Hodie est a.d. XVI Kal. Mai. 2775 AUC ~ 15 Mounichion in the first year of the 700th Olympia
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- ‘Theodoric the Great’ villa mosaic found near Verona – Lifestyle – ANSA.it
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Fresh Bloggery
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- How Classics Made its Way into the “Freedom Convoy” – Pharos
- Biting Tax-men, Barking Philosophers – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
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Fresh Podcasts
With the recent demise on our show of Nero’s favourite Stoic, Seneca, we wanted to go balls deep on Stoicism. To help us out, our guest Michael Tremblay, who has a PhD in philosophy, where he studied Stoic ethics and education, came on and talk to us about the history and ideas behind the philosophy and the importance of Seneca. Here’s part one of our discussion.
We left you last week with an introduction to the far-too-good-for-him-smash-the-patriarchy-don’t-take-no-b******t-stay-out-of-my-larder Queen of Ithaca, fighter of Suitors, keeper of households, and skilled AF weaver, wife of Odysseus. Fending off the greedy, luring Suitors who are quite literally eating her out of house and home, she devises trick after scheme to hold onto the life she has built in Odysseus’ absence. You may have heard of the shroud (especially if you listened to Part One of this episode… and if you didn’t… good luck to ya). But there’s more. So, she survives. OH, she survives. Seriously, she’s so good EVEN ODYSSEUS is impressed at one point.
Franciscus James comprehēnsus ///
Fresh Youtubery
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- A Day in the Life of a PhD Student – YouTube | Jean Bookishthoughts
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Book Reviews
Exhibition Related Things
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- ‘Pompeii in Color: The Life of Roman Wall Painting’: Excavating History – WSJ
Dramatic Receptions
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
Alia
- The Greek Connection to the US National Anthem
- The Easter Bunny’s Ancient Greek Origins — Greek City Times
- Ancient Greeks And Gambling — Greek City Times
- When Alexander the Great Met Diogenes the Cynic
- DIY digital archaeology: New methods for visualizing small objects and artifacts — ScienceDaily
- Antikythera Mechanism: A crowning achievement of ancient technology | eKathimerini.com
- Natale di Roma: Ancient Rome comes to life for city’s 2,775th birthday
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:
[Saturday] If it thunders, it portends abundance but also an outbreak of voles.
[Sunday] If it thunders today, it portends plenty of saily necessities.
… 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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