Hodie est ad. XV Kal. Jul. 2774 AUC ~ 7 Skirophorion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- 1,800-year-old statue found in ancient Metropolis
- Mysterious 3,200-year-old stone carvings in Turkey finally revealed as calendar and map of cosmos | Daily Mail Online
- University of Sheffield release full explanation of cuts to archaeology department and reveal record low student numbers – but commit to still taking part in local digs | Yorkshire Post
- Archaeologists find remains of Urartian castle in eastern Turkey | Daily Sabah
In Case You Missed It
- ‘Miniature Pompeii’ Found Beneath Abandoned Verona Cinema | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
- Israel sea level rose 2 m. in Hellenistic period, could explain decline – The Jerusalem Post
- Ancient coins discovered by FSU team on view in Italy
- Ancient Necropolis Discovered in 17th-Century Croatian Palace’s Garden | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
Classicists and Classics in the News
- What “Nolite te Bastardes Carborundorum” Means on Handmaid’s Tale
- Interview: Ancient Greek golden death-masks of Mycenae still engulfed in mystery, says archaeologist – Xinhua | English.news.cn
Greek/Latin News
- [Ephemeris] DE POTENTIA PEDILVSORIS
Public Facing Classics
- What Greek epics taught me about the special relationship between fathers and sons | Neos Kosmos
- Roman cancel culture didn’t stop at statues | The Spectator Australia
Fresh Bloggery
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Genitalia & Co” Representing Genitalia in the Ancient Mediterranean / Représenter les organes génitaux dans la Méditerranée antique
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Frauen jenseits der Konvention: Alterszüge, Tätowierungen und afrikanische Physiognomien im Frauenbild attischer Vasen des 5. Jahrhunderts v. Chr.
- Comparing Assemblage Part 2 | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Translations of Mozarabic texts at Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi – Roger Pearse
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Sacred Thing
- Fish-Snacks, Burning-Stones and Deadly Fruit: Another Wondrous Wednesday – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ancient Egyptian Object Stories
- Aphrodite who excites desire | The Kosmos Society
- A Predator and His Council: A Fable for Our Times – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- What is humanitas? | Dickinson College Commentaries
- Filon of Byblos – Mainzer Beobachter
- Solon Before Croesus, by Nikolaus Knüpfer (c. 1603 – 1655) | The Historian’s Hut
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Be amazed by these aqueduct/nymphaeum/church frescoes
- PaleoJudaica.com: Harris, The Forgotten Sage (Cascade)
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Rally Round the Flag, Boys!
- PaleoJudaica.com: Rising sea levels at Hellenistic Dor
- Christie’s. The year at auction: 2014. | Market of Mass Destruction
- Myth and Politics V: behind the scenes? – Hellenistic History
Blog-like Publications
- ‘Loki’ Episode 2 Has the Nerdiest Tom Hiddleston Scene Ever
- Plato’s Cave, Narnia’s Wardrobe: How to Escape the Zeitgeist – Antigone
- Excavations in Yavne have recovered an intact chicken egg
- The Plague of Justinian: The First Recorded Global Pandemic
Assorted Twitter Threads
- @SaraEBond on the plague of Cyprian
- @DocCromm’s Ancient Coins of the Day are associated with Julius Caesar in Gaul
Fresh Podcasts
Cleopatra’s dad did something really impressive for a Ptolemaic pharaoh, he managed to die of old age! However, his reign had is challenges. In this episode, we cover Cleopatra’s early life and her dad’s reign. So grab some wine (T12 would approve) and get ready to meet the Romans, make some expensive friends, and play the flute!
Livia, also known as Julia Augusta, was wife of the first emperor and mother of the second. Professor & Head of the Classics Department at Royal Holloway, University of London, Dr Richard Alston, joins the show again to discuss what scholars know about Livia’s life.
The story of Verginia is an achingly tragic tale central to understanding the Second Decemvirate. Both Livy and Dionysius of Halicarnassus go into some detail about what happens and how it unfolds and we’ll explore both accounts to compare and contrast them.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of one of the great historians, best known for his History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (published 1776-89). According to Gibbon (1737-94) , the idea for this work came to him on 15th of October 1764 as he sat musing amidst the ruins of Rome, while barefooted friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter. Decline and Fall covers thirteen centuries and is an enormous intellectual undertaking and, on publication, it became a phenomenal success across Europe.
Fresh Youtubery
- Loki speaks Latin? | Marvel’s Loki on Disney+ | polyMATHY
- Hermaphroditus – Intersex Icon – Extra Mythology | Extra Credits
- Classics and Ancient History at Warwick
- ARMATURAE – Thraex | Acta Videos
- Robin Waterfield: Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens | Book Review | World of Antiquity
- Maddalena Scarperi on Herodotus’ account of Cleomenes | Herodotus Helpine
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Gernot Michael Müller, Figurengestaltung und Gesprächsinteraktion im antiken Dialog. Palingenesia, Band 126. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2021.
Exhibition Related Things
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- SCS Board endorses joint statement on legislative efforts to restrict education on racism | Society for Classical Studies
- ACLS Hiring | Society for Classical Studies
- Call for Fellows: Data Visualizations Using the D’Argenio Collection | Society for Classical Studies
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- Elon Musk tweets Socrates famous saying in Ancient Greek: Why? – Greek City Times
- How Does Odysseus’ Bow Fare Against Modern Versions of the Weapon?
- Greek Antiquities Removed by Occupying Germany, US Archives Reveal
- ‘In terms of quality and condition, it’s hard to beat’ — a 3,000-year-old bronze Irish horn | Christie’s
‘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 days of searing heat and destruction by mice, blind mice, and locusts. Even so, there will be abundance, but also murders of 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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