Hodie est a.d. VI Kal. Sept. 2774 AUC ~ 19 Metageitnion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Archeologia:manufatto antico ritrovato nel mare di Ricadi – Calabria – ANSA.it
- La presentazione dei risultati degli ultimi scavi al Palù di Livenza – sito unesco – Friulisera
- I resti della Genova Antica emergono dalla Loggia di Banchi: “Ogni pietra racconta un’epoca” – Telenord.it
- Religious sites, Cybele figurines discovered in Bergama
- Roman Baths backfilled to prevent further damage
- New study solves the mystery of Dead Sea Scrolls site – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
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Classicists and Classics in the News
Public Facing Classics
- What colour are plaster casts? | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS
- Pittacus – the good tyrant – Engelsberg Ideas
Fresh Bloggery
- Schoolbord en krijt – Mainzer Beobachter
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Semantische und pragmatische Aspekte des Übersetzens lateinischer Texte
- New Video: Similes, and Questionnaire! | Greek Myth Comix
- Thirsty as A Wolf: How Lykia Got Its Name – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Party Lines: Jugs, Japes and the Generation Gap in Horace Ode 1.27 – Antigone
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Conditions on the Ground
- The Wrong Monkey: The Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
- The Difference Between Life and Death – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Philosophers Need Life-Coaches – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- De Siciliaanse Expeditie (4) – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Hilaon
- PaleoJudaica.com: New PhD thesis on Targum Canticles
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- Laudator Temporis Acti: Town and Country
- PaleoJudaica.com: Ritmeyer on Hellenistic Jerusalem & Temple Mount
- Pulmentarium: The pub grub that kept the ancient Romans going | Bacchus and beyond
- Spencer Alley: Abraham van Diepenbeeck (Antwerp Rubenist)
- Fireside Friday: August 27, 2021 – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
Blog-like Publications
- ANE TODAY – 202108 – From Texts to Scribes: Evidence for Writing in Ancient Israel – American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR)
- A Holy Trinity in Ancient Egypt | JSTOR Daily
- Latin Words That DON’T Mean That. 7 Words To Be Wary Of: Hack Your Latin… | by John Byron Kuhner | In Medias Res | Aug, 2021 | Medium
- The Eleusis Ploutonion – The Gateway to Hell – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
Assorted Twitter Threads
- @DocCrom on Virgil, Aeneid, 6.322-330
- @OptimoPrincipi on the sarcophagus of Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa
- @DocCrom on some Celtic coins
Fresh Podcasts
Vercingetorix was a Gallic leader who managed to unite the local tribes and mount a credible defence against Caesar during his campaign in Gaul. While his resistance was ultimately futile, he has become a symbol of French nationalism and a much needed foe to Caesar’s Gallic war commentaries. Part I of ‘Enemies of Rome’ Guest: Associate Professor Rhiannon Evans (Head of Department of Languages and Linguistics, La Trobe University)
Patron of the podcast Ian asks ‘which was the fastest army in the ancient world traveling over land? Herodotus mentions the Spartan relief force that raced to Marathon, travelling around 150kms in 3 days- is this a record?’.
In Greek mythology, the Chimera is a figure that is parts lion, goat and snake. Professor of Classics & Department Chair, Scott Smith, New Hampshire University, joins the show to discuss what the Chimera is in Greek mythology.
Herodotus; The Father of Lies. “Because it is simple and lacking in effort and easily runs over events, has thoroughly deceived many people” (Plutarch, on the Malice of Herodotus) Plutarch would be but one historian to level criticisms at Herodotus from the ancient past all the way through to our times. Often, we see the common title given to Herodotus, the Father of History turned on its head to, Herodotus, the Father of Lies, due to his willingness to include strange and wonderful tales. We will look at a number of aspects that have been used to criticise Herodotus over the ages, with us beginning with the sources he used, were they to be trusted in themselves. As we will discover there is no easy answer to this since Herodotus’ sources would be wide ranging…
Fresh Youtubery
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Exhibition Related Things
- Roman Circus exhibit explores Colchester’s connection with cult | Gazette
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Online Talks and Professional Matters
- Newberry Library Fellowships | Society for Classical Studies
- Assistant or Associate Professor in Ancient Greek and Latin Literature at Cornell University
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- The Best Ancient Greece Comedies Still Funny Today
- Pliny’s Problem with Christianity — and Ours | National Review
‘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 both wars and treachery.
… 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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