Hodie est a.d. VI Kal. Mai. 2775 AUC ~ 25 Mounichion in the first year of the 700th Olympia
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- At 50: Slow at 50 | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
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Taking an even stronger turn into the comedy side of tragicomedy, Heracles finds out the truth of the situation in Pherae.
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Diversions
‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
- Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
- Sortes Virgilianae (English)
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- Consult the Oracle at UCL
Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends longing for fruits but a scarcity of harvests.
… 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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