Hodie est a.d. IV Non. Jul. 2775 AUC ~ 6 Hekatombion in the second year of the 700th Olympia
nb: we were having tech issues yesterday …. this issue isn’t really complete but it’s close.
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- Archaeologists reveal Celtic rites culture in ancient Ukraine – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
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Fresh Bloggery
- PaleoJudaica.com: Schmidt, Hippolytus of Rome’s Commentary on Daniel (Gorgias)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Harrington, The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah (NICOT, Eerdmans)
- “My warty excrescence has been made heavy,” or: Oh, the difference an accent makes – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: They Deserved It
- The Wrong Monkey: Claudian
- On Using “Leftover Time” for Writing Projects – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Online LBG: Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: AXON: Greek Historical Inscriptions
- Human Sacrifice is Supposed to END Plagues – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Pompeius in Amfipolis – Mainzer Beobachter
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: TDCP (Targeted Damage to Cultural Property) in Ukraine as Seen from USA
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Futile Pastime of Misguided Acumen?
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Bear Goddess
- Ignoring Women and Magic Stones: Diomedes after Troy – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Unmastered Learning
- PaleoJudaica.com: Hardy, The Development of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions (SBL)
- PaleoJudaica.com: More on Ross, Postclassical Greek and Septuagint Lexicography
- Long Term Effects of Anger and Hate – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: New from the Oriental Institute: OIS 13. Irrigation in Early States: New Directions
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: New from the Oriental Institute: LAMINE 3. Scripts and Scripture: Writing and Religion in Arabia circa 500–700 CE
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Bazaar archaeology at its most egregious
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- The Most Musical and Bellicose Men – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
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- Italian and Roman diasporas | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Egyptian wisdom: Lucian’s story about Eukrates and Pankrates (late second century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
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- Europeans, Asians, and Greeks: Aristotle on environment, ethnic hierarchies, and slaves (fourth century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
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Fresh Podcasts
Dr. William “Chip” Gruen is professor of religious studies at Muhlenberg College and is Director of the Institute for Religious and Cultural Understanding.
Listen to my reading of “Colloquia personarum” XV, from the LLPSI (Lingua Latina per Se Illustrata) book series. Colloquium personarum XV Latine recitatum. This is part of “Lectiones aestivae”, the summer series where I read passages of Latin texts from all ages.
In this mini episode I pick out some themes from Sappho’s famous poem. But that’s not all – I also include a performance of it in ancient Greek courtesy of Seikilo.
At the battle of Issus, fought in early November 333 BC, Alexander faced the Persian King Darius in person for the first time. Massively outnumbered, the Macedonian army faced the numberless might of the Persian military machine. The outcome would decide the future of both the Persian and the Macedonian empire.
Fresh Youtubery
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Book Reviews
- Chronologie de la région du nord de la mer Noire IVe-Ier siècles av. J.-C. | Spartokos a lu
- Military Book Review Ancient Greeks at War: Warfare in the Classical World from Agamemnon to Alexander
Dramatic Receptions
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‘Classical’ Opinion Pieces
Alia
- The Mystery of the Sleeping Giant of Naxos, Greece
- Roman Ruins: Which Is The Best Country To See Them?
- The Old Man Evokes the Classics With a War Veteran’s Journey Home
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:
[sorry]
… 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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