Hodie est Kal. Jun. 2774 AUC ~ 19 Thargelion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- TESORI VESUVIANI. Ad Acerra emergono reperti dell’Età Arcaica, Sovrintendenza all’opera – il Fatto Vesuviano
- Persepolis: once awe-inspiring gateway opens to public after millennia – Tehran Times
- ! Murcia Today – Archaeological Excavation In Los Alcázares To Locate Roman And Arab Remains
- Segesta, Sicily: a monumental building of the ancient agora and the “signature” of its financier have been found
- A Corcumello recuperato un fregio di epoca romana, sarà sottoposto a restauro | MarsicaLive
- Open Fiber porta alla luce una necropoli in Sicilia: via al progetto di musealizzazione – CorCom
In Case You Missed It
- Princeton Removes Greek, Latin for Classics Majors to Combat Racism
- ‘Exceptionally high’ number of decapitated bodies found at Roman burial site – CNN
- Discovered Ancient Greek jar contains ‘curse’ against at least 55 people – Greek City Times
- Ashkelon park renovation to unveil Israel’s largest Roman basilica to public | The Times of Israel
Classicists and Classics in the News
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Memorial
- Online: The Latin Josephus Project – Roger Pearse
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Sons of the Gods, Children of Earth:Ideology and Literary Form in Ancient Greece
- Roman Times: The myth of Kallisto and lesbianism in the Classical World
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Reading the Iliad
- “What is Written Here is Brief”: Some Roman Memorials for Memorial Day – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Temas y problemas de historia antiguo-oriental. Una introducción
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Survey on 3D Web Viewers for Digital Cultural Heritage
- Palinurus Takes One for the Team – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Archaeology’s Destructive Legacy: Burning it All Down to Better Support Scholars of Color — The Jugaad Project
- De slag bij de Hondenkoppen (1) – Mainzer Beobachter
- May 2021 in Turkish archaeology | Turkish Archaeological News
- PaleoJudaica.com: Berlin & Kosmin (eds.), The Middle Maccabees (SBL)
- PaleoJudaica.com: More non-invasive archaeology
- The Gilgamesh Dream Tablet | Market of Mass Destruction
- Christie’s partners art trafficking shock! | Market of Mass Destruction
- OTTC: A Blog for Old Testament Textual Criticism: Scribes and Their Remains
- The Politics of Platforming [cw: ableism, eugenics]
- SIAC NEWSLETTER – 196 (05/2021) | Tulliana News
- De ondergang van de geesteswetenschappen – Mainzer Beobachter
- Book Club | June 2021: Bring Your Own | The Kosmos Society
Blog-like Publications
Assorted Twitter Threads
- @DocCromm’s Ancient Coin of the Day is an aureus of Claudius
- @DocCromm’s #LatinForTheDay thread is Suetonius, Divine Julius 1.3
- @MichaelDPress looks at the press coverage of that basilica from Ashkelon
Fresh Podcasts
Jeff Murray is a pen and ink artist that creates intricate works on canvas inspired by exploration and travel. He resides and has setup a studio in a rural setting in the UK where he can peruse his passion in a peaceful environment. Many of Jeff’s works explore the various cities and continents of the world from a very unique perspective. While he has also been inspired by the natural world, either incorporating these elements into his works or taking them as the subject for the piece. Recently Jeff has been exploring the ancient world and making this the subject of some of his most recent works. He has been absorbed in the stories of ancient times through works of history, art, myths, podcasts and even video games. From this he has taken what he has learnt and reimagined these times and stories and translated them onto canvas. In this interview I sit down with Jeff and explore his journey as an artist and then we move onto looking at his Greek and ancient world inspired pieces.
In this episode taken from our back catalogue Professor Paul Cartledge the concept which is the foundation stone of our political culture: democracy. Paul Cartledge is Professor of Greek Culture Emeritus University of Cambridge and author of many books, including, Democracy: A Life.
In the Season 2 premiere episode, Dr. Elizabeth Greene joins Chelsea and Melissa to talk about the archaeological remains of Roman shoes from the site of Vindolanda on Hadrian’s Wall in present-day England. Why do shoes survive here, and what can they tell us about the men, women, and children who lived at this military fort hundreds of years ago? Listen to find out!
Well they got his name wrong for a start. The fantastic Michael Scott rejoins us to talk all about the legend of Heracles and how it spread throughout the globe.
Fresh Youtubery
- Ask a Roman Soldier – Chichester Roman Week 2021 | Novium Museum
- Where are all the surviving Roman Senators? DOCUMENTARY | Invicta
- Nero’s Lyre | Michael Levy
- Meet a Wealthy Roman Lady – Chichester Roman Week 2021 | Novium Museum
- Class as Analytical Category in Studying Classics | Edith Hall
- “Nymphs and Satyrs” by Rubens with comments in Latin | Museo Nacional del Prado
- Summer Seminar Series 2021: Disability Studies and the Classical Body: The Forgotten Other. | Classics University Reading
Book Reviews
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- Classics for All event: “Remembering and Forgetting the Past: Athens in 403 BC” with Professor Michael Scott, hosted by Sir Rupert Jackson. – The Classical Association of Canada
- 3-year Term Position in Classics at Campion College (due 11 June 2021) – The Classical Association of Canada
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- Recipe for an Ancient Roman Glow Up | JSTOR Daily
- What Greek Mythology, Bill Gates and Blockbuster Can Teach Entrepreneurs About Turning Unknowns into Opportunities
- Covid: WHO renames UK and other variants with Greek letters – BBC News
- Greek Philosopher Pythagoras and His Famous Theorem
- Iznik Museum’s sarcophagi mesmerize as ancient works of art | Daily Sabah
‘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 an abundance of fruit but a shortage of barley and dangerous diseases will break out.
… 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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