Hodie est a.d. X Kal. Aug. 2774 AUC ~ 14 Hekatombaion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Archaeologists unearth two rock-cut rooms in ancient city of Zeugma
• Ancient Roman road and dock discovered in Venice lagoon | Italy | The Guardian
• Old Athens Acropolis Museum Being Refurbished As Exhibition Space — Greek City Times
• The Delphi Archaeological Museum is digitally accessible for the visually impaired, hearing and sight | ATHENS 9,84

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Essay: Looking Beyond Language as Classics Evolves | Princeton Alumni Weekly
• Canadian Classicist Brendan Burke Appointed to Prestigious Post at American School in Athens – The Pappas Post

Public Facing Classics

• The ancient Greeks had no time for losers | The Spectator Australia
• Learning the job | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS

Fresh Bloggery

• Laudator Temporis Acti: The End of Civilization
• Laudator Temporis Acti: In Defence of Apathy
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Rhetorik Politik Propaganda: Cicero und die Macht des Wortes
• Laudator Temporis Acti: War’s Embrace
• A Happy Side of Madness – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Some suggestions for an office mental health first aid kit | Classically Inclined
• Notes on Roman Ignorance – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• One and Many: Mother Goddesses at the Ancient Black Sea – Antigone
• The Most Shameful Plague – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Livy | The Historian’s Hut
• The Legend Of Titus Manlius Jr.’s Miscalculated Campaign To Impress His Father | The Historian’s Hut
• Sokrates’ Død, by C. F. Høyer (c. 1775-1855) | The Historian’s Hut
• PaleoJudaica.com: Dorfmann-Lazarev (ed.), Apocryphal and Esoteric Sources in the Development of Christianity and Judaism (Brill)
• PaleoJudaica.com: Bekken, Paul’s Negotiation of Abraham in Galatians 3 in the Jewish Context (De Gruyter)
• PaleoJudaica.com: Nabonidus inscription found in Saudi Arabia
• Neues aus Züschen – Archaeology in Eurasia
• Roman road discovered in the Venice lagoon – The Archaeology News Network
• Collections: The Queen’s Latin or Who Were the Romans? Part IV: The Color of Purple – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
• Hercules First Labour Mosaic Detail – The 21st Century Archaeology
• Blogging ancient epigram: Two Ganymedes

Blog-like Publications

• Unknown types of ancient Greek textiles identified
• The 2020 Grand Archaeology Award to the Dikili Tash Team
• Observing the Scribe at Work
• Underwater archaeologists discover ancient shipwreck in sunken city – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Developments and Preliminary Release for the Roman Republican Die Project
• History as inspiration, part 4 – Halo and the ancient world – Ancient World Magazine
• What do Christians get wrong about the Bible? | Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages

Fresh Podcasts

• ‎Ithaca Bound: Ancient Libraries in Rome w. Dr. Stephanie Ann Frampton on Apple Podcasts

Roman libraries began being built in the 1st century BCE and held a variety of Latin and Greek texts. Classicist and a co-chair at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Stephanie Frampton, joins the show to share what’s known about early libraries in the City of Rome.

• ‎Ancient Warfare Podcast: What sorts of saddles were used in the ancient world? on Apple Podcasts

Zoe on patreon asks, ‘we know about the four horned saddles the Roman cavalry used but do we have any idea of what sorts of saddles might’ve been used elsewhere in the ancient world?’

• ‎Dan Snow’s History Hit: The Olympic Games on Apple Podcasts

The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are finally here, after being delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. From Ancient Greece to when it was reborn in 1896, the tournament has nearly 3,000 years of history. Sports historian, Professor Martin Polley from De Monfort University, joins Dan on the podcast to tell the, sometimes surprising, story of the competition. How did it become the international sporting event it is today? How have the games affected global politics and diplomacy? And how is Shakespeare connected to its history?

• ‎Emperors of Rome: Episode CLXIX – Gallus on Apple Podcasts

When Decius died during a battle with the Goths, the Roman army took it upon themselves to appoint his successor – his remaining general Trebonianus Gallus. Gallus was praised for not beginning a civil war – unusual for the time – but would be unable to lead the empire through the turmoil. Guest: Associate Professor Caillan Davenport (Senior Lecturer, Roman History, Macquarie University/Humboldt Research Fellow, Goethe University, Frankfurt)

Fresh Youtubery

• On The Wings of Hermes (Improvisation for Reconstructed Ancient Greek Tortoise Shell Lyre) | Michael Levy
• How the Ancient Olympics Were Conducted DOCUMENTARY | Kings and Generals
• Welcome to the 2021 CBA Festival of Archaeology
• Second False Nero – Nero: The Parthian Prince? | Dr Raoul McLaughlin
• The Origin of Christian Saints | Religion for Breakfast
• Nestor’s Tale – Iliad Book 11 | Foxwede History
• Wessex Archaeology
  • Bucket flotation and processing samples
  • Archaeology in your Garden!
  • Under the microscope – what can we see?
  • Reconstructing the Past

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Donncha O’Rourke, Approaches to Lucretius: traditions and innovations in reading the De rerum natura. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020.
• [BMCR] Eric Moormann , Nero, Rome and the Domus Aurea . Conferences, 33. Rome: Arbor Sapientiae, 2020.

Exhibition Related Things

• Roman artefacts to go on display at revamped Trimontium Museum – BBC News
• Roman treasure returns to Norfolk town where it was found – BBC News

Dramatic Receptions

• Quantum Theatre season opens with Greek tragedy at Schenley Park ice rink | TribLIVE.com
• Hope Mohr Dance to Premiere BACCHAE BEFORE at Joe Good Annex
• Mineral County Miner | A REVIEW: ‘An Iliad’ is worth a trip to Creede

Online Talks and Professional Matters

• Save the Date / Call for Presentations 2021 | The Louisiana Classicist
• Part-Time Lecturer of Classics job with University of Southern California | 2199231
• 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

‘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 the end of dissension among the common 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)