Hodie est a.d. VII Id. Apr. 2775 AUC ~ 6 Mounichion in the first year of the 700th Olympia
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Classicists and Classics in the News
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Fresh Bloggery
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- The Acts of the Council of Carthage in 397 and the Council of Hippo in 393 – online in English – Roger Pearse
- Laudator Temporis Acti: An Official Book Burning
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: La citoyenneté dégradée: Une histoire de l’infamie à Rome
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ancient Greek valency lexicon (AGVaLex)
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Pseudo-Chrysostomica: An Online Database on the Texts Wrongly Attributed to John Chrysostom
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Pakistan MOU “Consultation”
- I’ll Come to Dinner, But Don’t Make Me Drink Too Much – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Waar komt het woord “religie” vandaan? – Mainzer Beobachter
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- PaleoJudaica.com: Ritymeyer on Capernaum and its house church
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Other Blog-like Publications
- Why Compare Greek and Latin? – Antigone
- In Honor of Prof. Liritzis Ioannis
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Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
Paul Stephenson is a historian of late antiquity and the author of New Rome: The Empire in the East and Constantine: Roman Emperor, Christian Victor.
We were due to look at the latest issue of the magazine Rise of the Legion pt.II. As the issue has only just been released, we thought we would save the discussion on that topic for the next full episode of the podcast in May. In the meantime, Myke suggested the team discuss commanders as tactical units and whether they participated in the fighting, or command from behind the lines?
I find it very fitting that with this 50th episode we are now transitioning into a new phase of Greek history. A point that is often officially seen where the Archaic Age ends and the Classical Age starts, its also where we say goodbye to Herodotus as our main foundational source and welcome in Thucydides. While it is also a major transitional event in the Greek world coming away from the Persian invasions, with all of the political and diplomatic developments that would occur leading to conflict from within the Greek world. Though, before picking back up the narrative, I wanted to provide an introduction to this period we will be spending quite some time with. To do this I have invited Prof. James Romm on the show to help give us an introduction to Thucydides and the subject of his history, the Peloponnesian War. I had decided to reach out to Prof. Romm as I had recently come across a book he was involved in titled “The Greek Histories” with came out this year. This work is focused on providing an introduction to a number of Ancient Greek writers, of who Thucydides was one. So, I felt this was perfect timing given where we were currently in the series.
Fresh Youtubery
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Book Reviews
- BMCR – Stefan Feddern, Elemente der antiken Erzähltheorie. Narratologia, 74. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2021.
- BMCR – Stefano Valente, Nikephoros Blemmydes, ‘Epitome Physica’: Untersuchungen zur handschriftlichen Überlieferung. Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca et Byzantina – Series academica. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2021.
- BMCR – Vayos Liapes, Avra Sidiropoulou, Adapting Greek tragedy: contemporary contexts for ancient texts. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- Antony and Cleopatra at war | Washington Examiner
Dramatic Receptions
- Retelling an ancient myth in the new musical comedy ‘Penelope, or How the Odyssey Was Really Written’ at Off-Broadway’s The York – DC Metro Theater Arts
- Bread and Puppet Theater to Stage THE PERSIANS
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- Annual Meeting for Postgraduates in the reception of the Ancient World
- Lecture Announcement: FORTIFICATIONS OF THE NORTHERN BOSPHORUS: RESEARCH ON THE UPPER RUMELI KAVAK FORTRESS – DAİstanbul
- Civilization? What’s Up with That? – #EOTalks Panel – Everyday Orientalism
- 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
- Two-year postdocs at The University of Texas at Austin
- Placement: Advertisements 2021-2022 | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
- Cleopatra VII, the woman who led armies – EgyptToday
- From Opium to Saffron, the Ancients Knew a Thing or Two About Drugs | The Nation
- Tomyris, The Warrior Queen Who Beheaded Cyrus The Great
- Still no buyer for Roman villa with Caravaggio mural
- Cureus | Historical Perspective and Medical Maladies of Alexander the Great
- Disney: The 10 Strongest Male Gods
- The Spectacular Long-Lost Ancient Greek City of Thouria
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 heavy disease-bearing rains.
… 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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