Hodie est a.d. III Kal. Apr. 2774 AUC ~ 17 Elaphebolion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
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- Ancient Sites In North Lebanon Are Being Illegally Excavated
- Polish expedition maps ancient Cyprus city – Famagusta Gazette
In Case You Missed It
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Greek/Latin News
- [Ephemeris] PETITIO INDONESIANA.
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Fresh Bloggery
- PaleoJudaica.com: Representations of Angelic Beings in Early Jewish and in Christian Traditions (ed. Tefera & Stuckenbruck) (Mohr Siebeck)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Crawford & Zola (eds.), The Gospel of Tatian (T&T Clark)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Big crack and boxed coin
- PaleoJudaica.com: Shapira in the NYT archive
- Using Logeion: Quick Guide | The Kosmos Society
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Repositories and Data Standards in Cuneiform Studies: A Survey
- Was Livia the ultimate evil stepmother? – Bad Ancient
- Comfort Classics: Ronnais Lloyd – Classical Studies Support
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Aigeira 2. Die mykenische Akropolis. Grabungen 1975 – 1980
- Hippocrates: Unmarried Women are Sad Because of Periods – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Telesilla: Argive Woman, Warrior Poet – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Roman Times: The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus
- Oedipus And Antigone, Painted By An Unknown 19th century artist | The Historian’s Hut
- The Appearance Of Aristotle | The Historian’s Hut
- Ziggurat – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Why did Joshua have to circumcise the Israelites?
- PaleoJudaica.com: Berenike meets the Mail
- Roman Archaeology Blog: Curule chair found in Roman funeral pyre
- Roman Archaeology Blog: Massive Roman Villa From 4th Century With Huge 60ft Mosaic Discovered In Southern Spain
- PaleoJudaica.com: Perspectives on Preexistence in Early Judaism and Early Christianity (German, Mohr Siebeck)
- Ancient Genomes Trace the Origin and Decline of the Scythians
- Roman villa with large mosaic unearthed in Spain – The Archaeology News Network
- Bulldozers and looting threaten Libya’s ancient treasures – The Archaeology News Network
- Catullus 4 Parody: His Boat in the Suez Canal – Roman Poetry 2021
Blog-like Publications
- Ancient genomes trace the origin and decline of the Scythians
- Excavations at Kato Paphos
- Lina Mendoni’s answer to statement by British Culture Secretary
- Classics in Conversation – Retrospect Journal
- Sunken Cities and Settlements – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
Assorted Twitter Threads
- @TrimontiumTrust on Agricola and Calgacus
- @oxfordclassics on their Virtual Oxbridge Classics Open Day
- @DocCrom’s #LatinForTheDay continues with a bit of Propertius 2.13
- @DocCrom’s Ancient Coin of the Day is a tetradrachm of Philip of Macedon
- @MichaelDPress on coverage of a Tyrian shekel at the Tower of David
- @petercampbell on the Trajanic basin at Ostia
- @TheClassicalCo on the Arch of Constantine
Fresh Podcasts
This book covers parts of books 5-6 of Plato’s Republic. Who should rule the city in speech? Philosophers of course! In this episode, Socrates explains his most famous political proposal: philosopher kings. He wants the leaders to be smart and capable and virtuous. And charming and good-looking. Is that too much to ask? In a democracy, it is. Socrates doesn’t just say what good leaders look like he also says why democracies will never have one. Who’s to blame for bad democratic politics? Is it corrupt politicians or an ignorant majority? Yes!
When their ship is blown off course, Perseus, Andromeda and Danae find themselves far from Argos. But Perseus is delighted that there are games going on nearby — and enters the discus competition, even though he’s never thrown one before in his life. That choice seals his fate and the future of those he loves.
Based on his new book, Simon Elliott joins us to tell the tale of Hispana IX and to try and get to the bottom of what happened to an entire formation which vanished from the historical record.
Fresh Youtubery
- Florence, Italy: Renaissance Art and Architecture | Darius Arya Digs
- Academus Education: The Enduring Beauty of Greek Theatre with Dr Daisy Dunn
- 3:9 Hannah Young – ‘“The perfection of his taste”: Ralph Bernal, collecting and slave-ownership’ | NDENCA Seminar Series
- Origins of the Amorites : Bronze Age invaders that united an empire | Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages
- Vergil, Aeneid Book 4, PART 2, Latin Reading, Didos’ Tragedy (Curse&Death), Hexameter | Musa Pedestris
- Pokémon Theme Song (Ancient Greek) | Claire Mieher
- From the River to the Fields | Comprehensible Input in Latin | A Flumine Ad Agros | ScorpioMartianus
- Hymn to Hermes (practice), “Bee Women” line 552. Bettina Joy de Guzman. Chelys lyre. Ancient Greek.
Book Reviews
- A Classical Archaeologist’s Life: The Story so Far by John Boardman [Review]
- Military Book Review Leading the Roman Army: Soldiers and Emperors, 31 BC – 235 AD
- [BMCR] Nora Büchsenschütz, Iberische Halbinsel und Marokko. Repertorium der christlich-antiken Sarkophage, 4. Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2018.
- [BMCR] Estelle Haan, John Milton: Epistolarum familiarum liber unus and uncollected letters. Supplementa humanistica Lovaniensia, 44. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2019.
- [BMCR] Lewis Ayres, H. Clifton Ward, The rise of the early Christian intellectual. Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte, 139. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2020.
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- CFP: International Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy | Society for Classical Studies
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- Baalbek Reborn: Temples – DAI Blogs
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- Ongoing Mystery Over Ancient Greek Masterpieces Recovered Off Italy
- Pavlopetri, Greece’s Ancient Underwater City
- Cleveland Museum of Art's Diverse New Acquisitions Range From A 16th-Century Marble 'Dido' to Amy… – ArtfixDaily News Feed
- How Much The Julius Caesar Bust From Pawn Stars Is Really Worth
- At the heart of Paolo Sebastian’s lyrical couture, Greek mythology blooms – Vogue Australia
- Gossip was a Powerful Tool for the Powerless in Ancient Greece
‘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 powerful, self-centred man of the kingdom bringing good cheer.
… 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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