Hodie est a.d. VIII Id. Oct. 2775 AUC ~ 13 Pyanepsion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
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- Trovata testa dea Atena in scavi tempio ad Agrigento – Sicilia – ANSA.it
- Lost Temple of Poseidon Unearthed in Southern Greece
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- Excavation of ancient city Hadrianopolis yields wonderful mosaics
Classicists and Classics in the News
- T. Leslie Shear Jr., classical archaeologist, ‘rigorous scholar’ and ‘inspiring teacher,’ dies at 84
Greek/Latin News
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Fresh Bloggery
- Judeans, Syrians, Celts, Scythians and others: Plutarch on the “barbarian” origins of fearing the gods, or “superstition” (early second century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Indian wisdom: Apuleius on the amazing naked philosophers and Pythagoras’ journeys (mid-second century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Weekend Reading: October Chaos – Classical Studies Support
- Friday Varia and Quick Hits | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Fame and the Dead – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Blog Post #65: Necrophobia: Fearing the Walking Dead with Carrie L. Sulosky Weaver – Peopling the Past
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Epitaph of Symmachus
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- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Delian Epigram
- Arnhem, 8 oktober 1982 – Mainzer Beobachter
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Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
Liber I, Carmina Sexta: Ovid writes a letter to his wife, praising her loyalty, competence, and rectitude, though never naming her.
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After finishing the entirety of HBO’s “Rome” Season 1, Jacob, Cole, BP, and I share some thoughts about the season!
Fresh Youtubery
- The Lyre of Hermes – YouTube | Michael Levy
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- Bastet the Ancient Egyptian Goddess of Cats – YouTube | World History Encyclopedia
- Ancient Historian Reads Greek Myth Retellings From 2022 – YouTube | Jean’s thoughs
Book Reviews
- BMCR – Laura Gianvittorio-Ungar, Karin Schlapbach, Choreonarratives: dancing stories in Greek and Roman antiquity and beyond. Mnemosyne supplements: monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature, volume 439. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2021.
- BMCR – Anna Kouremenos, The province of Achaea in the 2nd century CE: the past present. Routledge monographs in Classical studies. Abingdon; New York: Routledge, 2022.
- BMCR – María del Carmen Encinas Reguero, Milagros Quijada Sagredo, Tragic rhetoric: the rhetorical dimensions of Greek tragedy. Le rane, 69. Rome: Aracne, 2021.
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- Assistant Professor of Egyptology The University of Chicago: The Oriental Institute
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Research Papers of Possible Interest
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:
[Saturday] If it thunders today, it portends an earthquake with a roaring sound
[Sunday] If it thunders today, it portends the destruction of wild animals.
… 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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