Hodie est ad. VII Kal. Jul. 2774 AUC ~ 15 Skirophorion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Colosseum’s visitors finally stand among the ghosts of lions and gladiators | Reuters
- Research news – Experts discover camp used by 10,000 Roman soldiers sent to conquer Northwest Iberia – University of Exeter
- Ancient Greek Necropolis to be Revealed in New Exhibition Site
- Archaeological site registry available online | eKathimerini.com
- UK’s Boris Johnson and Libya’s interim prime minister welcome return of looted Greek statue | The National
- Marsala, scavi e necropoli in via De Gasperi. E’ tutto fermo, come finirà?
- Major new archaeological dig for Birdoswald revealed – cumbriacrack.com
- Marsala: lavori fermi in via De Gasperi tra scavi punici, fognature e criticità. Mancano soldi e volontà
In Case You Missed It
Greek/Latin News
- [Ephemeris] INSVLAE RVINA
Public Facing Classics
- Friday essay: rethinking the myth of Daphne, a woman who chooses eternal silence over sexual assault
Fresh Bloggery
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: types, motifs, stylistic devices
- Three Things Thursday: Agency, Data, and Digital Archaeology | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- PaleoJudaica.com: Liebman, The Evolution of Love (Wipf & Stock)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Sokol, The Snake at the Mouth of the Cave (Koren)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Cambridge lectures on ancient Jerusalem
- ACE Phase 3: Filming at the Liverpool World Museum – ACE Classics
- This Unforgetting Stone (Another Epitaph) – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Society for Late Antiquity
- Roman Times: Tigers and Roman bestial entertainment
- A Roman Feast, By Roberto Bompiani (c. 1821 – 1908) | The Historian’s Hut
- The Legend Of Aeschines’ Humble Rejection Of Applause | The Historian’s Hut
- PaleoJudaica.com: Lightstone, In the Seat of Moses (Cascade)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Anabasis on the Arkasid world
- PaleoJudaica.com: Russia’s restorations of Palmyra
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Everything That Happens
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Looting in Afrin
- Collections: The Queen’s Latin or Who Were the Romans, Part II: Citizens and Allies – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
- Blogging ancient epigram: Two toasts (AP 12.49 and 51)
Blog-like Publications
- Slave Collars in Ancient Rome | JSTOR Daily
- ANE TODAY – 202106 – Temples and Cult Places in Iron Age Transjordan – American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR)
- Off the Dusty Bookshelf: Freya Stark’s Ionic Pilgrimage | by John Byron Kuhner | In Medias Res | Jun, 2021 | Medium
- I know a guy who knows a guy… – The closeness centrality and its meaning – Ancient World Magazine
- The Team Resurrecting Ancient Rome’s Favorite Condiment – Gastro Obscura
Assorted Twitter Threads
- @ancientblogger with some advice for aspiring podcasters
- @DocCrom’s Ancient Coin of the day thread looks at some coins of Carthaginian Sicily
- @FlavianSophist on the Nero exhibition at the BM
Fresh Podcasts
Plato wrote on a variety of topics, including mythology. Dr. Tae-Yeoun Keum, University of California, Santa Barbara, joins the show to discuss the myths that show up in Plato’s writings.
Synopsis: In the wake of the Sea Peoples, the Hittite Great King Kuzi-Teshub focuses on rebuilding and strengthening his kingdom. A powerful new threat soon emerges in the form of King Tiglath-Pileser I of Assyria.
Jasper tackles this question from patron of the podcast Ken. How “useful” are the accounts of warfare as described in the Old Testament? I’m interested in a discussion about sources as much as anything (i.e. why were they written, to whom and which biases might have been present). Are any of the Old Testament accounts helpful in triangulating sources?
Agrippina is dead and Nero decides to party. Tacitus disapproves. He doesn’t like Nero’s parties and he doesn’t like his poetry. But then a comet appears, and everyone assumes it means the end of Nero’s reign – so they start looking for a replacement.
Fresh Youtubery
- Vandal Kingdom in Africa and the Sack of Rome in 455 DOCUMENTARY | Kings and Generals
- Black Is Queen: The Divine Feminine in Kush | Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
- Tracing the Sea Peoples in Ancient Mythology | An Age of Heroes | Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages
- Four stories about Alexander the Great | Latin Book Club | Latinitium
Book Reviews
- Books | Troy on Display: Scepticism and Wonder at Schliemann’s First Exhibition – Museums Association
- [BMCR] Stefan Feuser, Hafenstädte im östlichen Mittelmeerraum vom Hellinsmus bis in die römische Kaiserzeit: Städtebau, Funktion und Wahrnehmung. Urban spaces, 8. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2020.
- [BMCR] Julieta Cardigni, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii o la farsa del discurso: Una lectura literaria de Marciano Capela. Buenos Aires: Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2018.
- [BMCR] Gilles Gorre, Stéphanie Wackenier, Quand la fortune du royaume ne dépend pas de la vertu du prince: Un renforcement de la monarchie lagide de Ptolémée VI à Ptolémée X (169-88 av. J.-C.)?. Studia Hellenistica, 59. Leuven: Peeters, 2020.
Exhibition Related Things
- Nero at the British Museum review: The many narratives of an infamous emperor
- Rome extends Torlonia Marbles show until 2022 – Wanted in Rome
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- FIEC: CfP: Sixth International Conference on the Ancient Novel
- Race and Racism: Beyond the Spectacular: authors may submit papers as of August 1, 2021 | Society for Classical Studies
- Digital Italy seminar – Katherine McDonald
- Meeting of Community College Faculty | 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
- Pottery Shards in Croatia Reveal Roman Olive Oil and Military History – Olive Oil Times
- What did Italians eat 2,000 years ago? New discoveries reveal a diverse menu
- St. Helena: the First Archaeologist | Queens Gazette
- Sailor Moon Was Inspired By Greek Mythology & a Japanese Folk Tale
- New research program aims to digitize thousands of ancient objects kept in Cyprus Museums | in-cyprus.com
‘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 wars and many disasters.
… 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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