Hodie est a.d. VIII Kal. Nov. 2775 AUC ~ 1 Maimakterion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
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- Amr Adib reveals theft of Egypt museum contains 700 antiquities – Egypt Independent
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- Romans gambled with loaded dice to win large sums | World | The Times
- Dagli scavi di Siponto rinvenuta parte dell’anfiteatro romano
- Da Stabiae riemergono elementi dell’antico sistema idrico – Giornale di Sicilia
- Gdf Campobasso: sequestrati reperti archeologici.
- Scoperta archeologica nell’agro agnonese: una pietra votiva di origine cartaginese
- 12 suspects involved in illicit trafficking in antiquities arrested in Iraq – Iraqi News
- Wakefield: Remains of Roman villa and kilns found in ex-pit village – BBC News
- Organised crime gangs ‘fuelling rise in heritage crimes’, police warn | ITV News Anglia
In Case You Missed It
- Lost star catalogue found hidden on the pages of a medieval manuscript
- Roman road: Potentially ‘world important’ discovery made near Evesham | Worcester News
- Hidden ‘Roman road’ discovered in field by workmen – Wales Online
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Obituary: Dr. Lionel Sanders (Concordia) – The Classical Association of Canada
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- Professor Sharon James publishes new book on Propertius | Department of Classics
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- Greeks and barbarians: Dionysios theorizes the blurry lines (late first century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Werewolf Week In Rome: Don’t Look a Wolf in the Eyes! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Of a Mouse and a Man
- Roman Archaeology Blog: East Walton silver pin find sheds light on end of Roman rule
- Autism and Classical Myth: Why I’m revisiting Arkadia this autumn – where Hope flows
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Mer et désert de l’Antiquité à nos jours: Approches croisées
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Thorough and Accurate Knowledge of the Poems
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Inappropriate Adjectives
- Ancient Greek Vampires 1: Empousa – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Two Medical Oaths
- Officina di IG XIV² – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Officina di IG XIV2
- The Disappearance Of Metilius Crispus | The Historian’s Hut
- Two Young Men Confessing To Alexander The Great Their Conspiracy Against Him, By Nicolai Abildgaard (c. 1743 – 1809) | The Historian’s Hut
- Namen, namen, namen – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Inequality
- PaleoJudaica.com: The kibbutz as an unexpected influence
- Spencer Alley: Watteau, Boucher, Coypel – Rococo Sketches at the Louvre
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- Queen Nefertiti’s Tomb…Again – Biblical Archaeology Society
- Medusa through the Patriarchal Lens: How a Mythical Woman became an Instrument of the Far-Right | by Elise Barry | Ostraka | Oct, 2022 | Medium
- Roman-era chambers and clay offering vessels found in Antiocheia Ancient City, in southern Turkey – Arkeonews
- Researchers discover lost fragments of the Hipparchus Star Catalogue – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Archaeologists uncover Roman villa complex in Kent – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Remains of Roman villa and kilns found during archaeological dig in Yorkshire village | Yorkshire Post
- Da Stabiae riemergono elementi dell’antico sistema idrico – Pompeii Sites
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Fresh Podcasts
We love scary monsters – how about you? Greek mythology is FULL of terrifying monsters – and on Live from Mount Olympus, many of them are played by Ian Lassiter. In this mythlet, Ian reveals how he prepares to become the bloodthirsty sea monster Cetus, who menaces Perseus and Andromeda in Season One, and the imposing three-headed dog Cerberus who surprises Persephone in Season Two!..
Last time we covered vampires, we were struck by the haunting connection between vampire myths and real disease. Between that and the many vampire myths from around the world that we didn’t have time to cover, you might say we had unfinished business with vampires. This Halloween, Ancient History Fangirl teams up with Raven Forrest Fruscalzo from the Tiny Vampires podcast to explore the intriguing connection between vampires and disease.
It’s time for the infernal goddesses of the dead… Chthonic Cuties… the realm of the Underworld itself, and how the real people of ancient Greece worshipped and interacted with that realm while they’re still in the land of the living… Learn LOADS more about Persephone and the Underworld by following Ellie Mackin Roberts on TikTok (seriously, she’s amazing on there).
Fresh Youtubery
- The Myth of Persecution with Dr. Candida Moss – YouTube | Heathen Queen
- Runshaw Classics Academy with Professor Emma Aston 14 10 22 – YouTube | Runshaw Classics
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- Oracles of Ancient Greece – YouTube | World History Encyclopedia
- Kouphovouno and the story of Lakonia 6000-1600 BC – YouTube | British School at Athens
- Egyptology at the Turn of the Century | The Oxford Comment | Ep 77 – YouTube | Oxford Academic
Book Reviews
- Review: “Homer: The Very Idea” by James I. Porter | Merion West
- BMCR – Hélène Aurigny, Cécile Durvye, Artémis près d’Apollon: culte et représentation d’Artémis à Délos, Delphes, Claros et Didymes. Kernos, supplément 37. Liège: Centre international d’étude de la religion grecque antique, Presses universitaires de Liège, 2021.
- BMCR – Katharina Wesselmann, Homers Ilias: Gesamtkommentar (Basler Kommentar). Band XII: 7. Gesang. Faszikel 2, Kommentar. Sammlung wissenschaftlicher Commentare, 12.2. De Gruyter: Berlin; Boston, 2020.
Exhibition Related Things
- Andreas Angelidakis is the artist mixing Greek antiquity with contemporary queer culture – Andreas Angelidakis’ imagined excavation site reframes history by mixing totems from the past with iconography of modern gay bars.
- Johnny English, Paddington actor Ben Miller opens new gladiator exhibition in Cirencester at Corinium Museum | Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard
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Alia
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- The immoral case for restitution | Mario Trabucco della Torretta | The Critic Magazine
- Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and its Connection with the Present
- Greek Mathematician Apollonius and His Almost Insolvable Problem
- Policing the Necropolis | Lapham’s Quarterly
- Kleisthenes | Athenian Founder Of Democracy | HistoryExtra
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 major misery as the result of assorted misfortunate events.
… 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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