Hodie est a.d XI Kal. Jun. 2774 AUC ~ 11 Thargelion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
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- Five-year program seeks to unlock pre-Christian secrets of Amphipolis | eKathimerini.com
- Ancient Roman bath complex discovered in Spain | The Independent
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Greek/Latin News
- [AkropolisWorldNews] Τὰ ἀντίδοτα καὶ οἱ περιηγηταί
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Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- The Carters’ APESHIT gave me a glimpse of the postcolonial museum – Sportula Europe
- Ancient Orientalism in Modern White Ethnonationalism – Pharos
- Mood Swings – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Ah, Cancel Me With Death – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Arena:Archaeological REsearch in the North Aegean
- Blog Post #28: Interview with Girish Daswani of Human Stories – Peopling the Past
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Catena Manuscripts of the Greek New Testament: A Catalogue
- Weekend Reading: Archaeology in Trouble – Classical Studies Support
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: An interdisciplinary analysis on the state formation and kingship in the Predynastic Egypt
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Learning from the Mistakes of Others
- Roman Times: Dolphins in Greco-Roman Art
- Some of the Smartest People Agree–Sometimes Being Silent is Far Superior to Speech – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Handboeken, “companions” en encyclopedieën – Mainzer Beobachter
- The World of The Blood Road – Part VI – Pastoral Idyll: A Brief Look at Roman Etruria |
- Antiochepedia = Musings Upon Ancient Antioch: A Twice per Century Event?
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » “Nationally important” Roman ritual bronzes fall through Treasure Act loophole
- Vacation Advice from Pliny: Translate Greek into Latin, Maybe Write Some Poems – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Blog-like Publications
- Archaeological REsearch in the North Aegean (ARENA)
- An Introduction to Greek and Latin Metre – Antigone
- The Long and the Short of Latin Poetry – Antigone
- Who Was Seleucus I? 11 Facts About The Seleucid Empire’s Founder
- Coinage in the Roman Provinces: ANS Conference Highlights, Part 1
- Roman Tomb Köln-Weiden – Cologne, Germany – Atlas Obscura
- Cape Matapan & Taenarum – Gateway to Hades – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Did Odin come from Troy? – The Anatolian origins of the Norse pantheon – Ancient World Magazine
Assorted Twitter Threads
- @DocCromm’s Ancient Coin of the Day thread looks at the coins of Chios
- @reeshistory on the ‘cancelling’ methods of ancient Athens
- @carlosfnorena on periods of Roman history as types of pizza
- @fadeaccompli continues reading Work, Identity and Legal Status at Rome
Fresh Podcasts
“A man who thinks that he has been done wrong is a mad, mad man.” (the Iliad, abridged). Get these and other hot takes as we finish off our miniseries on this miniseries the only way we know how: by climbing into a big wooden horse and hoping for the best. Joined by another wonderful UT undergraduate, we break down the final episodes of Netflix’s historical action-adventure romance drama. We dwell on the rage of Achilles and his susceptibility to very obvious schemes. We pick apart the denouement of Helen and Xanthias the spy, in all its contrivances. We lament the short-lived presence of the Amazons. Plus, we start asking the big questions. Should Odysseus be empathetic or cruel or somewhere in between? Is Aeneas not bland enough? Does Priam dye his mustache? Count how many times we say “the Iliad” when we actually mean some other text. When you’re in the moment, they’re all the Iliad!
Antoninus Pius is known as one of the “Five Good Emperors”. Professor & Head of the Department of History at Penn State University, Dr. Michael Kulikowski, is back on the show to discuss what’s known about his life.
Fresh Youtubery
- The Athenian Inscription at Leeds City Museum (AIUK 6) | Attic Inscriptions Online
- Conferenza Roma 2 Pass – Le ville scomparse sulla Via Nomentana | Etruschannel
- lament of the nereids iliad 18 | Emily RC Wilson
- Battle of Emesa, 272 AD How Aurelian Restored Rome (Part 3) | History marche
- The Chimera: Bane of Lycia | Athena Productions
- “Ode on a Grecian Urn”, by John Keats: a reading | Ancient Literature Dude
- Civilization V: How is the Latin? Latin in Video Games. Penultimate Stress Rule EXPLAINED | Polymathy
- Run, sail, or hide? How to survive the destruction of Pompeii – Gary Devore | Ted – Ed
- Thoughts on How HU Classics Could be the Key to Saving the Field of Classics | Dr Anika Prather
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Klaus Freitag , Matthias Haake , Griechische Heiligtümer als Handlungsorte: Zur Multifunktionalität supralokaler Heiligtümer von der frühen Archaik bis in die römische Kaiserzeit. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2019.
- [BMCR] Stephen J. Harrison, Fiona Macintosh, Helen Eastman, Seamus Heaney and the classics: Bann Valley muses. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
- [BMCR] Jean-Charles Moretti, Panos Valavanis , Les hippodromes et les concours hippiques dans la Grèce antique. Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique, Supplément 62. Athènes: École française d’Athènes, 2019.
- Divine Institutions by Dan-el Padilla Peralta review: How religion helped to make the Roman state
- The Trojan Women by Anne Carson and Rosanna Bruno review: Euripides as seen by a poet and a comic-book illustrator
- The life and times of Melania the Younger | The TLS
Dramatic Receptions
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- Looted art, from antiquity to present-day | Culture| Arts, music and lifestyle reporting from Germany | DW | 21.05.2021
- The Best Kept Acropolis Secret is Inside the Sacred Rock
- Was Socrates’ Trial and Subsequent Death Penalty Legally Just?
- Exquisite Ancient Greek Earring One of Treasures at Boston Museum
- Florida Republican Thinks Socrates Would Be “Cancelled Real Quick” Today
- On this day in 334 BCE, Alexander the Great wins the battle of Granicus – Greek Herald
‘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 heavy rain and the destruction of marine fish.
… 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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