Hodie est a.d. III Kal. Mai. 2776 AUC ~ 9 Mounichion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Archaeologies hail find of Sassanid relics in northeast Iran – Tehran Times
• Italy returns ancient stele, illegally exported, to Turkey – ABC News
• New York repatriates three antiquities to Yemen after seizing them from Met board member | Reuters
• D.A. Bragg Announces Three Antiquities Repatriated to Yemen – Manhattan District Attorney’s Office
• Israel Razed the Last Orchard in Silwan in Search of Siloam Pool. It Still Can’t Be Found – Israel News – Haaretz.com
• Ancient coins, miscellaneous materials returned to Bulgaria following HSI Newark-led investigation | ICE
• Czech archaeologists unearth unique finds in Oman – Akademie věd České republiky
• Caerwent treasure could be undiscovered Roman settlement | South Wales Argus
• Eros and pathos in Pompeii bridal carriage – Lifestyle – ANSA.it
• BTA :: Varna Archaeologists Report Rare 5th Century BC Find

In Case You Missed It

• Lost Roman camps spotted on Google Earth hint at a deadly MASSACRE 1,900 years ago  | Daily Mail Online
• NY Times Highlights Experts’ Distrust of Ancient Kylix Reassembled from Fragments – The National Herald
• Ancient necropolis unearthed just feet away from bustling Paris train station | Live Science
• Illicit metal detecting at Colchester archaeological site | East Anglian Daily Times

Classicists and Classics in the News

• xA Tribute to Bob Ousterhout | Penn History of Artxx

Greek/Latin News

• Ephemeris ~ CAEDES UCRAINA Nuntium ab Ucraina interiore 
• Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 29.04.2023 – Vatican News

Fresh Bloggery

• Persians, Hyrkanians, Armenians, Derbikians and others: Curtius Rufus on the mixed composition of the army of Darius III (first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Persians: Curtius Rufus on military processions and royal luxury (first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Mardians among Persians: Curtius Rufus on Alexander’s conquest of an uncivilized cave people (first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Parthians: Curtius Rufus on their Scythian origins (first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Amazons: Curtius Rufus on Alexander’s relationship with Thalestris (first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Persians: Curtius Rufus on Alexander of Macedon’s supposed decline into eastern ways (first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Weekend Reading: Not Going Out – Classical Studies Support
• Friday Varia and Quick Hits | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• PaleoJudaica.com: Bumped with update and news: No news on the Mount Ebal “curse tablet”
• PaleoJudaica.com: A suppressed Roman campaign vs. the Nabateans?
• Blaming Odysseus – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Roman Archaeology Blog: Archaeologists Find Evidence of ‘Lost’ Ancient Roman Campaign in Arabia
• Roman Archaeology Blog: Burnt graves full of ancient Roman artifacts uncovered during construction in Belgium
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Tracing spaces at the Ara della Regina sanctuary of Tarquinia. Themes of urbanisation through geophysical research
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Libertatis dulcedo: Omaggio di allievi e amici a Giovannella Cresci Marrone
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Paulo maiora canamus: Raccolta di studi per Paolo Mastandrea
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Stolen Heritage: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Heritage in the EU and the MENA Region
• You Have Enough Books Already – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Buddha statue found at Isis Temple in Egypt – The History Blog
• De vroege Stoa (4): Negatieve emoties – Mainzer Beobachter
• Spencer Alley: The Antique, The Living Model & The Study of Anatomy – V
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Names of Wars
• De plundering van Apameia – Mainzer Beobachter
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Who Could Blame You?
• For Those Who Are About to Die – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• The astronomer Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt (1825-1884) and the DAI Athens – People at the DAI Athens
• Beware of Birds in Homeric Poetry – The Kosmos Society
• Revising for Classics Exams at Warwick – OurWarwick

Other Blog-like Publications

• Tomb of a Roman doctor buried with unique surgical tools unearthed in Hungary – Arkeonews
• Buddha statue discovered in ancient city of Berenice, Egypt – Arkeonews
• Archaeologists use muography to reveal hidden chamber in Naples | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• 28 or 29 April 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Puteoli)
• Carabinieri return the stele of the Bride of the desert, Satornila
• How Old Are the Oldest Manuscripts? | by George Dillard | Apr, 2023 | Medium

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Ars Amatoria 2.717-730

Fresh Podcasts

• The Hellenistic Age Podcast: 085 Antigonid Macedon – Storm Clouds In The West on Apple Podcasts

Emboldened by his success in the Social War, Philip’s desire for world conquest leads him to ally with Hannibal Barca against the Roman Republic in 215. The so-called “First Macedonian War” (215-206 BC) is mainly a conflict between the various states of Greece, leading to the king tightening his grip over the Symmachy, and the end of his relationship with Aratus of Sicyon.

• Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold: Conversations: It’s Better Down Where It’s Wetter, Deities of The Sea w/ Dr. Ryan Denson on Apple Podcasts

Liv speaks with Dr. Ryan Denson about the mythology of the sea (again!), this time about the Nereid nymphs, daughters of the Old Man of the Sea, and Triton(s), the son(s) of Poseidon (sometimes there’s one, sometimes many… such is Greek myth).

• Creepy Classics: The Story of Marathon on Apple Podcasts

The Athenian army fight and win a famous victory at Marathon, but Tolmis finds himself living the battle over again and again in an endless loop… This story is inspired by Pausanias, 1.32.3-5 and based partly on Herodotus, 6.112-117. It’s followed by a discussion of the Battle of Marathon, battlefield ghosts, and the history of the site itself.

Fresh Youtubery

• CHS Kosmos Society Online Open House | Jeffrey Rusten – YouTube | Center for Hellenic Studies
• The Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi – YouTube | Flint Dibble
• Portrait Statuary in Athens: A View from the Athenian Agora – YouTube | ascsathens
• Today’s Thucydides: Power, Politics, and Appropriation – YouTube | Center for Hellenic Studies
• Chi (ri)cerca trova – Le lamine di Pyrgi- nuovi spunti di lettura – YouTube | Etruschannel
• Was Israel Polytheistic? With Dr. Kipp Davis – YouTube | Digital Hammurabi
• The Complete History Of Ancient Sparta | The Spartans Full Series | Odyssey – YouTube

Book Reviews

• Costanza Casati’s Novel ‘Clytemnestra’ Is a Manifesto for Female Rage | The Mary Sue
• The Wolf-Girl, the Greeks and the Gods by Tom Holland review — a wolfback ride through ancient Greece

Dramatic Receptions

• This SF Theater Gives Greek Tragedy the ‘White Lotus’ Treatment

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• Keeper of Antiquities, Senior Curator job with THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM OF ART & ARCHEOLOGY | 8536929
• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Research Papers of Possible Interest

• Adapted and unadapted texts: do any of us ever read just what our author wrote? | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core

Alia

• Opinion | AI’s great gift to humanity could be the freedom to think like a human – The Washington Post
• Discover The Oldest Known Stone Rome Amphitheater Preserved In Pompeii
• Who was Cleopatra?
• Seleucids: The Rivals of Cleopatra’s Dynasty
• Antiquity: Antonine Plague – how a plague ushered in the fall of the Roman Empire News

Diversions

• Latin Wordle – latindictionary.io
• GNT Wordle
• Verbdum – Ludus verborum cotidianus

‘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:

[Saturday] If it thunders today, it portends strong zephyr winds

[Sunday] If it thunders today it portends a shower of good things..

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. IV Kal. Mai. 2776 AUC ~ 8 Mounichion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• More than 1,100 Roman silver coins discovered in southwestern Romania | Romania Insider
• Littlehampton Museum staff scour the country for missing ‘star find’ from Angmering Roman villa excavations | SussexWorld
• Burnt burial field with Roman artifacts found in Belgium | Raleigh News & Observer
• Mysterious ‘painted people’ of Scotland are long gone, but their DNA lives on | Live Science
• Illicit metal detecting at Gosbecks Archaeological Park | Colchester City Council

In Case You Missed It

• Archaeologists Discover Ancient Necropolis Near Parisian Train Station | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
• Grape pips found in the Negev dated to 8th century may be oldest of type – The Jerusalem Post
• 3 ancient Roman camps discovered buried in Arabian desert
• Archaeologists Find Evidence of ‘Lost’ Ancient Roman Campaign in Arabia – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
• Roman military camps in desert found by archaeologists using Google Earth
• Buddha statue found in Egypt points to ancient India links
• Scientists Study the Secrets of 2,500-Year-Old Mummified Animals | Discover Magazine
• 175 Roman Coins, Hidden for 2,000 Years, Found in an Italian Forest – ARTnews.com
• Mystery of ‘impossible’ ancient Egyptian statue may be solved | Live Science

Public Facing Classics

• Reconstructing the Romans | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS

Fresh Bloggery

• Do You Even Study? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Three Things Teaching Thursday: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Costruire, violare, placare: riti di fondazione, espiazione, dismissione tra fonti storiche e archeologia: Attestazioni a Roma e nel Latium Vetus dall’VIII a.C. al I d.C.
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Historical Review of Sparta
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: «Pendono interrotte le opere»: Antichi monumenti incompiuti nel mondo greco
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Società e pratiche funerarie a Veio: Dalle origini alla conquista romana
• Cleopatra’s Death, By An Unknown 18th-cenuty Artist | The Historian’s Hut
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Hard
• Laudator Temporis Acti: The Value of Bad Editions
• De vroege Stoa (3): De weg naar geluk – Mainzer Beobachter
• Laudator Temporis Acti: The Stereotype of the Classical Scholar
• PaleoJudaica.com: BIAJS 2023 Student Essay Prize
• Kindness is Important–I wrote a Book about It – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Spencer Alley: The Antique, The Living Model & The Study of Anatomy – IV
• Collections: Academic Ranks Explained Or What On Earth Is an Adjunct? – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
• PaleoJudaica.com: No news on the Mount Ebal “curse tablet”

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• Lecture Announcement: Turning Mud Into Bricks – DAİstanbul

Other Blog-like Publications

• “No Pharaoh’s Daughter is Ever Given to Anyone”: Why Did Amasis Refuse Cambyses? – Antigone
• ANE Today – The Ishtar Gate of Babylon: One Monument, Multiple Narratives
• Archaeologists identify three new Roman camps in Arabia – Arkeonews
• They Rebuilt A 3500-Year-Old Ship To Retrace An Epic Egyptian Sea Voyage | by Erik Brown | Lessons from History | Apr, 2023 | Medium
• Statue depicting Buddha found in Ancient Egyptian city | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Roman army camps identified in northern Arabia using Google Earth | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Stone Buddha Found in Egypt Sheds Light on India’s Influence
• Medical equipment found in Roman burial | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• April 28th-30th | Fastorum Liber Quartus: Aprilis – by M.
• The Greek Pyramids | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Plan Your Trip Across the Roads of the Roman Empire, Using Modern Web Mapping Technology | Open Culture

Fresh Podcasts

• Ad Navseam: Tarzan and Tradition: Classical Myth in Popular Literature II (Ad Navseam, Episode 118) on Apple Podcasts

This week Jeff and Dave wander back into the lush, crowded undergrowth of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ prose, guided by the inimitable Erling B. “Jack” Holstmark. Does the vine-swinging, croc-wrestling, ape-aping Tarzan really have anything to do with Odysseus? Hercules? Neither? Or does Dave’s late Prof. have a case of academicitis, “seeing what’s not there”? Come along with us as we finish up looking at the abiding influence of Animals, Hero, and Themes, the final chapter of Holtsmark’s 1981 monograph. And remember, “We live in a world of illusion, where everything’s peaches and cream. We all face a scarlet conclusion, but we spend our time in a dream.” You’re going to (jungle) love this episode! Just make sure that crate of papaya doesn’t wait all night by your door.

• Ancient Warfare Podcast: The Last Documented Roman Legion on Apple Podcasts

Alex asks, ‘When is the last documented evidence of one of the original Roman Legions being in existence? I remember reading about Legio V Macedonica being based in Egypt just before the Arab Conquests in the 640s, but I am unsure if this is factually correct’. Murray lists us the last documented evidence for the Legions.

• Emperors of Rome: Episode CCVIII – Odaenathus, King of Kings on Apple Podcasts

As the Roman empire lost the western provinces something very different was happening in the east. Odaenathus remained on the side of Rome, but assumed the title of King, building his influence throughout the region, to the point where it became a problem for Gallienus. Part III of ‘Gallienus’ Guest: Associate Professor Caillan Davenport (Head of the Centre for Classical Studies at the Australian National University).

• When in Rome: Paestum on Apple Podcasts

Paestum is a city on the western coast of Italy, founded by Greeks and known in the modern day as the site of impressive temples and elaborately painted tombs. Guest: Dr Tiziana D’Angelo (Director, Archeological Park of Paestum and Vella).

• Normal Gossip: Is Mythology Just Gossip? With Liv Albert on Apple Podcasts

Liv Albert joins us to ponder the age-old question: follow your dreams, or follow the money? Liv is the host of the podcast Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! and the author of the books Greek Mythology and Nectar of the Gods.

• Well That Aged Well: Episode 125: The Battle Of Teutoburg Forest. With Adrian Murdoch on Apple Podcasts

In this week we take a look at the infamous Batle of Teutoborg forest. Which was one of Romes most significant defeats in history. We are talking a lot about what lead up to the battle, The battles place in history, and of course the infamous battle itself. Was this really what stopped the Roman expansion into Germany? Find out This week on “Well That Aged Well”.

Fresh Youtubery

• Latin Live 9: Vergil, Aeneis Liber 9, PART II with@RVMAK – YouTube | Musa Pedestris
• Chi (ri)cerca trova – Le lamine di Pyrgi- nuovi spunti di lettura – YouTube | Etruschannel
• Polykleitos’s Doryphoros, ideal beauty in ancient Greece – YouTube | Smarthistory
• Madeline Miller and Rebecca Caprara reexamine the women of Greek mythology | Book of the Day – YouTube
• Deme inscriptions on AIO, Symposium in honour of John Traill – YouTube
• ETRU a Cultura Cavallo del 24 aprile 2023 – YouTube | Etuschannel
• The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire – YouTube | World History Encyclopedia

Book Reviews

• BMCR ~ Fabian Ruge, The Stoic theory of sign and proof. Philosophical studies in ancient thoughts, 2. Basel; Berlin: Schwabe Verlag, 2022.

Dramatic Receptions

• Odysseus’ Greek galley ship weighs anchor at Penshaw Monument as The Odyssey comes to Sunderland | Sunderland Echo

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• Michael Ventris Memorial Lecture: The Emergence of Mycenaean States: New Evidence from the Excavations at Iklaina | Institute of Classical Studies
• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus: How To Explore The Oldest & Most Important Temple In Rome
• The Empress of the Nile, reviewed | Apollo Magazine

Diversions

• Latin Wordle – latindictionary.io
• GNT Wordle
• Verbdum – Ludus verborum cotidianus

‘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 shields being saved by the people.

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. V Kal. Mai. 2776 AUC ~ 7 Mounichion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Investigadores confirman por primera vez el origen fenicio de cinco individuos enterrados en Cádiz – Cádiz – COPE
• Buddha statue unearthed at temple in Egypt’s Red Sea region – Greco-Roman – Antiquities – Ahram Online
• Wealthy ancient Roman suburb — with huge bathhouse — unearthed in Germany, photos show
• 9,000-year-old Tepe Sarab on verge of destruction – Tehran Times
• ‘Spectacular’ new find: Roman military camps in desert found by Oxford archaeologists using Google Earth | University of Oxford
• UK archaeologists discover Roman military camps in Arabian Desert
• Researchers identify three Roman camps in Arabia – BBC News
• 2,000-year-old tomb of Roman doctor found, photos show | Miami Herald
• ‘Roman remains’ found at Southwick Court Fields homes site | Wiltshire Times

In Case You Missed It

• The Nazis were WRONGLY accused of torching Caligula’s pleasure boats, archaeologists claim | Daily Mail Online
• Ancient Roman Mosaic Unveiled at Shopping Mall in England
• Hiker finds 2,000-year-old Roman treasure trove in Italy | Bellingham Herald
• Archaeologists Discover Lost Roman Fort in Scotland | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Emily Wilson’s Translation of the Iliad!

Public Facing Classics

• Pompeii in Chicago | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS
• Mob mentality | The Spectator Australia

Fresh Bloggery

• Laudator Temporis Acti: Better the Devil You Know Than the Devil You Don’t Know
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Talk to a Tree
• Seneca’s Spirit in the Sky – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• New release of the WoPoss corpus containing now Latin inscriptions of the Republican age – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri at Ninety: Literature, Papyrology, Ethics
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Studi greci e latini per Giuseppina Matino
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Creative Fidelity, Faithful Creativity. The Reception of Jewish Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Lions of Venice
• De vroege Stoa (2): De Natuur – Mainzer Beobachter
• 1st c. surgeon buried with his tools found in Hungary – The History Blog
• PaleoJudaica.com: The Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World Blog
• PaleoJudaica.com: Schiffman and The Collector on Dura-Europos
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Loving Life
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Comparatively Rare
• Everyone Is Everybody Else | Sphinx
• The Greek Bible, Part 1: God’s Love — ConsultTheClassics

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• Rome and the Coinages of the Mediterranean (200 BCE–64 CE) Conference: Part I – American Numismatic Society

Other Blog-like Publications

• New insight into the mystery of ancient Gaza wine
• Buddha statue found at Berenike on the Red Sea Coast
• Ides of March coin from Hunt collection comes to auction
• The Farthest Roman Military Outpost: The Fascinating Farasan Islands in the Red Sea | Short History
• Medical equipment found in Roman burial | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Cleopatra VII: The Gift that Keeps on Giving | by Isis Naucratis | Apr, 2023 | Medium

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Ovid, Ars amatoria 2.539-552

Fresh Podcasts

• The Ancients: Athens: Birthplace of Democracy? on Apple Podcasts

When we think of democracy in the ancient Greek world, our minds often go straight to Athens, the purported birthplace of democracy. But was Athens truly the home of democracy? And if so, who’s responsible for giving a voice to the people? In this episode, Tristan chats to Professor Paul Cartledge from the University of Cambridge about the political landscape of ancient Greece and the origins of this revolutionary form of government. Looking at the radical statesman Cleisthenes; exploring his contributions to the democratic process, and delving into ancient forms of political exclusion and ostracism – can we really call Athens the birthplace of democracy? And if not, where actually is?

• Ancient History Fangirl: Falling in Love with Ancient History (With Jasmine Elmer of Legit Classics) on Apple Podcasts

Just who are the classics for, anyway? Our guest Jasmine Elmer has been an educator in the classics for decades—through educational charity work, as a TV presenter and through her podcast, Legit Classics. She is passionate about making the classics accessible to all—and the new and important perspectives brought to the field by scholars of diverse nontraditional backgrounds. This week, we discuss how to make the ancient world more accessible to everyone, of all backgrounds—as well as Jasmine’s own upcoming book on women in world mythology, and what made us all fall in love with the ancient world.

• Tides of History: The Emergence of the Etruscans on Apple Podcasts

The Etruscans are often called “mysterious,” but we actually know quite a bit about them, from their unique language to their amazing metalwork and impressive cities. But where did the Etruscans come from, and how did they come into being?

Fresh Youtubery

• What happened to Rome’s lost triumphal arches? – YouTube | Ancient Rome Live
• Coerce/Exercise #etymology – YouTube | Alliterative
• GREEK MYTH COMIX Creator Laura Jenkinson-Brown On Her Ancient Inspired Comic Strips – YouTube | Moan Inc.
• Brain Surgery at Bronze Age Megiddo | Bible & Archaeology – YouTube | XKV8R
• A Fresh Perspective on CLYTEMNESTRA’s Greek Mythological Character (Costanza Casati Book Review) – YouTube | Moan Inc.

Book Reviews

• An Approach to the Historical Geography of the Southern Black Sea Littoral | Spartakos read
• BMCR ~ Sandra Boehringer, Female homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome. Trans. Anna Preger. Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2021.

Exhibition Related Things

• Pompeii: The Exhibition has more than 150 artifacts from a city frozen in time
• Review: The Birth of Portraiture: Alexander the Great and His Successors   – The Gauntlet

Dramatic Receptions

• CSUN theater department presents: ‘Lysistrata’ – Daily Sundial

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• The Amelia Conference – June 23-25, 2023 – Registration is now open ~ ARCAblog
• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• Lecturer in Roman Culture – King’s College London
• Job details: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• Wine in Ancient Rome Looked (and Tasted) Very Different
• Ephesus’ Top Rated Library of Celsus Once Had 12,000 Scrolls & What Else To Know

Diversions

• Latin Wordle – latindictionary.io
• GNT Wordle
• Verbdum – Ludus verborum cotidianus

‘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 revealing of omens from the sky.

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. VI Kal. Mai. 2776 AUC ~ 6 Mounichion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• People invited to take part in Carlisle Roman bath excavation – BBC News
• Ancient secrets unearthed in Cyprus – MSU Denver RED
• Sheep schlep to campus for commemoration of Roman festival – The Williams Record
• ‘Roman remains’ found at Southwick Court Fields homes site | Wiltshire Times

In Case You Missed It

• Ruins of wealthy ancient Roman suburb uncovered in Germany | Miami Herald
• 2,600-year-old stone busts of ‘lost’ ancient Tartessos people discovered in sealed pit in Spain | Live Science

Greek/Latin News

• Akropolis World News ~ Σουδάν

Fresh Bloggery

• Canaanites / non-Judean peoples: The Judean author of Jubilees on the Dinah incident and intermarriage (mid-second century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• The Death of Things, Part 1 | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• Laudator Temporis Acti: A Cry of the Blood
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Archäologie und Recht II. Wohin mit dem Bodendenkmal?
• Alexander in Sussex | The Second Achilles
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: One Off Journal Issues: L’Imaginaire de l’alimentation humaine en Grèce ancienne. International Food History Research (2013-2016)
• De vroege Stoa (1): Zenon versus Krates – Mainzer Beobachter
• First figural depictions of Tartessian culture found – The History Blog
• Roman Archaeology Blog: Archaeologists found a lost Roman fortlet in Scotland
• PaleoJudaica.com: SBL review panel on Carlson, Unfamiliar Selves, continued
• PaleoJudaica.com: Not Pontius Pilate’s ring after all?
• Best to Write Last? Seneca Breaks ChatGPT – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• Experiencing Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technologies | cahaeresearch

Other Blog-like Publications

• First human representations of Tartessian culture
• Dura Europos: The Unknown Pompeii of the Desert
• Roman Coin Found in Switzerland – Numismatic News
• 26 April 44 BCE: To Mark Antony (at Rome) from Cicero (at Puteoli)
• 26 April 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Puteoli)

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Ovid, Ars Amatoria 2.493-508

Fresh Podcasts

• The Endless Knot: Like, Literally, Dude! with Valerie Fridland on Apple Podcasts

We spoke to Dr. Valerie Fridland about her new book, “Like, Literally, Dude!” and talked about the fascinating role that many ‘errors’ in English speech actually play in communication. We discuss the never-ending changes that English has gone through, the surprisingly sophisticated rules behind our use of ‘um’ and ‘uh’, and much more.

• This Week in the Ancient Near East: New Jerusalem Inscription Points to (Previously Known) Iron Age Spice Trade, Or, Solomon and Sheba Get Spicy? on Apple Podcasts

The discovery of an Iron Age pot in Jerusalem with an inscription in a South Arabian language has us flustered. We knew there was an ancient spice trade between the Levant and Yemen, but does this mean that Solomon and Sheba were real? It’s a spicy discussion with breathless notes of labdanum. Come for the world systems theory, stay for all the aunts in a cloud of Shalimar!

• Thin End of the Wedge: 54. Eckart Frahm: A new history of Assyria, the world’s first empire on Apple Podcasts

Eckart has just published a new history of Assyria. What sources can we draw on? How reliable are they? He talks about Assyria’s remarkable royal women and how they were remembered. What did the Assyrians achieve and what is their legacy?

Fresh Youtubery

• 57. Licinius – Battle of Tzirallum – YouTube | Classical Assocation Northern Ireland
• The Overlooked Heroes of the Trojan War – YouTube | World History Encyclopedia
• This is how the Roman army fell into an ambush at Lake Trasimene – YouTube | HistoryMarche
• 50 Tombs Dating to the 2nd Century CE Found in Paris | Bible & Archaeology – YouTube

Book Reviews

• Nazis ‘wrongly accused’ of destroying Caligula’s pleasure boats
• BMCR ~ Quentin J. Broughall, Gore Vidal and antiquity: sex, politics and religion. Routledge monographs in classical studies. Abingdon; New York: Routledge, 2022.
• BMCR ~ Thomas E. Strunk, On the fall of the Roman republic: lessons for the American people. London; New York: Anthem Press, 2022.

Dramatic Receptions

• Epic poem The Odyessy is reimagined in modern drama
• Photos: In Rehearsal For BAKKHAI at National Youth Theatre Repertory Company

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• How Aristotle equated human politics with the honeybee – Neos Kosmos
• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• University Lecturer, Greek Language and Literature job with UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI | 337852
• Lecturer in Roman Culture job with KINGS COLLEGE LONDON | 337885
• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• Did the Ancient Greeks See Blue Like We Do? – GreekReporter.com
• Smyrna Dig Reveals Ancient Greek and Roman Past
• What Socrates’ ‘know nothing’ wisdom can teach a polarized America
• How Ugly Was Socrates? | Psychology Today United Kingdom
• Roman Empress Agrippina was a master strategist. She paid the price for it. | National Geographic
• Exploring the rise and fall of Greek Leagues in the Hellenistic Era, or how the Romans beat us – Neos Kosmos

Diversions

• Latin Wordle – latindictionary.io
• GNT Wordle
• Verbdum – Ludus verborum cotidianus

‘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 great hopes of fruit but scarcity of harvest.

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. VII Kal. Mai. 2776 AUC ~ 5 Mounichion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Genetic Tests of Israeli Desert Olive Tree Reveal Roots of Ancient Agriculture – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
• Eighty ancient Cypriot artifacts repatriated from US | Cyprus Mail
• Czech-led archaeological team discovers “mini-Stonehenge” in Oman | Radio Prague International
• Bulgaria: Archeologists from Varna discovered an Ancient Object with an analogue only in the Louvre – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency
• How WW1 Diggers ‘stole’ the Shellal Mosaic… and now the ‘real’ owners want it back | Daily Mail Online
• Crete Showcases Rich Ancient History in Three New Museums
• Plan for new homes near Hinckley uncovers Roman burial site – Leicestershire Live

In Case You Missed It

• Hidden relics: Lisbon’s 2,000-year-old Roman tunnels harbor history | Daily Sabah
• Lost’ 2nd-century Roman fort discovered in Scotland | Live Science
• Roman Mosaic Revealed at Shopping Mall in England | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
• High-tech Peers Inside Sealed Ancient Egyptian Coffins, Finds Lizards – Archaeology – Haaretz.com

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Brown: Bryn Mawr’s ancient Greek witches, curses, lead tablets, oh my! – Mainline Media News

Greek/Latin News

• A passion for education | ASU News

Public Facing Classics

• The man who didn’t change history | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS

Fresh Bloggery

• Egyptians: The Judean tale of Joseph and Aseneth on rejecting Egyptian gods and on intermarriage (ca. first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Mixing Up Virtues and Vices
• Poor, Enduring Odysseus – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Origins of P: Literary Profiles and Strata of the Priestly Texts in Genesis 1 – Exodus 40
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Archaeology of Mind in the Hebrew Bible / Archäologie alttestamentlichen Denkens
• The Haters of Odysseus – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: One Off Journal Issues: Sacrifices, marché de la viande et pratiques alimentaires dans les cités du monde romain. Meat : Sacrifice, Commerce and Food Preparations in the Roman Empire
• Odysseus’ Wanderings As Allegory – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• The Measure of a Man: A Priapic Odysseus (NSFW) – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Cosmic particles find ancient burial chamber under Naples – The History Blog
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Schadenfreude
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Greek Does Not Blush
• Not Fearing to Die with a Little Help from Your Friends – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Cicero’s Reputation
• PaleoJudaica.com: Should Australia return a late-antique mosiac to Israel?
• PaleoJudaica.com: The archaeology of trees in the Negev
• PaleoJudaica.com: Sasson on the Priestly Benediction

Other Blog-like Publications

• 3,200 year old tomb discovered in Saqqara
• The mummies and objects of the Bab el-Gasus Cache go online
• 2,000-year-old graves found in ancient necropolis beneath Paris Train Station – Arkeonews
• Pontius Pilate’s Ring Reexamined – Biblical Archaeology Society
• 2,500-Year-Old Mummified Lizards Found in Ancient Egyptian Coffins
• Remains of Submerged Nabatean Temple Uncovered in Italy
• April 25th | Fastorum Liber Quartus: Aprilis – by M.
• Dura Europos: The Unknown Pompeii of the Desert

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Ovid, Ars Amatoria 2.493-508

Fresh Podcasts

• TLL Podcast: Ut silvae foliis: PHARVS: Nigel Holmes on Apple Podcasts

Nigel Holmes discusses pharus ‘lighthouse’ and the TLL’s changing policy towards proper nouns.

• Live from Mount Olympus: Atalanta 2: “Once an outcast always an outcast” on Apple Podcasts

Atalanta dares her bear cub siblings to leave the shelter of the forest. As they gorge on grapes in a vineyard, they overhear gossipy birds who know much more about Atalanta’s life than she does, until Mama Bear suddenly warns them of danger.

• Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold: Apollo, God of Traumatic Transformations… the Many Mythologies of Daphne on Apple Podcasts

The most famous woman ever turned into a tree: Daphne and her horrible encounters with Apollo.

Fresh Youtubery

• Anne Carson’s Euripides & the Combustion of Thought – YouTube | Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama
• 2021 10 14 Adams How Beer Made Kings in Early Egypt – YouTube | Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
• Dispatching the dole: the seaborne transport of staples between Tunisia and Italy – YouTube | British School at Rome
• How Does a Greek Hoplite Prepare for War? #shorts – YouTube | Invicta
• Treasure trove of unseen artefacts from Ancient Rome opens to public – YouTube | AP Archive
• Death in Ancient Greece: Exploring the Myth of the Underworld – YouTube | Lady of the Library

Book Reviews

• BMCR ~ Eleni Pappa, Kommentare zu Aristoteles, De partibus animalium: Redaktionen zu Michael von Ephesos. Kritische Edition und Einleitung. Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca et Byzantina – Series academica, 4. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2022.
• BMCR ~ Byron Waldron, Dynastic politics in the age of Diocletian, AD 284-311. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2022.

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• The Athenian Family of Herodes Atticus and the Spartan Contest of Endurance Tickets, Tue 2 May 2023 at 17:00 | Eventbrite
• The Ayia Triada Necropolis in EMIII-MMI Tickets, Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 7:30 PM | Eventbrite
• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• QueensU Term Adjunct 3 – The Classical Association of Canada
• QueensU Term Adjunct 2 – The Classical Association of Canada
• QueensU Term Adjunct 1 – The Classical Association of Canada
• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• Ancient Greek Lion from Piraeus Now Adorns Venice’s Arsenal
• Why was the Ancient Greek City of Hadrianopolis Abandoned?
• Rome Spectacularly Celebrates its 2,776th Birthday
• The Promethean Antikythera Computer of Greek Civilization – CounterPunch.org

Diversions

• Latin Wordle – latindictionary.io
• GNT Wordle
• Verbdum – Ludus verborum cotidianus

‘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 a year of peace.

… 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)