Hodie est a.d. XVIII Kal. Mai. 2775 AUC ~ 13 Mounichion in the first year of the 700th Olympia
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Classicists and Classics in the News
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- No One Uses Thucydides As A Model – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Misanthrope
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: “Quartiers” artisanaux en Grèce ancienne: Une perspective méditerranéenne
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: David French: A Life in Anatolian Archaeology
- “A Beacon of Love or Hate”: An Epigram – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Rare coin hoard from Constantine’s reign found in Switzerland
- Het 5000e blogje – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Richard Bentley’s Colloquial Manner
- PaleoJudaica.com: The Egyptians in the Passover tradition
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- PaleoJudaica.com: Where did Passover charoset come from?
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A People
- Life on the Water – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Spencer Alley: Agnolo di Cosimo (Bronzino) – 1503-1572 – Mannerist Paintings
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Association/Departmental Blogs and News
- Neues zur Pest in der Bronzezeit – Archaeology in Eurasia
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Fresh Podcasts
What could you expect to hear in the atrium of a Roman home? What was everyday life like for the slaves who worked in the kitchens? And which emperor hosted the worst dinner party? In conversation with Emily Briffett, Dr Hannah Platts takes us on a multi-sensory tour of the ancient Roman home.
This week the guys are back with more mottos, from the muddled to the magnificent, from bland to grand. But this time they have their sights set on the apophthegms of colleges and universities around the globe. And it is a roller coaster—which ones make the cut? Which make no sense at all? Which ones could use some spicing up? And what’s with those prone ursines lazing about in the American southwest? So come join in the fun, whether or not you agree that Sparty needs a serious makeover or you are a proud alum of UdoU. Quaecumque, ὤνθρωπε.
Achilles is so often portrayed as the most masculine of heroes, but those portrayals generally leave out that he spent a few years of his life passing as a girl. Today, we’re going to explore that time in Achilles’ life, and what it tells us about his gender. We’ll also delve into his relationships with the women in his early life: his mom, Thetis, and a girl named Deidameia.
Fresh Youtubery
- Arte e sensualità nelle case di Pompei – YouTube | Pompeii
- AIA Iowa Society Talk: Alba Mazza [3.28.22] – YouTube | University of Iowa Department of Classics
- NEW! Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata Cap.4 Dominus & Servi | LLPSI FAMILIA ROMANA – YouTube | ScorpioMartianus
Book Reviews
- BMCR – Peter Edwell, Rome and Persia at war: Imperial competition and contact, 193-363 CE. Abingdon: Routledge, 2020.
- BMCR – Anna Willi, Irrigation in Roman western Europe. Deutsche Wasserhistorische Gesellschaft, Sonderband, 17. Clausthal-Zellerfeld: Schriften der Deutschen Wasserhistorischen Gesellschaft, 2021.
Exhibition Related Things
- The Colours of Antiquity. The Santarelli Marbles at the Capitoline Museums
- Archeology: ‘Heroes of the Colosseum’ arrives in Spain – Culture – ANSAMed.it
- Mirror Dimension – ‘Pompeii In Color: The Life of Roman Painting‘
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- Sacrality and the Greek Polis | 480 BCE: Reconsidering the Chronological Anchor of Archaic and Classical Greece
- 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 in Roman Art and Archaeology
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Alia
- Obelisks and ancient Rome – Smarthistory
- Scaphism, The Horrifying Boat Torture Of Ancient Persia
- Antikythera Mechanism photos: See the world’s first computer | Live Science
- On the West’s Demonization of Ancient Persia ‹ Literary Hub
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 good health and 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)