Hodie est a.d. V Id. Jul. 2775 AUC ~ 13 Hekatombion in the second year of the 700th Olympia
In the News
- Ancient grave found right under kindergarten – spectator.sme.sk
- Lost Roman city found beneath the Pyrenees | World | The Times
- SANTA MARIA CAPUA VETERE – Ritrovate due sculture trafugate dal museo dell’Antica Capua, il sindaco Mirra: sono orgoglioso del lavoro svolto GUARDA LE FOTO
- Ottoman and Byzantine-era remains unearthed
- ‘Everywhere they dig’: looters hunt Albanian antiques
- Ancient hoard of gold Roman coins discovered in plowed UK field | Live Science
- Un’area archeologica sulla pedemontana: trovata una necropoli – Cronaca – ilrestodelcarlino.it
- ArchLabs: nuovi scavi nella villa di Piazza Armerina, ad Enna — UniboMagazine
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Classicists and Classics in the News
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Fresh Bloggery
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Constraints on Freedom
- The Palladion and Pelops’s Bones – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Ivory Tower Strategy, Carry on Doing What We’re Doing
- Andromache’s Sons With Neoptolemos – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Stylistique et poétique de l’épigramme latine: Nouvelles études
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: HebrewPal
- De triomf van Hercules – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Twigg, The Valentinian Temple (Routledge)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Dots are important too
- Spencer Alley: Gioacchino Assereto (1600-1649) – Drama in Genoa
- Egyptian wisdom: Plato on Solon, the Egyptian priest, and Atlantis (mid-fourth century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
- New Website Miletus Excavation – DAİstanbul
- Blog: From Diogenes the Cynic to China’s Lying-Flat Movement | Society for Classical Studies
Other Blog-like Publications
- The Gift of Jewelry Was an Ancient Love Language | Getty News
- Second mosaic uncovered at famous Hinton St Mary’s Roman site – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Deborah the Judge Identified in Huqoq Mosaics
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
Hippolyte and her golden belt. Penthesilea and the fall of Troy. The Daughters of Ares. Atalanta and the golden apples. They’re everywhere in Greek mythology: fierce, deadly women warriors. But in a society as male-dominated as ancient Greece, what did this obsession with strong warrior women mean? We take a look at some of the more well-known Amazon myths of ancient Greece–and the mystery of their meaning in context.
That’s right, we’re returning to the story of Theseus because there is still more to that oh-so-problematic man! The myths of Theseus are uniquely Athenian, means of tying mythological heroes with Athenian might and the larger mythological history of Homeric tradition. (Begs the question, why did they have stories of him being quite so messy?!)
Fresh Youtubery
- Historical Warfare : The Assyrian War Chariot – YouTube | Ancient History guy
- Hades, Tartarus and the Underworld in Greek Mythology – YouTube | World History Encyclopedia
- Iliad in English (spoken softly) Iliad 1.44-52. Apollo’s Wrath. Iliad A Day. Bettina Joy de Guzman – YouTube
- Iliad 1.44-52. Apollo’s Wrath. Iliad A Day. Ancient Greek, sung with lyre. Bettina Joy de Guzman – YouTube
Book Reviews
- BMCR – Stefano Briguglio, La notte di Argo: saggio di commento a Stazio, Tebaide 1, 390-720. Millennium, 11. Alessandria: Edizioni dell’Orso, 2020.
- BMCR – Basil Dufallo, Disorienting empire: Republican Latin poetry’s wanderers. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2021.
Exhibition Related Things
- Exhibition of ancient Roman civilization brought to Beijing-Xinhua
- Greek statues, now in their original colors : NPR
Dramatic Receptions
- Roma, il Dyskolos di Menandro in scena nell’area archeologica di Malborghetto: l’appuntamento per il 12 luglio
- «Dyskolos» con le maschere dell’antica Grecia all’Arco di Malborghetto – Corriere TV
- Ancient Greek drama festival continues with Electra.25 | Cyprus Mail
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- International Plato Society’s Symposium XIII | Society for Classical Studies
- 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
- First Map of Known World Created by Ancient Greek Anaximander
- Alexander the Great Caught a Lucky Break After Suffering the Worst Wound of His Campaign | Military.com
- The Happy Overlap Between Stoicism and Buddhism | Psychology Today
- New Archaeological Discoveries Confirm Ancient Connection of Israel to the Jewish People | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com
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 an unexpected cold period during the summer which will damage the necessities of life.
… 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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