Hodie est a.d. XVII Kal. Feb. 2774 AUC ~ 3 Gamelion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
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- Roman Times: The Anthropological Implications of Laconian Art
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- The Roman Conquest of Wales – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
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In this episode the Ancient Warfare team are between issues of the magazine, so Mark suggested they discuss coups in the ancient world.
Τριάντα οκτώ ηθοποιοί του ΚΘΒΕ, εν μέσω καραντίνας, ένωσαν τις δυνάμεις τους κι έντυσαν με τις φωνές τους, υπό τη σκηνοθετική καθοδήγηση της Έφης Δρόσου, το μνημειώδες έργο της Οδύσσειας, όπως το απέδωσε με την αριστουργηματική του μετάφραση, ο διακεκριμένος φιλόλογος, ο πανεπιστημιακός δάσκαλος και μεταφραστής αρχαίων συγγραφέων, ο κριτικός λογοτεχνίας και δοκιμιογράφος, ο συγγραφέας και τέως καλλιτεχνικός διευθυντής του ΚΘΒΕ Δημήτρης Μαρωνίτης…
Katie & Cairo focus on men & masculinity in Greek Mythology in the second of a two part episode on gender in mythology
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Alia
- You’re Dead To Me – Agrippina the Younger – BBC Sounds
- Late Byzantine naturalism: Hagia Sophia’s Deësis mosaic – Smarthistory
- Roman historians wouldn’t bat an eyelid at the storming of the Capitol
- Our Aberdeen: The Myth behind the Art: Penelope and the Suitors – Evening Express
‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
- Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
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- Consult the Oracle at UCL
Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends the people being oppressed by their king.
… 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)