Hodie est Id. Feb. 2774 AUC ~ 1 Anthesterion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Restoration Of The Temple Of Olympian Zeus In Athens – Greek City Times
- Roman and prehistoric remains found after archaeological dig at huge north Derbyshire new homes development | Derbyshire Times
- Cyclist uses Roman Wall in St Albans park as bike ramp | Herts Advertiser
- Arena similar to Rome’s Colosseum discovered in western Turkey | Daily Sabah
- I dig u – 2,000-year-old Cupid figurine among Roman artefacts found on major route – GOV.UK
- 2,600-year-old ancient perfume bottles go on display for 1st time | Daily Sabah
- Un anfiteatro romano in via Mola della Corte: sensazionale scoperta archeologica a Fondi – Gazzettino del Golfo
- It’s Hadrian’s Mall: Roman shopping centre unearthed at Palatine Hill | World | The Times
- Norfolk rare Boudica-era ‘chariot’ harness find puzzles experts – BBC News
In Case You Missed It
- Roman soldier’s ancient Masada payslip shows unfair wages go way back | The Times of Israel
- Ruins of ancient church and temple discovered in Egypt | Live Science
- Archaeologists Discover Ruins of Emperor Hadrian’s Ornate Breakfast Chamber | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
- Lovers of Sappho thrilled by ‘new’ poetry find, but its backstory may have been fabricated | National Post
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Should We Kill “the Classics”? – CounterPunch.org
- How Social Science History Changes Our View of the Ancient World: A Conversation with Josiah Ober – Broadstreet
- On Classics, and falling out of love with my subject | Varsity
Greek/Latin News
- [AkropolisWorldNews] Ἡ πρὸς τὸν Τρᾶμπ δίκη ἄρχεται
Public Facing Classics
- Is the US Capitol a ‘temple of democracy’? Its authoritarian architecture suggests otherwise
- If Classics Doesn’t Change, Let It Burn
Fresh Bloggery
- Some Victories Persist Through Defeat – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Virgil’s Aeneid Gives Hope to Totalitarians after Failed Capitol Attack :: Pharos
- Comfort Classics: A.E. Stallings – Classical Studies Support
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Defender of the Fatherland
- A Republic of Horror and Chaos – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Aventinus mons: Limites, fonctions urbaines et représentations politiques d’une colline de la Rome
- Weekend Reading: One Brick At A Time – Classical Studies Support
- Roman Times: Cypriot gold spiral earrings: Local fashion or the result of Achaemenid influence?
- Shepherd of the Host – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- New Book of Interest | Ancient World Mapping Center
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Grecs en Gaule du Sud: Tombes de la colonie d’Agathè (Agde, Hérault, IVe-IIe siècles avant J.-C.)
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: La sculpture romaine en Occident: Nouveaux regards. Actes des Rencontres autour de la sculpture
- Loving, Hating, and Self-Loathing, A Valentine – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: On Learning Foreign Languages
- What was up with Josephus? « Ancient Rome Refocused
- The Evidence from Madness: Aristotle on the Mind-Body Problem – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- De Babylonische Oorlog (1) – Mainzer Beobachter
- Spikey nosed Venus?! – Liv Mariah Yarrow
Blog-like Publications
- Inspection of conservation works at the Olympeion
- Remains of 2,500-Year-Old Mill Discovered in Italy – Olive Oil Times
- DUCS Talk: Prof. Ted Kaizer, Questions of Identity in Tadmor-Palmyra | by Eleanor Cliffe | Ostraka | Feb, 2021 | Medium
- Why Classical Studies Needs Scholars Like Dan-el Padilla Peralta | by Tushar Irani | Feb, 2021 | Medium
Fresh Podcasts
This episode, Abi and Sarah bring you our interview for Season Two with the wonderful Hardeep Dhindsa (*trumpet fanfare*). In our fascinating chat with Hardeep, we cover issues like the discipline divides in the UK, whiteness and Classics, and why most Classicists are “afraid of post-modernism”. (Honestly, anything this side of the eruption of Vesuvius is all a bit much for us). And we do this, all within an episode that brings you art (just can’t help ourselves), Troy and Troy: Fall of a City, studying in Rome, The Carter’s Apeshit, and Hardeep just generally ticking all of our mythological boxes (we’re looking at you Polyphemus and Sarpedon). The title of this episode was lovingly ripped straight from Hardeep’s own MA thesis (with his kind permission) because we can’t resist a pun.
This episode, we speak with Joel Christensen, author of The Many-Minded Man: The “Odyssey,” Psychology, and the Therapy of Epic – https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501752346/the-many-minded-man/ Joel P. Christensen is Associate Professor and Chair of Classical Studies at Brandeis University. He is coauthor of A Beginner’s Guide to Homer and Homer’s Thebes. Follow him on Twitter @sentantiq. We spoke to Joel about how the Greek epic tradition was not based on the written word, but on large-scale performances in which ancient audiences experienced the stories as a way to think about their own lives, how the Odyssey in particular offered audience a form of folk psychology, and what modern cognitive psychology can learn from Homer.
Alena Sarkissian gives public lecture, subtitled ‘Theatre as a space of Spiritual Contemplation’, on Greek Tragedy in the Czech Republic under Nazi Occupation.
In the first year of his rule, Nero was a big hit. He built a wooden amphitheatre in the Campus Martius, flooded it, and held a naval battle with sea monsters. In his gladiator shows, nobody died, not even criminals. But then… Nero fell in love.
Fresh Youtubery
- Herms of Apphianos and Polydeukion in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford | Attic Inscriptions Online
- British School at Rome
- AIA/Archaeology TV
- What’s New in the Ancient World? Jan 2021 | Digital Hammurabi
- The Sea Peoples in the Bible | Bronze Age Collapse | Ancient Canaan | Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages
- What happened to Saint Valentine? | Latin Book Club | Legenda Aurea | Latinitium
- The Song of Calliope | Michael Levy
- OI Ancient Literature Workshops, Session 1: Literature in Ancient Egyptian Society | Oriental Institute
- ANCIENT BIRTH CONTROL – Contraception in Ancient History (Trojans for Trojans) | Dig it With Raven
- San Valentino: a Pompei le note di Nino Rota dal film 8 ½ di Fellini | Pompeii Sites
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Pascal Burgunder, Études bosporanes: sur un royaume aux confins du monde gréco-romain. Études de lettres N° 309, 5/2019. Lausanne: Université de Lausanne, 2019.
- [BMCR] Yannis Tzedakis, Holley Martlew, Robert Arnott, The Late Minoan III necropolis of Armenoi. Volume 1, introduction and background. Prehistory monographs. Philadelphia: INSTAP Academic Press, 2018.
- ‘Venus and Aphrodite’ Review: Divine Passion, Divine Rage – WSJ
Dramatic Receptions
- Talking Gods: An interview with writer/director Ross McGregor – The Upcoming
- Redbud Theatre’s ‘Electra’ revives Greek classic –
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 8 Ancient Greek Words For Love – Greek City Times
- Let’s Talk About the Ancient Precursor To Valentine’s Day: Lupercalia! | The Mary Sue
- Cupid Shoots Through Millennia of Art
- A New, Safe Home for the Louvre’s Unseen Treasures – The New York Times
- Egypt punishes stealing antiquities by life imprisonment, LE 5M fine – EgyptToday
‘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 abundance, but also civil unrest.
… 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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