Hodie est a.d. V Id.Mai. 2775 AUC ~ 11 Thargelion in the first year of the 700th Olympia
In the News
- Ancient Romans’ answer to Roadchef? Archaeologists uncover 2,000-year-old roadside ‘service station’ | Daily Mail Online
- An Assyrianised rock wall panel with figures at Başbük in south-eastern Turkey | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
- Fertility cult complex discovered under Turkish home dates to the Iron Age | Live Science
In Case You Missed It
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- Two More “Giants” Discovered in Sardinia – Archaeology Magazine
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Roberta S. Tomber (1954–2022). A memory by Iwona Zych
- Humanities podcast returns to highlight grad student research – The Brock News
Greek/Latin News
Fresh Bloggery
- Editing and Publishing: Trust, Shared Authority, and the General Public | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Monograph Series: Topoi. Orient-Occident. Suppléments
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Attic Inscriptions Online (AIO) Update
- Have We Tried Using Bay Leaves on Coronavirus? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Fond of Legends
- Landscape With Paris And Oenone In The Foreground, By Jean-Victor Bertin (c. 1767-1842) | The Historian’s Hut
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Invaders
- Fragment of unknown work by Apuleius discovered in Verona – Roger Pearse
- Reasons for Revolutions: Wanting To Be Equal Vs. Just Wanting More – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- How Did People in the Ancient Mediterranean World View Abortion? – Tales of Times Forgotten
- PaleoJudaica.com: Smith, … Allusion and the Elihu Speeches … (Brill)
Other Blog-like Publications
- Archaeologists discover subterranean complex beneath a Turkish house
- A Social Archaeology of Roman and Late Antique Egypt
- Temple of Zeus brought to light in North Sinai
- The Coins of Ancient Rhodes
- Iron Age subterranean complex discovered beneath Turkish home – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
Assorted Twitter Threads
- @DocCrom on Tibullus 3.9.1-10 (4.3)
- @DocCrom on Horace, Odes, 1.13-1-12
- @DocCrom on coins relating to Augustus’ recovery of standards from Carrhae
Fresh Podcasts
In this surprise premier, Jeff and Dave plow new ground with a 15 minute huggable portion, a bite-sized podcast for those on the go. Here’s your chance to wolf down some Classics in a short, digestible format. In this episode we take apart the first seven lines of the Vergilian classic. So tuck in your napkin, pull up a chair, take out your fork – nah, forget it. Just shove your whole mouth in the dip and enjoy!
The Olympians meet their end.
Every year Rome held an election in which two senators were chosen for the role of consul. Being elected consul was a great honour, and the position was hotly contested, and a successful campaign depended upon the candidate’s military achievements, rhetorical skills and their willingness to be corrupt. Guest: Dr Rhiannon Evans (Associate Professor in Classics and Ancient History at La Trobe University). Episode Website More Episodes (c) 2021 La Trobe University
A re-airing of Liv’s 2019 episodes covering Euripides’ Bacchae, one of his most gruesome and brilliant plays… Don’t anger a god like Dionysus, even if he’s your cousin.
Fresh Youtubery
- Ecole française d’Athènes
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- Doing Classics in a Climate Crisis – Dr Katherine Blouin, Toronto – YouTube | Manchester Classical Association
- Statius et Valerius Flaccus || Latin language podcast || Litterae Latinae Simplices 47 – YouTube | Satura Lanx
- Ode to Apheleia (Ancient Greek Goddess of Simplicity) – YouTube | Michael Levy
- What Happened in the Aftermath of Carrhae? (53 BC) DOCUMENTARY – YouTube | Invicta
- The New Testament from a Roman Perspective with John Davie – YouTube | Classics for All
- Storytelling, Philosophy, & Reception Ep14.Phil Thibodeau.Generosity in Iliad.Bettina Joy de Guzman – YouTube
- 5 Things That Shocked Ancient Greeks About Indian Philosophy/Religion – YouTube | Classics in Color
- Battle of Philippi – Post-Caesar Civil Wars DOCUMENTARY – YouTube | Kings and Generals
- Medea: A Life – YouTube | Edith Hall
- Catullus 52 in Latin & English: Quid est, Catulle? Quid moraris emori? – YouTube | David Amster
- The Greco-Persian Wars – YouTube | Ancient History Guy
- 8. Vitellius – A Glutton for Gluttony – YouTube | Classical Association Northern Ireland
- 7. Otho – A Good Death – YouTube | Classical Association Northern Ireland
- Steven Fry’s MYTHOS Is Perfect For Greek Myth Beginners – YouTube | Moan Inc
- The Roman Auxiliary (The other half of the Roman Army) – YouTube | Epimetheus
- Is Greek or Latin better? (spoken Ancient Greek) · Ποτέρα αμείνων εστίν; – YouTube | ScorpioMartianus
Book Reviews
- BMCR – Mario Labate, Giulio Vannini, Giovanni Zago, Petronio: ricostruzioni e interpretazioni. Bibliotheca 17. Pisa: Edizioni della Normale, 2020.
- BMCR – Erin D. Darby, Izaak J. de Hulster, Iron age terracotta figurines in the southern Levant in context. Culture and history of the ancient Near East, 125. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2021.
- Amphores de la nécropole de Prikubansky du IVe au début du IIIe siècle av J.-C. | Spartokos a lu
Exhibition Related Things
Dramatic Receptions
- Fresh as the war in Ukraine, ancient as Greece’s early storytelling – Lookout Local Santa Cruz
- Adaptations of “Pseudolus”, “The Dumb Waiter”, “The Zoo Story” on stage at Tehran theater – Tehran Times
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- Recent Excavations at the Sanctuary of Artemis in Amarynthos, Euboea
- Zoomathia Conference: Animals in Antiquity and the Middle Ages
- International Colloquium: Pompeii and Herculaneum between two worlds
- Conference: Honour in Classical Greece
- Listening for the Seen and Not Heard: the voices, concerns and agency of children in Roman Egypt
- 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 Part-Time Faculty Position in Classics job with College of the Holy Cross | 488894
- Placement: Advertisements 2021-2022 | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
- Where exactly did John the Baptist baptize Jesus? – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
- Did ancient Greek philosophers believe in aliens? – Big Think
- 10 Things Most People Get Wrong About Greek Mythology
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 long awaited abundance on both land and sea.
… 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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