Hodie est pr. Non. Sex. 2775 AUC ~ 7 Metageitnion in the second year of the 700th Olympia
In the News
- Jordan archaeology conference sheds light on fragments from antiquity | Jordan Times
- New archaeological findings at Ancient Shiloh | Israel National News – Arutz Sheva
- Sacred treasure found in San Casciano Roman baths – English – ANSA.it
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Classicists and Classics in the News
- University of Cincinnati archaeology students dig up ancient secrets
- Shipwrecks And Roman Pots: History Uncovered Through Egypt’s Maritime Archaeology Center – Scoop Empire
- History professor digs beyond her discipline – University of Lynchburg
Greek/Latin News
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: The Enterprising Worley Loves his Job Profiting from the Trashing of the Past
- A New Article on the Date of Codex Sinaiticus | Variant Readings
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Tolkien the Anarchist
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Russian or Latin?
- Scholarly Severance Package – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Plato Says It’s Like We’re Drunk All The Time – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- All the Simons You’ll Ever Need – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Are You Down with O.P.P. (Other Peoples’ Pimples)? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Camera Palaestina: Photography and Displaced Histories of Palestine
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Who Saved the Parthenon? A New History of the Acropolis Before, During and After the Greek Revolution
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Monograph Series: International Voices in Biblical Studies
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Bejeweled Bronze Age grave found in Hungary
- PaleoJudaica.com: The slaying of Zechariah and the destruction of the Temple?
- PaleoJudaica.com: The palace of the High Priest Annas?
- PaleoJudaica.com: Embodying textual criticism
- Libyans: Herodotos (fifth century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Various peoples: Herodotos on the mixed composition of the Persian army under Xerxes (fifth century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Kretans: Ephoros on Kretan civic organization and customs (mid-fourth century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Pelasgians and Arkadians: Ephoros on their relationship (mid-fourth century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Boiotians: Ephoros on the superiority of Boiotia and on a Phoenician connection (mid-fourth century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Find and Finder of the Month: Danielle Pinto of Florida found Another Cheater’s Game Die – The Temple Mount Sifting Project
Other Blog-like Publications
- Who Was Ezra? – Biblical Archaeology Society
- The reunification of the Parthenon marbles is a universal request
Fresh Podcasts
A.E. (Alicia) Stallings is a highly acclaimed poet and translator. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, she has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation, and, in 2011, a prestigious “genius grant” from the MacArthur Foundation, which recognized her for “mining the classical world and traditional poetic techniques to craft imaginative explorations of contemporary life that evoke startling insights about antiquity’s relevance for today.” Her most recent verse translation is called “The Battle Between the Frogs and Mice: A Tiny Homeric Epic,” and her collection of poems “This Afterlife” will be published later in 2022.
One of the most studied military victories in history, and arguably one of the worst Roman defeats – what went wrong for the Romans at Cannae? In our final episode in the Hannibal mini-series, Dr Louis Rawlings explains just what happened at Cannae in 216BCE, and why that battle is still so important today. With 50,000 Romans dead, 20,000 captured, and only 10,000 managing to escape – Cannae is truly Hannibal’s greatest victory. Using tactics that are still studied and used in modern military academies and in the field, Cannae demonstrates the importance of knowing your terrain, dividing forces – and never underestimating an enemy that’s smaller than you.
We’re on hiatus until September 22. Until then, enjoy this long, binge-able episode on all things Aphrodite. Some of you may be here because you saw our presentation on Transgender Aphrodite at Intelligent Speech. If so, welcome! We thought we’d put together our first long file all about the goddess so you can learn more about Aphrodite–how she was worshipped in the ancient world, the. main mythology about her, and our original deep dive into transgender Aphrodite.
Fresh Youtubery
- Ep 1: Introduction to Epic Poetry from Ancient Greece (Go Hard or Go Homer Livestream) – YouTube | Moan Inc.
- Lament of the Kithara – YouTube | Michael Levy
- How Rare Were Roman Cataphracts? #shorts #history #rome – YouTube } Invicta
- Tiziana Rocco – Invito a Pompei, Palazzo Madama Torino – YouTube | Pompeii
- Iliad 1.247-284. Nestor Recalls Real Heroes! Ancient Greek. Iliad A Day, 9. Bettina Joy de Guzman – YouTube
- EES Tuesday Spotlight: Which Rosetta? – YouTube | Egypt Exploration Society
Book Reviews
- BMCR – Marina Coray, Martha Krieter-Spiro, Edzard Visser, Benjamin W. Millis, Sara Strack, Homer’s Iliad: the Basel commentary, book IV. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2020.
- BMCR – Dustin W. Dixon, John S. Garrison, Performing gods in classical antiquity and the age of Shakespeare. Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception. London, UK: New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
Exhibition Related Things
Dramatic Receptions
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
- Managing editor of Bryn Mawr Classical Review
- Placement: Advertisements 2021-2022 | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
- What Happened to Achilles After the Iliad?
- Cuneiform: How AI is revealing the secrets within the world’s oldest texts | New Scientist
- The Parthenon – 3D Reconstruction (VIDEO) – Greek City Times
- The World’s First Humanists | Psychology Today
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 a shortage of food for both humans and animals.
… 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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