Hodie est a.d. VII Id. Mart. 2776 AUC ~ 17 Anthesterion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Egyptian archaeologists hold their own history in their hands
- Kerameikos Archaeological Site in Athens to Get Upgrade | GTP Headlines
- UNESCO-listed Monumental Mount Nemrut statues survive Türkiye quakes
In Case You Missed It
- Vatican returns Parthenon sculptures to Greece in ‘historic event’
- Smiling Sphinx Statue Unearthed in Egypt | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
- Mini Roman-Era Sphinx Discovered Near Egyptian Temple
- Remember that ancient Roman “dildo”? It might just be an old Roman drop spindle | Ars Technica
- Acropolis Museum Welcomes ‘Venus in a Gold Bikini’ | GTP Headlines
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Classics Professor Melissa Mueller Named Spotlight Scholar | College of Humanities & Fine Arts
- Mary Beard short films with the University of Cambridge aim to inspire the study of classics
- Classics Researcher Improves Oracy Skills in UAE | Mirage News
Greek/Latin News
Public Facing Classics
- Cleopatra’s daughter: the forgotten queen – ABC Radio National
- The Athenian case for lockdown | The Spectator
Fresh Bloggery
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Boy Cicero Reading, or A Boy Reading Cicero?
- The Aging Body, A Failing Ship – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Catalogo dei papiri greci del Museo di Scienze Archeologiche e d’Arte dell’Università di Padova
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Praktiken der Aneignung: Kulturelle Kontakte im nordöstlichen Azovraum vom späten 7.–3. Jh. v. Chr.
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Sessions 6–8, Single Contributions
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Die Rezeption römischer Schlachtenreliefs im Antikenfilm
- A Reminder: Medical and Philosophical Traditions Consider Women Not Fully Human – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- De joden van Rome – Mainzer Beobachter
- Teaching Thursday: More on ChatGPT | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
Other Blog-like Publications
- Researchers help reveal evidence of rare Roman Temple
- Leicester Cathedral Revealed – a Roman shrine beneath the Cathedral?
- Excavations reveal Roman altar stone in shrine or cult room | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- SO I’VE FOUND ANOTHER EXCUSE TO WRITE ABOUT THE GODDESS INANNA
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Fresh Podcasts
Given his incredible career, you’d perhaps expect the name of Roman Emperor Septimius Severus to be better known. Born in North Africa in 145AD, he rose to power after distinguishing himself as a military commander at a time of great instability in the Roman Empire. Finally bringing the Year of the Five Emperors to an end, Severus was in power for nearly two decades – so how did he end up perishing in York? In this episode, Tristan welcomes back author (and Severus’ unofficial 21st Century biographer) Dr Simon Elliot. Together, they explore the life and legacy of Septimius Severus – looking at his impact on the history of Ancient Rome, as well as the bloody events surrounding his campaign in Scotland, and asking how one of the most powerful men in the world was eventually bought down.
We recap the confusing details of the 430s BCE. Be careful – there’s a lot of dictators about! …
Achilles has anger issues. The great Greek warrior sits out most of the Trojan War because he’s angrily sulking. When he finally enters battle, he does so in a fit of rage that causes him to commit atrocities and bring dishonor on himself. So what can we learn from this angry character in Homer’s epic poem, The Iliad? With the help of Harvard classics expert Greg Nagy and anger counsellor Dr Faith Harper, we look at how anger can creep up on us and what we can do to defuse this sometimes explosive emotion.
Fresh Youtubery
- Discover Roman Women: Tombstone Inscriptions – YouTube | The Roman Baths
- Making History Podcast | Content Club Film 1 : “Rome’s Forgotten War” – YouTube | Content Club
- Antiquities Circle Lecture: Dionysos between Osiris and Christ – YouTube | Tampa Museum of Art
- Ivan Matijašić on Herodotus as a model for Ammianus Marcellinus’ account of the Battle of Adrianople – YouTube | Herodotus Helpline
Book Reviews
- AJA ~ Minoische Bild-Räume: Neue Untersuchungen zu den Wandbildern des spätbronzezeitlichen Palastes von Knossos, by Ute Günkel-Maschek
- AJA ~ Ausgrabungen in der frühbronzezeitlichen Siedlung im Heraion von Samos 1966, by Hans Peter Isler
- AJA ~ Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity, by Sarah F. Derbew Mary Ann Eaverly
- Mr. Socrates Goes To Beijing
- BMCR ~ Antony Augoustakis, Marco Fucecchi, Silius Italicus and the tradition of the Roman historical epos. Mnemosyne supplements, 458. Boston: Brill, 2022.
- BMCR ~ Elena Partene, Dimitri El Murr, Kant et Platon: lectures, confrontations, héritages. Bibliothèque d’histoire de la philosophie. Paris: Vrin, 2022.
Dramatic Receptions
- Greek tragedy reimagined with poetry by former Manus detainee Behrouz Boochani – Neos Kosmos
- Travelling Homer: how the National Theatre is staging a multi-city Odyssey | Theatre | The Guardian
- The UK’s National Theatre Staging Homer’s Odyssey across England – The National Herald
- ‘Medea’ receives multiple meritorious achievement awards | Peninsula Daily News
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- Summer School: An Interdisciplinary History of Writing – Hamburg – 17-28 July 2023 – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy
- 2023 Colloquium – Peopling the Past
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Events Calendar
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- Teaching and Research Fellow in Ancient History – University of Edinburgh Jobs Careers
- Teaching and Research Fellow in Roman History and Latin – University of Edinburgh Jobs Careers
- Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
- Was Homer Real?
- On International Women’s Day, Dido Speaks to Us Across the Millennia – WhoWhatWhy
- How story of legendary warrior Queen Boudica inspired women’s march in Colchester
- Did clitorises strike fear into the Greeks and Romans?
- Newfangled coins and mercenaries may have brought about democracy | The Economist
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 the downfall of humans and the proliferation of wild beast.
… 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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