Hodie est a.d. III Kal. Nov. 2774 AUC ~ 24 Pyanepsion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends not only prosperity, but fewer enemies and general happiness for the state.

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. IV Kal. Nov. 2774 AUC ~ 23 Pyanepsion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends a year of serious disease.

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. V Kal. Nov. 2774 AUC ~ 22 Pyanepsion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad

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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

• Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
• Sortes Virgilianae (English)
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• Consult the Oracle at UCL

Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends a shortage of necessites.

** n.b. yesterday’s entry was actually the one for November 27 …thunder yesterday actually portended heavy rain.

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. VI Kal. Nov. 2774 AUC ~ 21 Pyanepsion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad

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• ‎Working Over Time: ”The Politics of Art” – Ancient Greco-Roman Sculptors on Apple Podcasts

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• ‎Movies We Dig: The Ancient World on Film: Episode 30 – Hades (2020), with Donna Zuckerberg on Apple Podcasts

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• ‎Stuff The British Stole: Losing Your Marbles on Apple Podcasts

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• [BMCR] Birte Poulsen, Poul Pedersen, John Lund, Karia and the Dodekanese: cultural interrelations in the southeast Aegean. I: late Classical to early Hellenistic. Karia and the Dodecanese, 1. and 2  Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2021.
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• [BMCR] Damien Agut-Labordère, Bérangère Redon, Les vaisseaux du désert et des steppes: les camélidés dans l’Antiquité (Camelus dromedarius et Camelus bactrianus). Archéologie(s), 2. Lyon: MOM Éditions, 2020.

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‘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 same thing [as yesterday? or more thunder?]

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. VII Kal. Nov. 2774 AUC ~ 20 Pyanepsion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad

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‘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 an abundance of animals, but they will not have enough water.

… 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)