Hodie est a.d XIV Kal. Jun. 2774 AUC ~ 8 Thargelion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Stolen Roman frescoes returned to Pompeii after investigation | Archaeology | The Guardian
- castellammare, i tesori di stabia finiti in un traffico internazionale: tornano a casa – trafugati dalle ville romane, da oggi esposti alla reggia di quisisana | Il Corrierino
- Complesso ellenistico in via Romagnoli, Regione dispone vincolo sull’intera area | Quotidiano di Gela
- Crotone, comitato Antica Kroton: «Aprire area archeologica di via Napoli»
- Archaeologists find mysterious structure in ‘Land of the Blind’
- Alderney skeletons from Iron Age and Roman era | Guernsey Press
In Case You Missed It
- Study Suggests Roman Marble Production Was Highly Efficient – Archaeology Magazine
- Contrary to Popular Lore, Ancient Greek Armies Relied on Foreign Mercenaries | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
Classicists and Classics in the News
- History Department selects 5 Richard H. Thomas Scholars – Cornell College
- Lessons about the closure of Howard’s Classics department | TheHill
- Professor develops creative final for Roman history class | University of Hawaiʻi System News
Greek/Latin News
- [Ephemeris] TEMPESTAS INDICA
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- Fire Increases Life: Plutarch, Against Water – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Religion romaine et esclavage au Haut-Empire: Rome, Latium et Campanie
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Panopticon
- Battle Royale of the Bitter – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Spring AD 121 – Hadrian departs for the northern provinces (#Hadrian1900) FOLLOWING HADRIAN
- Peeking through the arch of Constantine – another view of the Meta Sudans – Roger Pearse
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Dataset: roman-amphitheaters
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Cinquante ans d’archéologie française au Soudan
- Gyges in the Bedroom of King Candaules’ Wife, by Nicolaas Verkolje (c. 1673-1476) | The Historian’s Hut
- A Hydrophilic High: Aelian on the Effects of Medicinal Seahorse – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The Tormented Life And Sad Death Of Corellius Rufus | The Historian’s Hut
- Cicero finally takes sides – Mainzer Beobachter
- Harbour of Ephesus | Turkish Archaeological News
- Community spaces and Listserv racism – Mixed up in Classics
- PaleoJudaica.com: Olyan Festscrift (SBL Press)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Cataldo (ed.), Imagined Worlds and Constructed Differences in the Hebrew Bible (T&T Clark)
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Stolen Roman frescoes returned to Pompeii after Investigation
Blog-like Publications
- The “House of Europa” has opened to the public – Archaeology Wiki
- Athena And Poseidon’s Contest: How Did Athens Get Its Name?
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
Join your Season 1 host, Dr. Chelsea Gardner, as she welcomes new co-host Dr. Melissa Funke for an introduction to Season 2 of the Peopling the Past podcast! This season, we’ll take listeners on a journey through under-explored aspects of material culture and everyday life in the ancient Roman world, from Egypt to Italy, Syria to England, Morocco to Turkey, and more!
After the smoke clears from some much needed post-slaughter fumigation, Dave and Jeff finally lumber their way to the end of the epic. At last we get a proper reunion between husband and wife in which Penelope wins the battle of wits. The occasion? Odysseus gets artichocked up when Penelope treats their bed like an IKEA futon. Now, roll the credits, right? WRONG. There’s a whole other book to go! We see the suitors take the slip-n-slide down to Hades where Agamemnon gives them the raspberry. Back on Ithaca, Odysseus goes into “metis mode” and decides to test his aged dad with yet another false identity! But why? Does Odysseus even know who he himself is anymore? And be sure to stick around for the surprise, dea ex machina ending.
The Achaemenid Empire was the largest empire for its time and held substantial holdings in the eastern Mediterranean Basin. Dr Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Cardiff University, joins the show to discuss the empire’s hegemony in the Mediterranean.
We are traveling through time and space to Ancient Egypt! Before Alexander got to Egypt, Persia had gained control of the throne. In fact, a lot of the things we associate with Ancient Egypt happened WAY before Alexander saw the Nile. Before we cover Cleopatra, I think it’s important to gain some context for her story. Thanks for listening!
Fresh Youtubery
- Re-Imagining Education in the Post Covid Era || Alexis Phylactopoulos | College Year in Athens
- Il restauro dell’Arco di Settimio Severo | Parco archeologico del Colosseo | Parco Colosseo
- Tiny Timelines: Archaic Greece | Smarthistory
- The Roman Village Buried Under Litlington | Time Team | Timeline
- Piranesi at the BSR: Thomas Ashby’s curious Campo Marzio | British School at Rome
- Classics for All
Dramatic Receptions
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- International Conference: Beyond Athenocentrism: Greek Cities’ Responses to Athenian Institutional and Judicial Legacy in the so-called ‘Hellenistic Polis Convergence’ – Current Epigraphy
- ISPCS conference 2021
- Bones Don’t Lie: Forensics and the Discovery of Ancient Egypt
- Stipendiary Positions in Archaeology and Latin at Mount Allison University – The Classical Association of Canada
- CIG Appeal – The Classical Association of Canada
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- Towards a New Topography of Roman Administration
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- Nero exhibition offers lessons on fake news, says British Museum curator – SundayWorld.com
- The Wolf Den: Elodie Harper novel brings to life bleak reality of Roman prostitutes in Pompeii | Daily Mail Online\
- The Great Philosophers: Aristotle, founder of western philosophy | The Independent
- A Tour of Nine Magnificent Museums Showcasing Greece’s Cultural Heritage
- Parthenon sculptures in British Museum: ‘Unfinished’ National Monument of Scotland is a reminder to right a long-standing wrong – Ian Johnston | The Scotsman
‘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 the rise of good fortune for someone due to the good will of the people.
… 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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