Hodie est a.d VII Id. Jun. 2774 AUC ~ 27 Thargelion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Shackled skeleton identified as rare evidence of slavery in Roman Britain | Roman Britain | The Guardian
- ‘Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes’ features objects on loan from the British Museum to showcase physical prowess in antiquity | Neos Kosmos
- Authorities bust destructive illicit dig in northern Israel – www.israelhayom.com
- Summer mosaic to be featured to the world online by the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki | Neos Kosmos
In Case You Missed It
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- Nero: The Man Behind the Myth review – legend and truth | Art | The Guardian
- Acropolis makeover stirs Greek antiquity row
Classicists and Classics in the News
- The Legacy of Same-Sex Love in Ancient Thebes | History News Network
- How Nasty Was Nero, Really? | The New Yorker
Greek/Latin News
Public Facing Classics
- The shackles of slavery and the perils of certainty | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS
- The Recent Tower of Babel ‘Discovery’ is Madness
Fresh Bloggery
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Heidelberger Dokumentserver: Hellenic Languages and Classical Greek
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- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Catalogue of Digital Editions
- Have You Seen My Special Chair? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: American School of Classical Studies at Athens Annual Reports
- Alexander and Bucephalus, by Edgar Degas (c. 1834 – 1917) | The Historian’s Hut
- Roman Times: The Eyes have it! “Eye cups” of the 6th century BCE
- We kunnen de geesteswetenschappen niet langer redden (en dat is ook uw probleem) – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: What Makes a King
- PaleoJudaica.com: Nongbri on the Hobby Lobby lawsuit
- PaleoJudaica.com: The Guardian reviews Nero
- PaleoJudaica.com: Fassberg, Hebrew Texts and Language of the Second Temple Period (Brill)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Book event essays (4): Feldman, The Story of Sacrifice
- Spencer Alley: Guercino in Bologna – 1651 (II)
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- Who Were The Druids Of Roman Britain? (History & Facts)
Fresh Podcasts
First off I really hope you’ve been enjoying “The Ancient World – Carchemish.” From the beginning I’ve touted this as a series on the Neo-Hittite kingdoms. But since the first Neo-Hittite kingdom was centered on Carchemish, I thought it’d be fun to start the series with the original Hittite conquest of the city under Suppiluliuma I. Which gave me an excuse to do a deep dive into Late Bronze Age Hittite history. And to say Suppiluliuma a lot. Suppiluliuma. Try it, it’s just really fun to say…
The Roman Republic statesman & general, Sulla, did something unusual for the time—he led an army on Rome. Dr Federico Santangelo, Newcastle University, joins the show to speak about Sulla.
Stephen Dando-Collins is an Australian historical author, who, like me, once sold his soul to the gods of marketing and advertising but has been redeeming himself ever since. His new book is about the great Jewish – Roman war of 66CE, entitled “Conquering Jerusalem”.
To open season three a summary of how theatre and dramatic activity survived despite the restrictions placed on it from the growing influence of the Christian Church.
In 1953, archaeologist Kathleen Kenyon and her team uncovered human skulls covered with plaster and decorated with shells to resemble human faces. These Neolithic artifacts may be one of the earliest known examples of human portraits. In this sponsored episode, we’ll dig into the discovery, the site of Jericho itself, and the lives of the people who buried the skulls in the first place.
Fresh Youtubery
- From a live Smarthistory webinar: Dr. Senta German on The Assyrian Lamassu | Smarthistory
- First Book Haul! | The Ancient Geeko-Roman
- La navigazione nel mondo etrusco. Progetto un museo da ragazzi | Etruschannel
Book Reviews
- A Biography of Milman Parry, Reviewed | The New Yorker
- Military Book Review Gladius: The World of the Roman Soldier
- [BMCR] Eugenio Refini, The vernacular Aristotle: translation as reception in Medieval and Renaissance Italy. Classics after antiquity. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020.
- [BMCR] William Desmond, Hegel’s antiquity. Classical presences. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020.
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- The City of Thespiai, Central Greece: Its Precursors, Florescence And Successors
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- The War on the Classics – CounterPunch.org
- Cultural diplomacy has failed the Parthenon – Greek City Times
- 9 Facts About the History of the Pantheon, the Ancient Roman Church
- Top Ten Most Spectacular Greek Archaeological Discoveries of 2020
- Tree sculpture in Virginia depicts Greek Myth – Greek City Times
‘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 outbreak of infectious disease for humans, but it won’t be fatal for all. Cereal crops will be successful, but soft fruits will wither.
… 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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