Hodie est Id. Apr. 2775 AUC ~ 12 Mounichion in the first year of the 700th Olympia
In the News
- Roman coins treasure found in Wiltshire go on display | This Is Wiltshire
- Bronze Age and Roman discoveries at archaeological dig at prehistoric farming village in the North York Moors | Yorkshire Post
- Archaeological site along the Nile opens a window on the Nubian civilization that flourished in ancient Sudan
- Germany Looted Hundreds of Greek Antiquities from Samos Island
- Church of the Holy Sepulchre’s ancient altar rediscovered – The Jerusalem Post
- Roman aqueduct damaged in southern Serbian city
- Israeli Colonizers, Soldiers, Invade Sebastia – – IMEMC News
- Joseph’s Tomb repaired in covert dawn mission – www.israelhayom.com
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Classicists and Classics in the News
- This Hofstra Life: Anna Evans — The Hofstra Chronicle
- Virtual launch to be held for student book on ancient Greece – The Brock News
- Princeton says it won’t censor webpage criticizing professor
Fresh Bloggery
- De oudste rekenfout – Mainzer Beobachter
- The Injustice of Justice’s “Slow Grind” – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Aries: Shinwa no Seiza Miya [アリーズ 神話の星座宮] (1990) – Animated Antiquity
- An Award for Greek Myth Comix’ Creator! | Greek Myth Comix
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Earth, Moon, and Sun
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Save Ancient Studies Alliance Annual Report 2021
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: ICS Ehrenberg 3D Collection
- Dickinson Summer Greek Workshop: July 18-22, 2022 | Dickinson College Commentaries
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: BiASA – Periodici Italiani Digitalizzati
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Monograph Series: Archaeology and Economy in the Ancient World – Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Cologne/Bonn 2018
- Dido’s Sacrifice To Juno, Painted By Jean Bernard Restout (c. 1732–1797) | The Historian’s Hut
- The Legend Of An Ancient Priestess Of Delphi Possibly Inspiring Homer’s Poetry | The Historian’s Hut
- Ancient Everyday: Celebrating Birthdays in Ancient Rome |
- De slag bij Sentinum (3) – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Shaked et al., Aramaic Bowl Spells (vol. 2; Brill)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Did the Sanhedrin meet in this hall?
- PaleoJudaica.com: A new Byzantine-period mosaic
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
- Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri Workshop – The Classical Association of Canada
- News – 2022 BYOM Results – Archaeological Institute of America AIA News
Other Blog-like Publications
Assorted Twitter Threads
- @DocCrom on Horace, Epode 7.1-10
- @DocCrom on the epitaph of Lucius Calidius Eroticus and Fannia Voluptas
- @CatacombSociety on assorted epitaphs in the Catacomb of Priscilla
Fresh Podcasts
It’s time for some Old Norse, sagas, and daring Viking explorers! In this episode we talk to author Grace Tierney about her newest book, Words the Vikings Gave Us. We had a ton of fun in this conversation, and we’re sure you will too!
Fresh Youtubery
- Delphi Classics: Classics in Praxis – YouTube | PeopleCert
- ODYSSEY BOOK 21: The Suitors Compete for Penelope, Odysseus Tells Eumaeus Who He Is – YouTube | Moan Inc
- Geopolitics of Ancient Rome: Roman Republic 5th century BC to 1st century BC – YouTube | polyMATHY
Book Reviews
- BMCR – Hyun Jin Kim, Samuel N.C. Lieu, Raoul McLaughlin, Rome and China: points of contact. Abingdon; New York: Routledge, 2021.
- BMCR – Michelle Zerba, Modern Odysseys: Cavafy, Woolf, Césaire, and a poetics of indirection. Classical memories/modern identities. Columbus: The Ohio State University Press, 2021.
Exhibition Related Things
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
- Visiting Assistant Professor in Roman Art and Archaeology | Society for Classical Studies
- Placement: Advertisements 2021-2022 | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
- A Statue Gives Romans a Voice: 2021, Rome, Italy – Public Books
- Circe: The First Witch Of Greek Mythology Mentioned By Homer — Greek City Times
- This Is What Popular Music in Ancient Rome Sounded Like » TwistedSifter
- Roman Baths In Germany Are The Largest Outside Of Rome
- M&S Oxford Street vs the Baths of Caracalla – energy profiles compared
- Homeric and Biblical Nobodies » Mosaic
- ROMA (Ostia antica). Una famiglia di maestri d’ascia ricostruisce un’antica nave da guerra romana. – Archeologia online – Archeomedia
- Boudica: Warrior queen of the Iceni | Live Science
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 destruction for humans and cattle.
… 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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