Hodie est a.d. XI Kal. Aug. 2774 AUC ~ 13 Hekatombaion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad
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- Has the tomb of Alexander the Great’s mom been found? Experts are doubtful. | Live Science
- Divers Discover Ancient Military Vessel in Submerged Egyptian City | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Increasing access to awe and splendour of the ancient world | UCT News
- Lisa French obituary | Archaeology | The Guardian
Greek/Latin News
- [Ephemeris] DE ALLVVIONE SINENSI
Fresh Bloggery
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Holy Thing
- Roman Britain: Tips and Resources for the Classroom | Cambridge School Classics Project Blog
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: HMML School
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Dolts
- Upcoming Event: Ancient History Day – Peopling the Past
- Who Punishes Gods for Doing Wrong? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Curious about the Beginning and End of the Olympics? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Curious about the Beginning and End of the Olympics? – History From Below
- He Lives and Reigns | The Second Achilles
- Roman Times: Deciphering Iconography of a late Classical Period Etruscan sarcophagus
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Expressions of Sceptical Topoi in (Late) Antique Judaism
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Societies in Transition in Early Greece: An Archaeological History
- Tooting my own horn – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Lucan | The Historian’s Hut
- Odysseus Takes Counsel With Teiresias, By Nicolai Abildgaard (c. 1743 – 1809) | The Historian’s Hut
- The Greeks Ruined Everything – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Mind Bending Poetry – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Ptolemaios’ world map – Mainzer Beobachter
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Unique Roman sarcophagus with interior reliefs conserved
- PaleoJudaica.com: Uusimäki, Lived Wisdom in Jewish Antiquity (Bloomsbury)
- PaleoJudaica.com: The Archaeology and Bible Series (Mohr Siebeck)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Memorial to Steven Ring
- PaleoJudaica.com: Yogev, The Rephaim (Brill)
- Italian Senate renews call for return of the ‘Bronze Statue of a Victorious Youth’ – Illicit Cultural Property
- Venus Anadyomene Drawing – The 21st Century Archaeology
- History Mysteries of Caroline Lawrence: Caroline Lawrence Membercast Objects
Blog-like Publications
- The Lost Art of Memorization. Hack Your Latin #9: Jason Pedicone on… | by Jason Pedicone | In Medias Res | Jul, 2021 | Medium
- News – Zominthos 2021: Week 1 – Archaeological Institute of America Interactive Digs
- Hadrian’s Gate – Kemer, Turkey – Atlas Obscura
Assorted Twitter Threads
- @GreekMythComix presents the first book of the Odyssey
- @DocCrom’s Ancient Coin of the Day thread was looking at coins of Maximian
- @OptimoPrincipi on an interesting serrated denarius of Gaius Maricus Capito
- @MichaelDPress on recent news about Bronze Egyptian figurines in Israel
- @DocCrom’s #LatinForTheDay thread is Ovid, Heroides, 15.1-8
- @DocCrom had another Ancient Coin of the Day Thread on other coins of Maximian
Fresh Podcasts
Callirhoe is considered to be the earliest surviving written romance in Western history and it is said to have popularized a lot of the common tropes of the genre that now haunt us mercilessly. However, since neither of us know much about ancient Greek fiction, Dr. Jeremy Swist is here today as our Charon to guide us down this Stygian river of ancient romance! Dr. Swist is also known as the Metal Classicist. He studies classical reception in heavy metal music and teaches Latin and Greek along with Roman and Greek myths and history. He has taught most recently at Xavier University and the University of Texas at San Antonio and is soon to start a new position at Brandeis University in MA.
On the eve of the Tokyo Olympics, we’re turning our attention to another era of athletic competitions: the ancient Olympics. Professors Sarah E. Bond and Joel Christensen join Jonathan to discuss these early games and what they reveal about ancient Greek and Roman politics, religions, gender roles, and more. After you listen, make sure to check out Dr. Bond’s first appearance on the show: Would I Have Been The Toast Of The Ancient Mediterranean? Sarah E. Bond is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Iowa and the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Her book, Trade and Taboo: Disreputable Professionals in the Roman Mediterranean, was published with the University of Michigan Press in 2016. Follow her on Twitter @SarahEBond. Joel Christensen is Professor and Chair of Classical Studies and Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs at Brandeis University. He also runs the blog sententiaeantiquae.com and the associated Ancient Greek and Roman (and Cats) Twitter account @sentantiq. He has published introductory books on Homer with Elton T. E. Barker (Beginner’s Guide to Homer, One World, 2013) and Erik Robinson (A Commentary on the Homeric Battle of Frogs and Mice, Bloomsbury, 2018) and recently completed The Many-Minded Man: the Odyssey, Psychology, and the Therapy of Epic with Cornell University Press (2020).
In less than a millennium, Pompeii went from being indigenous, to Samnite, to Roman, and in the 1st century CE, was cataclysmically destroyed by the eruption of a volcano. Professor & chair in the Department of History & Archaeology at Macquarie University, Dr Ray Laurence, joins the show to discuss ancient Pompeii.
A legendary city-state in Ancient Greece, we associate Sparta with fierce warriors in battle. But what about the everyday? In this second episode with Professor Stephen Hodkinson, we discuss the eating habits, training and even kingship of Sparta. Stephen is Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at the University of Nottingham.
Fresh Youtubery
- The Rise and Fall of Sparta – From Superpower to Tourist Attraction DOCUMENTARY | Invicta
- Coping with climate change in past societies | British School at Rome
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Francesco Maria Ferrara, Basileus e Basileia. Forme e luoghi della regalità macedone. Thiasos Monografie, 14. Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2020.
- [BMCR] John Myles Dillon, The roots of Platonism: the origins and chief features of a philosophical tradition. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Exhibition Related Things
Dramatic Receptions
- More than 15,000 watch ‘Orestes’ at Epidaurus | eKathimerini.com
- ‘An Iliad’ an epic return to live theater | Ovation | manchesterjournal.com
- Theater Review: ‘An Iliad,’ Weston Playhouse | Theater | Seven Days | Vermont’s Independent Voice
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- CFP: Fifth University of Florida Classics Graduate Symposium | Society for Classical Studies
- NHC Residential Fellowships (22-23) | 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
- The Fascinating Origins of the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece
- What Did Ancient Greek Athletes Eat? The Diet of the Olympians
- Plastic surgery fail on the Acropolis | eKathimerini.com
- Greek Descendants of the Seleucid Dynasty in Today’s Kyrgyzstan
- The Greeks | The Spectator Australia
- The Temple Of Zeus At Nemea, Greece — Greek City Times
- Hidden Women of History: Kyniska of Sparta, the First Female Olympian
- Laocoön and His Sons: The revealing detail in an ancient find – BBC Culture
‘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 good things for the state but for humans, diseases affecting the head.
… 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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