Hodie est pr. Non. Sept. 2774 AUC ~ 26 Metageitnion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- ‘It’s exactly like a puzzle’: experts on piecing together Roman fresco find | France | The Guardian
- Archeologia, gli scavi restituiscono un santuario greco
In Case You Missed It
- Trove of missing ancient Mesopotamian artefacts found in Norway | Reuters
- Robot tackles the puzzles of Pompeii | World | The Times
- Rossett: Archaeologists begin dig at Roman villa | The Leader
Classicists and Classics in the News
- In Athens, new Acropolis renovations threaten to erase ancient history, expert says | Brown University
- ‘Socrates would understand 75% of modern Greek TV’: The enduring culture of Ancient Greece – Overnights – ABC Radio
- Decades-long scheme exposed: UI professor and grad student uncover forged antiquities – The Daily Iowan
- Catching up with Classicists | Classics | The University of Winnipeg
Greek/Latin News
- [Ephemeris] DE AVCKLANDIANO CRIMINE
Public Facing Classics
- Fruits of the loom: why Greek myths are relevant for all time | Homer | The Guardian
- At the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, ancient Greece and Rome can tell us a lot about the links between collective trauma and going to war
Fresh Bloggery
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Go Back
- Retreat or Resist? Seneca and Plutarch Disagree on Peace of Mind – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Headscarf and Veiling: Glimpses from Sumer to Islam
- Of Testament and Testicles: How to Make a Binding Oath – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Het Narrenschip – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Great News
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Momma “Defends” Atlantis Show [warning: cringe alert]
- Spencer Alley: Adriaen van Nieulandt and Willem van Nieulandt
Blog-like Publications
- Incompetent or scapegoat? – Publius Quinctilius Varus and the AD 9 “Varus Disaster” – Ancient World Magazine
- Bet Guvrin-Maresha – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Ancient warship rams discovered at the site of the Battle of the Egadi Islands – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
In this week’s episode, we’re heading back over to Greece to look at this terrible twosome, Scylla and Charybdis! How does the term between a rock and a hard place come from these two mythical monsters? Why are these two put in the same podcast in the first place? Find out in this week’s episode!
In this episode, /u/Kugelfang52 talks with /u/Toldinstone about various topics of interest from his upcoming book on Greek and Roman society, Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants. Included are the following questions: “Did they believe in monsters, ghosts, and/or aliens?” “Why are so many of their statues naked?” “Why didn’t the Greeks or Romans wear pants?” “What were the greatest delicacies?” “What happened to the city of Rome after the empire collapsed?”
Edward J. Watts is a professor of history at the University of California, San Diego, and author and editor of several prize-winning books, including THE FINAL PAGAN GENERATION, a great book about HYPATIA, a book out about the collapse of the Roman Republic, MORTAL REPUBLIC, and his latest book is THE ETERNAL DECLINE AND FALL OF ROME. This is part one of a massive two-and-a-half-hour chat we had recently.
The writing system used on the Island of Cyprus during the Late Bronze Age is known by the neologism, Cypro-Minoan. Dr Philippa Steele, University of Cambridge, joins the show to explain what’s known about it.
Unlike Spain, Sicily had been relatively quiet during the opening years of the Second Punic War. That all changed in 216 BC with the death of Hiero II, King of Syracuse. Staunchly pro-Roman, Hiero had feared that his grandson and natural heir, Hieronymus, would lead Syracuse to disaster. His greatest fears were justified – shortly after the old king’s death, Hieronymus broke with Rome and allied with Hannibal. When Hieronymus was assassinated, one of the most confused and confusing conflicts of the Second Punic War began, one which would ultimately culminate in the sacking of the greatest Greek city in Magna Graecia.
Fresh Youtubery
- CHS Dialogues with Gregory Nagy | Injustice, Harmony, and One Muse versus Many | Center for Hellenic Studies
- Osiris and Anubis in SPACE: Zelazny’s Creatures of Light and Darkness | Digital Hammurabi
Book Reviews
Exhibition Related Things
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
- PARTHENON REPORT: What Does Justice Require?
- How Scholars of the Islamic Golden Age Saved Ancient Greek Knowledge
- Ancient Greek General Archytas was Founder of Mathematical Mechanics
‘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:
[Saturday] If it thunders today, it portends the downfall of powerful men and preparations for war.
[Sunday] If it thunders today, it portends an abundance of barley but a shortage of wheat.
… 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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