Hodie est a.d. XIII Kal. Apr. 2774 AUC ~ 7 Elaphebolion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Rain uncovers bull idol at ancient Olympia | Archaeology | The Guardian
- Terracina / Identified a Roman ship immersed in the waters off the city coast | daily temporal
- Theory that Greek Art Inspired China’s Terracotta Army Receives Backlash
- US Lawmakers Call for the Return of Parthenon Marbles to Greece
- Time Team to dig for Roman villa at Fiennes’ castle | Oxford Mail
- Greek Police Recover ‘exceptional’ Ancient Statue From A Smuggler – Greek City Times
In Case You Missed It
- UNA STELE DI CINQUEMILA ANNI FA RITOVATA A PONTREMOLI
- Anzio | Ritrovamento di un muro romano nelle vicinanze della Villa Imperiale
Classicists and Classics in the News
- David Raeburn obituary | Classics and ancient history | The Guardian
- Eric Weiner’s “The Socrates Express” can make philosophers of us all – The Arbiter
Public Facing Classics
- Is this a product of slavery? | Blog post by Mary Beard – The TLS
- ‘Cave of Horrors’ Bible Scrolls Shed Light on Jewish Rebels
Fresh Bloggery
- Hades’ Newest Bride: A Remarkable Epitaph – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Women Going Where They Shouldn’t? Earthquakes. Droughts. Portents! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ancient Athens 3D
- Weekend Reading: Tapestries and Rabbit Holes – Classical Studies Support
- Shipwreck is Everywhere – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Septicia’s Second Marriage and Final Testament – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Rainfall exposes bronze bull at Olympia
- Katharsis – Mainzer Beobachter
- Classics at the Intersections: How are you feeling?
- Spencer Alley: Guercino in Cento – 1615-1617 (Casa Pannini – II)
- Roman highway uncovered between Antwerp and West Flanders – The Archaeology News Network
- Response to Boris Johnson’s comments about the Parthenon Sculptures – The Archaeology News Network
- The ancient Diolkos of Corinth undergoing restoration – The Archaeology News Network
- Zeus Temple in Graeco-Carian city of Euromos to be restored – The Archaeology News Network
- Greek police recover ancient statue of ‘exceptional artwork’ – The Archaeology News Network
- Blog Post #19: Peopling the Past’s Approach to the Study and Display Human Remains – Peopling the Past
- Enceladus: The Greek Giant That Shakes The Earth | TheCollector
Blog-like Publications
- The Roman Aqueduct at Moria
- “Latin Is Part of Our History Here” | by In Medias Res | In Medias Res | Mar, 2021 | Medium
- Monitoraggio sismico in tempo reale per il Tempio di Nettuno a Paestum |Documentazione – Archeomatica
Assorted Twitter Threads
- @DocCrom’s Latin for the Day thread features a bit of Propertius
- @MichaelDPress on the Getty’s online mummy portraits exhibition
- @AntiquityJ on their article about volcanic fallout leading to the relocation of Berenike
- @fadeaccompli notes as they read Prostitutes and Matrons in the Roman World
- @MichaelDPress on a documentary trailer about Shapira
- @TheClassicalCo’s Deity of the Week is Typhon
Fresh Podcasts
The third installment in our ongoing series on Plato’s Republic. Use the following timestamps for easier navigation: 2:40 Introduction to book 2 11:35 Glaucon’s speech in favor of injustice 20:00 Adeimantus’ speech on the weakness of pro-justice arguments 26:30 Socrates reply; the city-soul analogy 38:30 The education of the Guardians 44:50 Analysis and conclusion
The Severan dynasty was founded in 193CE by Septimius Severus, but in many ways it was his wife Julia Domna and her sister Julia Maesa who would guide the family, both powerful augustae and instrumental in securing their family’s imperial position. Part X of ‘Empresses of Rome’ Guest: Dr Emma Southon (Historian and author of ‘A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’).
Were Homer and the tragic myths considered history? How were they able to revere goddesses, but not the average woman? And what exactly did the ancients find Taboo in Euripides’ controversial works? Hint: it’s not what we would be offended by today……
Fresh Youtubery
- Claudius: Reformer, Conqueror of Britain – Roman Emperors DOCUMENTARY | Kings and Generals
- University of Nottingham
- Sparta Live: Warlike Spartans? Competing memories on Spartan militarism with Dr Elena Franchi
- Sparta Live: The ‘300’ in historical fiction with Steven Pressfield
- (98) Sparta Live: Three with Kieron Gillen – YouTube
- Our shared human past: the moral of the story – the Argonauts
- Our shared human past: the moral of the story – Aesop’s Fables
- CHS Kosmos Society Online Open House | Scarlett Kingsley & Timothy Rood | Center for Hellenic Studies
- What’s New in the Ancient World? Feb. 2021 | Digital Hammurabi
- OI Ancient Literature Workshops, Session 6: Book of the Dead | Oriental Institute
- Learn Latin with MoCA week 7: People at Work | Museum of Classical Archaeology
- Echoes of Ancient Poetry in Hip-Hop – CCS 12/03/21 | CCS
- Dante: «…quel Virgilio». Ma quale Virgilio? — Giorgio Inglese | Andrea Cirla
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Tom Wellmann, Die Entstehung der Welt: Studien zum Straßburger Empedokles-Papyrus. Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte, Band 142. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2020.
- [BMCR] Gilbert Wiplinger, Wolfram Letzner, Wasserwesen zur Zeit des Frontinus: Bauwerke, Technik, Kultur: Tagungsband des internationalen Frontinus-Symposiums Trier, 25.-29. Mai 2016. Babesch. Supplement, 32. Leuven; Paris; Bristol, CT: Peeters, 2017.
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- Fear in Ancient Culture: A Call For Papers and a Virtual Tour as Classics UoR Hosts the 15th Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in Ancient Literature (AMPAL). | Classics at Reading
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- [Paywalled] Sacred Mysteries: God made man – the myth of Dionysus
- Tracing the origins of Rome’s Circus Maximus – Wanted in Rome
- The ‘improper burials’ of ancient times | eKathimerini.com
‘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 people behaving more properly and having more prosperity.
… 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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