Hodie est a.d. XVI Kal. Apr. 2774 AUC ~ 4 Elaphebolion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Volcanic Ash Threatens Pompeii’s Buried Murals – Scientific American
- Dozens of Ancient Greek Coins Discovered in Romania
- Roman highway uncovered between Antwerp and West Flanders | The Bulletin
In Case You Missed It
- Dead Sea scroll fragments and ‘world’s oldest basket’ found in desert cave | Religion | The Guardian
- Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Ruins of Monastery, Greek Inscriptions in Egypt
- Homer Simpson Meets The Ancient Greek Poet Homer In Sydney Australia – Greek City Times
- George Clooney Passionate about Return of Parthenon Marbles | culture & arts , cinema | The National Herald
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Department of Classics and World Religions renamed due to nomenclature confusion – The Post
- ARU pays tribute to archaeologist Dr Carole McCartney | Cyprus Mail
Greek/Latin News
- [AkropolisWorldNews] Αὖθις νέος τῆς ὑγιείας ὑπουργός
Fresh Bloggery
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Grave Reminders: Comparing Mycenaean tomb building with labour and memory
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Goddesses of Akragas: A Study of Terracotta Votive Figurines from Sicily
- PaleoJudaica.com: New Dead Sea Scroll fragments found in the Cave of Horror! (bumped – more posts from today below)
- Which Road to Hell? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- To the Nymphs of the River: Two Poems from Moero – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Read from the Beginning to the End
- PaleoJudaica.com: Cartagena to conserve Phoenician shipwreck
- PaleoJudaica.com: Cyrus Gordon offprints
- PaleoJudaica.com: Another new Shapira Scroll book
- Video: Mai’s Classics Story | Cambridge School Classics Project Blog
- Spartan Women Once Said… – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Leventis MA Studentships for Teachers | Classical Studies
- The Loss of a Son and a Daughter – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Hellenistic Architecture and Human Action: A Case of Reciprocal Influence
- Alexander Condemning False Praise, Painted By Francesco de Mura (c. 1696 – 1782) | The Historian’s Hut
- Ruffian Poets and Dido’s Snub – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Roman Times: Attis, the reborn eunuch consort of Cybele (Magna Mater)
- Roman numerals – Mainzer Beobachter
- Odyssey Book 21 – Part 8, Ancient Geek recap, and stuff… | Greek Myth Comix
- The Odyssey, Book 21 – Part 9 | Greek Myth Comix
- Space sacralisation in Roman religon: a new space taxonomy | Szabó Csaba
- Apollodorus’ description of an ancient expedition from the Aegean towards the Eastern Mediterranean which ends with the colonization of Egypt – Novo Scriptorium
- Hieroglyphic Luwian in Fallout 4 | Consulting Philologist
- The Decline and Fall of the Latin Neuter – Danny L. Bate
Blog-like Publications
- Experts recreate a mechanical Cosmos for the world’s first computer
- MONTALTO DI CASTRO (Vt), loc. Vulci. Scoperte tre urne cinerarie, appartenevano a una famiglia del IX secolo a.C. – Archeologia online – Archeomedia
- Words from the Ghosts: Awakening Indo-European Philology — Antigone
Fresh Podcasts
This episode covers book 5 of Plato’s Republic. What do you do when the private family causes too much corruption? Nationalize it! Create a giant family monopoly that includes every citizen in one giant clan. In this episode, Socrates explains his most normal proposal—that women should have jobs—and his most shocking, which involves a state eugenics program disguised as a religious festival. This chapter makes some people think Plato’s a feminist and other’s say he’s a fascist. Either way, it shows us that values like family loyalty, political unity, gender equality, and meritocracy do not always fit well together.
This week Jeff and Dave welcome author, teacher, musician, farm guru, and mini-Aristotle Susan Wise Bauer via Zoom from her home in Virginia. Jeff and Dave enjoy a lively back-and-forth with Susan on her many talents and accomplishments. Tune in as Dr. Bauer discusses her experience being homeschooled, her love of Hebrew and history, and her best-selling books that serve as guides to anyone who wants a “Classical education”. Along the way we discuss what different people mean by the term “classical”, the rigours of writing a “universal history”, as well as Susan’s latest interest—Hippocrates and history through the lens of medicine and disease. And if you’ve been unsure about when to do your “lambing”, listen to the end for the shear joy.
Is this movie the spiritual predecessor of The Phantom Menace? Probably not, but we explore that idea anyways. This week, Colin and Eli dive into MGM’s chariot-smashing mega-epic starring Charlton Heston. We’re here for the chariot/pod race and Judah’s horses deserve an award. We’re a a bit more split on the religious overtones and general length of the film. Maybe we just want more revenge? Should we see the remake? One thing’s for sure, not all cylinders were firing for us when we recorded.
Fresh Youtubery
- ‘Narratives of Discovery’, a lecture by Dr Roberta Mazza | Egypt Exploration Society
- The Forgotten Ancient Kingdom of Ebla | Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages
- Digital Annotation of Classical Texts and Effective Digitization | DCComentaries
- Tempio Venere e Roma Rilievo Nuvola Punti | Parco Colosseo
- Walk, Run, Love in Ancient Greek! • Ancient Greek in Action! ep.10 • Verbs | ScorpioMartianus
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] A.-M. Guimier Sorbets, Mosaïques d’Alexandrie. Pavements d’Égypte grecque et romaine. Antiquités Alexandrines, 3. Alexandrie: Centre d’Études Alexandrines, 2019.
- [BMCR] Sara Saba, Isopoliteia in hellenistic times. Brill Studies in Greek and Roman Epigraphy, 14. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2020.
- [BMCR] Alberto Rigolio, Christians in conversation: a guide to late antique dialogues in Greek and Syriac. Oxford studies in late antiquity. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
Dramatic Receptions
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- Slavery and Spartan society, topic to be addressed by Dr. David Lewis
- The Monetarization of Egypt from the Beginning of the Ptolemies to the End of Second Century AD | Department of Classics
- EES: New online skills programme launched
- Graduate Conference 2021: A Traveller in an Antique Land: Travel and Traveling in the Ancient World | Classical Studies
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- Tornos News | Media report: Study evidence suggests modern Greeks have DNA links to Mycenaeans
- Legal and Ethical Guidelines for Research on Archaeological and Heritage Artefacts | MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society
- How the Louvre Codified Essentialism in Art History
- Roman Medicine: 6 Ways People Stayed Healthy In Ancient Rome – HistoryExtra
‘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 unexpected calamities for human, several disasters for men and four footed beasts.
… 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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