Hodie est id. Mai. 2774 AUC ~ 4 Thargelion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Less wastage during production of marble slabs in the Roman imperial period than today | EurekAlert! Science News
- Modena. Confiscati 57 vasi di 2.500 anni fa: un’eredità illecita da 100mila euro – Gazzetta di Modena Modena
- A New Look at a Wicked Emperor – WSJ
- Norfolk silver seal discovery unlocks Roman mystery – BBC News
In Case You Missed It
- Cambridge classicist Mary Beard to retire and set up fund for students from underrepresented groups – Cambridgeshire Live
- Vesuvius Victim Identified as Elite Roman Soldier Sent on Failed Rescue Mission | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
- Herodotus lied about famous Greek battle against Carthage, new study finds | Live Science
- Resti archeologici svelati da uno scavo in provincia di Cosenza – Il Quotidiano del Sud
- European Authorities Crack Down on Illegal Antiquities Trafficking
- The British Museum and the Abduction of Persephone – Greek City Times
Classicists and Classics in the News
Greek/Latin News
- [Ephemeris] CRIMINA ISRAELIS
Fresh Bloggery
- Comfort Classics: Kenneth Cameron – Classical Studies Support
- Blog Post #27: Interview with Grace Erny of Archaeology after School – Peopling the Past
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Confusion
- Weekend Reading: All Meetings Should Involve Ice Cream – Classical Studies Support
- Latin for the Crappin – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Papyrology and Its Discontents – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Hatice Gonnet-Bağana Collection
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Syriac World
- Pliny Writes to a Zillow Agent – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- A Deep Breath of Clean Air – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Classics in Sarasota: A few thoughts on Medea
- Roman Times: Apotropaic infant rattles
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Goth soldier with bent sword found in Thessaloniki basilica
- Perzen, Grieken en pseudohistorici (slot) – Mainzer Beobachter
- “I Lived a Sweet Life…” – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Classical Imagery in the Album Artwork of White Supremacist Metal Bands – Pharos
- Blog: Review: LGBT Meets SPQR | Society for Classical Studies
- Spencer Alley: Guercino in Cento – 1640-1641
- WYSIWYG Classics, Or: Making Roman diversity visible, audible, and accessible for 21st century audiences – CUCD EDI
Blog-like Publications
- Is Laocoon And His Sons Antiquity’s Greatest Artwork?
- Catullus and Lesbia’s Sparrow | History Today
- Gilgamesh to Enkidu…. You were a storm wrapped in bone and… | by Sophie Overton | Ostraka | May, 2021 | Medium
- Stoicism Offers an Antidote to Cancel Culture | Merion West
- Analysis of wall decoration dating to the second century A.D. provides new insights into marble extraction and processing – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
Assorted Twitter Threads
- @DocCrom’s #LatinForTheDay is Tacitus, Annals 12.26.1
- @DocCrom’s Ancient Artifact of the Day is the Vix Krater
- @DocCrom’s Ancient Coin of the day is a drachm from Delphi’s Amphictyonic Council
- @postclassics ponders whether Homer would watch Naruto
- livetweeting by @womeninclassics from the Women’s Classical Committee 2021 AGM Veronique Dasen keynote
- a twitter account was set up to tweet the entire Specialized Labour in Classical Antiquity conference (very well done)
Fresh Podcasts
In the second half of book 3 of the Republic, Plato lays out the controversial theory of mimesis, which states that all art, man-made objects, and cultural products in our environment have profound effects on the health of our souls. With us to help us unpack, analyze, and evaluate Plato’s arguments is, once again, Angie Hobbs, professor of the public understanding of philosophy at the University of Sheffield, England.
GiT Episode 26: Horny for the Good Socrates is what I call a “philosopher of desire.” He cares more about the questions than the answers, the journey than the destination, the b***r than the nut. And he brings that energy to his teaching. In this episode, Socrates tells the boys that the “form of the good” is the one thing that anyone who wants to live a good life absolutely needs to know about. So what is it? Glaucon wants to know so badly he yells out to Apollo and begs Socrates to tell him. But Socrates won’t go all the way. Instead, he teases Glaucon with the analogies of the sun, line and cave which also happen to tell us about: the invisible forms; the nature of human knowledge; and why STEM subjects should only be used as prep for philosophy. Get your goggles on; this is a deep one.
The Levant, Egypt, Italian city states, Caliphates, and more, played a role in the evolution of the concept of a company in the eastern Mediterranean. Tel Aviv University professor, and former Dean of the Faculty of Law, Dr Ron Harris, joins the show to discuss.
Fresh Youtubery
- Conferenze Roma2pass – Paesaggi, borghi e giardini nella campagna Romana | Etruschannel
- Comparing Two Ancient Civilisations: Ancient Egypt vs. Mesopotamia | World History Encyclopedia
- CHS Kosmos Society Online Open House | The Hippolytus of Euripides, with Rebecca Futo Kennedy | Center for Hellenic Studies
- Michael Rakowitz | (G)Hosting | Oriental Institute
- Incitatus: The Horse Senator | Athena Productions
- Au Louvre ! La Vénus de Milo | Musée du Louvre
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Marta Fogagnolo, Antimachos Colophonios. Supplementum Grammaticum Graecum, Volume 2. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2020.
- Hearing Homer’s Song: Undying Melody – WSJ
Dramatic Receptions
- THE GENTLEST WORK – A queer myth in pieces – Institute of Classical Studies Blog
- The UC San Diego Department Of Theatre And Dance Presents TROJAN WOMEN: A VERSION
- Neoliberalism at what cost? IPHIGENIA IN SPLOTT: an examination of the morality of austerity | News
- Domina: this Roman epic fills a gory, horny, Game of Thrones-shaped hole | Historical drama (TV) | The Guardian
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- Sportula Europe x LCoC Panel: Race, Classics, & Academia Tickets, Tue 18 May 2021 at 19:00 | Eventbrite
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- The Gospels that Didn’t Make the Cut · The BAS Library
- How were the Psalms performed in the First Temple era?
- Opinion | What Pop Stoicism Misses About Ancient Philosophy – The New York Times
- Athens’ Acropolis Museum Reopens to the World
- Medusa, the Most Fearsome Goddess of Greek Mythology
- The Ancient Greek Tradition of Birthday Cake
- Piacenza and the Romans on display at Palazzo Farnese – Piacenza
‘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.
… 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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