Hodie est pr. Id. Nov. 2775 AUC ~ 19 Maimakterion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Tattoos found on ancient Egyptian women appear to ask for protection during childbirth
• American man returns stolen Greek antiquities inherited from grandmother
• Ancient Egyptians may have used branding irons on human slaves | Live Science
• Roman Settlement uncovered in archaeological dig in Deal – Premier Construction News
• The Lowly Fish – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

In Case You Missed It

• ‘It’s as if we found oil’: Tuscan town savours discovery of spa trove | Italy | The Guardian
• Hadrian’s Wall faces new battle with hordes of selfie-hunters | News | The Times
• Archaeologists find Ancient Roman ship underwater in Croatia – ARTnews.com
• New discoveries at Ephesus | The Past
• Late Roman Building with Mosaic Floor Found during Salvage Operations in Athens – The National Herald

Classicists and Classics in the News

• “Archaeologist of thought” Robert Mayhew is Reviving Lost Ideas from Aristotle and Other Ancient Scholars – Seton Hall University

Greek/Latin News

• Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 12.11.2022 – Vatican News
• Ephemeris ~ KHERSON INTROIVERUNT 

Fresh Bloggery

• Weekend Reading: On Leaving the House – Classical Studies Support
• Ichthyophagians: Nearchos and Agatharchides on “Fish-eaters” around the Arabian Sea (fourth-first centuries BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Online Open House | Technolarynges and the Production of artificial voice in Antiquity, with Maria Gerolemou – The Kosmos Society
• Blog Post #70: Deconstructing Orientalization with Jessica Nowlin – Peopling the Past
• Towards Mastodon: State of Archaeogaming – Archaeogaming
• Heal Your Body and Soul This Holiday Season: Talk with Family and Friends – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• The History Blog » Blog Archive » Ancient Egyptian amulet seal found in Turkey
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Epitaph of Apollonios

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• Lowbury Hill mystery | Classics at Reading

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Seneca the Younger, Hercules 205-218

Fresh Podcasts

• Tristia 1.11 – by M. – Ovid Daily

Carmina Undecima: Ovid tells the reader that he has been composing his book while on his voyage east, and voices his fears about leaving the known perils of the sea for the unknown perils of the land.

• Literature and History: Episode 98: The Life and Works of Saint Jerome on Apple Podcasts

Polyglot Jerome (347-420) had a gigantic impact on all subsequent Christian history, leaving behind a huge body of works, including the Latin Bible.

• Dive & Dig: D&D II – 8,000 Years Under the Sea – Agios Petros, Greece on Apple Podcasts

We head back 8,000 years this week! Agios Petros is the earliest submerged site in the Aegean. This Neolithic site is 8000 years old and reveals astonishing insights into how the farmers, fishermen and seafarers that lived there, were part of an expansive Neolithic network connected by sailing ships – far more sophisticated than ever imagined. The team even found remains of tuna bones and specialized fishing equipment, indicating that they were capable of deep sea fishing. Domesticated animal remains also suggest that these Neolithic farmers were transporting cows and other livestock by boat! Bettany talks to the site director about the discoveries and Lucy delves into ancient seafaring to uncover evidence of how people were crossing the Aegean thousands of years ago. We also learn about obsidian, a rare volcanic glass which gives insights into ancient trade.

Fresh Youtubery

• Archaeology of Ancient Magic and Ritual Practice [Dr. Kirsten Dzwiza Interview] – YouTube | The Modern Hermeticist
• The Eternal Questions of Antigone – YouTube | Books & Bridges
• The Greek Myth of Pandora’s Jar – YouTube | World History Encyclopedia

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• Assistant Professor, Ancient Greek Language & Literature, Classics
• Classics – 2022-2023 Non-Tenure Track Faculty Pool – HigherEdJobs
• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• Everyone His Own Historian? | National Review
• Oldest Underwater City in the World is Pavlopetri in Greece
• New archaeological discoveries in Iraq uncover questions of community ownership | Middle East Eye
• Hannibal: The African General That Almost Conquered Rome
• Among gods, men: Mount Nemrut still most dazzling spot to see sunrise | Daily Sabah
• Cats Today Find Safety Where Julius Caesar Was Stabbed | Discover Magazine
• Plato’s “Timaeus” and the Will to Order ~ The Imaginative Conservative
• Battle Of Issus In 333 BC Between Alexander The Great And Darius III, Which Brough First Persian Empire
• Tour the well-fortified Tel Gezer, the biblical Canaanite holdout that wouldn’t fall | The Times of Israel
• Who Is Kathleen Martínez, The Woman Who’s Led The Search For Cleopatra For Almost 20 Years?

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:

[Saturday] If it thunders today, it portends insomnia for a while for people.

[Sunday] If it thunders today, it portends a prosperous but sickly period, with bodies being affected by internal parasites.

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. III Id. Nov. 2775 AUC ~ 18 Maimakterion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Previously unknown monumental temple discovered near the Tempio Grande in Vulci
• Magnificent Ancient Mosaic Unearthed in Athens, Greece
• Celtic ruler’s 2,000-year-old ring kept in cupboard for 28 years – BBC News
• Parthenon Sculptures need the light of the Acropolis Museum not the grey of London – Neos Kosmos
• Man repatriates 19 antiquities after reading Guardian article | Heritage | The Guardian
• Greek bathhouse found in ancient Egyptian town by Red Sea | Live Science
• Face of ancient Egyptian ‘Mysterious Lady’ mummy revealed in stunningly lifelike reconstructions | Live Science
• Two 2,300-year-old artifacts exhibited for first time in İzmir – Türkiye News
• The story of how a 2,600-year-old Egyptian mummy ended up in a dark corner Hull’s Old Town – Hull Live

In Case You Missed It

• Ancient Etruscans prayed at sacred hot springs, stunning statues reveal | Live Science
• Archaeologists Find 24 Bronze Statues, Preserved in Tuscan Spa for 2,300 Years | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
• Archaeologists find Ancient Roman ship underwater in Croatia – ARTnews.com

Public Facing Classics

• Rare ancient odeon discovered at remote archaeological site in Crete | Live Science

Fresh Bloggery

• Ignoring the Cause, Assailing the Symptoms – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Teaching Thursday: Reimagining my Roman History Class | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Cities, Monuments and Objects in the Roman and Byzantine Levant: Studies in Honour of Gabi Mazor
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Space, Time and Language in Plutarch
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: V. Galeni in Hippocratis epidemiarum librum commentaria
• Art Crime Research Opportunities 10 November 2022
• The History Girls: The Petronius Maximus Guide to Plotting Your Way to Power Without Getting Your Sandals Bloody. By L.J. Trafford
• The History Blog » Blog Archive » Roman ship discovered off Croatian coast
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Hiding the Sausage
• Ancient quarries in the vicinity of Pergamon – Pergamon Micro-Region
• Archaic survivals – Mainzer Beobachter
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Statue of Vercingetorix
• Restorations are *not* a Good Foundation for Dramatic Proposals: Reflections on the New, So-called, “Hezekiah” Inscription. – Uncategorized – – Rollston Epigraphy
• Epigraphic mistakes or visual jokes? – The VIEWS project
• Spencer Alley: Small Paintings on Vellum at the Louvre
• Roman Inscriptions of Britain in Schools
• Blogging ancient epigram: Agathias concludes his proem.
• Waxing lyrical from esoteric heights | Turkish Archaeological News
• Parody and Charm – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Eight Billion People

Other Blog-like Publications

• ANE TODAY – 202211 – Who Are You? Preliminary Results of the Academic Genealogies of Near Eastern Scholars (AGNES) Project – American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR)
• A Trove of ‘Exceptional’ stunningly preserved bronze statues found at an Ancient Thermal Spa in Tuscany, Italy – Arkeonews
• Sacred monumental building of the Etruscans discovered in Vulci – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• First sentence written in Canaanite language discovered on ivory comb – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Unique ancient Egyptian amulet seal discovered during archeological excavations in northern Turkey – Arkeonews

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Seneca the Younger, Hercules 1-11

Fresh Podcasts

• Ancient Warfare Podcast: AW225 – Invicta on Apple Podcasts

Jasper and Murray are joined by Julien Blurel, the brains behind the Invicta YouTube channel. In the latest episode, Invicta demonstrates the true size of a Roman legion. This is the first of their new ‘true size’ series, which aims to bring history to life in 3D using the Unreal Engine. True Size of the Roman Legion really puts into context the Roman army camp, the Legion on the march and the Roman army order of battle.

• Ancient History Fangirl: The Headless Megaliths of Gobekli Tepe on Apple Podcasts

In our episode on the Sphinx Water Erosion Theory, we discussed the theory that the Sphinx was 10,000 years old. This date would require us to completely reorder our sense of how humanity evolved. We decided it’s simply too out there to be true. But what if we told you that there is an archaeological site 10,000 years old whose shocking discovery did indeed require archaeologists to change the way they interpreted history? It’s like if the Sphinx really did turn out to be really 10,000 years old, except it’s not the Sphinx, and it’s not in Egypt. It’s in Turkey. It’s called Gobekli Tepe. Join us as we explore a wild, weird world of decapitated megaliths, menacing animals in high relief, gardens of megapeens, and a lost culture far closer to the last Ice Age than they are to us.

• Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold: Conversations: Bringing New Life to Everyone’s Favourite Roman, Translating Ovid w/ Stephanie McCarter on Apple Podcasts

Liv speaks with translator Stephanie McCarter about her new translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. How she went about translating, favourite sections and characters, and so much more. Find Metamorphoses by Ovid, translated by Stephanie McCarter, wherever you get your books. Follow Stephanie on Twitter or check out her website. Help keep LTAMB going by subscribing to Liv’s Patreon for bonus content! 

Fresh Youtubery

• An investigation into the “first state” of Piranesi’s Ichnographiam Campi Martii – YouTube | British School at Rome
• Contributing Apparatus corrections to Papyri.info – YouTube | Sunoikisis DC
• Historian Explains “Troy” (2004) VS The Real Greek Mythology – YouTube | Moan Inc.
• De edendo periodico Latino, cum Gaio Licoppe || “Rara avis” Podcast, S1EP2 – YouTube | Satura Lanx
• The Gangs of Rome – Secret History DOCUMENTARY – YouTube | Invicta
• Temple of Hera, 550 BC, Selinunte (Sicily)- site destroyed by Carthage in 409 BC. – YouTube | Darius Arya Digs

Book Reviews

• L’histoire du seul papyrus découvert en Roumanie | Spartokos a lu

Dramatic Receptions

• Casey Stars in ‘Iphigenia’ Play at College of the Holy Cross – Lynn Journal
• An explosive act of violence: why Britten’s Rape of Lucretia speaks to our brutal times | Opera | The Guardian

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• This Ancient Roman Emperor was Buried Alive – and His Wife Refused to Save Him!
• The treasure city found by Alexander the Great – BBC Reel

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 human receiving the blessings of the gods because the wind is blowing from the East.

… 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)

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

In the News

• Greek bathhouse found in ancient Egyptian town by Red Sea | Live Science
• British Museum Chair Rebukes Calls to Return Parthenon Marbles – ARTnews.com
• Appian Way: How to explore Rome’s original superhighway by bike | The Independent
• Enchanted ancient Egyptian amulet seal found in Türkiye’s Amasra | Daily Sabah
• Newcastle-led project helps save Hadrian’s Wall- Press Office – Newcastle University
• Archaeologists find 5,000-year-old prehistoric site in Oman | Miami Herald
• Ancient DNA study in Türkiye sheds light on Mesopotamia’s history | Daily Sabah

In Case You Missed It

• An Ivory Comb With an Ancient Message: Get Rid of Beard Lice. – The New York Times
• Archaeologists Discover 4,300-Foot-Long Tunnel Under Ancient Egyptian Temple | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
• Before-and-after photos show Italy’s bronze statues preserved in mud for 2,000 years | Daily Mail Online

Greek/Latin News

• Akropolis World News ~ Ἰταλία
• Ephemeris ~ META-DIMISSIO

Public Facing Classics

• Athenian democracy makes us reflect on war and peace – Neos Kosmos
• In defence of Alexander the Great | The Spectator
• Rare ancient odeon discovered at remote archaeological site in Crete | Live Science

Fresh Bloggery

• Parthians: Trogus on the origins and developments of an empire (first century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Parthians: Strabo on Scythian origins and military success (early first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Baktrians, Sogdianians, and some “completely barbarous” eastern peoples: Strabo (early first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Perachora | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Don’t Get Involved
• Nothing To Write about: Cicero Gives Up – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• What Use is a Good Reputation? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Computerized Historical Linguistic Database of Latin Inscriptions of the Imperial Age
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Monograph Series: CICERO: Studies on Roman Thought and Its Reception
• The Death of Procris, By Benjamin West (c. 1738-1820) | The Historian’s Hut
• Livy | The Historian’s Hut
• Emperor Nero Allegedly Murdered His Step-Brother | The Historian’s Hut
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Epitaph of Epitynchanon
• The History Blog » Blog Archive » Update: Maxentius coin sells for $312,000
• The Baffling Ancient Unsolved Mystery of the Phaistos Disk – Tales of Times Forgotten
• De Atheense Bondgenotenoorlog – Mainzer Beobachter

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• Conventiculum Dickinsoniense 2023 | Dickinson College Commentaries

Other Blog-like Publications

• THE QUEEN(S) OF LEAVING MEN ON READ
• V.S. Naipaul, Latin Literature and Ancient Rome: Part I – Antigone
• Hadrian’s Wall – Smarthistory
• 1,800-year-old wine press uncovered next to Roman fort – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Ancient Roman Medallion Brings $312,000 in Heritage Auction

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Horace, Odes 1.14.1-16

Fresh Podcasts

• Accessible Art History: The Colosseum on Apple Podcasts

Welcome back to Accessible Art History: The Podcast! This week, I’m discussing the most famous amphitheater in the world: The Colosseum!

• The Ancients: The Tomb of Tutankhamun on Apple Podcasts

In November of 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter, thanks to benefactor Lord Carnarvon, discovered the untouched tomb of Tutankhamun. Otherwise erased from history, the tomb of this 18th Dynasty Pharaoh would go on to change the world. Undoubtedly cited as one of the greatest archaeological finds in human history, do we really know what happened in November 1922? Or is there more to the story? In the second episode of our Tutankhamun series, Tristan is joined by Egyptologist and author Bob Brier a.k.a. “Mr Mummy”. Together they tell us the details of this groundbreaking discovery, and help illuminate the missing characters. How did Howard Carter stumble across a world changing archaeological find – and was it worth the breakdown in diplomatic relations that followed?

• Emperors of Rome: Episode CCI – Actium on Apple Podcasts

In 31 BCE one of the largest naval battles in the ancient world took place—more than 600 ships, almost 200,000 men, and one woman. The forces of Octavian, Antony and Cleopatra would square off for control of the mediterranean, and ultimately the Roman empire. Guest: Barry Strauss (Bryce and Edith M. Bowmar Professor in Humanistic Studies at Cornell University, author of The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium).

• The Partial Historians: Dictators by the Dozen on Apple Podcasts

In this episode, we delve into the craziness of the mid-430s BCE. The Romans are feeling the pressure, so they order dictators by the dozen.

• Ancient Office Hours: Episode 53 – The Partial Historians on Apple Podcasts

The Partial Historians (Drs. Greenfield & Radford), educators and Roman history podcasters, join Lexie to chat about how the pandemic helped renew interest in Classics, differences between the Aussie/US educational systems and specializations, and behind the scenes of starting the Partial Historians podcast & what inspires them. So tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for this week’s exciting odyssey!

Fresh Youtubery

• “La scoperta nell’acqua calda: gli straordinari bronzi di San Casciano. Un commento a caldo” – YouTube | Etruschannel
• Greenday – Boulevard of Broken Dreams in Classical Latin (Bardcore/Medieval style) – YouTube
• How the discovery of these ancient bronze Italian sculptures will “rewrite history” – YouTube | Euronews
• Via Appia: Walking the first 6 miles just outside of Rome with Ancient Rome Live – YouTube | Ancient Rome Live
• How did the Persians overthrow the Medes? – YouTube | Ancient History Guy
• Apertura a Pompei della Villa di Diomede e della Casa dei Dioscuri – YouTube | Pompeii
• Digital Archives: Preservation, Accessibility, and Future Directions – YouTube | ACOR Jordan

Book Reviews

• Greek and Latin Inscriptions of Tyras and Vicinity | Spartokos a lu
• BMCR – Antonietta Castiello, Augusto il fondatore: la rinascita di Roma e il mito romuleo. Philippika, 152. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2021.
• BMCR – Todd M. Hickey, James G. Keenan, Edgar J. Goodspeed: America’s first papyrologist. California classical studies, 8. Berkeley: California Classical Studies, 2021.

Exhibition Related Things

• The true colors of antiquity | The New Criterion

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• Re-tracing the Archive: Affects and Ethics
• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• PhD Program in NYC- Applications open – Archaeology Wiki
• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• Ancient Greek Military Strategies Still Used Today
• Themistocles: The Greek General who Saved Athens from the Persians

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 an end to the perverted plans of those in power; also, a drying wind will affect the trees.

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. V Id. Nov. 2775 AUC ~ 16 Maimakterion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Possible archaeological remains found during Sannat Square works
• Bronzi di Riace, 50 anni di studi e ricerche – Adnkronos.com
• Oman has recovered an exceptional collection of silver jewelry from a prehistoric grave – Arkeonews
• Ancient Roman Medallion Brings $312,000 Sending Auction Over $5.6 Million – Numismatic News
• Antiquities trafficking charges against former Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez and curator Jean-François Charnier could be dropped
• ‘Don’t expect us to be passive’ in the face of restitution: British Museum chair defies return of looted artefacts
• St Albans Verulamium Park archeological dig uncovers several Roman artifacts deemed ‘remarkable’ – HertsLive
• Oldest known sentence written in first alphabet discovered – on a head-lice comb | Language | The Guardian
• Ivory lice comb – a dating head-scratcher – may hold earliest Canaanite sentence | The Times of Israel
• Bones, pottery found in Gozitan construction site could date to 5,800 BC

In Case You Missed It

• Scientists finally unravel purpose behind mysterious ancient Greek stone spheres | The Independent
• Greek museum displays 1st batch of artworks recouped from US | The Independent
• ‘Exceptional’ trove of 24 ancient statues found immersed in Tuscan spa | Italy | The Guardian

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Professor’s Devotion to Greek Studies Leads To International Education Award – Georgia State University News – College of Arts and Sciences, Faculty, Global –
• 2022 Tack Faculty Lecture Series: Dr. Georgia Irby weaves complex tales of Ancient Greek and Roman sea creatures in “Sea Monsters! ‘O Brave new seas that have such monsters in them”  | Flat Hat News

Public Facing Classics

• Protective childbirth tattoos found on ancient Egyptian mummies | Live Science

Fresh Bloggery

• Daans, Kadusians, Hyrkanians, and Sakians: Strabo on peoples east of the Caspian Sea (first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Sale of Possible Yemeni Objects Raises Questions
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Bonus Eventus?
• Interview | Teaching and learning Latin, with Bettina Joy de Guzman – The Kosmos Society
• Life Without a Nemesis – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Textual instability in hagiographical texts – Roger Pearse
• A Parody Account! Philosophy for Sale! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Aber die Zeit fürchtet die Pyramiden: Die Wissenschaften vom Alten Orient und die zeitliche Dimension von Kulturgeschichte
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Studies in the Masoretic Tradition of the Hebrew Bible
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Etruskische Heiligtümer des 8.–5. Jhs. v. Chr. als Wirtschaftsräume und Konsumptionsorte von Keramik
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Der Zuschauerraum des Theaters von Ephesos
• Thinking Big About Late Antique Polis on Cyprus | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Civil Unrest
• Leaving Life From an Inn, Not a Home – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• The History Blog » Blog Archive » Largest group of ancient bronzes in Italy found at sacred baths
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: “Archaeological Treasures’ in Context, Please? [Updated]
• Sisygambis, Barsine, Antigone – Mainzer Beobachter
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: The Barnetby Bull Rider
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Epitaph of Amandos
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Questions About the San Casciano dei Bagni Excavations

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• Dickinson Summer Latin Workshop 2023: Navigatio Brendani | Dickinson College Commentaries
• Dickinson Digital Latin Workshop July 13-15, 2023 | Dickinson College Commentaries

Other Blog-like Publications

• Large group of bronze statues found in Italy
• 1,800-year-old wine press uncovered next to Roman fort – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Ornate collection of ancient bronze statues discovered in Tuscany – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News

Fresh Podcasts

• Ad Navseam: Dis is where it Ends: Aeneid Book VI, Part 4 (Ad Navseam, Episode 102) on Apple Podcasts

Time to leave behind the valley of souls, make our way out of Dis place and head back to the land of the living. As the guys wrap up this portion of the epic poem, it’s hard to avoid a little bit of interpretive questioning: Why did Vergil couple Rome’s glorious future with the tear-jerking, pathos-filled death of Marcellus? How did the man of Mantua really feel about Augustus? Is that lavish, spondaic poety sincere or is there some kowtowing to the guy who cuts his check? And perhaps most of all, why does Aeneas exit the Mall of Persephone through that gate of false dreams? Was it only to prevent the emergency-exit alarm from going off as he heads toward his Iliadic destiny? To get some answers, cast your anchor from the prow, face your sterns toward the shore, grab a bag of huggable portions, and tune in!

• History Hack: History Hack: Common and Uncommon Scents on Apple Podcasts

Susan Stewart joins us to talk about her new book

• Thin End of the Wedge: 49. George Smith: the man behind the headlines on Apple Podcasts

150 years ago, a young George Smith made headlines around the world. He had pieced together an Akkadian version of the Flood story found on fragments of clay tablets. Who was Smith, and why did his discovery have such a dramatic impact? What happened to him next? And what is his legacy? We’re joined by guests Sophus Helle, Gareth Brereton, Strahil Panayotov, Enrique Jimenez, Cornelia Wunsch, Mark Weeden, and Pippa Steele.

Fresh Youtubery

• 33. Decius – Falling to the Barbarians – YouTube | Classical Association Northern Ireland
• Rating Hades & Persephone Retellings: Lore Olympus, A Touch of Darkness, Neon Gods, and More! – YouTube | Moan Inc
• Fool/Ballot Etymologies – YouTube | Alliterative
• Classics, Indigeneity and Scientific Race – YouTube | New Directions in Classics
• Dal fango riemergono 24 statue di bronzo: a San Casciano dei Bagni la scoperta del secolo – YouTube | intoscana
• Teaching and learning Latin, with Bettina Joy de Guzman | Kosmos Society – YouTube | Center for Hellenic Studies
• Video Shows Newly Discovered Ancient Roman Bronze Statues – YouTube | NBC News
• #7 Halloween special in Latin: Frightful times at Froda | Prodigia Frodensia – YouTube | Latinitium

Book Reviews

• AJA – Labouring with Large Stones: A Study into the Investment and Impact of Construction Projects on Mycenaean Communities in Late Bronze Age Greece, by Yannick Boswinkel
• AJA – Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean, by Carolina López-Ruiz Hédi Dridi
• AJA – The Painted Tetrarchic Reliefs of Nicomedia: Uncovering the Colourful Life of Diocletian’s Forgotten Capital, by Tuna S. Ağtürk Martin Beckmann
• AJA – A Social Archaeology of Roman and Late Antique Egypt: Artefacts of Everyday Life, by Ellen Swift, Jo Stoner, and April Pudsey Anna Lucille Boozer
• AJA – Metal Finds and Coins: Final Publications from the Danish-German Jerash Northwest Quarter Project II, and Glass, Lamps, and Jerash Bowls: Final Publications from the Danish-German Jerash Northwest Quarter Project II, both edited by Achim Lichtenberger and Rubina Raja Tim Penn
• BMCR – Elizabeth C. Robinson, Urban transformation in ancient Molise: the integration of Larinum into the Roman state. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2021.
• BMCr – Sylvain Forichon, Les spectateurs des jeux du cirque à Rome (du Ier siècle a.C. au VIe siècle p.C.): passion, émotions et manifestations. Scripta antiqua, 133. Bordeaux: Ausonius éditions, 2021.

Exhibition Related Things

• maenads – Press Office – Newcastle University

Dramatic Receptions

• Latest News: A Mythological Makeover | Muhlenberg College

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

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 the common folk being led into misery, but there will be an abundance of daily necessities.

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. VI Id. Nov. 2775 AUC ~ 15 Maimakterion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• San Casciano like Riace, 24 bronzes found under water – English – ANSA.it
• ‘Exceptional’ discovery as ancient bronze statues emerge in Tuscany | Reuters
• Toscana, scoperte 24 statue di bronzo nel santuario romano di San Casciano dei Bagni
• Genetic analysis of Neolithic people from Mesopotamia shows blend of demographics
• Lincolnshire metal detectorist’s Iron Age bull rider up for auction – BBC News
• Digitisation preserves history for future generations | Cyprus Mail

In Case You Missed It

• Vast tunnel found beneath ancient Egyptian temple | Live Science
• Scientists Discover Mysterious Spheres Pointing To Ancient Greek Board Game

Classicists and Classics in the News

• News – Member Spotlight: Andrew F. Stewart – Archaeological Institute of America Societies
• Crassly Quoted Classics from The Harrodian School – Finley Walsh, Wallington County Grammar School | This Is Local London

Greek/Latin News

• Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 05.11.2022 – Vatican News
• Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 29.10.2022 – Vatican News
• Ephemeris ~ DE CLIMATE

Public Facing Classics

• Iliad as a lesson of individual v communal need – Neos Kosmos

Fresh Bloggery

• Germans and Sarmatians: Josephos on impulsive and violent northerners (late first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Itureans among Arabians: Strabo and Josephos on a supposed bandit-people (first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Blog Post #69: Beyond East and West: Conceptions of Naukratis – Peopling the Past
• I Made Your Poems Worse: You’re Welcome! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Epitaph of Kyros
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: εριc sιmιlεs
• Hearing Color, Seeing Words – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: One Off Journal Issues: Subaltern Archaeology
• Xenophon | The Historian’s Hut
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Writing Around the Ancient Mediterranean
• Venus Tells Aeneas And His Friend Achates To Go To Carthage, Designed By Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (c. 1610–1662) | The Historian’s Hut
• Nieuwe plannen – Mainzer Beobachter
• Sallust’s Words of Old — ConsultTheClassics

Other Blog-like Publications

• A Sacrificial Minoan Bull – Biblical Archaeology Society
• Underwater archaeologists uncover 2,000-year-old Roman ship – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Archaeologists find a Roman military watchtower in Morocco for the first time – Arkeonews

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Catullus 58
• @DocCrom on a coin of Demetrius I
• @DocCrom on Juvenal, Satire 6.1-10

Fresh Podcasts

• The Hellenistic Age Podcast: Bonus: Anchors Aweigh – The Seleucid Anchor and Imperial Iconography on Apple Podcasts

The anchor was the most recognizable image associated with the Seleucids, who used it as their dynastic seal to symbolize their royal authority. Its origins are interwoven into the stories of the dynasty’s founder, Seleucus I Nicator, as omens and prophecies associated the anchor with his imperial destiny. These stories might have been tied to the now-lost Seleucus Romance, but the anchor continued to be used by later monarchies, a testament to the lasting appeal of Seleucid kingship in the Near East and Central Asia.

• Against the Lore: Childcare on Apple Podcasts

In which we’re joined again by Caroline Lawrence, who is shocked by Soranus’ terrible advice about breastfeeding. Meg tells us about the ancient Greek baby shower (aka the amphidromia ritual), while Barney reveals the ancient Sumerian word for midwife.

• Legit Classics: Medicine with DR EMEKA on Apple Podcasts

The fabulous Dr Emeka Okorocha joins Jasmine today to discuss all things healthcare and medecine. Dr Emeka gamely answers Jasmine’s pop quiz of Classical diagnoses to see if he can tell what the patient was suffering from, as well as managing to keep a straight face while she reveals some of the ancient cures. Hippocrates of course is discussed, whose oath Doctors even now have to commit to before they start to practise.

• Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold: Arachne Weaves Her Tragedy & The Cursed Legacy of Thebes on Apple Podcasts

First, Liv reads a selection from the new translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, by Stephanie McCarter, because it’s ARACHNE and it’s AMAZING. Then, the cursed legacy of Thebes, the stories of Ino and Semele.

Fresh Youtubery

• Grandarte 4 novembre 2022 – Il restauro della Latona – YouTube | Etruschannel
• CCA South, Fall Conference 2022. Owen Doonan. Sinop Kale Excavations 2017-19 Results & Findings – YouTube
• Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book I, lines 113-162, read in Latin – YouTube | Ancient Literature Dude
• A New History of the Ancient Near East with Amanda Podany – YouTube | World History Encyclopedia

Book Reviews

• BMCR – David Lloyd Dusenbury, Nemesius of Emesa on human nature: a cosmopolitan anthropology from Roman Syria. Oxford early Christian studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021.
• BMCR – John T. Hamilton, Complacency: classics and its displacement in higher education. Critical antiquities. Chicago; London: The University of Chicago Press, 2022.
• A New Translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Reviewed | The New Yorker
• BMCR – Nadine Becker, Die goldenen Siegelringe der Ägäischen Bronzezeit. Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing, 2021.
• BMCR – Antonio E. Felle, Bryan Ward-Perkins, Cultic graffiti in the late antique Mediterranean and beyond. Contextualizing the sacred, 11. Turnhout: Brepols, 2021.

Exhibition Related Things

• Hercules: Myth and Legacy – Chau Chak Wing Museum

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• Kythera and Laconia, a continuous dependent relationship
• The “Future of the Past”: Why Classical Studies Still Matter
• Herodotus as an historian of religions and polytheism: the Egyptian matrix
• Registration open for UWICAH annual conference, Swansea
• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• Professeure ou professeur en histoire romaine Laval – The Classical Association of Canada
• Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Arts and Humanities job with UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON | 315648
• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• Vergina: Where Proof of Macedonia’s Greek Origin Was Uncovered

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 gluttony emerging from dangerous diseases.

… 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)