Hodie est a.d. XV Kal. Apr. 2776 AUC ~ 26 Anthesterion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
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- Can We Be Good? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
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- Friday Quick Hits and Varia | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
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- Popular Speech and Philosophy – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
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- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Apparenza del diritto e rapporti di fatto nell’esperienza giuridica di Roma antica
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- Imagining the Striking Process – Liv Mariah Yarrow
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- 73 of 234 days: borrowed images – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Korinna’s Song: A Poetic Competition Between Mountains – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Weekend Reading: I Come to Bury Caesar – Classical Studies Support
- The Wrong Monkey: “This is a permanent book.”
- Gifts of Chicks and Shells: The Fragment of the Poet Hedyle – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Roman mosaic found under Aldi supermarket site – The History Blog
- De Chauken (1) – Mainzer Beobachter
- The Edithorial: The Mystery of Greek Theatre’s Use in Ancient Medicine
- De Chauken (2) – Mainzer Beobachter
- The Spirit in the Sky is Inside You! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Dacians: Frieze of Trajan’s conquest reused on the so-called Arch of Constantine (likely 107 CE or after) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
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- Archaeologists unearth Roman mosaic in Olney | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
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Murray gives this thought on this question sent in, ‘is the supposed decline in the quality of Hellenistic cavalry true or is that exaggeration with Hellenistic cavalry remaining elite well into the conquest of said Hellenistic kingdoms by the Romans?’
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- How We Made It: Phaedra’s Five Sets in One at the National Theatre – YouTube
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- Is This An Ancient Archeological Treasure Trove Or An Elaborate Hoax? | Time Team | Odyssey – YouTube
- The greatest Roman Arch – YouTube | Ancient Rome Live
Book Reviews
- AJA ~ Archaeological Landscapes of Roman Etruria: Research and Field Papers Edited by Alessandro Sebastiani and Carolina Megale (Archaeological and Historical Landscapes of Mediterranean Italy 1). Turnhout: Brepols 2021.
- AJA ~ Architecture in Ancient Central Italy: Connections in Etruscan and Early Roman Building Edited by Charlotte R. Potts (British School at Rome Studies). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2022.
- AJA ~ The Archaeology of Roman Macedonia: Urban and Rural Environments By Vassilis Evangelidis. Oxford: Oxbow 2022.
- The Ancient Greek Myths Retold – WSJ
Dramatic Receptions
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Research Papers of Possible Interest
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- Next To Athens’ Parthenon Is The Unusual Erechtheion, & It’s One Of The Greatest Temples Of Ancient Greece
- Horses in ancient art: What were the artists seeking to convey? – Horsetalk.co.nz
Diversions
‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
- Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
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- Consult the Oracle at UCL
Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
[Saturday] If it thunders today, it portends a period of heavy rain, disease, an outbreak of locusts, and poor crops.
[Sunday] If it thunders today, it portends a dry and destructive summer.
… 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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