Hodie est a.d. III Non. Apr. 2776 AUC ~ 13 Elaphebolion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Culture Minister Lina Mendoni Talks to TNH, Discusses Greek Antiquities – The National Herald
- A Roman dagger, lead bullets and remains of a 15 BC battle found with metal detector – Stile Arte
- Spectacular Gold Jewels Worn Against Evil Eye in Roman Jerusalem Go on Exhibit, Finally – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
- Israeli archaeologists present 1,800-year-old gold protective jewelry – The Jerusalem Post
- The True History of Early Christian Pilgrimage to the Holy Land – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
- Archaeologists find 12 severed hands from ancient Egypt – The Jerusalem Post
- 1,900-year-old statue discovered in Istanbul – Türkiye News
- More Letters from Mesopotamia – Universität Hamburg
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Greek/Latin News
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Fresh Bloggery
- Book Club | April 2023: Theophrastus Characters – The Kosmos Society
- What Was There Before I Was Born? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- PaleoJudaica.com: Is the Angel of the Lord an interpolation?
- PaleoJudaica.com: Machiela, A Handbook of the Aramaic Scrolls from the Qumran Caves (Brill)
- Heracles’ tenth Labour – the Cattle of Geryon | Greek Myth Comix
- Heracles’ tenth Labour: the Cattle of Geryon | Greek Myth Comix
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Strife and Contention
- Autism and Classical Myth: Autism Acceptance Week – Saturday… Where I look back to my time studying at a haven for neurodivergent people
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Ludovisi Sarcophagus
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Journal Backlist: Journal of Roman Pottery Studies
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: New in ISAW Papers: The Logic of Planetary Combination in Vettius Valens
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: UK Internet Auction Site Fails to Receive an Unsolicited Package with Looted Relief worth “£20m to £30m-plus” [Updated]
- Rowing the Same Ship, Twice – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Libertarians Are Not Really Free – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Source Hunting
- Autism and Classical Myth: Autism Acceptance Day – Sunday: where I look back and ahead, say more about ACCLAIM and possibly make up a new word to convey where I’m heading next
- PaleoJudaica.com: Mohrmann, Deuteronomion: A Commentary … (Brill)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Miglio, The Gilgamesh Epic in Genesis 1-11 (Routledge)
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Prayer to Athena
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: A Mid-Republican House from Gabii
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Late Sophocles: The Hero’s Evolution in Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Anatomizing Civil War: Studies in Lucan’s Epic Technique
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: News and Frontier Consciousness in the Late Roman Empire
- From Jerusalem to Babylon: Two Triumphant Entrances | The Second Achilles
- When This is All Over, It Will Happen Again – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Annals of the Few and the Fortunate
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: “Social and Cultural Aspects” of Artefact Collecting Seen from Aarhus
- Samaritanen in Frankfurt – Mainzer Beobachter
- Severed right hands reveal trophy-taking ceremony – The History Blog
- PaleoJudaica.com: Biblical Studies Carnival 205
- PaleoJudaica.com: IAA exhibits ancient gold jewelry forgotten in a drawer
- PaleoJudaica.com: April 1st, belatedly
- Biblical Studies Carnival 205 for March 2023 – Reading Acts
- Anxiety and the Burden – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
- The Curious Case of Vetranio: Regional Usurpation, Sisterly Power Grab or Loyalist Plot? « The Classical Association in Northern Ireland
- CANI Newsletter April 2023 « The Classical Association in Northern Ireland
Other Blog-like Publications
- Recording 2,000 years of ancient graffiti in Egypt
- 19th Century Plaster Casts from Pompeii Tell the Story of Tragedy
- April 2nd | Fastorum Liber Quartus: Aprilis – by M.
- The Ancient Roman Origins of Pizza – Retrospect Journal
- The search for the lost city of Zerzura | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- La valle dei Templi di Agrigento vista in volo da un drone. Spettacolare. Il filmato di 2 minuti – Stile Arte
Fresh Podcasts
The Egyptian city of Alexandria was one of the greatest cities of the ancient Mediterranean world. Founded by Alexander the Great himself in 323BC, the metropolis was nurtured by his successors in Egypt, the Ptolemies, and flourished throughout the Late Hellenistic and Roman Imperial periods. Its famed lighthouse was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the lost tombs of Alexander and even Cleopatra are believed to be there. The legacy endures to this day, but a significant portion of the ancient city is now underwater, lying beneath the eastern harbour of modern Alexandria. In this episode, Tristan is joined by leading expert on the sunken city of Alexandria, Franck Goddio to discuss this dramatic period of history. As an underwater archaeologist who has excavated the submerged city for many years, Franck shares his immense knowledge of the site. Revealing what some of his team’s incredible finds have shown about this underwater metropolis, and trying to separate fact from fiction, just what do we know about this sunken city?
Andreas, Clara, et Ilsa adsumus Kalendis Aprilibus et dolos ferentes! Nos enim alio quodam more ac solito loquimur atque de dolis aut quos in alios adhibuimus aut quibus ipsi decepti sumus disserimus. Vosne umquam aliquem dolo decepistis? An, quod peius sit, decepti estis? Scribite ad nos! Volumus responsa vestra omnia audire!
This is a teaser of the bonus episode, Contact n the East, found over on Patreon. We are now moving on with our bonus episode out of the early development of Athens and Sparta. This will now see us focuing on the theme of the Greek and Persian War. We had covered this period over quite a number of episodes in the series previously, though from a narrative perspective. This time around I want to go back and put certain topics in the spot light, allowing us to explore them a little deeper. For our first episode around the Greco-Persian War theme I want to look at where the Greeks and Persians first made contact. This will take us back some 50 years before the Ionian Revolt where the Anatolian Greeks would first encounter the Persian Empire. We will look at this period before then looking at the first reported contacts with the Persians by the Spartans and Athenians.
Fresh Youtubery
- Catullus 69 in Latin & English: Noli admirari, quare tibi femina nulla, Rufe – YouTube | David Amster
- 18b. Maximus – The Saviour of Rome – YouTube | Classical Association Northern Ireland
- Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet || LLPSI style – YouTube | Satura Lanx
- SAA2023. Talk in honor of my dad, Harold Dibble. – YouTube | Flint Dibble
- Ephemeris Technique for Conversational Fluency – YouTube | polyMATHY
- Bloody Histories: Uncovering Menstrual Practices in the Ancient World – YouTube | Classics in Color
Book Reviews
Dramatic Receptions
- Medea- A Greek Tragedy- Megan Norquoy TLA | This Is Local London
- Theatre review: Medea (Soho Place) and Phaedra (National Theatre)
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- Early Career Fellowships & Visiting Fellowships at the BSA
- Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
- Remembering Pliny the Elder and the first encyclopedia
- Archaeology students found dad jokes from Ancient Rome : NPR
- The Majestic Ancient Greek Theatres Of Turkey
- Boudicca returns as a 21st-century feminist – 2,000 years after her death | Roman Britain | The Guardian
- Quote Origin: Death Plucks My Ear and Says “Live, for I Am Coming” – Quote Investigator®
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 good profits from grain purchased abroad.
… 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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