Hodie est a.d. VII Id. Oct. 2774 AUC ~ 3 Pyanepsion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Remains of another Neolithic structure discovered at Tas-Silġ
- George Vardas says Greece must ‘seize the day’ after UNESCO decision on Parthenon Sculptures – Greek Herald
- Dalla fossa emerge il volto di Astarte-Afrodite con altri tesori. Il sensazionale scavo a Mozia di Marsala – Stile Arte
- Conclusa la IV Campagna di scavi archeologici a Troina – vivienna
- Roman noblewoman’s tomb reveals secrets of ancient concrete resilience | @theU
- Pudukottai artefacts hint at Roman link | Trichy News – Times of India
- Mummified skeletons found in Turkey’s west
- The oldest Roman camp in Haltern was discovered – Westfalenspiegel
In Case You Missed It
Public Facing Classics
- Mary Beard: ‘Virgil was a radical rap artist of the first century BC’ | Books | The Guardian
- How ancient water management techniques may help Prairie farmers experiencing drought
Fresh Bloggery
- Guest comic: Tomb, by Phuong Nam Dang | Greek Myth Comix
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Introduction à l’Avesta: Le récitatif liturgique sacré des zoroastriens
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- Blog Post #35: Researching Monstrosity in Greek Literature with Fiona Mitchell – Peopling the Past
- Autism and Classical Myth: Myth, community, autism and getting going…
- Infants, Trees, and Knowledge of the Good – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
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Other Blog-like Publications
- Fall 2021: HAUNTOLOGICONSUMPTION | edibles & eidolons | by Vanessa Stovall | Corona Borealis | Oct, 2021 | Medium
- The Ayaz-Kala Fortresses – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- The Charonion: Antioch’s Gate to the Underworld – Perambulation
Fresh Podcasts
Classical Sparta functioned for years with a body of citizens who passed laws while co-existing with two contemporaneously sitting kings (a diarchy). Dr Philip Davies, University of Nottingham, joins the show to explain how government functioned in the Classical Spartan period.
This week, the editor of 4 Color Books, Bryant Terry, describes the long history of veganism in Black communities and his hopes for a healthier food system. Plus, archaeologist Farrell Monaco reveals what the ashes of Pompeii can tell us about Ancient Roman food, Dr. Aaron Carroll weighs in on whether milk and juice are actually healthy beverages for kids, and we learn to make Cranberry and White Chocolate Soda Bread.
In this episode of my simple Latin podcast, we finally come to… Seneca! If you are listening to this episode before November 9th, 2021, you are invited to the second edition of my free course on Seneca’s first letter to Lucilius, “Tempus tantum nostrum est” (9-15 November).
In this episode, we discuss the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War at Athens, including the reign of the Thirty Tyrants, the Athenian civil war, and the restoration of the democracy
Novus annus scholasticus incipit; Cilauēa mōns pergit ignem ēvomere; Petrōleum in lītora Californiāna appulsum; Formōsēnsēs spē confirmātī; Comitia Iāpōnica; Comitia Canadēnsia; Comitia Germānica; Nova taberna Turcica Bellinghamiae aperta.
When Pedanius Secunus was murdered by his slave the law was precise – every slave in his household, every man, woman and child, would be crucified as punishment. The law that allowed this was the Senatus Consultum Silanianum, It existed to ease the minds of the wealthy slave owners of Rome, allowing them to live in power amongst slaves who knew that their actions would mean that all are punished. Guest: Assistant Professor Zachary Herz (Legal Historian, Department of Classics, University of Colorado Boulder)
Fresh Youtubery
- Remembering and Forgetting the Past: Athens in 403 BC with Professor Michael Scott | Classics for All
- How to read Plautus! LATIN introduction to the Iambic Senarius, Miles Gloriosus | Musa Pedestris
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Book Reviews
- The “Decline and Fall” of Rome — A Dangerous Idea?
- [BMCR] Kai Brodersen, Gut beschaffbare Heilmittel (Euporista). Bibliothek der griechischen Literatur, 91. Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann Verlag, 2020.
- [BMCR] Alberto Bernabé, Bernardo Berruecos Frank, Stefania Giombini, Parmenide: tra linguistica, letteratura e filosofia = Parménides: entre lingüística, literatura y filosofía. Eleatica, 7. Baden-Baden: Academia Verlag, 2019.
- [BMCR] Thomas Biggs, Poetics of the first Punic War. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2020.
Dramatic Receptions
- Antigone review – gender switch sparks striking take on Sophocles | Theatre | The Guardian
- The Myths of Metamorphoses Metamorphoses
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- Union College — Assistant Professor, Department of Classics : The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- How Did Disease Affect The Flourishing Roman Empire? – HistoryExtra
- Greek Heroine Atalanta Wrestled Men, Sailed with Argonauts
- Bronze Age Ritual Pool – Archaeology Magazine
‘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 death for wild beasts.
[Sunday] If it thunders today, it portends the downfall of a praiseworthy man.
… 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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