Hodie est a.d. V id. Sext. 2774 AUC ~ 1 Metageitnion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Ancient origins of London’s Alfred the Great statue revealed
- Archaeologists unearth Phrygian temple in western Turkey
- Bronze artefact reveals lions roared in for the kill in Roman Leicester | News | The Sunday Times
- Remains of 2,000-year-old Roman temple discovered on Newington building site near Sittingbourne set to be unveiled
- Pagan Roman emperor coin found in Norfolk field ‘deliberately damaged’ – BBC News
- Thrown to the Lions? New evidence from Roman Britain executions revealed
- Pottery shows new culture in biblical Judah after Assyrian conquest – The Jerusalem Post
- Late Bronze Age skeleton uncovered at Cambridgeshire housing development | InYourArea Community
In Case You Missed It
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- Ancient sculptures reveal their true colors – CBS News
- Enormous cache of Roman weapons found on the Spanish island of Menorca – Olive Press News Spain
- Fire In Evia: Famous 2,500-year-old Greek Olive Tree Turned To Charcoal — Greek City Times
- Archeologia: nuove scoperte in scavi a S.Casciano dei Bagni – Arte – ANSA
Classicists and Classics in the News
- With inspiration from Louis Riel, U of C prof tackles colonialism, discrimination and genocide in new album | Calgary Herald
- Professor Mary Beard hails plans to grow Latin in state schools | Varsity
- The Magic Of Philhellenism: In Conversation With Stephen Fry — Greek City Times
- ‘A classy act’: Philhellene, Stephen Fry, on returning the Parthenon Marbles to Greece – Greek Herald
- Canadian archeologist devotes life to history of southern Turkey | Daily Sabah
- Requiescat in pace: no need to resurrect Latin in schools | Letters | The Guardian
Greek/Latin News
Fresh Bloggery
- Death from the Sea and Cities of Men: Odysseus and Mortality – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- PaleoJudaica.com: Labovitz, Massekhet Mo’ed Qatan (Mohr Siebeck)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Ast et al. (eds.) Observing the Scribe at Work (Peeters)
- Just a Girl: Being Briseis – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- How Accurate Are “Photorealistic” Portraits of Roman Emperors? – Tales of Times Forgotten
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Portrait of the Blogger
- De Bergrede (5): de lichtmetafoor – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Röhrig, Innerbiblische Auslegung und priesterliche Fortschreibungen in Lev 8–10 (Mohr Siebeck)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Pouchelle et al. (eds.), The Psalms of Solomon: Texts, Contexts, and Intertexts (SBL)
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Most Foolish of Animals
- The “Heroism and Hubris” Competition Winners – Antigone
- Roman Times: The Empire’s Physician: Prosperity, Plague, and Healing in Ancient Rome
- Betrayed by Men; Saved By Dolphins–The Story of Arion – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Lion devours barbarian on key handle
- Archeologische luchtfotografie en satellietfotografie – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Schick, Intention in Talmudic Law (Brill)
- ‘It’s all in Plato’-C.S. Lewis on the Theory of Forms: Republic V:476b-d – The Classical Anthology
- PaleoJudaica.com: Gröger, Wellhausen’s Forerunners (Mohr Siebeck – in German)
- Autism and Classical Myth: ‘Sounds like being autistic’: how the ‘classical tradition’, especially myths of Hercules, resonates with autism – next month at King’s College London, via zoom…
Assorted Twitter Threads
- @DocCrom on some coins of Constantine’s sons
- @DocCrom on Pliny, Panegyricus 2.7
- @DocCrom on some of Trajan’s building projects as depicted on coinage
Fresh Podcasts
In 6 CE, inhabitants of the Province of Illyricum rebelled against Roman rule, resulting in a four-year war, known as the Batonian War (6-9 CE). Dr Danijel Džino, Macquarie University, joins the show to explain what’s known about the uprising.
In Greek mythology, the Trojan prince, Paris, choosing Aphrodite as the most beautiful Goddess, laid the antecedents for the Trojan War. Professor Joel Christensen, Brandeis University, returns to the show to discuss who Paris is in Greek tradition.
Often found high on the list of Rome’s worst emperors, the short reign of the teenager Elegabalus in the early 3rd century AD is filled with controversy. But it was also a time when several remarkable women came to the fore in the Roman Empire, playing central roles in both the rise and fall of this young emperor. In this podcast late Severan Empresses expert Matilda Brown, currently studying for her PhD at Edinburgh University and old amigo of Tristan, came on the show to shine a light on these female figures: Julia Maesa, Julia Soaemias and Julia Mamaea. From a dramatic battle outside Antioch to a deadly sibling rivalry that ended in bloodshed, this was an awesome chat.
Athanasius (c. 297-373) wrote a wildly popular biography of the desert hermit St. Antony, touting the ideals of asceticism and triumph over demonic temptation.
We take a brief trip to the Horn of Africa and the lands of the Blue Nile which became a significant trade centre as the gateway between the Red Sea and the oceans beyond.
Fresh Youtubery
- Then and Now: Monuments, Memorials and Public Art | Penn Museum
- Pompeius Trogus et declamatores || Latin language podcast || Litterae Latinae Simplices 38 | Satura Lanx
- Units of History: The Skiritai – Sparta’s Elite Irregulars DOCUMENTARY | Invicta
- La chapelle du mastaba d’Akhethétep au Louvre – Ep.5 : une chapelle restaurée | Musée du Louvre Musée du Louvre
- Lullaby of an Ancient Lyre | Michael Levy
- Sadomasochism in Classical Antiquity | Classics in Color
- Capitoline Museum Tour in Latin | ScorpioMartianus
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Tae-Yeoun Keum, Plato and the mythic tradition in political thought. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2020.
- [BMCR] Sarah Olsen, Solo dance in archaic and classical Greek literature: representing the unruly body. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Exhibition Related Things
- Golden history of Kazakhstan’s Saka warrior people revealed | Archaeology | The Guardian
- Archaeological treasures from Aegean Sea Keros island brought to wider audience – Famagusta Gazette
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- How “Carpe Diem” Got Lost in Translation | JSTOR Daily
- The Ancient Greek Goddess Chimera Embodied Fear of Females
- The forgotten crazy plan to build a Roman Colosseum on Trafalgar Square – MyLondon
- The Guardian view on fruit bowls from ancient Egypt: touching the past | Editorial | The Guardian
- Watch modern-day gladiator fights in the ancient Roman amphitheatre of Pula
- Tourists visit Roman archeological site in Jerash, Jordan – Xinhua | English.news.cn
‘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 health for people for a full year.
… 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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