Hodie est a.d. IX Kal. Dec. 2774 AUC ~ 19 Maimakterion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Priceless Roman mosaic spent 50 years as a coffee table in New York apartment | Art and design | The Guardian
- University of Sheffield protest planned against ‘cultural vandalism’ after archaeology department closure | The Star
- Ancestor of checkers found in Old City of Jerusalem – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
- 1,500-year-old bakery structure found in Turkey’s Perre | Daily Sabah
- 11-year-old finds Holy Jerusalem silver coin likely minted in the Temple – The Jerusalem Post
- The graffiti of Pompeii: ‘Cruel Lalagus, why do you not love me?’ – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
- Greece to Protect its Archaeological Sites, Monuments from Impacts of Climate Change | GTP Headlines
- Sotheby’s to offer The Hamilton Aphrodite, an ancient Roman marble last sold 70 years ago now expected to fetch up to £3m
In Case You Missed It
- Rare 4th century BCE Scythian silver plate found in tomb – The Jerusalem Post
- Roman Aqueduct Found In Armenia — Greek City Times
- We May Have Underestimated The First Known Outbreak of Bubonic Plague
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Memorial service for Greek history expert Peter Rhodes | The Northern Echo
- The Senator Scholars of Ancient Rome Are the Subject of a New Book | Columbia News
Greek/Latin News
- [Ephemeris] CONSILIVM TALEBANORVM.
Fresh Bloggery
- Only Human | Sphinx
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Master of My Fate
- Where is the academic literature? | Turkish Archaeological News
- Despair Upon Checking on the News – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Antigone Kneeling Next To The Body Of Her Brother Polynices, Painted By Joseph Abel (c. 1764—1818) | The Historian’s Hut
- The Ancient Legend Of Hobbit-Like Sardinians | The Historian’s Hut
- What does it mean to be laureate? – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Chinese Skythen – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Interview with co-director of Megiddo excavation
- PaleoJudaica.com: Keiter, … The Scriptural Solomon in Jewish Tradition (Gorgias)
- The Broke Grad Student’s Holiday Gift Guide – Medea Palatina
- More “Codices” that Are Probably Not Codices – The Early History of the Codex
- How To Earn A Dinner Invitation: Some Roman Advice – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
- Rescue excavation changes history: 14,000-year-old settlement site discovered for the first time on Turkey’s west coast – Pergamon Micro-Region
- Blog: Dissertation Spotlight: Language and Difference in Herodotus | Society for Classical Studies
Other Blog-like Publications
- Aitia
- Recherches sur Hérodas/Hérondas : présentation
- Hérondas et la rhétorique
- Alain Blanchard, Les Bucoliques de Théocrite. Construction et déconstruction d’un recueil
- „Innen“ und „Außen“ bei Herondas
- El esclavo como ‘texto corporal’ y ‘cuerpo textual’ en los mimos de Herondas
- Fragile Characters in a Fragmented World: Hamartia in Herondas
- Lucia Floridi, Edilo, «Epigrammi». Introduzione, testo critico, traduzione e commento
- Tomb of Menna and the Akhenaten Talatat Project Conservation material
- Winged Gods and walking griffons
- Online Resources for Researching Ancient Coins
- The fall of Carthage – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
In this episode of Accessible Art History: The Podcast, I discuss the life and works of sculptor Edmonia Lewis!
Fresh Youtubery
- Recordings | Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in the Reception of the Ancient World 2021
- History of the Mysterious Minoans Explained (Who were the Minoans?) | Epimetheus
- S2.011 The Religious Roots to Authoritarianism | Kara Cooney
- Augsburg Biergarten Tour in LATIN (Iter Latinum), easy Latin with subtitles! Luginsland. | Musa Pedestris
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Katharina Kostopoulos, Die Vergangenheit vor Augen. Erinnerungsräume bei den attischen Rednern. Hermes – Einzelschrift, 116. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2019.
- [BMCR] Marina Benedetti, Carla Bruno, Felicia Logozzo, Liana Tronci, Multilingualism in ancient Europe: Greek as language in contact. Linguarum varietas, 8. Pisa: Fabrizio Serra, 2019.
- [BMCR] Sylvie Honigman, Christophe Nihan, Oded Lipschitz, Times of transition: Judea in the early Hellenistic period. Mosaics: studies on ancient Israel, 1. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns, 2021.
Exhibition Related Things
Dramatic Receptions
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- Eleusinian Mystery Rites Drink May Have Been Hallucinogenic
- Expatriate protector of the Parthenon Marbles | eKathimerini.com
- Italian Master Builders – 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:
If it thunders today, it portends a disease-bearing wing.
… 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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