Hodie est a.d. IV Non. Nov. 2775 AUC ~ 9 Maimakterion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Statue fragments found in Aizanoi
- Derby Racecourse: Roman pottery found in football pitch dig – BBC News
In Case You Missed It
- Parthenon Marbles Perfect Replica Unveiled in London
- Perfect replica of Parthenon Marbles supports ‘sensible deal’ for their return to Greece
- Has a 2,000 Year Old Roman City Been Uncovered in Spain? | Snopes.com
Classicists and Classics in the News
- News – November Virtual Lectures with Tess Davis – Archaeological Institute of America
- Visiting Classics Professor to Discuss UM Exhibition – Ole Miss News
- Technology offers a bridge between ancient, contemporary worlds, scholars say
- Race and Racism in the Roman World is Topic of Monmouth College’s Annual Sienkewicz Lecture | River Cities’ Reader
- Welcome Home(r) – Chicago Maroon
- Lecture will explore roles of women in cults during Hellenistic, Roman periods | Nebraska Today | University of Nebraska–Lincoln
- SATIRE | A day in the life of a CAMS major | Opinions | Daily Collegian | collegian.psu.edu
Greek/Latin News
- Radiogiornale Latino 01.11.2022 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
- Nuntii Latini mensis Octobris 2022 – Bremen Two
- Akropolis World News ~ Βρασῖλ
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Live Free or Die
- An Unhappy Homecoming: Reading Nikos Kazantzakis’ “Odyssey: A Verse Play”, Online – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Teacher to Student
- Some Spooky, Dream, and Psychic Archaeology | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Valiant Trencherman
- Autism and Classical Myth: In Arkadia: an alien world where Hope feeds a Chimera evoking where Hercules ‘went out to a quiet place and sat, pondering’ – a second Arcadian posting, this one taking a Stourhead turn via Poussin in ways I didn’t anticipate…
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Nomisma.org
- The Last Hieroglyph – Roger Pearse
- New Publication: “The Exploration of Asia Minor: Kiepert Maps Unmentioned by Ronald Syme and Louis Robert” | Ancient World Mapping Center
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Dual Citizenship
- Poison Proofs – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Sacrificial bull’s head found in Minoan cemetery
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Heritage Blogger Vindicated
- De Gordiaanse knoop – Mainzer Beobachter
- Praeteritio and Deft Rhetoric — ConsultTheClassics
- Archilochus, Poet of Love and War — Hestia Blog
- Spencer Alley: Small French Paintings by Unknown Artists (Louvre)
- Ausonius: Manuscripts and Early Editions of Ammianus Marcellinus, and How to Find Them
Other Blog-like Publications
- Public building discovered at Lissos, in Chania
- M. Tsipopoulou talks about a bull’s sacrifice in the Petras cemetery
- The Cluny thermal baths frigidarium | Antiquity at the BnF
- In Parion, one of the most important cities of the Troas region, 2,000-year-old mother-child graves were unearthed – Arkeonews
- The mystery of Tutankhamun’s meteoric iron dagger – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
A little smidgeon of a papyrus has returned from Montana to Jerusalem. Does it date to the Iron Age? Is it real? Does it contain the word Ishmael? How did it get to Montana? Our contestants are confused, as usual. Maybe more than usual, which is saying a lot.
In this episode we find Aeneas getting closer to a reunion with Dad and maybe even an exit from this Hotel California. But, as we’ve seen throughout this epic, there’s no gain without a healthy dollop of pain. First, there’s a horribly awkward rendezvous with a departed Dido who goes all Ajax on Aeneas and ghosts him (literally!) Then we get a glimpse of Tartarus and hear the wretched cries of the damned under the whip of Tisiphone. Finally, the Blissful Groves and a veritable Who’s Who of who slew, made it through just to drink Lethe’s brew (whew!) All this plus a wrestling Jacob, Tolkien, and a jittery Dave steeling himself for another parade. Don’t miss it.
Nero didn’t visit Athens or Sparta while in Greece because he was scared of religious and political retribution. Besides, he was too busy trying to become the periodonikes, the Grand Slam champion of all of the Games. But things weren’t going well back at Rome, so he is finally convinced to return. He had six months left to live.
2/4. Dan dives into Carter’s obsession with Tutankhamun and the trials and idiosyncrasies that made him the right man for the discovery. Dan visits the house Carter built where he conducted his search. There, architectural historian Nicholas Warner tells Dan about the many frustrating years of finding nothing…until water boy Hussein Abdel-Rassoul stumbled upon a square stone that looked like a step. They dug down and discovered a tomb door with the royal seal. No one could have imagined the treasure that lay inside…
We’re back with more bonus mythological content based on QCODE’s new podcast CUPID! This time… Gods inflicting love on mortals and the brewing of potent potions… Listen to Cupid wherever you get your podcasts.
Fresh Youtubery
- I Summarised The Entire Trojan War In Detail So … You’re Welcome. – YouTube | Moan Inc.
- Finding Moses with Dr. Bart Ehrman – YouTube | Digital Hammurabi
- Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal – YouTube | Michael Levy
- Classics at Hemel Hempstead School with teacher Harley Aston – YouTube | Classics for All
- What Made The Ancient Roman Empire So Successful? | Metropolis | Timeline – YouTube
Book Reviews
- Western arrogance on parade in new book about culture and conflict
- BMCR – Neil Coffee, Christopher Forstall, Lavinia Galli Milić, Damien Nelis, Intertextuality in Flavian epic poetry: contemporary approaches. Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes, 64. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2020.
- BMCR – Angelika Schöne-Denkinger, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Deutschland, 109. Berlin, Antikensammlung ehemals Antiquarium,19: Attisch schwarzfigurige Olpen, Oinochoen, Skyphoi und Kyathoi. München: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2021.
Dramatic Receptions
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- Luca Giuliani (Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin and Italian Academy Fellow), “The Problem of Ancient Roman Copies: A Transatlantic Dissent.”
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Events Calendar
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
Alia
- Nestor – November 2022 issue available
- The British Museum Declined to Display Ultra-Precise Digital Replicas of the Parthenon Marbles. So Another Museum Snapped Them Up | Artnet News
- How Has the Ancient World Been Appropriated in Modernity? | History Today
- What made Roman concrete so durable? | News | CORDIS | European Commission
- Carl Sagan on the Brilliance of Ancient Greek Scientist Eratosthenes
- Controversy on the Ancient Pyramid Found in Greece
- ‘Swan Upon Leda’ Review: For Hozier, Oppression and Resistance are Mythical and Mundane | Arts | The Harvard Crimson
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 prosperity..
… 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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