Hodie est a.d. XVII Kal. Oct. 2774 AUC ~ 9 Boedromion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Careful restoration of rare artifacts at Şanlıurfa museum | Daily Sabah
- 95 per cent of Roman villa in North Yorkshire field is yet to be uncovered reveals archaeologist | Yorkshire Post
- The West Bank archaeological site at the center of a passionate Jewish-Palestinian struggle – Israel News – Haaretz.com
- Continued destruction of antiquities at Del Aroma: “Contrary to any logic or morality”
- Roman-era sewage system discovered in western Turkey
- World’s oldest mosaic unearthed in central Turkey
- Works ongoing to reveal cultural timeline of Alacahöyük
- Domestication of goats in Iran was earlier than thought – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
- Scythian Gold collection issue beyond Kremlin’s competence, spokesman says – Russian Politics & Diplomacy – TASS
- Poza de la Sal continúa la búsqueda de la ciudad romana de Flaviagusta | BURGOSconecta
In Case You Missed It
- GTP Headlines Antiquities Return to Thessaloniki Metro Station Site | GTP Headlines
- Head of State – Archaeology Magazine
Classicists and Classics in the News
Fresh Bloggery
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Euripide et les légendes des Chants cypriens: Des origines de la guerre de Troie à l’Iliade
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Onomasticon.net: Personal Names from the Iron II Southern Levant
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Streets Filled with Greeks
- Translating Ecclesiastes – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Hesiod And The Muse, Painted By Eugène Delacroix (c. 1798-1863) | The Historian’s Hut
- De ontdekking van het oudste Irak – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Hero of the Aeneid
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Oups
- PaleoJudaica.com: Versatile Azazel
- PaleoJudaica.com: Does Yom Kippur atone for the sale of Joseph?
- PaleoJudaica.com: Yom Kippur 2021
- Putting the Greek and Roman Worlds Back in their Place: A Syllabus – Everyday Orientalism
- When There Were Giants: Three Great Classicists – VDH’s Blade of Perseus
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
Other Blog-like Publications
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
This week Jeff and Dave wrap their look at Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura, doing their best to break down the essentials all the while dodging those clinamen-controlled atoms. Because according to Luc these little cueballs explain everything. Earthquakes? Swerving atoms. Human speech? Swerving atoms. That dream you had about being late for your myth final while inexplicably juggling fuchsia avocados? Swerving atoms. Tune in to discover how the world blows its nose, and how to answer your kids’ awkward questions, e.g., “Mom, where do centaurs come from?” And if you get nabbed for drinking the detritus-laced milk straight from the breakfast bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch? Just tell ‘em the atoms made you do it.
In this episode, I take a bit of a broader look at ancient Greece in the 7th – 4th centuries BCE (Archaic and Classical Greece) and discuss some of the reasons why natural philosophy arose here at this time.
In this interview we speak to Legionary Pullo himself, Ray Stevenson. Ray’s performance as Pullo was the heart of Rome, and he bought a loveable roguish every-man quality to the role while at the same time isn’t someone that I’d want to mess with. In the years since Rome he’s become famous as friend of Thor Volstag in the Marvel films and appeared in major roles in the television shows Vikings and Black Sails. He spoke to us recently from Bulgaria where he’s shooting a new film. Raising Standards, an occasional rewatch podcast of HBO’s Rome, hosted by Rhiannon Evans and Matt Smith of the Emperors of Rome podcast.
Remember the moment in Episode 2 when Hermes gives Perseus that cool sword? In our first Live from Mount Olympus Mythlet, find out what makes the sword so special – and why it has that wicked curve to it. Dr. Kate Birney, who is an expert on ancient weapons and teaches archaeology at Wesleyan University, is our guide to the mythical roots of this powerful weapon.
Emperor Diocletian went to great lengths to overhaul the entire structure of the Roman Empire, to extricate Rome from the Crisis of the Third Century. As well as to better serve the Roman people themselves who had become largely neglected during the crisis. None of Diocletian’s reforms were perhaps more sweeping than those for the Roman military, and for Roman civilian administration.
Fresh Youtubery
- Disabled, Disinherited, and Decisive Daughter: An Assessment of Labda in the Corinth Founding Myth | Digital Hammurabi
- The Ancient Tribes Of Europe That Rebelled Against Rome | Storm Over Europe | Odyssey
- Russian girl speaks LATIN in Pompeii – with Music by Musa Pedestris
Book Reviews
- [AJA] Excavations by K.M. Kenyon in Jerusalem 1961–1967. Vol. 6, Sites on the Edge of the Ophel By Kay Prag (Levant Suppl. 18). Oxford: Oxbow 2017.
- [AJA] The Neo-Assyrian Empire in the Southwest: Imperial Domination and Its Consequences By Avraham Faust. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2021.
- [AJA] Urbanisation and State Formation in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond Edited by Martin Sterry and David J. Mattingly (Trans-Saharan Archaeology 3). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2020. https://www.ajaonline.org/book-review/4390
- Ancient Lamps from Berezan: The Hermitage Collection | Spartokos a lu
- [BMCR] Timothy Clarke, Aristotle and the Eleatic one. Oxford Aristotle studies. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
- [BMCR] Chloë Duckworth, Andrew Wilson, Recycling and reuse in the Roman economy. Oxford studies on the Roman economy. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2020.
- [BMCR] Francisco Pina Polo, The triumviral period: civil war, political crisis and socioeconomic transformations. Libera Res Publica, Monografías sobre la República romana, 1. Zaragoza: Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza, 2020.
Dramatic Receptions
- “Antigone” by Sophocles from the Zero Point Group
- All-Woman Cast Announced For SISYPHUS: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Musical
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- Ancient gold mining in the Eastern Deserts
- CFP: “What Has Antiquity Ever Done for Us?” | Society for Classical Studies
- Archaeology Society Lecture: Minoan Athletic Competitions – Newsroom
- Working on Stones in the Achaemenid Empire- Virtual symposium – Archaeology in Eurasia
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- In search of the Iliad – The Spectator World
- Who was the most original philosopher? – Big Think
- Gaza museum offers a window onto local history – and source of pride – CSMonitor.com
- Aegae: The Cradle of Ancient Macedonia
- Eva Palmer Sikelianos: The American Who Lived Like an Ancient Greek
- Archaeologists Discover Concession Stand At Colosseum That Gouged Ancient Romans 10 Denarii For Small Clay Cup Of Wine
‘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 a period of rain, but also prosperity.
… 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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