Hodie est pr. Kal. Jun. 2774 AUC ~ 18 Thargelion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
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- Archeologia: in mostra un tesoro di monete romane scoperto nel Chianti (2) – Il Tempo
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- Centuries-old stone grinder found in Junnar links up to Ancient Rome
- 2,000-year-old basilica unearthed in Ashkelon – The Jerusalem Post
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- Princeton eliminates Greek, Latin requirements for Classics majors to combat ‘racism’ | The Post Millennial
- Those fishy reports on ancient Israelites eating non-kosher seafood | The Times of Israel
Classicists and Classics in the News
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- LIBRARY COLUMN | Classics refreshed in retelling of ancient Greece tales | Features | themercury.com
- Help our profession or UK’s shared history will be lost, say archaeologists | Archaeology | The Guardian
- Princeton Removes Greek, Latin Requirement for Classics Majors to Increase Inclusivity | National Review
- Searching for Gertrude Bell, colonial ‘mother’ of modern Iraq – France 24
Greek/Latin News
Fresh Bloggery
- Laudator Temporis Acti: History and Tragedy
- PaleoJudaica.com: Evans & Johnston (eds.), Scribes and Their Remains (T&T Clark)
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Homer: The Poetry of the Past
- PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Flower & Ludlow (eds.), Rhetoric and religious identity in late antiquity
- PaleoJudaica.com: Tigay & Berlin (eds.), The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization (Yale)
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Time in Its Fullness
- Biting the Snake that Bites You: Pythagoras as Prophet – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Immortality
- Bestiaria Latina Blog: Gesta 18: Julianus
- Roman Times: Tota Italia : At the Origins of a Nation
- Roman Times: Apollo of Piombino, not just a Roman copy of an older Greek original but, attempt at Roman forgery of ancient Greek art
- Diogenes’ Advice for Self-Care – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Greek Myth Chickens – Iliad edition | Greek Myth Comix
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » NGA acquires long-lost sibling of Dossi Aeneid painting
- Books–Loyal, Forgiving Friends – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Flee From Grandeur
- PaleoJudaica.com: Sørensen & Petersen (eds.), Theoretical and Empirical Investigations of Divination and Magic (Brill)
- PaleoJudaica.com: The Byzantine Church mosaic at Aluma
- PaleoJudaica.com: The Studia Philonica Annual XXXII, 2020 (SBL)
- Accius’ Trifling Scholarship – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Noted Classicist Visits City
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Classics at Princeton
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Public and the Private in Aristotle’s Political Philosophy
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Interpreting Greek Tragedy: Myth, Poetry, Text
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Poetry in Speech: Orality and Homeric Discourse
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Submissiveness
- Alcestis on the Banks of the Styx, by Albert Edelfelt (c. 1854-1905) | The Historian’s Hut
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ritual Irony: Poetry and Sacrifice in Euripides
- Year-End Advice for Teachers: How to Leave a Party – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Berg, Tongeren and Liège – Mainzer Beobachter
- Hannibal in de Alpen – Mainzer Beobachter
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Poetry in Speech: Orality and Homeric Discourse
- PaleoJudaica.com: Salvage archaeology at Beth Shemesh
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- PaleoJudaica.com: Fishbones pushback
- Aqueduct that once carried water to Ephesus unearthed – The Archaeology News Network
- Segesta, Sicily: Monumental building from the ancient agora and the ‘signature’ of its benefactor discovered – The Archaeology News Network
- Punic tomb discovered during water works in Malta’s Zabbar – The Archaeology News Network
- Spencer Alley: Guercino in Bologna – 1648
- Catching up with Classicists | Classics | The University of Winnipeg
- It Is Impossible to Speak Worthily of the Dead – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Kiwi Hellenist: Medusa in Gibraltar
Blog-like Publications
- Apollo And Daphne: A Detailed Breakdown Of The Famous Greek Myth
- Legions of Spain, Roman Africa & Egypt – World History Encyclopedia
Fresh Podcasts
In one of the most anticipated contests of the year, sixteen gods battled for the crown of ultimate deity. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook offer analysis and insight on the group stages of the competition.
Taxis to the front line or ancient tanks? Through archaeological remains and ancient depictions, we have some idea of what the ancient military vehicles of the ancient world looked like, but how were they ridden and what for? In this first of two conversations, Mike Loades and Tristan discuss the chariots of Egypt, Anatolia, Troy and China. Mike is a writer, television presenter, director and military historian who has personally tested many replica chariots.
Sermo quo duo nova carmina ostendo et vos certiores facio mox discum c.t. Vale Italia editum iri!
Achilles is one of the central figures in Homer’s The Iliad. He not only lives on in Greek mythology but in the commonly used idiom Achilles’ heel. Dr. Joel Chistensen, Brandeis University, joins the show to talk in depth about the Greek mythological hero, Achilles.
Fresh Youtubery
- Proto-Celts and the Hallstatt Culture | Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages
- Cavalli, cavalieri e carri in Etruria | Etruschannel
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- “When A Dolphin Loves A Boy” An Ancient Greek Trope? | Classics in Color
- Munda 45 BC – Caesar’s Last Campaign – Roman Civil War DOCUMENTARY | Kings and Generals
- Ecce Colosseum! Latin in Rome with @ScorpioMartianus | Musa Pedestris
- Conversations with the Greek Gods of Antiquity | Canadian Institute in Greece
- Echoes of Ancient Greece – The Chronicles of Cronus | Michael Levy
- The Prayer of Achilles: Iliad Book 16 | Foxwede History
- Alla ricerca del patrimonio perduto. Progetto un museo da ragazzi | Etruschannel
- “Ancient Greeks on Persians: Wishful thinking in Imagery?” Professor Margaret Miller | Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens
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
- Rhodes and the Wonder of the Ancient World | food & travel , travel | The National Herald
- There was no such thing as ‘Renaissance philosophy’ | Aeon Essays
- County Durham exhibition unlocks secrets of Roman gladiators | The Northern Echo
- What Ancient Rome Tells Us About Today’s Senate – The Atlantic
- Nyx, the Ancient Greek Goddess of the Night
- The Mystery of the Sleeping Giant of Naxos, Greece
- Ancient Military Harbor in Aegina, Open for Swimming
- Chemistry between fish and salt
- The Erotic Art of Ancient Greece and Rome
‘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:
[no entry for today]
… 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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