Hodie est pr. Kal. Feb. 2776 AUC ~ 10 Gamelion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Vast subterranean aqueduct in Naples once ‘served elite Roman villas’ | Live Science
- The long tussle for the ‘Elgin Marbles’ – Palatinate
- Nabbed antiquities robbers cause ‘heart-breaking damage’ to ancient wine press | The Times of Israel
- Death of Vatican cleric puts his lauded but mysterious art collection under new scrutiny
- Cryptic lost Canaanite language decoded on ‘Rosetta Stone’-like tablets | Live Science
- Why Were 8 Million Dog Mummies Buried Within The Catacombs Of Anubis? | IFLScience
In Case You Missed It
- Museums are Replacing ‘Mummy’ with ‘Mummified Persons’ to Humanize Egyptian Remains | Observer
- Israel steals artefacts from Palestinian site in Nablus – Middle East Monitor
- Carlisle Roman baths: Gems recovered from drains – BBC News
- Rome archaeologists continue search for start of Appian Way
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Professor George L. Huxley – Obituary « The Classical Association in Northern Ireland
- Rogan hosts Graham Hancock v archaeology debate | Times Higher Education (THE)
- News – Celebrating the 2023 AIA Poster Award Winners – Archaeological Institute of America Advocacy
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- Persian wisdom: Ammianus Marcellinus on Zoroaster, Hystaspes, and the Magians (late fourth century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Persian wisdom: Lactantius and others on the Oracles of Hystaspes the Mede (third century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Laudator Temporis Acti: You Must Learn Greek
- PaleoJudaica.com: Alex Joffe says goodbye to ANE Today
- PaleoJudaica.com: Bloch, Ancient Jewish Diaspora (Brill)
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Prosperous Land
- How To Recognize a Grouch – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Abrahams Aufbruch: Philon von Alexandria, De migratione Abrahami
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Anthropologie der Theorie
- 27 out of 234 days: surface ‘enhancements’ – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- The Tale Of The Road Rage Treason Trial Of Publius Claudius Pulcher’s Sister | The Historian’s Hut
- Sacrifice Of Iphigenia, By An Unknown 18th-Century Artist | The Historian’s Hut
- De Zoon van Zeus als mozaïek – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Runesson, Judaism for Gentiles (Mohr Siebeck)
- Nothing will be like before: Some thoughts on teaching ancient history – Everyday Orientalism
- Spencer Alley: Kanephoroi, Sabines, Flora, Zephyr, Proserpine, Alexander
- What Time Is This Place (Part 1) | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
Other Blog-like Publications
- Life-sized statue of ‘Hercules’ found on the Appia Antica
- 10 Terrifying Mythological Creatures from Around the World
- Introduction | Fastorum Liber Secundus: Februarius – by M.
- February Schedule & Calendar – by M. – Ovid Daily
- A Roman Mosaic of the Trojan War – SAPIENS
- The Iliad in Memes: Book 1-4
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
We’re talking more of Sparta’s history and culture including a (very brief!!) overview of the Persian and Peloponnesian wars and just a taste of Sparta during the Roman period, Lacedaimonia Land.
Fresh Youtubery
- vlog in Latin #4: Bassiano (Italy) with@RVMAK – YouTube | Musa Pedestris
- Understanding Ancient Tripolitania: Research, Partnerships & Knowledge Sharing (BSR/BILNAS Workshop) – YouTube | British School at Rome
- Carmina Burana Number 22 – Tempus est iocundum – Song in latin. – YouTube
- Jane Rempel – Sinope in a Black Sea World – YouTube | Roman Society
- Sirens Call (duet). Homer’s Odyssey. Bettina Joy de Guzman. Aliki Markantonatou – YouTube
Book Reviews
- BMCR ~ Kilian Fleischer, Die Papyri Herkulaneums im Digitalen Zeitalter: Neue Texte durch neue Techniken – eine Kurzeinführung. Hans-Lietzmann-Vorlesungen, 21. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2021.
- BMCR ~ William St. Clair, David St. Clair, Lucy Barnes, Who saved the Parthenon? A new history of the Acropolis before, during and after the Greek Revolution. Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, 2022.
- BMCR ~ Yannick Boswinkel, Labouring with large stones: a study into the investment and impact of construction projects on Mycenaean communities in Late Bronze Age Greece. Leiden: Sidestone Press, 2021.
Dramatic Receptions
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- Why did the Spartans dislike democracy?
- BSA Annual Open Meeting
- CFP ASGLE 2024 – The Classical Association of Canada
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Events Calendar
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- Job announcement: 48-month full-time positions (1 October 2023–30 September 2027) – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy
- Stipendiary Lectureship in Classics (5 contact hours) – St Anne’s College, Oxford
- Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
- No. 1 (2022): Aristotelica, 2022-1 | Aristotelica
- Vol. 4 (2022) | History of Classical Scholarship
- What Greek myths can teach us about the dangers of AI
- Poem of the Day: ‘Hendecasyllabics’
- The First African-American Poet and Her Love of Ancient Greece
- The First Celebrity Chef Wasn’t Marie-Antoine Carême or Julia Child — It Was This Ancient Greek Cook
- Smyrna: The History Of Asia Minor’s Greatest Greek City
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:
[no entry for today]
… 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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