Hodie est a.d. XIV Kal. Sext. 2772 AUC ~ 29 Skirophorion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

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• Ex-SWBTS professors launch new archaeology program at Nashville liberal arts university – The Christian Post
• Ancient mosaic from Roman Dorset at risk of export – GOV.UK
• Roman-era Herod Atticus Theater reopens | Multimedia | ekathimerini.com
• Bonhams ‘sold 2,500-year-old wine jug it was warned had been looted’, claims antiquities expert
• Archaeologist says newest Ecbatana excavations yielded ‘satisfying’ results – Tehran Times

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• A Rising Phoenix: Meet the Belfast Summer School 2020 Tutors! « The Classical Association in Northern Ireland
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• Greek Police arrest accountant for the possession of 5,533 ancient coins and other antiquities. ~ ARCAblog
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• The Spartan Philosophy of Life. Maxims from Ancient Sparta Still… | by Donald J. Robertson | Stoicism — Philosophy as a Way of Life | Medium
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Fresh Podcasts

• ‎Deep into History: Pyrrhus, The Last Hero on Apple Podcasts

Come dream with me as we go Deep into the 3rd century BCE and experience why he was forever after known as the Enemy of Rome, in… Pyrrhus, The Last Hero.

Book Reviews

• ‘The Life and Death of Ancient Cities’ Review: Eternal Cities – WSJ
• [BMCR] Juan Signes Codoñer, Brief Guide to Greek Literature From Hesiod to Pletón. Criticism and Literary Studies. Madrid: Cátedra, 2019.
• [BMCR] Maria Cristina Pimentel, Nuno Simoes Rodrigues, Violence in the ancient and medieval worlds. Interdisciplinary studies in ancient culture and religion, 19. Leuven; Paris: Peeters, 2018.
• [BMCR] Andreas Willi, Formes et fonctions des langues littéraires en Grèce ancienne: neuf exposés suivis de discussions. Entretiens sur l’Antiquite classique (Series), tome LXV. Genève: Fondation Hardt, 2019.
• [BMCR] Hélène Roelens-Flouneau, Dans les pas des voyageurs antiques: circuler en Asie Mineure à l’époque hellénistique (IVe s.av.n.è – Principat). Asia Minor Studien, Band 86. Bonn: Habelt Verlag, 2019.
• [BMCR] Antony Augoustakis, Emma Buckley, Claire Stocks, Fides in Flavian literature. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2019.
• XENOPHON’S PELOPONNESIAN WAR – Classics for All
• THE PHANTOM IMAGE: Seeing the Dead in ancient Rome – Classics for All

Dramatic Receptions

• Epidaurus Theatre to Live-Stream Ancient Play For First Time | GreekReporter.com
• Catch ‘The ODDyssey’ online this weekend | Showcase | avpress.com
• WATCH: Livestream No Exit Theatre Collective’s Abridged IPHIGENIA IN AULIS Tonight at 7 p.m. ET on BroadwayWorld

Professional Matters

• Teaching Classical Languages – 14/08/2020, (Online)
• International Training School – Digital Epigraphy. El texto epigráfico, teoría, práctica, informatización y digitalización – 07-08-09-10-11/09/2020, (Online)
• The Online Conference Thermopylae 2500 -21/11/2020, (Online)

Alia

• Safeguarding heritage ‘a national duty’ — Jordanian archaeologist | Jordan Times
• Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar — an extraordinary journey into the mind of a Roman emperor | Saturday Review | The Times
• What would it mean to ‘decolonise’ the Classics? | The Spectator
• The Roman Baths of Toledo – Toledo, Spain – Atlas Obscura
• Netflix’s The Old Guard: A revolutionary, ancient gay romance – Vox
• Roman holiday, 40BC: an in-depth view of the Villa dei Papiri, the inspiration for the Getty Villa | The Art Newspaper
• The Druids: Philosophers, Politicians, Priests or Sorcerers? | HowStuffWorks
• Lake Nemi: Pristine waters and an ancient mystery – Wanted in Rome

‘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 the outbreak of war and destruction of the powerful. Grain will be plentiful, however.

… 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. XV Kal. Sext. 2772 AUC ~ 28 Skirophorion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

This week’s video-based gleanings; page may take a while to load (I’ve fiddled with categories this week to make some of the content producers’ identities more clear):

Mini Docs

 

Lectures and Conferences

 

Tragic Performances/Readings

 

The Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages

 

Smarthistory

 

Darius Arya/American Institute for Roman Culture

 

Dr Word Person

 

Divus Magister Craft

 

Satura Lanx

 

College Year in Athens

 

Oxford Classics

 

Mythology Manifest

 

Classics For All

 

Vindolanda Trust

 

Iter Artis

 

Bettina Joy de Guzman

 

Swansea Uni Classics

 

Classics in Color

 

Stupid Ancient History GCSE

 

Alia

Hodie est a.d. XVI Kal. Sext. 2772 AUC ~ 27 Skirophorion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Showcasing Sparta’s Rich Archaeological Heritage to Bring New Vitality to the City | culture & arts , culture | The National Herald
• Ancient Romans in Pompeii ‘were happier than Londoners living in 1820’ | Daily Mail Online
• Rare Roman arifacts found at Essex County Hospital dig to go on display | Gazette
• Aeschylus’ The Persians to be live-streamed from Epidaurus on July 25 | Life | ekathimerini.com

In Case You Missed It

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• We know where the 7 wonders of the ancient world are—except for one | National Geographic

Greek/Latin News

• [Ephemeris] FVRTVM RVSSICVM 

Public Facing Classics

• Who’s writing ‘below the line’? | blog post by Mary Beard – The TLS

Fresh Bloggery

• Comfort Classics: Tony Keen – Classical Studies Support
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Knowledge of Ancient Greek
• Book Learning and Philosophical Sub-disciplines – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• The Problematic Feminist Icons of Greek Tragedy by Isabella Green
• #NANAIHB Round 2, Match 4: Getting it on for Calydon! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Horace’s Minor Madness – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• The Tyrant Offs His Friends – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Roman Times: The Oxus Treasure and the challenges of provenance
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Thermopylae
• Prometheus and Heracles, by Christian Griepenkerl (c. 1839–1916) | The Historian’s Hut
• De Skythen (1) – Mainzer Beobachter
• De Skythen (2) – Mainzer Beobachter
• New Book on Museum of the Bible | Linda LaScola
• Laudator Temporis Acti: The Authorship of the Germania
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Unicus Vir

Fresh Podcasts

• ‎The Partial Historians: Episode 105 – The Roman Achilles on Apple Podcasts

There’s nothing quite like learning that there’s a Roman Achilles! In this episode we get to meet the man behind the legend.

• ‎Ancient Warfare Podcast: 109 – Traitors, discipline and punishment on Apple Podcasts

The ancient warfare magazine team are back this time discussing traitors, discipline and punishment in the ancient world.

Book Reviews

• DIOTIMA AT THE BARRICADES: FRENCH FEMINISTS READ PLATO – Classics for All
• Homo omnium horarum: Collection d’articles en l’honneur du 70e anniversaire de A.V. Podosinov | Spartokos a lu
• THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ANCIENT CITIES – Classics for All
• FORUM OLBICUM III | Spartokos a lu

Alia

• ANE TODAY – 202007 – How Greek is Limestone Sculpture on Cyprus? –
• Coins of the Illyrian Emperors of the Third Century
• A look at the mosaics inside the Hagia Sophia: they tell a layered and important history – The National
• The Hunt for Cleopatra’s Tomb, review: when will we be free of TV’s ancient Egyptian curse?
• What would it mean to ‘decolonise’ the Classics? | The Spectator

‘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 the succession of a great ruler.

… 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. XVII Kal. Sext. 2772 AUC ~ 26 Skirophorion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• French archaeologists conduct excavations in Syria
• What is the future of the 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls? – The Jerusalem Post
• Second Temple period Jewish ritual bath uncovered, in need of rescuing – The Jerusalem Post
• Rome opens Colosseum for moonlight tours this summer – Wanted in Rome
• Nave romana ritrovata davanti alla spiaggia di Marausa – La Stampa – Ultime notizie di cronaca e news dall’Italia e dal mondo
• Huge Atlas statue to guard Sicily’s Temple of Zeus once more | Culture | The Guardian
• Il Tempio dei giochi Isolimpici: un gioiello nella stazione Duomo della Linea 1 – Identità Insorgenti
• Fondi per gli scavi del teatro Ellenistico, Firetto: “Utile un ripensamento”
• Archeologisch samenwerkingsverband PAN leidt tot nieuwe historische inzichten | News articles | University of Groningen
• Wagengraf shows Celtic elite life on the Maas – NRC
• Man in northern Greece found with thousands of ancient coins, jewellery | News | ekathimerini.com
• Rome illuminates Temple of Hadrian with free light show

In Case You Missed It

• Il mare del Circeo restituisce tesori, recuperata un’antichissima anfora | Luna Notizie – Notizie di Latina
• ‘Sensational’ Egypt find offers clues in hunt for Cleopatra’s tomb | Science | The Guardian

Classicists and Classics in the News

• St. Olaf student wins archaeological award – St. Olaf College

Fresh Bloggery

• Civilization and its Dissed Contents – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Another Metal Detectorist Arrested
• Turn Your Life Around! Reading Aristophanes’ “Clouds” Online – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Archaeology without Antiquity | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• Roman Times: The beautiful mosaics of Empúries
• Made Miracle. Tiresias Beyond the Gender Binary | by Charles-Elizabeth Boyles | Jul, 2020 | EIDOLON
• Notes from Naxos | American School of Classical Studies at Athens
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Attic Inscriptions Online (AIO)
• #NANAIHB Round 2, Match 3: A Contest for Achilles’ Love – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Diodorus Siculus | The Historian’s Hut
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The House of Serenos, Part I: The Pottery (Amheida V)
• Misverstand: De stad Nijmegen – Mainzer Beobachter
• Salona – Capital of the Roman Province of Dalmatia – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Got Hieroglyphics? Now Read What they say
• Constantine the Great – Youth and Rise – Time Travel Rome
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Inherited or Imitated Way of Walking

Fresh Podcasts

• The Chorus in Contemporary Performance: A podcast with Estelle Baudou and Struan Leslie | APGRD

This edition of Staging the Archive was recorded in June 2020, bringing together Dr Estelle Baudou (Marie-Curie Research Fellow at the APGRD; actor and dramaturg) and Struan Leslie (movement director and choreographer; founding Head of Movement at the RSC 2008-2013). Estelle and Struan begin with a photograph from last year’s danced chorus workshop to discuss their professional and personal understandings of the changing role of the Chorus.

• » Phaedra to Hippolytus, part 4 (Ovid, Heroides 4.147-176) Latin Poetry Podcast

Despite my royal status and lineage, I am begging you. Spare me, please. May you get everything you want as a huntsman…

• ‎Life Of Caesar: Claudius #2 – The Historian on Apple Podcasts

For most of his life, Claudius was the Rosemary Kennedy of the Caesars. Without the ice pick lobotomy. Hidden from the public. If he wasn’t allowed to participate in Roman affairs, he would look elsewhere. He became a historian, writing a ton of books about his family, the Carthaginians, and about Etruscan history. But he wasn’t boring. He was a bit of a womaniser, and loved to watch games in the arena, gambling, eating, drinking. Things only started to turn around for him when became Caligula’s co-consul in 37 – but whether or not this was Caligula’s little joke is hard to say.

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Anne Kolb, Roman roads: new evidence – new perspectives. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2019.
• [BMCR] Gianfranco Adornato, Eva Falaschi, Alessandro Poggio, Pittori, tecniche, trattati, contesti tra testimonianze e ricezione. Archeologia e arte antica. Milano: LED Edizioni, 2019.
• The History of Heraclea Pontica, Sinope, and Tios in the Archaic and Classical Periods | Spartokos a lu

Alia

• Think Like a Roman Emperor. How Marcus Aurelius Thrived as One of… | by Steven Gambardella | Personal Growth | Medium
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• 11 Facts About the Antikythera Mechanism
• Has my star sign changed? Why the 13th sign Ophiuchus ‘discovered by Nasa’ isn’t new, and what it means for your horoscope
• Sweet life to destruction: Pompeii comes alive in Aarhus – The Post
• Jerusalem vs. Tel Aviv and the battle over Israel’s biblical archeology – The Jerusalem Post
• The American who restored the priceless mosaics of Hagia Sophia
• Gli Etruschi e la politica: Eracle e il passaggio dall’aristocrazia alla democrazia
• Were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon actually in Babylon?

‘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 the king of the East will be defeated in war and dry weather will lead to disease.

… 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 Id. Quint. 2772 AUC ~ 25 Skirophorion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

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• SAN FELICE CIRCEO: TROVATA UN’ANFORA ROMANA A 9 METRI DI PROFONDITÀ – Latina TU
• From chariot races to opera: Rome reinvents the Circus Maximus
• Huge Atlas statue to guard Sicily’s Temple of Zeus once more | Culture | The Guardian
• Second Temple period Jewish ritual bath uncovered, in need of rescuing – The Jerusalem Post
• New archaeological discovery west of Abydos – Egypt Today
• Porto Torres: il mosaico scoperto a Ponte Romano – Il Comune cerca fondi
• What is the future of the 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls? – The Jerusalem Post
• Venezia, scoprono una statua romana durante una passeggiata a Quarto d’Altino – CorrieredelVeneto.it
• Il teatro greco di Agrigento: un mistero risolto :ilSicilia.it

Classicists and Classics in the News

• A Perfect Score! Arlington students are among only 1% in US to ace national language exam | WJLA
• The Emperor’s Closet—Power and Storage | Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences Cornell Arts & Sciences
• Historian Denise Demetriou Receives Two Prestigious Fellowships
• International travel guides of the ancient greeks – The University of Sydney

Greek/Latin News

• [Ephemeris] NVLLA ABSOLVTIO 

Public Facing Classics

• Edward Lear and the Rebus | blog post by Mary Beard – The TLS

Fresh Bloggery

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• Helen Bond remembers J. D. G. (Jimmy) Dunn | CSCO
• Laudator Temporis Acti: An Early Greek Epitaph
• How Many Pieces for the Soul? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• The Curious Sex Life of Julius Caesar | by Peter Preskar | History of Yesterday | Jul, 2020 | Medium
• Roman Seas | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• Comfort Classics: Alex Imrie – Classical Studies Support
• Spreading the word: a tribute to ancient teachers – Medieval manuscripts blog
• PaleoJudaica.com: Ancient Galilean mikveh found in salvage excavation
• Snails, culture and nutrition | Medicine, ancient and modern
• #NANAIHB Round 2, Match 2: Clash of the Giants – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Roman Times: National Roman Legion Museum in Caerleon (Wales) to reopen September 1, 2020!
• Gazing from Within a Cyclops’ Cave – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Salamis – The City of Teucer – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Birth of Minerva, painted by René-Antoine Houasse (c. 1645–1710) | The Historian’s Hut
• Stedelijke twisten – Mainzer Beobachter
• New Season of Ancient Rome Refocused (Call-in show) « Ancient Rome Refocused
• A Heroic Judge of the Gods – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Fresh Podcasts

• ‎History Hack: #159 History Hack: Delphi with Michael Scott on Apple Podcasts

The legendary Michael Scott joins us to tell a comprehensive tale of Delphi, while Alina tries desperately not to fangirl… And fails!

• The Chorus in Contemporary Performance: A podcast with Estelle Baudou and Struan Leslie | APGRD

This edition of Staging the Archive was recorded in June 2020, bringing together Dr Estelle Baudou (Marie-Curie Research Fellow at the APGRD; actor and dramaturg) and Struan Leslie (movement director and choreographer; founding Head of Movement at the RSC 2008-2013). Estelle and Struan begin with a photograph from last year’s danced chorus workshop to discuss their professional and personal understandings of the changing role of the Chorus.

Alia

• The American Who Restored Hagia Sophia’s Ancient Mosaics to their Former Glory | USA.GreekReporter.com
• Acoustics of performance buildings in Hispania: The Roman theatre and amphitheatre of Segobriga, Spain – ScienceDirect

‘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 dissension among the people and a shortage of grain.

… 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)