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

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Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Rosario López Gregoris, Drama y dramaturgia en la escena romana: III Encuentro Internacional de Teatro Latino. Zaragoza: Libros Pórtico, 2019.
• [BMCR] Roald Dijkstra, The early reception and appropriation of the apostle Peter (60-800 CE): the anchors of the fisherman. Euhormos: Greco-Roman studies in anchoring innovation, volume 1. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2020.
• Céramique de table de l’espace ouest-pontique à l’époque romaine. | Spartokos a lu

Exhibition Related Things

• Rome car park dig reveals artifacts to be displayed at Nymphaeum Museum – CSMonitor.com

Dramatic Receptions

• UM’s theater department adapting to COVID-19 with outdoor rendition of “The Frogs” | The Miami Hurricane

Online Talks and Professional Matters

• Department of Classics and Ancient History : Seminars : Isobel Williams presenting her collection Catullus: Shibari Carmina :
• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars

Alia

• The Oceanids: Powerful Water Nymphs of Ancient Greek Mythology
• The Truth About Greece’s Ancient Underwater City

‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

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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)