Hodie est a.d. VI Id. Apr. 2775 AUC ~ 7 Mounichion in the first year of the 700th Olympia
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- An Opinion on Ancient Troy by Rob Cain – Ancient Rome Refocused
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- The sometimes slow and sometimes fast return of historical artefacts pillaged from Libya ~ ARCAblog
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Fresh Podcasts
Liv reads the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, translated by HG Evelyn-White. Sing of the Cytherean goddess and her encounter with the mortal Anchises, the conception of the Trojan prince Aeneas. This is not a standard narrative story episode, it’s a reading of an ancient source, audiobook style. For regular episodes look for any that don’t have “Liv Reads…” in the title!
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…
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Fresh Youtubery
- Miscellaneous Myths: Actaeon – YouTube | Overly Sarcastic Productions
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- Metal Objects: Museum Unboxing New Acquisition (part 1) – YouTube | Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge
Book Reviews
- Review: Bruce Clark’s “Athens: City of Wisdom” | Merion West
- BMCR – Stanisław Adamiak, Carthage, Constantinople and Rome. Imperial and Papal Interventions in the Life of the Church in Byzantine Africa (533 – 698). Miscellanea Historiae Pontificiae, 68. Rome: Gregorian & Biblical Press, 2016.
- BMCR – Christoph Pieper, Bram van der Velden, Reading Cicero’s final years: receptions of the post-Caesarian works up to the sixteenth century – with two epilogues. Cicero – Studies on Roman Thought and Its Reception 3. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2020.
- BMCR – Matthew R. Christ, Xenophon and the Athenian democracy: the education of an elite citizenry. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020.
- The Young Alexander by Alex Rowson review — before he was Great | Saturday Review | The Times
- Travaux archéologiques de N.M. Pechenkin : monographie | Spartokos a lu
Exhibition Related Things
- The life and afterlife of a precious Greek statue | The Canberra Times | Canberra, ACT
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Dramatic Receptions
- Review: Penelope, Or How the Odyssey Was Really Written Hands Homer’s Pen to the Queen of Ithaca | TheaterMania
- Photos: Opening Night of PENELOPE at the York Theatre Company
- ‘Penelope’ Review: Adrift Between Ithaca and Progress – The New York Times
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
- Assistant Professor in Ancient History (fixed term) UNottinghamAssistant Professor in Ancient History (fixed term)
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Alia
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- Researchers propose a ‘day zero’ for the oldest computer ever discovered | PC Gamer
- Joyce, Homer and an epic centenary celebration across 18 cities
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- ‘Archeology helps us interpret the Bible and vice versa’ – The Jerusalem Post
- Battle of Plataea: The Decisive Victory Against Persia that Saved Greece
- The Spectacular Long-Lost Ancient Greek City of Thouria
- The story of the prehistoric elephant and Rome’s lost hill
- What’s the origin of the unicorn myth? | Live Science
Diversions
‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
- Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
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- Sortes Virgilianae (Latin)
- Consult the Oracle at UCL
Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
[Saturday] If it thunders today, it portends victory for the kingdom and happiness for people in power.
[Sunday] If it thunders today, it portends progress for good people.
… 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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