Hodie est a.d. XII Kal. Mart. 2775 AUC ~ 17 Anthesterion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Libya’s archaeological sites under threat – in pictures
- Restoration works to continue at the ancient theater of Dodoni | eKathimerini.com
- Bulldozers unearth Roman-era cemetery in Gaza – www.israelhayom.com
- Israeli settlers storm archaeological site north of Nablus | MENAFN.COM
- Confirmed: Curia of Pompey, where Julius Caesar was killed, was built in three phases | Ars Technica
In Case You Missed It
Classicists and Classics in the News
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- The Caraheard Podcast is Back! | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- The Evidence from Madness: Aristotle on the Mind-Body Problem – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The Need for a Serious Friend or a Committed Enemy – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Sacramentarium Gelasianum – The Gelasian Sacramentary – Roger Pearse
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: OPES: Oslo Papyri Electronic System
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Tutankhamun Knew the Names of the Two Great Gods: Dt and nHH as Fundamental Concepts of Pharaonic Ideology
- The Truth Beyond Mortal Minds – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Did the Spartans only use music for military purposes? – Bad Ancient
- The earliest mentions of St Valentine – Roger Pearse
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Corpus of Akkadian Shuila Prayers Online
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Great British Treasure Hunt
- Moses Shapira in Crooswijk – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Roman graves excavated in Gaza
- PaleoJudaica.com: The Golden Calf and Bull-El?
- Pollice Verso and the Great Modern Show on Earth
- Builders find 2,000-year-old Roman cemetery in Gaza – The Archaeology News Network
- Taking a Name
Other Blog-like Publications
- Singing in the Shadow of Homer – Antigone
- New Abu Dhabi archaeological discoveries reveal 8,500 year old buildings
- Pasts Imperfect (2.17.22)
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
Bill, Richard, and Kostic Kourelis discuss their favorite books of 2021 and a few other miscellaneous issues, including the podcast hiatus.
Murray gives his thoughts on this question sent in by Greg ‘There are quite a few examples of the use of recon and scouting from ancient warfare (perhaps more where it didn’t happen!). Also, we see examples of espionage and intel via xenoi relationships in the Greek world. But how much did we see what we might recognise as military intelligence, and how dependant was it on the personality of a commander?’
Fresh Youtubery
- Far Right Transnationalism Panel | Feb 7, 2022 – YouTube | Human Stories
- Barbarians in Greek Comedy, with Particular Attention to “Thesmophoriazusae”. – YouTube | Edith Hall
Book Reviews
- Les alliages monétaires de Kerkinitis | Spartokos a lu
- RCR – Sally Grainger. The Story of Garum: Fermented Fish Sauce and Salted Fish in the Ancient World. Routledge: London, 2021.
- BMCR – Catherine Ware, A literary commentary on Panegyrici Latini VI (7): an oration delivered before the Emperor Constantine in Trier, ca. AD 310. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- BMCR – Stefano Rocchi, Roberta Marchionni, Oltre Pompei. Graffiti e altre iscrizioni oscene dall’Impero Romano d’Occidente. The seeds of Triptolemus. Roma: Deinotera Editrice, 2021.
- BMCR – Alexander Kleinlogel, Klaus Alpers, Scholia Graeca in Thucydidem: Scholia vetustiora et Lexicon Thucydideum Patmense. Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker, 15. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2019.
Exhibition Related Things
- Pompeii reveals all about ancient love for erotic art | World | The Times
- Mysterious wooden figures with stone eyes found in Yorkshire ditch go on display at British Museum | Yorkshire Post
- Major exhibition in Libya aims to prepare for a surge of archaeological activity once political stability returns
Dramatic Receptions
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- CFP: Homer in Sicily – Rescheduled | Society for Classical Studies
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
- What Ancient Greece Thinkers Believed About Extraterrestrial Life
- Have the Caryatids of the Acropolis told all their secrets? – Greek Herald
- The Elgin Marbles should stay in the British Museum | The Independent
- Cleopatra Reimagined and Rehabilitated, Dammit ‹ CrimeReads
‘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 heavy winds and the outbreak of skin lesions.
… 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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