Hodie est a.d. VII Kal. Nov. 2775 AUC ~ 2 Maimakterion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Roman Villa Identified By Archaeologists Using Google Earth in England – ARTnews.com
- Northwest Syria: Illicit Excavations of Antiquities in an Ancient Synagogue – Syrians for Truth and Justice
- 2,000-year-old Ancient Odeum Discovered In Crete
In Case You Missed It
- ‘Internationally important’ 2000-year-old Roman road found in UK field | Metro News
- 11 Egyptians, one American on trial for smuggling antiquities to the US – Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East
- Five suspects arrested over theft of artifacts from Sohag University museum – Egypt Independent
- Archaeologists Reconstruct Biblical Conflicts Using Earth’s Magnetic Field – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
Greek/Latin News
Fresh Bloggery
- Egyptians: Achilles Tatius and Dio Cassius on cannibalistic cowherds (second-third century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Greeks and barbarians: Eratosthenes challenges the dichotomy (third century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Hot Love
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Animal Dedicatees
- Don’t Make a Fuss, Quote Seneca Like Truss! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Don’t Eat Brains: Zombie-Tydeus for Werewolf Week – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Lion in the House
- The October Poems in the Chronography of 354 – Roger Pearse
- PaleoJudaica.com: Paleomagnetic archaeology
- Bakken Babylon: Complete Draft | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: A History of Afghanistan in 100 Objects
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Der »Wirtschaftskomplex« im Deir Anba Hadra (Assuan / Ägypten): Lebensmittelverarbeitung in einem oberägyptischen Kloster
- Ancient Vampires 2: What’s Really Scary is Misogyny – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Publications of the Center for Hellenic Studies
- #ClassicsTober Days 24 and 25: IDOL and LAMP | Greek Myth Comix
- Aristotle | The Historian’s Hut
- Hercules On Mount Oeta, By John Flaxman (c. 1755-1826) | The Historian’s Hut
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Roman water tank with pipes, valves revealed
- Roman Holiday – Mainzer Beobachter
- New spooky vid, Redbubble sale, last few days of ClassicsTober! | Greek Myth Comix
- PaleoJudaica.com: Hybrid event: Were Ezra and Nehemiah Real People?
- PaleoJudaica.com: Wetzel, Violence and Divine Victory in the Book of Esther (Mohr Siebeck)
- Writing in Context — ConsultTheClassics
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Miscellany
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Source of Error
Other Blog-like Publications
- Roman observation tower uncovered in ancient city of Volubilis – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Archaeologists uncover Roman villa complex in Kent – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
Assorted Twitter Threads
- @DocCrom on that inscription recently in the news at the University of Leeds
- @DocCrom on Horace, Epistles 1.2.55-64
- @abby_fecit on CIL 6.6192
- @agameganon livetweeting the presentations by Allen, Holland, and Stoneman about Alexander in conjunction with the exhibition at the British Museum
Fresh Podcasts
We’re back with more bonus mythological content, looking at the characters and concepts from QCODE’s new podcast CUPID! Listen to Cupid wherever you get your podcasts.
Lexie and Megan discuss where the gods are, the use of language & names, and why they passionately hate Paris and Helen.
Fresh Youtubery
- 31. Gordian III – Foreign Defeat or Internal Strife – YouTube | Classical Association Northern Ireland
- My New Favourite Medusa Retelling (STONE BLIND Book Review) – YouTube | Moan Inc.
- Ancient Rome’s Greatest Rival: The Rise And Fall Of Carthage | Metropolis | Timeline – YouTube
- 42nd LaFollette Lecture: Embodied – Bronwen Wickkiser, Department of Classics (22 Sep 2022) – YouTube | Wabash College
Book Reviews
- BMCR – Jean-Charles Moretti, Philippe Fraisse, Christian Llinas, L’Artémision, Tome I. L’histoire des fouilles et le temple hellénistique. Exploration Archéologique de Délos, 46. Athens: École française d’Athènes, 2021.
- BMCR – Rodney A. Whitacre, A grammar of New Testament Greek. Eerdmans language resources. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2021.
Exhibition Related Things
Dramatic Receptions
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- Job Listing: Book Review Editor | American Journal of Archaeology
- Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
- Can political persuasion be something more than manipulation? | Psyche Ideas
- “House of Menander” in Pompeii Showcases Ancient Greece
- How Investigations into Michael Steinhardt Reveal Politics in Art World – ARTnews.com
- Iliad Translations – Malta Classics Association
- Where Was Thebes and What Happened to It? – WorldAtlas
- What the Scent of a Witch Revealed About the Ancient World – Atlas Obscura
- Word ‘Panic’ Originates From Ancient Greek God Pan
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 an increase in the number of animals but also a shortage of drinking water for them.
… 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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