Hodie est a.d. IX Kal. Sept. 2775 AUC ~ 27 Metageitnion in the second year of the 700th Olympia
In the News
- Researchers develop the first AI-based method for dating archaeological remains
- Analysis of everyday tools challenges long-held ideas about what drove major changes in ancient Greek society
- Statues of Greek gods to regain former look in Türkiye’s Claros | Daily Sabah
- Levanzo, recuperato dai carabinieri tutela patrimonio artistrico un rostro in bronzo di età romana
- Greek archaeologists express concerns to UNESCO over Hagia Sophia | eKathimerini.com
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Greek/Latin News
Fresh Bloggery
- Get Sh*T Ready and Drink – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Design Orientation – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Adornments: jewelry and more – The Kosmos Society
- Death by Nile: Punishing Policemen at Deir el-Medina – Papyrus Stories
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Proceedings of the Plenary Sessions: The 24th International Congress of Byzantine Studies
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Monograph Series: Antichistica
- Two kinds of Loneliness – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Series of Dark Lines
- Warm Heart, Calm Thoughts: Yay Wine! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- De terugkeer van Kleopatra – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Stuff Yourself
- Count Your Birthdays with Gratitude — ConsultTheClassics
- Mind the Gap: Abbreviations, Contractions and Alphabetic Symbolism: Guest post by Brien Garnand
- PaleoJudaica.com: Reviews of Lawler, Under Jerusalem
- PaleoJudaica.com: Restoration of Sardis synagogue mosaics
- PaleoJudaica.com: John the Baptist meets AI?
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
Other Blog-like Publications
- Findings showing the connection between Troy and Tavşanlı Höyük have been reached – Arkeonews
- Metamorphoses XV.375-505 – by M. – Ovid Daily
- 24 August 45 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Tusculum)
Assorted Twitter Threads
- @BretDeveraux on Cleopatra’s family tree
- @DocCrom on Xerxes’ ‘Daiva’ inscription
- @DocCrom on the epitaph of Fabius Superatus
- @DocCrom on coins relating to the accession of Claudius
Fresh Podcasts
A new article on Neolithic skulls raises questions, like just how did all those skulls get separated from the bodies? Were there human sacrifices in the Neolithic or were there “ancestor cults,” whatever those were? Our contestants must dodge the ick factor to get to the Truth.
In this episode, we interview Professors Jacqui Carlon and Peter Barrios-Lech. NECJ’s Spring 2022 issue was a special issue in honor of Prof. Carlon, and Prof. Barrios-Lech served as a Guest Co-Editor. In our conversation with Professors Carlon and Barrios-Lech, we discuss Prof. Carlon’s career and her work in such areas as ancient epistolography, Latin pedagogy, and Latin readers.
For the first half of the first millennium CE, Himyar was based in what is today Yemen and flourished thanks to its role in inter-regional trade. We’ll discuss the political landscape of ancient southern Arabia, the conversion of the Himyarite dynasty from polytheism to Judaism, and recently published research on environmental factors that contributed to the Himyarite state’s decline and eventual conquest.
Fresh Youtubery
- 23. Caracalla – Enemy of Mankind – YouTube | Classical Association Northern Ireland
- DAISY DUNN on Pompeii, The Roman Empire, & Why Studying The Ancient World Is So Important – YouTube | Moan Inc
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Book Reviews
- JCT – Aristophanes: Frogs (P.) Meineck (ed., trans) Pp. viii + 170. Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Publishing Company, 2021.
- JCT – Hadrian’s Wall: Creating Division (M.) Symonds Pp. xvi + 213, ills, maps. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
- JCT – Empire and Religion in the Roman World (H.I.) Flower (ed.) Pp. xiv + 217, ills, maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- JCT – Daughter of Sparta (C.M.) Andrews Pp. 375, map. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2021.
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
- Ohio State University, Classics – Assistant Professor in Early Greek Epic
- Placement: Advertisements 2021-2022 | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
- Diatribe: When Homer serenaded Stalin – Neos Kosmos
- Sacred chickens, witches and animal entrails: 7 unusual ancient Roman superstitions | Live Science
- How the Super Rich Paid Taxes in Ancient Greece
- A Visit to Greece’s Valley of the Muses
- The Cosmos of Ancient Greece’s Antikythera Mechanism
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 the loss of noble youths.
… 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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