Hodie est a.d. XVII Kal. Sept. 2775 AUC ~ 19 Metageitnion in the second year of the 700th Olympia
In the News
- How did ancient Greeks gamble with these rare bones found in Israel? – The Jerusalem Post
- Egypt receives imaging devices to scan mummies – Egypt Independent
- Archaeological treasure discovered in Najaf – Iraqi News
- Israel recovers rare findings from alleged antiquities traffickers in West Bank | The Times of Israel
- Volunteers sail Roman boat replica along Danube to Budapest | Hungary | The Guardian
In Case You Missed It
- Monumental Rampart Uncovered in Cyprus – Archaeology Magazine
- Archeologists unearth 2,200-year-old Roman fountain in northwest Türkiye
- Archaeologists at the Sea of Galilee Say They May Have Found the Real-Life Birthplace of St. Peter, First Pope of the Christian Church | Artnet News
- The Getty Will Return a Cache of Illegally Sourced Ancient Sculptures to Italy, Including a Prized Depiction of the Poet Orpheus | Artnet News
Greek/Latin News
Public Facing Classics
- Know Thyself: On Clare Pollard’s “Delphi”
- Archaeologists Say They Discovered Ancient Gladiator Tombs in Southern Turkey
Fresh Bloggery
- A short distance between artist and archaeologist – Ancient Rome Refocused
- The Things I would Be For You To Walk All Over Me – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Lost Treasures Department: Mother with Baby Centaurs – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Distinctions
- Founding a Classics Cohort in Wales – ACE Classics
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Monograph Series: Ägyptologische Studien Leipzig
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Series: Dotawo Monographs
- Aristotle Knew Everything – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- No Relief From Anxiety – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- De dood van Pompeius (1) – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Ancient artifacts recovered in West Bank
- De dood van Pompeius (2) – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: McGrath in the footsteps of John the Baptist (6)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Hundreds of gaming/divination bones found in Maresha caves
- Celts: Strabo on peoples beyond the Italian Alps (early first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Ethnic diversity in Libya / Africa: Sallust on legends of migration (mid-first century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Phoenician diasporas: Ephoros on Kadmos and legends of migration to Boiotia (mid-fourth century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Egyptian diasporas: Legends of migration concerning Hyksos and Judeans (late fourth century BCE and on) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- De crematie van Pompeius – Mainzer Beobachter
Other Blog-like Publications
- Can Living Latin Pedagogy Survive the AP Exam? | by Kathleen Schuhl | In Medias Res | Aug, 2022 | Medium
- Archaeologists find ancient game made from bones – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Roman Emperor Octavian Had The Greatest Trophy Room Of All Time | by Erik Brown | Aug, 2022 | History of Yesterday
- Modeling the Fall of the Second Temple –
- Metamorphoses XIV.241-364 – by M. – Ovid Daily
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
In this very Euripidean finale, Helen and Menelaus execute their escape from Egypt, and Theoclymenus is visited by unexpectedly divine guests…
Welcome to the first of four episodes on the history of holidays: Byron’s Grand Tour; The Invention of Mass Tourism; Sun, Sea and Sex; and Roman Holidays. In the first episode, Tom and Dominic explore the adventures of Byron, Boswell and their peers contemporaries to foreign lands, where they pursued romance, sought to improve their health, and ‘acquire’ authentic souvenirs.
Fresh Youtubery
- History of Ancient Iran – YouTube | Ancient History Guy
- The Anunnaki: ancient gods in modern mythologies – YouTube | Digital Hammurabi
- How Christianity Divided the Roman Empire | Colosseum – YouTube | History
- The Adventure of Jason and the Argonauts from the Argonautica – YouTube | World History Encyclopedia
Dramatic Receptions
- Medea review – Adura Onashile exudes awesome authority in bloody tragedy | Edinburgh festival 2022 | The Guardian
- EIF: Medea, The Hub, Review | EdinburghGuide.com
- Brisbane production house puts a spin on Homer’s Iliad with large-scale puppets and props – Greek Herald
- Hadestown Reimagines Greek Mythology with a Modern Twist: North American Tour Review – Nerd Reactor
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- I’m Your Venus: The Reception of Antiquity in Modern Cosmetic Advertising Tickets, Wed 7 Sep 2022 at 13:00 | Eventbrite
- 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
- The Poetics of Social Change in Late Antiquity (250-750 AD) – Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Placement: Advertisements 2021-2022 | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
- Peristeria, The “Mycenae Of Western Peloponnese”
- Currency in the time of Cleopatra VII – EgyptToday
- The 5 craziest ways emperors gained the throne in ancient Rome | Live Science
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 long-lasting peace.
… 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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