Hodie est a.d. VI Non. Oct. 2774 AUC ~ 26 Boedromion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Roman dig at Carlisle Cricket Club draws to a close | News and Star
- A Greco-Roman Temple was uncovered in Sohag – EgyptToday
- Colchester Roman road find to be destroyed, claims former MP – BBC News
- Bulgarian Archaeologists Unearth Unique City of Dead at Perpericon – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency
- Greek Minister of Culture; High time for Parthenon sculptures to come home – Hellenic News of America
In Case You Missed It
- Skull of 14th-century Byzantine warrior with fractured jaw threaded with gold uncovered in Greece | Daily Mail Online
- Parthenon Sculptures: UNESCO calls London to negotiate with Greece – Hellenic News of America
Classicists and Classics in the News
- George Varoufakis has passed away
- John Helms Obituary (2021) – Merrillville, IN – Post Tribune
- R. SCHORK Obituary (2021) – Boston, MA – Boston Globe
- Fred Woudhuizen (1959–2021) – Luwian Studies
- The Color of Classics | Princeton Alumni Weekly
Greek/Latin News
- [Ephemeris] EDE NOVO DVCE GVINENSI.
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Spring Archaeology: Atti del Convegno, Siena, 15-17 maggio 2020
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Survey tra Fiumi, Pianure e Colline: L’evoluzione del paesaggio archeologico nel territorio di Santa Croce di Magliano
- September 2021 in Turkish archaeology | Turkish Archaeological News
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Coptic Scriptorium News: New Corpora Release 4.2.0
- Blog Post #34: Interview with Adrienne Mayor on Monsters and Myths – Peopling the Past
- Announcing New Season of Movies We Dig: A Podcast about Film, Antiquity and Everything In-Between – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Weekend Reading: Entering ClassicsTober – Classical Studies Support
- The Swiss Army Spear – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Telamon: Online Library of the Ancient Greek Inscriptions from Bulgaria
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Incapable of Enjoyment
- Serious People Don’t Get Drunk – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The End of Athens (4) – Mainzer Beobachter
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Private seat blocks found in Pergamon amphitheater
- #ClassicsTober 2: Vase | Greek Myth Comix
- “Our Cultural Heritage Is Who We Are. It’s Our Identity” | Getty Iris
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Blessed Death
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
- Ovid and the Ecological Crisis? | classicsforall.org.uk
- MA in Roman Studies at University of Manitoba – The Classical Association of Canada
- Architectural documentation of the so-called Lower Western Gymnasion of Pergamon – Pergamon Micro-Region
Other Blog-like Publications
- Archaeologists excavate Roman temple complex in Tyre – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: The Last Ancient Coin
Fresh Podcasts
After a century of nearly entire un-inhabitation in the fifth century, Pompeii began becoming repopulated in the fourth. Ivo van der Graaff, Associate Professor, University of New Hampshire, Durham, returns to the show to discuss what was occurring in Pompeii during the fifth and fourth centuries BCE.
Fresh Youtubery
- The Destruction of Ancient Pompeii | World History Encyclopedia
- Kosmos Online Open House | Gregory Crane and Farnoosh Shamsian | Center for Hellenic Studies
- The Greek Meander | Athena Productions
- Gladiatorade | Tasting History with Max Miller
- Is There A Roman Mausoleum Buried In Binchester? | Time Team | Odyssey
Book Reviews
- ‘Twelve Caesars’ Review: Power in Profile – WSJ
- Pınar Durgun, ed., An Educator’s Handbook for Teaching about the Ancient World (Oxford: Archaeopress, 2020).
Exhibition Related Things
Dramatic Receptions
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- Colloquio Bartolomeo Borghesi in ricordo di Angela Donati – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy
- Chaire de Recherche du Canada en Historie romaine (Laval) – The Classical Association of Canada
- Mark Golden Book Award / Le Prix du Livre Mark Golden – The Classical Association of Canada
- Edinburgh Classics Research Seminar – semester 1, 2021-2022: The alumni series – The Classical Association
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- Reconstructing the past
- Nestor – October 2021 issue available
- Dior Showcases Sneakers In Cruise Campaign At The Temple Of Zeus
- The Myth of Narcissus: The Consequences of Being Vain in Greek Mythology
‘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 prosperity but mice will overrun the dry land.
[Sunday] If it thunders today it portends hurricanes and other events which uproot trees; there will be great destruction in people’s everyday lives.
… 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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