Hodie est a.d. IX Kal. Apr. 2775 AUC ~ 22 Elaphebolion in the first year of the 700th Olympiad
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- Thousands of ancient artifacts seized, 52 people arrested in int’l op – The Jerusalem Post
- Archaeologist calls for repatriation of Roman fresco in Getty collection that came from known antiquities traffickers
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Public Facing Classics
- Want to Become an Archaeologist? PhD Student Offers Insight | Art & Object
- Enjoy My Flames | Lapham’s Quarterly
Fresh Bloggery
- Women Going Where They Shouldn’t? Earthquakes. Droughts. Portents! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Bakken Babylon | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Roman Epitaphs to and for Wives – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Wealthy and Healthy? Methodological Approaches to Non-Élite Burials
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Seasides of Byzantium: Harbours and Anchorages of a Mediterranean Empire
- Happy #NationalPuppyDay: A Homeric Simile and Puppy Sacrifice – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Monograph Series: Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis
- Heracles Vanquishing Queen Hippolyte Of The Amazons, By Eugène Delacroix (c. 1798 – 1863) | The Historian’s Hut
- The Tale of Gaius Fannius’ Premonition Of His Own Death | The Historian’s Hut
- Adieu Tristesse – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Where My Sympathies Lie
- Herodotos over oorzaken – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: AI and ancient Hebrew
- PaleoJudaica.com: Handprints at Hippos
Other Blog-like Publications
- A tour of Ancient Olympia
- The Fantastic Might of Rome Against the Raw Power of Dacia | History of Yesterday
- Who Were the Philistines, and Where Did They Come From? – Biblical Archaeology Society
- Researchers have rebuilt a Pompeian house in virtual reality – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
Fresh Podcasts
Dave and Jeff were searching in vain for Aristotle’s lost treatise on comedy when they stumbled across veteran stand-up comedian Robert Mac (from robertmac.com); and, frankly, who needs Aristotle when you have this guy? Come along as we listen to several clips from Robert’s killer set interspersed with a lively discussion regarding how he builds his bits, what makes a joke work, what just might get him cancelled these days! Did the Greeks anticipate a lot of this stuff? Is there a kind of universal formula for humor? Stay sharp, listener, or you just might find yourself baffled by the barrage of antanaklasis and paraprosdokian. Plato’s Republic would probably have banished Mr. Mac but we’d like to think that Plato himself — ye old stick in the mud — would at least have cracked a wry smile at this episode.
Come dream with me as we go Deep into 2nd & 1st Centuries BCE and experience the Barbarian Wars and the witness curse that would doom The Republic in the catastrophic Battle of Arausio.
Caligula will ultimately spend 6 years on Capri with Tiberius and his entourage. Tiberius constantly plays his grandson and Caligula against each other, refusing to name an heir. Someone is always listening and Caligula’s life depends on the whim of a man whose appetites have been rumored throughout history….
Last week, we told you about the Sacred Band’s first important military victories—victories that depended on the intense trust and love the Sacred Band members had for each other. Victories that showed that the Spartans weren’t so tough after all. But as Spartan control in Greece receded, opportunistic warlords and upstart city-states rose up to take advantage of a power vacuum. One of their most dangerous new opponents was a man named Philip of Macedon—and his 18-year-old son, Alexander.
Michael Fynan speaks with Natalie Haynes, author of PANDORA’S JAR.
Fresh Youtubery
- The Ancient Mystery Of The Jesus Boat | Unearthed | Odyssey – YouTube
- Elizabeth Irwin and Ivan Matijašić on the Performance of Herodotus’ Histories – YouTube | Herodotus Helpline
Book Reviews
- BMCR – Alessia Di Marco, Per la nuova edizione del “De verborum significatione” di Festo: studi sulla tradizione e “specimen” di testo critico (lettera O). Spudasmata, 191. Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 2021.
- BMCR – Sophia Xenophontos, Anna Marmodoro, The reception of Greek ethics in late antiquity and Byzantium. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- Proof at last that the Great Pyramid wasn’t built by aliens | The Spectator
- In Defence of Liberal Education: Roosevelt Montás’ “Rescuing Socrates” – Areo
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- The Early And Middle Bronze Age Tholos Tomb At Myrsini, Sitia
- Cicero, Tiro, and the relationships of Roman slavery | Queen’s Alumni
- Symposium: Greco-Roman Antiquity through an African Lens – Session 1 Tickets, Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 5:00 PM | Eventbrite
- Art Break: Getting to Know the Makers of an Ancient Greek Drinking Cup | Getty360 Calendar
- 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
- Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics (Roman/Latin) job with Kenyon College | 465771
- Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer in Classical Culture and Literature, Classics Department – HigherEdJobs
Alia
- The Nubian Queen Who Fought Back Caesar’s Army – HISTORY
- Even Zeus Feared Nyx, Greek Goddess of the Night | HowStuffWorks
- Pythagoras: Life, work and achievements | Live Science
Diversions
‘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 prosperity.
… 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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