Hodie est a.d. IV Id. Oct. 2775 AUC ~ 17 Pyanepsion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• First to decipher hieroglyphics? – Heritage – Al-Ahram Weekly – Ahram Online
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• Round Stones Found in Prehistoric Santorini Are Game Pieces, New Study Says – Archaeology – Haaretz.com

Greek/Latin News

• Akropolis World News ~ Ῥωσία

Fresh Bloggery

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• #ClassicsTober Day 11: PRIESTESS | Greek Myth Comix
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• Laudator Temporis Acti: Cupsones
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• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Active Open Access Journals
• The One and Only | Sphinx
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• @abby_fecit on the epitaph of a land surveyor
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Fresh Podcasts

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Tune in for Part 2 of our Gvrgle on memorizing Latin. In this brief episode we look at selections from King David , Appendini, Verinus, Gatti, Wegeler, the Apostle John, and more. Add some famous Latin quips and bon mots to your memory storehouse and repertoire. If you want to join the project, become a LatinPerDiem patron (patreon.com/latinperdiem) for $1.99/mo or sign up for Dr. Noe’s LLPSI class (latinperdiem.com/llpsi). This will get you the master document of the 20 sayings with translations, plus two high quality audio files (Latin only, and Latin with English translation).

• Emperors of Rome: Episode CXCIX – Sextus Pompeius on Apple Podcasts

Sextus Pompeius was the youngest son of Pompey the Great, and was responsible for leading the last great resistance of the Roman republic against Octavian and Mark Antony. While he made the most of his late father’s reputation, Sextus was a leader in his own right, and to many a forgotten aspect of this period of Roman history. Guest: Dr Kathryn Welch (Honorary Associate Professor, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Sydney).

• When in Rome: The Library of Hadrian on Apple Podcasts

Hadrian loved Greece, and part of his grand plan involved making his mark on the city of Athens. The library he built on the north side of the Acropolis was just one of his building projects, and a contribution to the culture he so admired. Guest: Associate Professor Caillan Davenport (Head of the Centre for Classical Studies at the Australian National University).

Fresh Youtubery

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Book Reviews

• BMCR – Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge, Gabriella Pironti, Raymond Geuss, The Hera of Zeus: intimate enemy, ultimate spouse. Classical scholarship in translation. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Exhibition Related Things

• British Museum’s cracking tale of ancient Egyptian code, scholarly rivalry, sex and a magic bath
• Rosetta stone: How a dead language was decoded – CNN Style

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• Bestiality as spectacle in the Roman East
• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• UNC-Chapel Hill Job Posting of Interest | Ancient World Mapping Center
• Tenure-Track Position in Classics – Hillsdale College – HigherEdJobs
• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Research Papers of Possible Interest

• The diverse genetic origins of a Classical period Greek army | PNAS

Diversions

• Latin Wordle – latindictionary.io
• GNT Wordle
• Verbdum – Ludus verborum cotidianus

‘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 prosperity, but the wind will do damage.

… 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)