Hodie est a.d. IV kal. Ian. 2774 AUC ~ 26 Poseideon in the first year of the 700th Olympiad
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Book Reviews
- AJA – Samothrace: Excavations Conducted by the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. Vol. 9, The Monuments of the Eastern Hill By Bonna D. Wescoat, with contributions by Carmen Arnold-Biucchi, Susan Ludi Blevins, Sheila Dillon, Nora M. Dimitrova, Laura M. Gadbery, Jasper Gaunt, Kira K. Jones, Amy Sowder Koch, Maggie L. Popkin, and Devon A. Stewart. 2 vols. Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens 2017.
- AJA – Culti domestici in Italia meridionale ed Etruria By Aura Piccioni. Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner 2020.
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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends a healthy condition for bodies.
… 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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