• Viewpoint: The Case of the Forged Persian Antiquities
• In Search of the Physical Traces of the Two Destructions of Jerusalem » Mosaic
• Archaeologists Defied ISIS. Then They Took on Facebook. – The Atlantic

‘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:

No entry for today!

… 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. IV Kal. Sext. 2772 AUC ~ 11 Hekatombaion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• New Roman fort uncovered in Lancashire after years of speculation – LancsLive
• Roman Fort Set to Reopen Post Covid Lockdown – Durham Magazine – Durham Deserves Good News

In Case You Missed It

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• 1,700-year-old Statue Of A Female From The Hellenistic Period In The Ancient Greek City Of Perge – Greek City Times
• New Study Says Ancient Greek Temples Designed for Accessibility | archive , greece , general news | The National Herald
• Evidence of Byzantine Wine Industry Recovered – Archaeology Magazine
• Byzantine-Era Church Uncovered in Israel – Archaeology Magazine
• Dewlish campaigners hope to outbid foreign buyer of Roman mosaic | Dorset Echo

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Massiah Foundation challenge gift to fund UCI chair in Zoroastrian studies | UCI News | UCI
• Kevin Newman | Obituaries | news-gazette.com

Greek/Latin News

• [Ephemeris] CENSOR TVRCVS

Fresh Bloggery

• Humanity’s Many Wonders: Reading Tragic Choruses Online – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Comfort Classics: Lily Mac Mahon – Classical Studies Support
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: TLG – Lexica (Open Access)
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Corpus Nummorum Thracorum
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Appearances
• Roman Times: Cultural mingling in the Roman provinces of the 3rd century CE
• A flourishing trade in illicit antiquities despite what the market wants the public to believe ~ ARCAblog
• Persius Addresses a Petulant Man-Baby – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• F**k Propertius! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Misverstand: Pasargadai – Mainzer Beobachter
• Aristotle | The Historian’s Hut
• The Pirate Adventure Of Roman Envoys Heading To Delphi | The Historian’s Hut
• PaleoJudaica.com: Met relabels “amulet” as “phylactery”
• PaleoJudaica.com: Phoenician feud on Seleucid coins
• Latin Language in Hamilton Musical | Latin Language Blog
• The National Humanities Center & Lupercal
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Kersel: Elegant, Archaeological and Cuts to the Point

Fresh Podcasts

• The Story of Machetes and Philinnion, from Phlegon of Tralles

In this story, a young man falls hard for the daughter of his host, but she is not what she seems… Tragic and romantic, this story comes from Phlegon of Tralles’ collection of folklore (On Marvels, 1) and is followed by a discussion of women’s lives in the Greek and Roman worlds, and the surprising similarities between this story and the urban legend of the Vanishing Hitchhiker.

Book Reviews

• Military Book Review Agrippa II: The Last of the Herods
• [BMCR] Giulia Maria Chesi, Francesca Spiegel, Classical literature and posthumanism. London; New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
• [BMCR] Eleni Pachoumi, Mark J. Edwards, Praying and contemplating in late antiquity: religious and philosophical interactions. Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum, 113. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2018.
• [BMCR] Étienne Wolff, La réception d’Ausone dans les littératures européennes. Scripta receptoria, 15. Bordeaux: Ausonius Éditions, 2019.

Alia

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• Where Is Alexander The Great Buried, Really? And Other Questions About His Death – HistoryExtra
• Hebraicizing Oedipus – The Jerusalem Post
• Can’t Travel to Italy This Summer? Read This Book Instead – WSJ
• The Archaeology of Nazareth in the Early First Century | Bible Interp
• Scientists Locate Impact Crater From Asteroid That Destroyed Roman Empire

‘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 situation where men seeking vengeance stop at nothing.

… 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)