Hodie est pr. Id. Sex. 2775 AUC ~ 15 Metageitnion in the second year of the 700th Olympia
In the News
- Getty to return illegally excavated Orpheus works to Italy – Los Angeles Times
- Gorgeous 4th Century Roman Sarcophagi Go on Display in Ashkelon | The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com | David Israel | 14 Av 5782 – August 11, 2022 | JewishPress.com
- Tourist rides moped around Pompeii | CNN Travel
- Wanborough Road closure in Swindon extended after Roman remains found | Swindon Advertiser
- New UNESCO World Heritage Sites Include Greek Inscriptions in Saudi Arabia
- Shelters for Paphos mosaics a step closer | Cyprus Mail
- Women’s touch on Sardis ancient city
- Roman riches found again in Brough – Hull Live
In Case You Missed It
- Roman Coins and Votive Offerings Recovered from Hot Springs – Archaeology Magazine
- Mysterious Script of Biblical Elam Is Deciphered After 5,000 Years – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
- Inscription points to Sea of Galilee site as St. Peter’s home, say researchers | The Times of Israel
- Israeli University Holds Archaeological Dig in West Bank Area Claimed to Be Palestinian – Israel News – Haaretz.com
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Why ancient drama speaks to our time: An interview with Joel Christensen and Paul O’Mahony of Reading Greek Tragedy Online – World Socialist Web Site
- Princeton University Art Museum Appoints Carolyn M. Laferrière as Assistant Curator of Ancient Mediterranean Art
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- Men in Every Season | The Second Achilles
- Teaching Thursday: A Practicum in Editing and Publishing | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Mask
- Petrus Crabbe and an online bibliography of Franciscan authors (13th-18th century) – Roger Pearse
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Obeying Orders
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Database of Roman to Early Islamic Bathhouses of Iudaea/Syria-Palaestina and Provincia Arabia
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Photographic Archive of Papyri in the Cairo Museu
- Sulla As Dictator and the Evils of Civil War – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Egypt and the Classical World: Cross-Cultural Encounters in Antiquity
- Goodbye Heroes! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Het verhaal van Sinuhe – Mainzer Beobachter
- Ignoring the Cause, Assailing the Symptoms – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: An Image of Paradise
Other Blog-like Publications
- The Story of Lemnos. Myth – History – Heritage
- British Museum announces major exhibition on hieroglyphs
- Pasts Imperfect (8.11.22)
- Achilles: The Brightest Star of His Age
- 12 August 45 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Tusculum)
- ANE TODAY – 202208 – The Neo-Assyrian Empire and Egypt – American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR)
- The ‘boiler room’ of the bath in the Ancient City of Metropolis was unearthed – Arkeonews
- IN PICS: Drought reveals full extent of Roman camp as reservoir waters recede in Galicia, northwestern Spain – Olive Press News Spain
- When Alexander the Great Met Diogenes the Cynic | by Christian Nelson | History of Yesterday
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
The Saxon Shore forts get their name from the Notitia Dignitatum and are among the most impressive Roman remains in Britain, but why they were built remains unclear.
In antiquity, Gandhara was one of the most deeply-rooted hubs of Buddhism, and scholars have attempted to search for any possible encounters between Buddhists and the Greeks who settled in Central Asia and India. Fascinating pieces of evidence hint at these connections: the Pali text known as the Milindapañha (“The Questions of King Milinda”) portrays the Indo-Greek king Menander I Soter as a Buddhist convert and saint swayed by the wisdom of the Sage Nagasena, while Emperor Ashoka dispatched missionaries to the Hellenistic kingdoms and ordered his beliefs to be inscribed in Greek on the rocks outside of Kandahar. Centuries later, the sculptors of Gandhara would adapt Greco-Roman mythology and designs to create beautiful works of art, resulting in the first known depictions of the Buddha in human form, and transforming the demigod Heracles into Heracles-Vajrapani, protector of the Buddha.
Nero was a lover, not a fighter. Not a great leader of armies. He thought of himself as an artist. He wanted to be on stage, not on horseback. He was very proud that he closed his Janus.
Liv speaks with author Cait Corrain about retelling and adapting Greek myths, both in space and on earth. Follow Cait for updates on Crown of Starlight, Dionysus and Ariadne in space, follow on Twitter and Instagram.
Fresh Youtubery
- AENEID BOOK 8: Aeneas Successfully Secures An Alliance With Evander – YouTube | Moan Inc
- Hannibal’s Revenge on the Greeks #shorts #history #documentary – YouTube | Invicta
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Book Reviews
- BMCR – Santiago Castellanos, The Visigothic kingdom in Iberia: construction and invention. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020. [along with Sabine Panzram, Paulo Pachá, The Visigothic kingdom: the negotiation of power in post-Roman Iberia. Late antique and early medieval Iberia, 9. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2020. and Eleonora Dell’Elicine, Céline Martin, Framing power in Visigothic society: discourses, devices, and artifacts. Late antique and medieval Iberia, 7. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2020.
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: SASA Virtual Conference: “Opening the Ancient World,” on Sunday-Monday, August 14-15, 2022
- 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
‘Classical’ Opinion Pieces
- Occupation Archaeology – Haaretz Editorial – Haaretz.com
- Crossing the Rubicon at Mar-a-Lago | Opinion
- To keep the Elgin Marbles is to keep our British values
Alia
- Turkey’s underground city of 20,000 people – BBC Travel
- Marcus Aurelius’ son was a murderous psychopath. Is Stoicism to blame? – Big Think
- Paestum’s ruins provide glimpse into ancient Greek and Roman life | Stars and Stripes
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 abundance of cattle fodder and acorns, but it will go bad during the ripening season.
… 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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