Hodie est a.d. IX Kal. Feb. 2776 AUC ~ 3 Gamelion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Pompeii fresco among 60 artifacts returned from US – English – ANSA.it
- Italy recovers 60 of its archaeological artworks from abroad – Culture – ANSAMed.it
- Herculaneum fresco among looted relics returned to Italy from US | Italy | The Guardian
- $20 Million Worth of Looted Art Returns to Italy From the U.S. – The New York Times
- Rome’s looted treasures returned from US collectors | World | The Times
- Seized artifacts worth $20 million are shown off on return to Italy – CNN Style
- Deal on Parthenon Sculptures ‘difficult, but not impossible,’ says Culture Minister | eKathimerini.com
- Parthenon Marbles May be Housed in British Annex at Acropolis Museum – The National Herald
- Chamshir Dam: archaeologist calls for further excavations – Tehran Times
- Digital scan unwraps secrets of mummy from 2,300 years ago | Egyptology | The Guardian
- Portato alla luce misterioso quartiere romano di Sens Senigalia. Latrine, vasche, monete false – Stile Arte
- How the myth of whiteness in classical sculpture was created – DW – 01/24/2023
- Arena of Verona damaged by falling Xmas decorations – English – ANSA.it
In Case You Missed It
- Pompeii’s House of the Vettii reopens: A reminder that Roman sexuality was far more complex than simply gay or straight
- 3,600-year-old hoards may contain the earliest silver currency in Israel and Gaza | Live Science
- Gallant pledges to safeguard archaeological site at Mount Ebal from Palestinian damage – JNS.org
- British museums to stop using ‘mummy’ over negative associations | Culture | EL PAÍS English Edition
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- PaleoJudaica.com: Podcast on Babatha
- PaleoJudaica.com: On the cherubim
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Pity
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Success and Disaster
- The Importance of Luck and Good Timing – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- 20 of 234 days: 5th Bull/Prow Praeneste find (?) – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Crime
- Winter AD 122/3 – Hadrian stays in Tarraco and rebuilds the Temple of Augustus (#Hadrian1900) FOLLOWING HADRIAN
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Monograph Series: Die babylonisch-assyrische Medizin in Texten und Untersuchungen
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Monograph Series: Digital Biblical Studies
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Monograph Series: Entretiens sur l’Antiquité classique
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Monograph Series: Mitteilungen des Septuaginta-Unternehmens Volumes Online
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: “Archaeologists of the World Unite! Why We Need to Pay Attention to Pseudoarchaeology Today”
- Roman wood writing tablet with ink found in Sens – The History Blog
- De stèle van Yehawmilk – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Waller, with Molin, The Bible in the Bowls (open access)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Profile of Michael Langlois
- PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Kotzé, Images and Ideas of Debated Readings in the Book of Lamentations
- Knights on White Horses
- Spencer Alley: Adventures (and Associates) of Venus
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Equal to Our Fathers
- Apollo on my mind | Turkish Archaeological News
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Armory
Other Blog-like Publications
- Archaeologists found a 2,000-year-old Roman road in Cluj-Napoca in northwest Romania – Arkeonews
- Finding an Archaeological Dig – Biblical Archaeology Society
- “On the Nature of Things”: Lucretius’ Secrets of the Universe
- In the Shadow of Heracles: Alexander the Great’s Hero
- January 24th | Fastorum Liber Primus: Ianuarius – by M.
- 5000-year-old stoneware workshop found in Iran – Arkeonews
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
We’ve talked this season about some biggggg characters. Josephus, Napoleon, Shabbetai Zvi. And this week, meet…Babatha. A wholly unremarkable woman, except for the world she opened up for us through the documents found in her abandoned handbag…2,000 years ago. This week, Schwab and Yael explore gender and rights, Roman bureaucracy and the many legal systems in 2nd century Judea, and the value of a good handbag.
The triumvirate is formed, Vorenus and Pullo get their hands very dirty, Cicero pays the ultimate price for his rhetoric, and Brutus and Cassius make the final stand of the Roman republic with an actual battle scene.
Welcome back for Episode 2! Dr. Sara, Luke, and Sam dive into Homer’s Odyssey to discuss tricksy heroes, visits to the Underworld, murderous rampages, and how loose of an adaptation we think O Brother Where Art Thou is.
That’s right it’s time for actually, run of the mill mythology! Okay, it’s Spartan so actually it’s still pretty weird, and confusing… Because you know, Greek mythology. We’re talking Children of Heracles and all the famous Spartans of the Homeric world. Plus, the myth-making that gave us 300.
Fresh Youtubery
- WikiEducation and the Classics Classroom – YouTube | New Directions in Classics
- Il progetto MONALISA a Linea Verde life 21/01/2023 – YouTube | Etruschannel
- Carmina Burana No.153 – Tempus Transit Gelidum (in the style of Ensemble für Frühe Musik Augsburg) – YouTube
- Italy shows off $20 million in stolen antiquities – YouTube
- Delphic Paean by Athenaios (35 measures). Ancient Greek lyrics with lyre. Bettina Joy de Guzman – YouTube
Book Reviews
- Pompeyo Trogo, Justino y Mitrídates. Comentario al « Epítome de las Historias Filípicas | «Spartokos a lu
- Port Baglar. Archaeological surveys in the water area of Cape Hristos and the hinterland between the capes of Kolokita and Agalina near Sozopol | Spartokos a lu
- BMCR ~ Matthew J.J. Hoskin, The manuscripts of Leo the Great’s letters: the transmission and reception of papal documents in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Instrumenta patristica et mediaevalia, 83. Turnhout: Brepols, 2022.
- BMCR ~ Mike Roberts, Alexander the Great’s legacy: the decline of Macedonian Europe in the wake of the Wars of the Successors. Yorkshire; Philadelphia: Pen and Sword Military, 2022.
- BMCR ~ John Godwin, Juvenal. Satires book III. Aris and Phillips classical texts. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2022.
Exhibition Related Things
Dramatic Receptions
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- Gazetteering Pausanias: Athens and Beyond
- Drawing Trouble: Fakes, Forgeries, and the Complications of Connoisseurship
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Events Calendar
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- PhD Position at Universidad Pablo de Olavide se Sevilla
- Associate Professorship (or Professorship) of Ancient History (Greek and/or Roman) Oriel College, Jesus College, and the Faculty of Classics
- Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
- Plato’s Magic Ring Allegory and the Lord of the Rings
- Robots Are Carving Replicas of the Elgin Marbles: Could They Help the Real Ancient Sculptures Return to Greece? | Open Culture
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 disease following a period of shortages.
… 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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