Hodie est a.d. IV Id. Feb. 2776 AUC ~ 20 Gamelion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Carsulae, Domus dei Mosaici – Terni – Restauro delle strutture murarie e delle pavimentazioni – Art Bonus
- Getty to Acquire Ancient Portrait Bust of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius | Getty News
- Award-winning animated feature about Second Temple destruction now in English | The Times of Israel
- The Scottish city that is home to the remains of an ancient Roman bathhouse – Daily Record
- Ancient path that is believed to have been built by the Romans is unearthed after 2,000 years | Daily Mail Online
- Red Lion Yard Roman mosaic ‘to be unveiled’ in Colchester | Gazette
- Paul Vallely: There are no self-evident truths in Elgin Marbles debate
- Cave Where Generations Hid for 6,000 Years Found in West Bank – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
- Michel: Nobody’s Learning Anything Meaningful From British Museum’s Parthenon Marbles Display
- Roman site near Trowbridge ‘threatened by plan for 180 homes’ | Wiltshire Times
In Case You Missed It
- Drought may have doomed ancient Hittite empire, tree study reveals | World news | The Guardian
- Three ancient cities damaged in Turkey-Syria quake
Classicists and Classics in the News
Public Facing Classics
- Hellenistic Sculpture: Realist Art in Ancient Greece | Art & Object
- Artemis is a new body suit for period pain – here’s why it’s named after a Greek goddess – OU News
- Earthquake Hit a Region of Generosity and Cultural Significance | Duke Today
Fresh Bloggery
- Egyptian wisdom: Plato’s Socrates on the discoveries of the Egyptian god Thoth (fourth century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Barbarian peoples: Caesarius of Nazianzos’ and George the Monk’s collection of extraordinary customs (sixth / ninth centuries CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Teaching Thursday + NDQ: 90 Sentences Celebrating 90 Volumes | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Someone Moved My Chair! Seneca Wants You to Focus – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- 37 of 234 days: conference prep cont… – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Tall stories upon a shallow shore | Turkish Archaeological News
- Becoming a Person and the Search for Happiness – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Trismegistos News
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Les Carnets du CFEETK: Au coeur de l’activité scientifique dans les temples de Karnak
- Merrie Melodies: “Tortoise Beats Hare” (1941) – Animated Antiquity
- Medousa – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: A Mithras sanctuary excavated in Spain
- PaleoJudaica.com: A cave that hid refugees for 6,000 years
- Blogging ancient epigram: Literary epitaphs for Homer and Erinna
- Friday Varia and Quick Hits | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
Other Blog-like Publications
- More archaeological sites to see in Luxor
- Pasts Imperfect (2.9.23)
- Drought accelerated Hittite Empire’s collapse – Arkeonews
- Revealing the Risqué Art of Pompeii’s House of the Vettii – Atlas Obscura
- ANE Today – Absences, Archaeology, and the Early History of Monotheistic Religions in the Near East
- Researchers found similar descriptions in the Book of Revelation and ancient curse tablets – Arkeonews
- God of Wine: Dionysus on Ancient Coins
- 5 Powerful Queens of the Persian Empire
- What Do Archaeologists Do? – SAPIENS
- Diogenes: Let’s Get Cynical
- Book of Revelation has terminology similar to ancient curse tablets
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
They asked for permission. Permission was denied… but they did it anyway. That’s the predicament that Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Digital Archaeology, Roger Michel, and Director of Technology, Alexy Karenowska found themselves in during 2022. Believing strongly that the British Museum didn’t have the right to deny their request to scan the Parthenon Marbles, both Roger and Alexy hatched a plan to scan the Marbles anyway, using only smartphones and iPads, and in full view of Museum staff. Not only did they manage to do it, the resulting copy of the Selene Horse in Pentelic Marble is an incredible example of what can be done by digital archaeologists, and the challenges it poses to traditional museums, committed to maintaining their collections. Roger and Alexy join Tom and Nick to re-tell the story, and discuss the 200+ year dispute between the UK and Greece, including the loud calls for the restitution of the Marbles to Athens.
Imperium Romanum is a YouTube channel dedicated to bringing history to life, with documentaries looking at everything Ancient Rome; from the army and military equipment to politics, religion, culture, lifestyle and much more. In this episode, Jasper, Murray and Marc are joined by Marc Beermann from Imperium Romanum to talk about what they do.
Turcae Sȳrīque quassātī…
Athens and Sparta had now entered into an agreement known as the 30 years’ peace, seeing the first Peloponnesian come to an end. This would see the creation of two spheres of influence within Greek lands that they would now turn their attention to. In Athens, Pericles would now also see a challenge to his influence within the Athenian political system. All accounts in the sources indicate that the rise of the conservative faction would be the toughest fight Pericles would have to endure to date….
Andreas et Clara, Ilsa absente, loquuntur de rebus quas facere sibi placent hieme. Quid de vobis? Quid tibi placet hieme facere?
Fresh Youtubery
- A Chat With @JeansThoughts: Ancient History, Greek Mythology, And Making Classics Accessible – YouTube | Moan, Inc.
- “Parla con Nerone”. Il nuovo chatbot del Parco archeologico del Colosseo – YouTube | Parco Colosseo
- Society Sunday 2023 – Elizabeth A. Murphy and Going to Work in the Roman Empire – YouTube | ArchaeologyTV
- Helen of Troy (Margaret George Novel) Part 1 – YouTube | Reading Party Podcast
- Best Latin courses in 2023: online beginner Latin courses informed by modern language pedagogy – YouTube | Found in AntiquityL Latin
- Losing its marbles? Pressure mounts on British Museum to return Parthenon frieze • FRANCE 24 – YouTube | France 24 English
Book Reviews
- La Crimée à l’époque Sarmate (IIe s. av. n. è. -Ve s. de n. è.) VIII | Spartokos a lu
- Military Book Review The Battle of Actium 31 BC: War for the World
- BMCR ~ Robert Laffineur, Thomas G. Palaima, Zoia: animal-human interactions in the Aegean middle and late Bronze Age. Aegaeum, 45. Leuven: Peeters, 2021.
- BMCR ~ Olaf Almqvist, Chaos, cosmos and creation in early Greek theogonies: an ontological exploration. London; New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.
- BMCR ~ Leopoldo Iribarren, Hugo Koning, Hesiod and the beginnings of Greek philosophy. Mnemosyne supplements, 455. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2022.
Dramatic Receptions
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- Philippe V, roi des Macédoniens: perspectives nouvelles
- Joan Breton Connelly – Archaeological Institute of America
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Events Calendar
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- LTA Classics UWinnipeg – The Classical Association of Canada
- Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
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 wild beasts attacking humans.
… 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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