Hodie est a.d. X Kal. Mart. 2774 AUC ~ 8 Anthesterion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- University to study ancient coins seized at US-Canada border – Jacksonville Journal-Courier
- Famous Roman Baths among SW businesses bailed out with £1.9m Culture Recovery Fund cash – Business Live
- Police recover rare ancient Roman legal document before auction
- Late Roman Era Sarcophagus Found By Turkish Farmer – HT
In Case You Missed It
- Rare Roman millstone with phallus found on A14. | Hunts Post
- Two Roman-Era Sarcophagi Unearthed in Central Israel – Archaeology Magazine
- Tornos News | Former British Museum Trustee calls for return of Parthenon Marbles to Greece
Classicists and Classics in the News
- ‘Aristophanes’ Review: Laughter on the Acropolis – WSJ
- Two professors receive research professorship | News | valpotorch.com
- The Archive Project – Madeline Miller with Omar El Akkad – OPB
Greek/Latin News
- [AkropolisWorldNews] Τὸ Βατικάνον καὶ ἡ Βορεία Κορέα
Fresh Bloggery
- The Nature of a Kind – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: How to Search Online Museum Collections
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: MOOC: Biblical Archaeology: The archaeology of ancient Israel and Judah
- Milk, Wine, and Rambling On – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Core Vocab: makar | The Kosmos Society
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Roman Roads and Milestones in Judaea/Palaestina
- Roman Times: Adrastus and the Seven against Thebes
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Bulwark Against Tyranny
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Nothing Wrong
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Lament of an Alien
- Are You Awkward Or Do You Just Have Bad Taste? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The Evening Commute – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Platonic Degradation – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Valentinus Taken Prisoner, Painted By Otto van Veen (c. 1556–1629) | The Historian’s Hut
- Venereal Disease? Try Venereal Death! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Bestiaria Latina Blog: 35: Mus Rusticus et Mus Urbanus
- Het Belevi-mausoleum – Mainzer Beobachter
- Celebrating International Lego Classicism Day 2021! – Classical Studies Support
- Launch of the Network Caring in Classics – WCC-UK
- “WHAT’S IT LIKE? Episode 1: Professor Eleanor Dickey – A Specialist in Ancient Languages and Education.” Classics at Reading
- Spencer Alley: Anthony Blunt on Nicolas Poussin – Classical Myth (I)
- Piraeus had been an island during the Neolithic Age; Modern Science confirms yet another Aegean Myth – Novo Scriptorium
- Classics at the Intersections: Some Things are too Embarrassing to Talk about or Ignore
- Memorabilia Antonina: Modern Adaptation of the Trojan War Tropes
Blog-like Publications
- PIETRAVAIRANO (Ce). Il teatro tempio di Monte San Nicola. – Archeologia online – Archeomedia
- Confronting “Collapse” – An anarchist perspective on the end of the Bronze Age – Ancient World Magazine
Fresh Podcasts
Let’s talk… about Corinth… why was it so important? What were its contributions? And how did the Corinthians portray Medea?? This week’s Classical Wisdom Speaks episode is with Dr. Amelia R. Brown, Senior Lecturer in Greek History & Language in…
‘Classicist in Transition’, a podcast by GICS Ghent, hosted by Dimitri Van Limbergen and Alison John. In this episode Alison and Dimitri speak about becoming an expert!
Simon and Rachel speak with Natalie Haynes. Following an education as a classicist and a career as a stand-up comedian, Natalie has written three novels—“The Amber Fury”, “The Children of Jocasta” and “A Thousand Ships” (which was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2020)—as well as two non-fiction books, “The Ancient Guide to Modern Life” and “Pandora’s Jar”. Natalie has also written for publications including the Times, the Independent, the New Humanist, the Guardian and the Observer on a variety of subjects. We discussed the value of classical languages, reinterpreting myths and the performative nature of writing.
Fresh Youtubery
- Careers Presentation | Classics and Ancient History @ Warwick
- CHS Kosmos Society Online Open House | A Young Woman in Love, with Arti Mehta | Center for Hellenic Studies
- Jeremy J. Swist: “By Spartan Law We Rock: Laconophilia in Heavy Metal Music” | Jeremy Swist
- The Little Things Series: Jeremy J. Swist on Antiquity, Heavy Metal, & White Supremacy [2.18.2021] | University of Iowa Department of Classics
- Reacting to the Fight Choreography of Troy – Part 1: Achilles vs Boagrius. Analysis Series Episode 2 | AMO Pankration
- Why Thucydides Matters Today | Modern Conflicts and Ancient History | Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Hallie M. Franks, The world underfoot: mosaics and metaphor in the Greek symposium. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2018.
- [BMCR] Thomas Schmidt, Maria Vamvouri, Rainer Hirsch-Luipold, The dynamics of intertextuality in Plutarch. Brill’s Plutarch studies, 5. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2020.
- [BMCR] Kai Brodersen, Dacia felix: das antike Rumänien im Brennpunkt der Kulturen. Darmstadt: Philipp von Zabern, 2020.
Dramatic Receptions
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- Desert Politics: State Formation in the Egyptian Eastern Desert
- Assistant Professor in Classical Studies and Sexuality and Gender Studies, 3-Year CLA in Guelph, ON for University of Guelph
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- BBC Two – Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez, Series 2, The Minotaur’s Palace, The Palace of Knossos
- The Bredon Hills Roman Coin Hoard, Birmingham Museums: a window onto grassroots archaeology
- On road to Pessinus: Shepherd’s wisdom, treasure hunters’ spoils | Daily Sabah
- The arms and armor of ancient Greece are on full display in ‘The Iliad.’
- The distortion of British history | 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 nice breezes.
… 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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