Hodie est a.d. III Non. Oct. 2775 AUC ~ 10 Pyanepsion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
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- Liz Truss pours cold water on deal with Greece for the Elgin Marbles | News | The Times
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- Judeans, Egyptians, and others: Seneca on the “superstitions” of foreigners (mid-first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Judeans and Egyptians: Various authors on Tiberius’ actions against foreign rites in 19 CE (first-third centuries CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Coin from Maroneia, Thrace
- The Bloom of Good Government, A Song – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
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- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Inscription reveals Roman flat tax on goat skins
- Aeschylus | The Historian’s Hut
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Commentaire sur la Physique d’Aristote. Livre II, ch. 4-6
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- PaleoJudaica.com: Does Yom Kippur atone for intentional sins according to the Bible?
- When Survival Demands Humility — ConsultTheClassics
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A recent article on a button-like toy has us wondering, what are toys anyway and what are they for? Were there actually children in the past? And what is playing, really? No, really, what is playing? And that’s where things started getting sticky for us.
There’s no going back now—in this episode we follow along as Aeneas enters the Underworld proper. And if you were expecting a DMV-esque experience like Odysseus had in his jaunt, you’d be sadly mistaken. Turns out the Roman afterlife is more like the 7-story Macy’s on West 34th Street. Oh, you’re looking for the place where the souls of deceased children reside? Up the escalator past housewares and knick-knacks. The shades of warriors who were just “ok”? Hang a left at kitchen accessories and general appliances. Do we also see an Underworld that is literally becoming more “demonized” in Vergil’s hands? Why is the Roman Charon all skeletal and glowing-eyed, while his Greek counterpart is more like Joe Six-Pack? Well, whatever questions you have, get in that leaky boat, drop your obol in the bucket, and hang on for the ride (and don’t forget a Milkbone or two for Cerberus).
Truly we are talking ancient history, since “Cladh Hallan: A Story in Several Parts” was episode 18, way back in 2018 when we still had no idea what we were doing and long before the content that was migrated to the APN feed. This may be the first time some longtime listeners (including you?) have heard this story, and we’ll round it out with some additional context for the subject matter. Find out what we sounded like before Anna really got the hang of sound editing!
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- Echoes of Ancient Greece – YouTube | Michael Levy
Book Reviews
- BMCR – Kostas Vlassopoulos, Historicising ancient slavery. Edinburgh studies in ancient slavery. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2021.
- BMCR – Bertrand Ham, Pierre Hadot, Plotin. Traité 30, III, 8: sur la nature, la contemplation et l’Un. Bibliothèque des textes philosophiques. Paris: Vrin, 2021.
- The Nature of the Relationship between the Northern Black Sea and the Ptolemaic Kingdom | Spartakos read
Dramatic Receptions
- Department of Theatre and Dance modernizes Greek tragedy in ‘Antigone’ | Life & Arts | universitystar.com
- The Suppliants Project Ukraine. Aeschylus and refugees on a football field – New York Theater
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Alia
- The Ancient Roman Origins Of French Toast
- World Animal Day: Like Us, the Ancient Greeks Loved Their Dogs – GreekReporter.com
- The Ancient Greek Battle of Thermopylae Honored in Ireland
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 surplus of all necessities except for grain.
… 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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