#Thelxinoe ~ Classics News for January 13, 2021

Hodie est Id. Ian. 2774 AUC ~ 29 Poseideon in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Caligula’s Garden of Delights, Unearthed and Restored – The New York Times
• Weizmann scientists date Santorini eruption with modern olive branch – The Jerusalem Post

In Case You Missed It

• Slab found in woman’s garden revealed to be ancient Roman artefact worth £15,000 | The Independent
• Italy to Rebuild the Colosseum with Retractable Floor | ArchDaily
• 2,500-year-old temple to Greek love goddess unearthed in Turkey | Live Science

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Bermudian professor’s theory on White dominance praised – The Royal Gazette | Bermuda News, Business, Sports, Events, & Community |
• Catching up with Classicists | Classics | The University of Winnipeg

Public Facing Classics

• How to make TV programmes at home: The sequel | Blog post by Mary Beard – The TLS

Fresh Bloggery

• The Battle of Sybota | part 1: The siege of Epidamnus, and embassies to Athens | The Kosmos Society
• Comfort Classics: Megan Bowler – Classical Studies Support
• Medically Mad or Just Thinking Bad? Early Greek on Being Crazy – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Cretan Institutional Inscriptions
• Roman Times: Etruscan jewelry
• The Will to Dance: The Knees of Old Poets – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Nothing of the Facts Themselves – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Better
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: From Bactria to Taxila: A database of resources on Hellenistic and Imperial Central Asian studies
• Ancestral Law For Insurrection – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Swelling Latin Genius – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• PaleoJudaica.com: Exum, Art as Biblical Commentary (T&T Clark)
• PaleoJudaica.com: Nine ancient mosaics of Israel
• Blog: A committee, a coup, a Cruz, and a Catiline | Society for Classical Studies
• Maltese Curule Chair – Liv Mariah Yarrow
• More late unciae (293/3) – Liv Mariah Yarrow
• Spencer Alley: Preparing to Paint – Italian Study-Drawings I
• Late Unciae (305) – Liv Mariah Yarrow
• The God Hermes: The Roman obsession with the Egyptian God Thoth

Blog-like Publications

• The MM III-LM I coastal site of Kalo Chorafi
• Uffizi Gallery celebrates 700th anniversary of Dante’s death
• Don’t Cancel the Classics—We Need Them More Than Ever | Merion West

Fresh Podcasts

• ‎History Hack: #329 History Hack: Fishbourne Roman Palace on Apple Podcasts

Christopher Davies joins us to talk all about his passion for one of Britain’s archaeological gems – the biggest Roman residence north of the Alps.

• ‎Ad Navseam: Ad Navseam Episode 19: A Lion at the Gates – The Battle of Thermopylae, Part 1 on Apple Podcasts

Is this Shhhparta?  In this episode Jeff and Dave (with help from Peter Green) make their way toward the narrow pass at Thermopylae and lay the groundwork for one of the most crucial and mythic battles in the history of Western civilization.  What led up to this heroic and tragic encounter?  We watch as Darius the Great gets out-run at Marathon, Darius’ son Xerxes I seeks revenge with a horde of wicker-wearing Immortals, and the Greeks squabble over where to make a stand and how to pronounce “isthmus”.  Join us by channeling your inner Leonidas and inexplicably brushing up on your Scottish accent.

• Sermo Raedarius 111, Vale Italia ep. 2 | Sermones Raedarii

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Fresh Youtubery

• How to register for VOCATIO AD CENAM? | Satura Lanx
• Roman history | Dr Matt Myers – my favourite Roman history books | University of Nottingham
• The Great Illyrian Revolt – Rome’s Forgotten War DOCUMENTARY | Invicta
• The Imitation Game: Roman Numerals and Late Antique Tokens | Classics and Ancient History @ Warwick
  • The Imitation Game: Numeri romani e tokens tardo-antichi (in Italian)
• Y&Co – You and Colosseo | Parco Colosseo
• A Scuola Con Gli Etruschi | Etruschannel

Book Reviews

• What We Are Reading Today: Epic and Empire by David Quint
• [BMCR] Sinclair Bell, Paul J. du Plessis, Roman law before the Twelve Tables: an interdisciplinary approach. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2020. https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2021/2021.01.04/
• [BMCR] Matt Waters, Ctesias’ Persica and its Near Eastern context. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2020. https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2021/2021.01.05/
• [BMCR] Lucia Floridi, Edilo, Epigrammi: introduzione, traduzione, testo critico e commento. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2020. https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2021/2021.01.06/

Online Talks and Professional Matters

• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars

Alia

• The length of a scroll: Quantitative evaluation of material reconstructions

‘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 diseases.

… 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)