Hodie est a.d. VIII Kal. Sept. 2775 AUC ~ 28 Metageitnion in the second year of the 700th Olympia
In the News
- Antiche tessere di mosaico rubate da un turista a Tharros restituite dopo decenni – LinkOristano
- Roman aqueduct find at Caistor St Edmund | Eastern Daily Press
- Archaeologists discover one of the largest phallic sculptures of ancient Rome | Culture | EL PAÍS English Edition
- Police warn that ‘night hawkers’ are digging up Roman fort in Caernarfon
- Archaeology dig off M5 unearths Roman artefacts on first day – Birmingham Live
In Case You Missed It
- ¨First known depictions of two biblical heroines uncovered in ancient Jewish synagogue
- Broken fortress discovered under ‘mega-monument’ burial mound in Cyprus | Live Science
- Archeologia, il mare delle Egadi restituisce un rostro in bronzo di epoca romana – la Repubblica
Papers of Interest
Public Facing Classics
- A visit to Rome in 1912 | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS
- How the ancients treated gout | The Spectator
Fresh Bloggery
- “Covered in Flames and Sorrowful Ash”: Martial on Vesuvius – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Etruscan wheels – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Apotheosis – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Roses, Wine, and Pretty Curls – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Does History Have a “Presentism” Problem? – Tales of Times Forgotten
- De Delische Zeebond: het Atheense imperium – Mainzer Beobachter
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » New fibula types found in prehistoric graves in Bosnia
- PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Rom-Shiloni, Voices from the Ruins
- PaleoJudaica.com: Hugoye 25 (2022)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Nag Hammadi and Gnosticism Network Meeting 2022
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Professional Student
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Deplorables
Other Blog-like Publications
- The Reginaldus Inscription in the Teresianum | by John Byron Kuhner | In Medias Res | Aug, 2022 | Medium
- Examining the Greek Psalms – Biblical Archaeology Society
- A Million Ways To Die In Antiquity | by Colin J Campbell | Aug, 2022 | History of Yesterday
- Giant phallic carving from Roman period found during excavations in Córdoba – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Study challenges views on what drove major changes in ancient Greek society on Crete – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Metamorphoses XV.506-625 – by M. – Ovid Daily
- A Woman Calmly Wounds Herself In The Leg | by Christopher P Jones | Aug, 2022 | Medium
Assorted Twitter Threads
- @Pompei79 on the evidence for the date of the eruption of Vesuvius
- @DocCrom on Statius, Silvae 4.4.78-86
Fresh Podcasts
In the wake of Alexander the Great, the traditions of Hellenism and Buddhism thought came into close contact in Central Asia and India. Lee Clarke, a PhD student in cross-cultural philosophy at Nottingham Trent University, joins the show to discuss the idea of “Greco-Buddhism”, tracing the origins of the Buddha and the establishment of his teachings in Gandhara, before comparing and contrasting the philosophical outlooks of Greek and Indian schools of thought like Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Mahayana Buddhism.
We’re on hiatus until September 22. Until then, please enjoy this deep dive into the life and times of Spartacus. This file contains the first three episodes of our Spartacus series. You’ll learn about the conditions in Italy that gave rise to the Third Servile War; how Spartacus rebelled and the pressures he was under in holding together a disparate crowd of rebels with differing priorities. It’s a riveting tale that’s sure to keep you hooked.
Book Reviews
Exhibition Related Things
Dramatic Receptions
- 2022 New York Euripides Summer Festival Will Present Productions of ION and ORESTES
- Holding Achilles – Mythology Meets Music And Aerial Work In An Epic Re-Telling | Arts
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
Alia
- Scientists develop spectral imaging techniques to help museums with conservation efforts
- Orraon: Best Preserved Settlement of Ancient Greece
- An Archaeology of Personhood and Abortion – SAPIENS
- The Only Written Eye-Witness Account of Pompeii’s Destruction: Hear Pliny the Younger’s Letters on the Mount Vesuvius Eruption | Open Culture
- Ancient Greek Derveni Papyrus: Europe’s Oldest Surviving Book
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 blustery winter and a shortage of tree fruits.
… 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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