Hodie est a.d. IV Non. Oct. 2774 AUC ~ 28 Boedromion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Police Catch 5 Bedouin During Antiquities Theft in Southern Israel | The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com | TPS / Tazpit News Agency | 27 Tishri 5782 – October 3, 2021 | JewishPress.com
• 4,500-year-old jar unearthed in 9,000-year-old tumulus in southern Turkey
• A Palestinian stone house, its Jewish occupants, and the ancient city buried underneath – Israel News – Haaretz.com
• ‘Mad’ Israeli quest to revive ancient dates bears fruit | Daily Mail Online
• Ugaritic musical cult hymn at Expo Dubai 2020   – Syrian Arab News Agency

In Case You Missed It

• Turkey Accused as Bulldozers Flatten Part of Ancient Greek City

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Ryan Reynolds compares Wrexham AFC partner Rob McElhenney to Philip II of Macedon | Denbighshire Free Press

Greek/Latin News

• [Ephemeris] DEMONSTRATIONES BRASILIENSES 
• Radiogiornale Latino 03.10.2021 – Vatican News
• [AkropolisWorldNews] Ἐνενήκοντα ἓξ ἔτη γεγονυῖα ὑπὸ δικαστῶν δικάζεται οἳ νεανίας δικάζουσιν 

Fresh Bloggery

• PaleoJudaica.com: Brenner-Idan &. Yee (eds.), Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah, Vol. 2 (T&T Clark)
• The Cruelty Off Stage, Spoken Yet Unseen – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Don’t. Betray. Sappho. – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• De Bergrede (9): De canon – Mainzer Beobachter
• The History Blog » Blog Archive » 3,000-year-old gold bowl found in Austria
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Stay Put
• Dolmen of the day: D7 (Schipborg) – Mainzer Beobachter
• The Edithorial: Plutarch’s Ten Top Tips for Freshers’ Week
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Hail!
• Learning, Recollection, and Babies Laughing in their Sleep – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Making cities: Economies of production and urbanization in Mediterranean Europe, 1000–500 BC
• Who Cares about Bird-Signs? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• #ClassicsTober Day 3: king | Greek Myth Comix
• Valt te weten waar de Drususgracht lag? – Mainzer Beobachter
• #ClassicsTober Day 4: Temple | Greek Myth Comix
• PaleoJudaica.com: Where was the “Red Sea?”
• PaleoJudaica.com: Who were the Levites?
• Crossing the Curricucon: Suggestions for using Classics across the curriculum | Cambridge School Classics Project Blog
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Augustine Against Linguistic Nitpickers
• Spencer Alley: Jacques de Gheyn III (Talent Choked by Prosperity)
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Douglas Latchford and Cambodian Art Profits
• Autism and Classical Myth: Myths, rainbow, nature, Hercules…

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• SIAC NEWSLETTER – 199 (10/2021)  | Tulliana News
• CANI Newsletter October 2021 « The Classical Association in Northern Ireland
• The Last Roman Emperor to Campaign in Britain « The Classical Association in Northern Ireland

Other Blog-like Publications

• What ever happened to Rhetoric? Cicero revisited – Antigone
• Parthenon Sculptures: UNESCO requests the United Kingdom to revise its position
• What’s Wrong With Being A Humanist? | by Maximus Planudes | Oct, 2021 | Medium

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @CBPolt on the werewolf story from Petronius

Fresh Podcasts

• ‎The Ancients: The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great on Apple Podcasts

In his lifetime King Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great, forged one of the largest empires in ancient history. But it was what happened to Alexander following his demise – his ‘life after death’ – which resulted in one of the great archaeological mysteries of the ancient Mediterranean. Following his death, aged just 32, his corpse became of prime importance for his former subordinates – a talismanic symbol of legitimacy during the tumultuous period that was the Wars of the Successors. Later still, the body and tomb of this great conqueror – placed right in the centre of ancient Alexandria – retained its importance. From Ptolemaic pharaohs to Roman emperors, Alexander’s tomb became a place of holy pilgrimage for many seeking power and prestige. For several centuries the tomb of this Macedonian ruler was one of the great attractions of the ancient Mediterranean. That was, however, until the end of the 4th century when all mention of this building, and the precious corpse housed within, disappeared. So what happened to Alexander’s tomb? And where might Alexander’s body be buried today? To talk through several theories surrounding one of ancient history’s great archaeological mysteries, Tristan chatted to Dr Chris Naunton. The third of 3 episodes we recorded with Chris earlier this summer.

• ‎History Hack: History Hack: Before the Pharaohs on Apple Podcasts

Julian Maxwell-Heath joins us to talk about the completely marginalised history of Stone Age Egypt and why there is lots of exciting history that predates the Pharaohs.

Fresh Youtubery

• Il restauro ecosostenibile dell’Arco di Settimio Severo | Parco archeologico del Colosseo | Parco Colosseo
• Why Yes I Did Murder the King – The Women of Early Rome | Partial Historians
• Seneca (pars I) || Latin language podcast || Litterae Latinae Simplices 40 | Satura Lanx
• Easy spoken LATIN for beginners with subtitles! Latine loqui in silva! | Musa Pedestris
• You DO NOT Have a Soul: The Most Hated Heresy of the Epicureans | Classics in Color
• American speaks Latin to Italians in Pompeii  watch their reaction

Book Reviews

• Materialy po arkheologii Severnogo Prichernomor’ya | Spartokos a lu

Online Talks and Professional Matters

• Virtual Conference: Pots, Pepper, Charcoal, and Bread
• Digital Lectures about Olympia
• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars

Alia

• The idea of the West has always been in motion and in crisis | Aeon Essays
• The Myth of Narcissus: The Consequences of Being Vain in Greek Mythology
• History of Mermaids and their Origins in Ancient Greek Sirens
• Five Lesser-Known Archaeological Sites in Attica, Greece
• Many Outside of Greece Believe Mount Olympus is a Myth, says Journalist
• The Parthenon Has Had the Wrong Name for Centuries, Theory Claims
• THE PARTHENON REPORT: A Tale Of Two Integrities
• How Two Statues of Twin Gods Artemis and Apollo Found a Home on Crete
• Searching for ancient Aegean administrators: Computational experiments on identical seal impressions – ScienceDirect
• The Philistines: Urban Invaders or Emergent Immigrants? – Biblical Archaeology Society

‘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 lower classes getting the upper hand over their superiors; the mildness of the air will be healthy.

… 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)