Hodie est a.d. VII Ian. 2775 AUC ~ 4 Poseideion II in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends diseases for the enslaved population.

… 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. IX Ian. 2775 AUC ~ 2 Poseideion II in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

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Research Papers of Possible Interest

• Classics education in Northern Irish primary schools; curriculum policy and classroom practice | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
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Alia

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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  civil wars for the city and plague for the forest creatures

[Sunday] If it thunders today, it portends movement of troops for military purposes but it will turn out to be a good thing.

… 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. X Ian. 2775 AUC ~ 1 Poseideion II in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

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Classicists and Classics in the News

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Fresh Bloggery

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• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Excavations at the Palatial Complex: Kerkenes Final Reports 2
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• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Armi votive in Sicilia: Atti del Convegno Internazionale di Studi Siracusa Palazzolo Acreide 12-13 Novembre 2021
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• Het belang van de Makkabeeën – Mainzer Beobachter
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Fresh Podcasts

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• History Extra podcast: Alexander the Great’s extraordinary childhood on Apple Podcasts

Alexander the Great didn’t become a brilliant warrior and empire-builder overnight. His talents were the product of an upbringing that encompassed political assassinations, a dysfunctional relationship with his father and the best martial training that money could buy. Historian Alex Rowson tells Spencer Mizen how Alexander the Great was shaped by the plotting and bloodletting that marred his youth.

Fresh Youtubery

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• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
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• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

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• Euripides: The Last Great Greek Tragedian
• Historian recreates menorah used by Maccabees
• The Last Words of King Croesus
• Erasing Jewish history, courtesy of European-Palestinian collaboration – www.israelhayom.com
• The story of the nativity: Who were the three wise men? | Middle East Eye

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 outbreak of disease for humans, but  a harmless one.

… 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. XI Ian. 2775 AUC ~ 29 Poseideion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

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• Sizewell C archaeological dig team make rare finds | East Anglian Daily Times
• Stolen 8th century BC jug returned to Cyprus, KNEWS
• The 2,700-year-old rock carvings from when Nineveh was the most dazzling city in the world
• Gelderland Roman temple complex yields 80,000 artifacts – DutchNews.nl
• The Bronze Age city in Iraq gifted to archeology by drought – DW – 06/13/2022

In Case You Missed It

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Classicists and Classics in the News

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Public Facing Classics

• Happy Christmas everyone | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS

Fresh Bloggery

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• Solstice | Greek Myth Comix
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• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Quis sum? Provincialis? Manifestations identitaires dans le cadre supra-civique. Les identités provinciales et régionales
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• The Disappearance Of Robustus | The Historian’s Hut
• The History Blog » Blog Archive » Prehistoric burial with 6 ankle bracelets found in France
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Doing a Deal on the Leomisnster Hoard
• Simon de Makkabeeër – Mainzer Beobachter
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• Looting Matters: Homecoming and the Stern Collection
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Assorted Twitter Threads

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Fresh Podcasts

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67 million people currently inhabit the United Kingdom – but what do we know about the original, first Britons? It’s no secret when looking back into pre-history that it was a time of mass migration for animals and people alike, but who were our early inhabitants, and what can we learn about them? In this episode of The Ancients, Professor Chris Stringer returns to the podcast to shine a light on this mysterious part of prehistory. Looking back across millions of years, Chris helps us delve into our distant ancestors’ pasts, and illuminates what they were really like. Looking at the latest archaeological and scientific research, what can we know about the first traces of hominin activity on the British Isles?

• Ancient Office Hours: Episode 55 – Dr. Theodore “Ted” Tarkow on Apple Podcasts

Dr. Theodore “Ted” Tarkow, a professor emeritus of Classics at the University of Missouri, joins Lexie to discuss how advising conversations differ when serving as a Dean rather than regular faculty, his philosophy behind the college “sophomore slump”, and his thoughts on the greatest future struggles for Classics & humanities. So tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for this week’s exciting odyssey!

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• Ladies Dancing Etymology – YouTube | Alliterative
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• Sofia Torallas Tovar | Egyptians in Athens: Following the Trails of Words – YouTube | The Oriental Institute

Book Reviews

• AJA ~ A Social Archaeology of Roman and Late Antique Egypt: Artefacts of Everyday Life By Ellen Swift, Jo Stoner, and April Pudsey. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2022.
• AJA ~ The Painted Tetrarchic Reliefs of Nicomedia: Uncovering the Colourful Life of Diocletian’s Forgotten Capital By Tuna S. Ağtürk (Studies in Classical Archaeology 12). Turnhout: Brepols 2021.
• AJA ~ Metal Finds and Coins: Final Publications from the Danish-German Jerash Northwest Quarter Project II Edited by Achim Lichtenberger and Rubina Raja (Jerash Papers 7). Turnhout: Brepols 2020.   also Glass, Lamps, and Jerash Bowls: Final Publications from the Danish-German Jerash Northwest Quarter Project II Edited by Achim Lichtenberger and Rubina Raja (Jerash Papers 8). Turnhout: Brepols 2021.

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Alia

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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 a hot summer with an abundance of crops.

… 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. XII Ian. 2775 AUC ~ 28 Poseideion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

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• Burial cave dedicated to Jesus midwife Salome reveals treasures; will open to public | The Times of Israel
• Ancient Cyprus jug returned to rightful owner | Cyprus Mail
• Tombs discovered in ruins of Tell al-Deir in new city of Damietta – Egypt Independent
• Smuggled Ancient Funerary Stele Returns to Greece
• Ukrainian troops uncover ancient Roman settlement while digging trenches in Kherson Oblast
• Palestinians in Samaria inflict ‘irreparable damage’ to heritage site – JNS.org

In Case You Missed It

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• Excavations reveal pilgrims’ lamps and inscriptions at ‘tomb of Salome’ | Israel | The Guardian
• 7,000-Year-Old Cotton Fibers Discovered in Israel Are Revealing the Inner Workings of an Ancient International Trade Network | Artnet News

Public Facing Classics

• A Warning for Plutocrats From Ancient Rome’s Wealthiest Man | Time

Fresh Bloggery

• Delving into old references in the BHL – Roger Pearse
• A Boy and a Girl – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Baptisteries in Greece and Cyprus | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• Laudator Temporis Acti: December
• PaleoJudaica.com: Between 1 and 2 Maccabees
• Laudator Temporis Acti: The Men of Old
• The Alcobaca manuscripts – catalogue located, and lots online at Lisbon! – Roger Pearse
• Procopius’ Secret History – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Organizations of Production and Crafts in Pre-Roman Italy
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Monograph Series: Archaeology and Economy in the Ancient World – Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Cologne/Bonn 2018
• Want to Make Friends at Holiday Parties? Plutarch on Why Drinking is Useful – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Critical Archaeology in the Digital Age: Proceedings of the 12th IEMA Visiting Scholar’s Conference
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Monograph Series: Cotsen Digital Archaeology
• The History Blog » Blog Archive » Circus Maximus flyover and Rome post-sack
• Jonathan de Makkabeeër – Mainzer Beobachter
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Health and Safety
• PaleoJudaica.com: A high-priestly Hasmonean calendar?
• PaleoJudaica.com: Kids find a Roman-era oil lamp in the Galilee
• The Biggest Name in White Nationalist Classics – Pharos
• ChatGPT and Academic writing – DR ELLIE MACKIN ROBERTS
• Looting Matters: Funerary stele returned to Greece
• 21 December 45 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Puteoli)

Other Blog-like Publications

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• Late Period tombs discovered at Tel El-Deir – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Crocodile heads found in tombs of Ancient Egyptian nobles – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.627-638

Fresh Podcasts

• Movies We Dig: The Ancient World on Film: Extremely Strained and Incredibly Forced: The Wire (2002-2008) and the Iliad (700’s BCE), with Adam Rabinowitz on Apple Podcasts

We’re back to close out the year with an long awaited (and maybe original) episode of Extremely Strained and Incredibly Forced. Joining us is very special guest, Adam Rabinowitz, who explains why the best adaptation of Homer’s Iliad every produced in the U.S. of A. was not a tediously long epic poem about the War of 1812 – for that, see the Fredoniad – but the HBO crime drama, The Wire. We break down this television classic, its roots in Greek literature and how Omar Little has become a modern Achilles.

• Thin End of the Wedge: 50. Dr Basima Jalil Abed on Apple Podcasts

Dr Basima talks about her new research on a Late Babylonian economic archive from Shatir. She explains about her teaching, and incorporating tablet handling sessions at the Iraq Museum.

Fresh Youtubery

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• Derek of The Hellenistic Age Podcast: Across the Indus Encounters between the Greek and Indian World – YouTube | Intelligent Speech Conference
• Beginners Guide To Ancient Greek Mythological Literature – YouTube | Moan Inc.
• AncientRomeLive.org/support this holiday season! – YouTube | Ancient Rome Live
• Maids A-Milking Etymology – YouTube | Alliterative
• Meditation Music for Ancient Lyre – Inspired by Ancient Greek Philosophy – YouTube | Michael Levy

Book Reviews

• AJA ~ The Roman Peasant Project 2009–2014: Excavating the Roman Rural Poor Edited by Kim Bowes (University Museum Monograph 154). 2 vols. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press 2021.
• AJA ~ Ancient Naples: A Documentary History Origins to c. 350 CE By Rabun M. Taylor (A Documentary History of Naples 1). New York: Italica Press 2021.
• AJA ~ Numidia Romana? Die Auswirkungen der römischen Präsenz in Numidien (2. Jh. v. Chr.–1. Jh. n. Chr.) By Stefan Ardeleanu (Archäologische Forschungen 38). Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag 2021.
• BMCR ~ Pavel Gregoric, Jakob Leth Fink, Encounters with Aristotelian philosophy of mind. Abingdon; New York: Routledge, 2021.
• BMCR ~ R. Gül Gürtekin-Demir, Lydian painted pottery abroad: the Gordion excavations 1950-1973. Gordion special studies IX, Museum monograph 156. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2021.
• BMCR ~ Arabelle Cortese, Giulia Fioratto, Urban space between the Roman age and Late Antiquity: continuity, discontinuity and changes. Acts of the international workshop, University of Regensburg, 13-14 February 2020.
• BMCR ~ Julie K. Ward, Searching for the divine in Plato and Aristotle: philosophical theoria and traditional practice. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021.
• BMCR ~ Jérémy Lamaze, Maguelone Bastide, Around the hearth: ritual and commensal practices in the Mediterranean Iron Age from the Aegean world to the Iberian peninsula. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2021.

Exhibition Related Things

• Major exhibition Luxury and power: Persia to Greece to open in 2023. – FAD Magazine

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

• Lecturer in Classical Studies | Employment The Open University
• Lecturer in Egyptian Archaeology (Teaching and Scholarship) at The University of Manchester
• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• Italy’s Atlantis – a dive into ancient history – Divernet
• Take a Homeric Bath | The Art of Manliness

Diversions

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

‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

• Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends the arrival of a hot and disease-bearing wind.

… 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)Thelxinoe ~ Classics News for December 20, 2022