Hodie est a.d. IV Non. Feb. 2774 AUC ~ 20 Gamelion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
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Classicists and Classics in the News
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Fresh Bloggery
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- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: EAMENA Egypt Exhibition
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- The Sorrow Of Telemachus, Painted By Angelica Kauffmann (c. 1741–1807) | The Historian’s Hut
- Sacred Languages – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Shiny treasures from the Bronze Age – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Biblical Studies Carnival 179
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- Roman Archaeology Blog: Evidence of Roman reprisals in Essex?
- Roman Gardens : Annalisa Marzano – ClassicalFix
- Blog: Alan Cameron’s Papers at Columbia | Society for Classical Studies
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Authenticity of A Greek New Testament Papyrus in Question
Blog-like Publications
- Scientific investigations of believed remains of two apostles – Archaeology Wiki
- The Siege of Masada – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
Fresh Podcasts
Sappho – the legendary gay Greek poet, whose poetry moves people just as much today, as it did in the 6th century. Guest: Daniel Mendelsohn
Tres sodales difficultates tractant, quae ad dormiendum et ad alias quasdam res pertinent.
- Episode Two: Fall of a City 2 | Classically Trained
The second part of our four-part series on Troy: Fall of a City, covering episodes two and three of that show.
John, Leah, and Jac explore a series of mythologies about origins: world creation, state foundation, and, most rivetingly, the controversial and multi-faceted origins of two Olympian gods in particular.
Domitia was princess of the Julio-Claudians who caught the attention of a young Domitian. As Augusta she kept a low profile, and managed to survive and thrive across three imperial dynasties. Part VI of ‘Empresses of Rome’ Guest: Dr Trudie Fraser (Honorary Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne).
Fresh Youtubery
- Robert Merrillees lecture: CAARI & British Museum conference 29-30 Jan 2021 | CAARI Cyprus
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- The Rise and Fall of the Kingdom of Nabatea | Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages
- Grave stele of Philodemos and Lysimache in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford | Attic Inscriptions Online
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Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Stefano Rocchi, P. Annio Floro, Virgilio: Oratore o Poeta? Introduzione, testo critico, traduzione e commento. Texte und Kommentare, 65. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2020.
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Online Talks and Professional Matters
- Sarapeion A, B or C? The Cultural Biography of a Private Sanctuary at Delos
- Performance: Plautus in the Late 19th c. Heartland | Society for Classical Studies
- CFP: Sapiens Ubique Civis VIII | Society for Classical Studies
- Fellowships: Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives (Harvard) | Society for Classical Studies
- Conference: Rome and Iberia – Diversity of Relations from Antiquity to Modernity | Society for Classical Studies
- Reframing Classics Roundtable Discussion: ‘The Brutish Museums’ | Department of Classics
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
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‘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 shortage of wheat, but rather more barley and an increase in livestock. Humans will ail, 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)
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