#Thelxinoe ~ Classics News for February 10, 2022

Hodie est a.d. IV Id. Feb. 2775 AUC ~ 9 Anthesterion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Thousands of rare antiquities recovered in unique pre-dawn raid – The Jerusalem Post
• Ancient Roman Theatre in Libya’s Sabratha inaugurated after renovation: UN-Xinhua
• Greek statue lent to Italy in exchange for Parthenon gesture – ABC News
• Archaeological survey begins on Persian Gulf’s historical port – Tehran Times
• Archaeological site dating back to 2nd century AD discovered in Tripoli | The Libya Observer

In Case You Missed It

• Dozens of decapitated skeletons uncovered at ancient Roman site in England | Live Science
• ROMA. Scoperto un ponte romano di età repubblicana sulla via Tiburtina. – Archeologia online – Archeomedia

Classicists and Classics in the News

• A Scholar for the Ages | The UCSB Current

Greek/Latin News

• Ephemeris – DE TEMPESTATE COLOMBIANA

Fresh Bloggery

• Loving and Self-Loathing, A Valentine – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Art Crime Research Opportunities: 9 February 2022
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: A Shrine to Moses: A Reappraisal of the Mount Nebo Monastic Complex between Byzantium and Islam
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Nomos Georgikos: Das byzantinische Landwirtschaftsgesetz. Überlegungen zu inhaltlichen und zeitlichen Einordnung. Deutsche Übersetzung
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Studien zum kaiserzeitlichen Tafelgeschirr aus Limyra
• The Work of Magic, the Work of Love – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Consolation Without Philosophy
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Tell el-Daba`a XXIV – The Late Middle Kingdom Settlement of Area A/II. A Holistic Study of Non-élite Inhabitants at Tell el-Dab‘a. Vol. I
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Let Drinking Be the Order of the Day
• Pliny the Younger | The Historian’s Hut
• Too Learned to Write – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• De oosterse redistributie-economie – Mainzer Beobachter
• The History Blog » Blog Archive » Largest ever cachette of embalming materials found in Egypt
• PaleoJudaica.com: Looting arrest near Nablus
• PaleoJudaica.com: International LXX Day 2022 (belatedly)
• Hannibal-podcast – Mainzer Beobachter
• Alexis, What is Love? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Research for the Courts and Intriguing Art Crime Work that can’t be Shared
• Spencer Alley: Raphael – The School of Athens

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• The Haley Classical Journal Volume III, Issue I and CFP for Spring 2022 submissions | Society for Classical Studies
• „From Extraction To Re-Use: The Economics Of Construction Resources“ – DAİstanbul

Other Blog-like Publications

• Travels to the ancient city at Vlochos, Palamas
• The Guardian: The Parthenon Sculptures belong to Greece
• The Acropolis Museum is travelling to Palermo
• The largest embalming cache ever found in Egypt unearthed at Abusir

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Horace, Odes 1.11

Fresh Podcasts

• Actually Interesting History: S3E3: The History of the Olympics on Apple Podcasts

Ever wondered about the origins of the modern olympics games? Well wonder no more! In this episode, we cover the ancient history of the Olympics, learn about some ancient winners, and then get a quick overview of the beginnings of the modern Olympic games!

• The Ancients: The Largest Roman Palace North of the Alps on Apple Podcasts

Fishbourne Roman Palace in West Sussex was first constructed just three decades after the empire’s legions conquered Britain in the first century AD. Rediscovered in 1960, Fishbourne is the largest known Roman residence north of the Alps, and much of its sprawling ruins have still not been excavated fully. In this episode, Tristan chats to Dr Robert Symmons, Curator at Fishbourne Roman Palace and its museum, to find out more about what makes the gigantic villa–and the spectacular artefacts it left behind–so special.

• The Partial Historians: Episode 122 – The Right to Rule Rome on Apple Podcasts

Who has the right to rule Rome? Who should have the right? In this episode, we tackle one of the major developments of the so-called ‘Conflict of the Orders’ as the plebs push for new laws that would give them greater political power. The archaeology confirms that the mid-fifth century was tough for Rome, so the political unrest may be reflecting this difficult time.

• Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold: CLIV: Sing, Goddess, of the Wrath of the Goddess of the Hunt, Artemis, Who Loves to F*ck Sh*t Up on Apple Podcasts

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. Sources: Theoi.com; Callimachus’ Hymn to Artemis, translated by AW Mair; Homeric Hymns to Artemis translated by Hugh Evelyn White; Early Greek Myths by Timothy Gantz.

• Ancient History Fangirl: Gender Rebels of Ancient Greece and Rome: Transgender People on Apple Podcasts

Join us for a deep dive into queer history in ancient Greece and Rome. This week, we focus on transgender men and women. It’s a common belief that being trans is somehow a “modern” invention and there were no trans people in the ancient world. But nothing could be further from the truth. From the trans women who led the worship of an influential state cult to the trans guys who lived right under the noses of Greek and Roman society, transgender people were gender rebels in an extremely patriarchal culture. Join us as we explore their lives and experience.

Fresh Youtubery

• Eric Adler, “The Battle of the Classics”, Paideia Institute Public Lectures 2022 – YouTube | Paideia Media
• Chariots – YouTube | Ancient World Magazine
• The History of Poison – Livia – YouTube | Flash Point History
• Delila Jordan on Plato, Herodotus and the Question of Truth – YouTube | Herodotus Helpline
• Zeus & Hera | BMW USA (Official Video) – YouTube | BMW USA
• Archaeologists race to restore and preserve Gaza ancient sites – YouTube | Al Jazeera
• We Don’t Talk About Bruno IN LATIN Disney Cover Song from ENCANTO  Non Loquendum’st De Bruno – YouTube | Scorpio Martianus

Book Reviews

• A. V. Burakov – chercheur de la chôra d’Olbia | Spartokos a lu
• BMCR – Jason S. Nethercut, Ennius noster: Lucretius and the Annales. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2021.
• BMCR – Frank L. Holt, When money talks: a history of coins and numismatics. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2021.

Exhibition Related Things

• ATHENS: Museum Of Cycladic Art Hosts Ancient Theatre Exhibition
• Artifacts protecting against ‘evil eye’ host visitors in Izmir | Daily Sabah

Dramatic Receptions

• Myths and Monsters

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• Upcoming AIA/SCS Career Development Seminars | Society for Classical Studies
• University System of New Hampshire Portal | Lecturer in Classics, Humanities & Italian Studies

Alia

• How the Ancient Greeks Measured Time Shows What they Valued
• Pankration: the Greek Olympic sport that led to MMA and UFC – The Washington Post

‘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, wild beasts will outsmart humans.

… 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)