Hodie est a.d. III Non. Nov. 2774 AUC ~ 28 Pyanepsion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Ancient ‘hangover cure’ gold ring found at Yavne winery excavation | The Times of Israel
- How British Museum’s maintenance woes have kept Parthenon Marbles off view for a full year
- Roman altars reimagined in vivid colour | News Post Leader
- Ancient town of Metropolis yields new treasures
- Assyrian discoveries in northern Iraq unearth new challenges – Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East
- Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia excavate forgotten kingdoms | Reuters
- Romano-British settlement possibly found by A12 | East Anglian Daily Times
- How did people live (and die) in biblical Azekah? 4 skeletons shed light – The Jerusalem Post
In Case You Missed It
- Bronze Age Swords Unearthed in Greece – Archaeology Magazine
- Authorities Reveal the Restored Hisham’s Palace of Ancient Jericho
Classicists and Classics in the News
Fresh Bloggery
- Hunebedden van de dag: D23 en D24 en D25 (Bronneger) – Mainzer Beobachter
- Our Own Worst Enemy – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Sing the Rage! Returning to the Iliad with Reading Greek Tragedy Online – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Undena Publications Online Titles
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Lost Collector Seeks Help
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: ARABIANTICA
- I Hope this Finds You With Nothing to Write About – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Genes and Morality in Ancient Rome – Antigone
- Procris Pierced By Cephalus’ Javelin, Painted By Bernardino Luini (c. 1480 – 1532) | The Historian’s Hut
- Pliny The Elder’s Criticism Against Pronunciation Critics | The Historian’s Hut
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Gladiator cell, painted plaster, pet cat found in Kent amphitheater
- PaleoJudaica.com: Shaul Shaked (1933-2021)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Amethyst ring excavated at Yavneh
- Ancient Ruins in mid-19th century – The 21st Century Archaeology
- Biblical Studies Carnival 188 for October 2021 – Reading Acts
- Spencer Alley: Five Obscure 17th-century Flemish Portrait Painters
- Divine Gifts – The Kosmos Society
Other Blog-like Publications
- Trapeza: grave offerings and bronze swords have come to light
- Genes and Morality in Ancient Rome – Antigone
- Spectacular ancient gold ring unearthed in an excavation in Yavne
- The Other Black Girl, Ovid, and the beloved Shirley Temple. – by Ayelet Haimson Lushkov – Classics. Lit.
Assorted Twitter Threads
- @DocCrom on a dedicatory inscription to Serapis from York
- @AshmoleanMuseum on assorted rhyta
- @Pompeii_sites on the house of M Fabius Ululitremulus
Fresh Podcasts
It’s tufa one in the Vomitorium today! Two petrifying tales from the Metamorphoses, that is. First, Perseus gets hopelessly lost and takes it for granite that big-boned Atlas will offer him directions and a snack. But a dread prophecy leads Atlas to slam the door instead and Perseus to say “No More Mr. Gneiss Guy”. He whips out his secret weapon from his Gorgon’s head-sized holster with predictable results. Next it’s on to Niobe whose Latona-directed trash talk knows no bounds. Even when Apollo and Diana begin to take bloody revenge, Niobe’s hubris gets bigger and boulder. Her own transformation is sure with all that evidence mountain against her. Starting to get the schist of it? Shale we go on? Ore maybe not? Either way, you’ll lava it!
Hades and Persephone are some of the most beloved characters of Greek myth and Rachel Smythe is retelling their story (and so many others) in the incredible Webtoon (and now, book!) Lore Olympus. Rachel and Liv chat mythology and adapting myth, characters and sourcing, and so much more. CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it’s fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I’m not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.
Making a floor isn’t rocket science, but style and execution count for a lot. The terrazzo floor at the 15th century Hittite sanctuary at Uşaklı Höyük might be the earliest mosaic floor, or does that honor belongs to the Minoans? What is the relationship between power and taste? Why are the triangles blue and what does the god Teshub really think about ‘oatmeal’ as a color?
Did you know that Christianity broke off from Judaism to stop the Romans from persecuting them? In this interview, Prof. Rebecca Denova delves into Christianity as a syncretic religion, God in the Old and New Testament, and the adoption of dominant Greco-Roman ideas of gender and women’s roles. Professor Rebecca Denova is a full-time Senior Lecturer of Early Christianity in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. In addition to ancient Christianity, she teaches courses on the religions of ancient Greece and Rome and the religions of ancient Egypt.
Fresh Youtubery
- ILIAD BOOK 23: Funeral Games for Patroclus *Sigh* | Moan Inc
- Cicero, Pro Sexto Roscio, Latin Reading | Musa Pedestris
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- Kom el-Khawaled, a Tell in the North
- Assistant Professor or Associate Professor of Early Christianity job with Penn State | 402069
- Assistant Teaching Professor in Roman History job with Georgetown University | 2240025
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- Ancient Diolkos Stone Road Allowed Ships to go From Ionian to Aegean
- History Painting: An Art Genre or the Manipulation of Truth? | Art & Object
- Philosophy and sex work: how courtesans in Ancient Greece crossed the mind/body divide
- The Age of Too Much Museum Storage Must End
‘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 conditions where the lower classes will oppress their superiors.
… 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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