Hodie est a.d. VIII Kal. Mai. 2776 AUC ~ 4 Mounichion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

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• Roman Archaeology Blog: Roman Temple Uncovered in Northwestern France
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• PaleoJudaica.com: Screnock & Olivero, A Grammar of Ugaritic (SBL)
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• 2,000-year-old graves found in ancient necropolis beneath Paris Train Station – Arkeonews
• The Rex Nemorensis and the Cult of Diana at Nemi – Discentes
• Battle of Leuctra: How the Thebans Humbled the Mighty Spartans
• Around 24 April 44 BCE: To Cicero (at Puteoli) from Mark Antony (at Rome)

Fresh Podcasts

• Satura Lanx – Latin language and literature for beginners: (6) Occupatissimi on Apple Podcasts

Welcome to Satura Lanx, upper beginner / intermediate podcast told in beginner-friendly, easy spoken Latin. Every other Saturday I chat about everything concerning Latin (literature, language, culture), my own life and reflections and the questions you’ll ask me.

• The Ancients: Knossos on Apple Podcasts

The legend of the Minotaur and its labyrinth has captivated us for centuries, but is there any evidence of it really existing? In this episode, Tristan visits the Ashmolean museum in Oxford to interview Dr. Andrew Shapland, the curator of a new exhibition exploring the Bronze Age settlement of Knossos in Crete – the home of the mythical King Minos, the Minotaur and the labyrinth. Together they explore ancient artefacts that hint at human sacrifices being carried out, and find out through archaeological evidence if there is any truth behind the myths.

Fresh Youtubery

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• Occupatissimi || Spoken Latin podcast (6) – YouTube | Satura Lanx
• Ancient Roman galleries lie beneath Lisbon’s streets – YouTube
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• From Healing to Horror: The Surprising Origins of the Torture Rack – YouTube | Classics in Color
• David Tennant’s Tour of Pompeii | Doctor Who Confidential: Series 4 | Doctor Who – YouTube
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Book Reviews

• BMCR ~ Okko Behrends, Römisches Recht von den Anfängen bis heute. Göttingen: Atticus, 2022.
• BMCR ~ Estelle Haan, John Milton’s Roman sojourns, 1638-1639: neo-Latin self-fashioning. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 109, part 4. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society Press, 2020.

Dramatic Receptions

• Alcestis by Euripides Opening Night at the Hellenic Cultural Center in Astoria – The National Herald

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

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• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

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• The Colosseum’s Jewish Connection – Aish.com
• Was Atlantis’ Temple of Poseidon the Palace of Knossos in Crete?
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• The Stoic Dichotomy of Control in Practice | Psychology Today
• The Ancient Greek Fisherman and His Astonishing Villa Mosaics

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 discord among the powerful, but their plans will be revealed.

… 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. X Kal. Mai. 2776 AUC ~ 2 Mounichion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

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• Greek Antiquities Return to Thessaloniki Metro
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• Ancient Necropolis Unearthed in Paris
• Bust of ancient Greek figure found during archaeological dig in the UK – Greek Herald

Classicists and Classics in the News

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Greek/Latin News

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Fresh Bloggery

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• Happy Birthday Rome–You Were Almost Remora! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Laudator Temporis Acti: What is Philology?
• Blog Post #80: Graduate Student Feature with Matt Coleman – Peopling the Past
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: RoboGreek
• Helmets with Faces – Liv Mariah Yarrow
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: La colonisation militaire en Phrygie (IVe siècle avant-IIIe siècle après J.-C.). Tome 1 : synthèse: Dynamiques spatiales, économiques et sociales
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: La colonisation militaire en Phrygie (IVe siècle avant-IIIe siècle après J.-C.). Tome 2 : corpora: Dynamiques spatiales, économiques et sociales
• Antigone: A Marionette Staging (2005) – Animated Antiquity
• The Old Drink and Slink – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Summer Course in Provenance Research, Theory and Practice ~ ARCAblog
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Crimean Gold and China’s View on Russia
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Two Methods of Translating
• MARGINALIA: Felicem, Roma, diem natalem!
• OTTC: A Blog for Old Testament Textual Criticism: The Textual History of the Bible from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Biblical Manuscripts of the Vienna Papyrus Collection
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• Laudator Temporis Acti: Decline

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• OnSite: Petra – Biblical Archaeology Society
• The Evolution of Shields: From Ancient Soldiers to Riot Police
• The Ancient Roman Coins of Carus and His Brief Dynasty
• 22 April 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Puteoli)

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Ovid, Ars Amatoria 2.299-314
• @DocCrom on Ovid, Ars Amatoria 2.387-398

Fresh Podcasts

• Casting Through Ancient Greece: 68: The Powder Keg on Apple Podcasts

The analogy of a powder keg in historical events it often used to describe a volatile situation that is waiting to explode into something larger. The most famous example of this is the events leading up to the breakout of World War 1. A seemingly remote region in the Balkans would see an act of violence take place that would end up embroiling all the empires within Europe in the most destructive war to that time. A similar powder keg situation would develop in the ancient Greek world just before the breakout of the Peloponnesian War. This would be in a region north of Greece on the Albanian coast line far away from the interests of both Sparta and Athens. What would unfold here would be known as the affaire of Epidamnus, a colony both Corinth and Corcyra would lay claim to and enter into conflict over. Both Corinth and Corcyra would engage in battle over the developments around Epidamnus, Corinth suffering a defeat at sea. This would not deter them and they would divert more resources towards bringing a renewed offensive against Corcyra. This would see Corcyra, not a part of any alliance, now look for assistance in this growing threat…

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Book Reviews

• JCT ~ Plautus: Mostellaria (G.F.) Franko Pp. xvi + 159. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.
• JCT ~ The Facility and Other Texts – Re-imagining Antigone (B.) Bleiman, (A.) McCallum, (L.) Webster (edd.) Pp. 160. ills. London: English & Media Centre, 2022.
• JCT ~ Pontius Pilate on Screen: Soldier, Sinner, Superstar (C.) McDonough Pp 296, ills. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2022.

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

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• SCS Events Calendar

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• Lecturer in Classical Archaeology | Society for Classical Studies
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• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Research Papers of Possible Interest

• Layout of ancient Greek papyri through lead-drawn ruling lines revealed by Macro X-Ray Fluorescence Imaging | Scientific Reports

Alia

• How did Rome begin? How did Rome fall? The history of the Roman empire – Deseret News
• Why was the Ancient Greek City of Hadrianopolis Abandoned?

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 destruction of flies.

[Sunday] If it thunders today it portends a rain helpful at planting time.

… 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. XI Kal. Mai. 2776 AUC ~ 1 Mounichion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Last-ditch attempt to save wall that could date back to Bronze age
• “Magna Grecia” investigation: at Palazzo Ducale the delivery to the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the Municipality of Venice and the Lagoon of two ceramics recovered by the Carabinieri of the Cultural Heritage Protection Unit | Municipality of Venice – Live – Today’s news and city services
• Hidden contents of 6 ancient Egyptian coffins, sealed for thousands of years, revealed | Live Science
• Rome, the statue of Hercules resurfaced on the Appian Way is revealed to the public – GALLERY – Photo 1 of 7 – Il Giornale d’Italia
• Naples : découverte d’une chambre funéraire de l’époque hellénistique dans le quartier Sanità – Geo.fr
• Texas princess evicted from Roman villa searches for new home in Italy
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• 2,000-year-old hoard of Roman coins may have been hidden by a soldier during a bloody civil war in Italy | Live Science
• Zeugma Mosaic Museum reopens after earthquakes – english

In Case You Missed It

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• Millennial surprise as Gallo-Roman graveyard unearthed in Paris
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• Stunning Roman Mosaic Found Beneath UK Shopping Mall
• Cache of Ancient Severed Hands May Have Been Part of a Ritual | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
• Hundreds of antiquities to be displayed in Rome’s forum

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Reflecting on Professor Carrie Vout’s Masterclass on Classical Art – Leiden University

Fresh Bloggery

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• PaleoJudaica.com: SBL review panel on Carlson, Unfamiliar Selves
• PaleoJudaica.com: More on that submerged Nabatean temple
• Cringe Takes on Philosophy and Power – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
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• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Un lieu de culte antique immergé
• Remembering To Forget – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open access articles in Levant
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: ISAW Dissertations
• Het Ishango-beentje (1) – Mainzer Beobachter
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Crete: Search for weapons yields antiquities
• Roman gateway reconstructed at Richborough – The History Blog
• Het Ishango-beentje (2) – Mainzer Beobachter
• Het Ishango-beentje (3) – Mainzer Beobachter
• Looting Matters: Fragments from a cup attributed to Makron
• Mithriaca: 2010-2022 | Szabó Csaba
• Gap Week: April 20, 2023 – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
• Blogging ancient epigram: Two splendid chaps

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• FIEC Blog: FIEC Congress 2028 – call for candidacies

Other Blog-like Publications

• ANE Today – The Myth of the Twelve Tribes of Israel
• Advanced imaging techniques reveal secrets of sealed ancient Egyptian animal coffins – Arkeonews
• Bust depicting Greek god of wine making found in Cockermouth, England | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• April 21st | Fastorum Liber Quartus: Aprilis – by M.
• 21 April 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Puteoli)

Fresh Podcasts

• Ancient Warfare Podcast: The 19th-century foundations of Classical Greek warfare, with Roel Konijnendijk on Apple Podcasts

Murray talks with Roel Konijnendijk about his recent work on 19th-century German language scholars and how they laid the foundations of much of the 20th century’s understanding of Classical Greek warfare. Giants like Moltke, Delbrück, Kochly and Rustow’s foundations were, however, based on 19th-century understandings of how war worked, and their views (rightfully) have been challenged. This only began in earnest in the late 20th century, and overcoming the dominance of these 19th-century thinkers is still a mountain to climb.

• Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold: Liv Reads Ovid: The Metamorphoses Book VI on Apple Podcasts

Liv reads Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book VI, translated by Brookes More. Minerva battles weaving with Arachne, Procne and Philomela face the horrors of Tereus, and more.

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Book Reviews

• Book review: The Eagle and the Bear: A New History of Roman Scotland, by John H Reid | The Scotsman
• New book reveals the rulers of Rome tended to meet exceedingly sticky ends | Daily Mail Online
• BMCR ~ Maggie L. Popkin, Diana Y. Ng, Future thinking in Roman culture: new approaches to history, memory, and cognition. Routledge monographs in Classical studies. Abingdon; New York: Routledge, 2022.
• BMCR ~Aske Damtoft Poulsen, Arne Jönsson, Usages of the past in Roman historiography. Historiography of Rome and its empire, 9. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2021.
• BMCR ~ Jerome Mairat, Andrew Wilson, Chris Howgego, Coin hoards and hoarding in the Roman world. Oxford studies on the Roman economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021.

Exhibition Related Things

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• The Gods and Heroes of Greek Mythology in Beijing – The National Herald

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

• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Research Papers of Possible Interest

• Neutron tomography of sealed copper alloy animal coffins from ancient Egypt | Scientific Reports

Alia

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• Clueless Classical Ed Critics Accidentally Make A Killer Case For It
• How (and why) Trimble created the world’s most detailed record EVER of an ancient Roman landmark
• Locusta of Gaul: The World’s First Serial Killer Might Have Been a Woman
• 11 Famous Gladiators Who Ruled the Roman Colosseum  – Next Luxury
• Why the Ancient Romans Had Better Teeth Than Modern Europeans | Open Culture

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 plentiful crops but war for the stte.

… 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. XII Kal. Mai. 2776 AUC ~ 30 Elaphebolion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

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• Ancient necropolis unearthed next to busy Paris train station
• Ancient necropolis rediscovered in the heart of Paris
• Antiquities, plucked from storeroom, on Roman Forum display | AP News
• Ancient ring adorned with Roman emperor image sells for nearly 600 times its expected price at auction
• Ancient Roman ring valued at £200 sells at auction for £117,000 | Daily Mail Online
• Widowed Texas Playboy model turned Italian PRINCESS, 73, faces eviction from $533m Roman villa | Daily Mail Online
• Search for weapons yields antiquities | eKathimerini.com

In Case You Missed It

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• Fountains of Wine Once Flowed in This Ancient Roman Winery | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
• Archaeologists Are Using Imaging Technology to Capture 2,000 Years of Ancient Graffiti Scratched Into the Walls of an Egyptian Temple

Greek/Latin News

• Ephemeris ~ DE PACE UCRAINA Nova ab Oriente 

Public Facing Classics

• The Scottish solution to the refugee crisis | The Spectator

Fresh Bloggery

• Taking the Mind Down from the Shelf – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Double the Trouble! Reading Platus’ Amphitruo Online! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Ringlets to Evoke Africa – Liv Mariah Yarrow
• Etruscan Heracles – Liv Mariah Yarrow
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Variant scholarship: Ancient texts in modern contexts
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Prosopography of the Byzantine World
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Den Kolonat neu denken: Zur Aktualität eines Forschungsproblems
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ancient Inscriptions from Israel / Palestine
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Ancient and Modern Poets
• Abduction Of The Sabine Women, Painted By Johann Heinrich Schönfeld (c. 1609–1684) | The Historian’s Hut
• De uitvinding van Romulus – Mainzer Beobachter
• Not Ancient Elvis Hair – Liv Mariah Yarrow
• Vulci Tripods – Liv Mariah Yarrow
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Closer Than We Realize
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Beneath the Soil

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• Pasts Imperfect (4.20.23)
• Why the myth of Atlantis just won’t die | National Geographic
• Archaeologists have uncovered the first human representations of the people of mythical Tartessos – Arkeonews
• Archaeologists uncover the first human representations of the ancient Tartessos people | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Archaeologists discover Roman sanctuary and cemetery in Belgium | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• April 20th | Fastorum Liber Quartus: Aprilis – by M.
• Aprilis | April 20th | XVI Kalendae Maius | IV.713-720

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Ovid, Ars Amatoria 2.273-286

Fresh Podcasts

• Ad Navseam: Tarzan and Tradition: Classical Myth in Popular Literature (Ad Navseam, Episode 117) on Apple Podcasts

The guys are back, and this time they are taking a break from the Aeneid series to focus on the appearance of classical themes and inspiration in an unexpected place: the 20th century pulp fiction novels of Tarzan. Aided by the brilliant monograph of Dave’s late grad school professor, Dr. Erling B. “Jack” Holtsmark, we examine such questions as, What standards should popular literature be held to? What makes for good diction and characterization? Is Tarzan in the mold of Achilles? Along the way we look at some structures of Greek and Latin style, including polarities, chiasmus, and parallels. If you enjoyed the Tarzan books or movies as a kid, this is a vine time to renew your interest as we burroughs deep into the jungle of Tarzaniana.

• The Partial Historians: How the Plebeians Got Their Groove Back on Apple Podcasts

In this episode we dig into the details (or lack thereof!) of 425 and 425 BCE. Good news for the plebeians is that when there’s not much going on in Rome, they get a chance to just live life a little!

• In Our Time: Solon the Lawgiver on Apple Podcasts

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Solon, who was elected archon or chief magistrate of Athens in 594 BC: some see him as the father of Athenian democracy. In the first years of the 6th century BC, the city state of Athens was in crisis. The lower orders of society were ravaged by debt, to the point where some were being forced into slavery. An oppressive law code mandated the death penalty for everything from murder to petty theft. There was a real danger that the city could fall into either tyranny or civil war. Solon instituted a programme of reforms that transformed Athens’ political and legal systems, its society and economy, so that later generations referred to him as Solon the Lawgiver. With Melissa Lane Class of 1943 Professor of Politics at Princeton University Hans van Wees Grote Professor of Ancient History at University College London and William Allan Professor of Greek and McConnell Laing Tutorial Fellow in Greek and Latin Languages and Literature at University College, University of Oxford

• 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

• Reading Greek Tragedy Online | Amphitruo – YouTube | Center for Hellenic Studies
• Were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon Actually in Nineveh? – YouTube | Dig It With Raven
• Calm/Ink #etymology – YouTube | Alliterative
• Visitors to Roman Forum and Colosseum can view newly unveiled ancient Roman objects – YouTube | AP
• Roman Wall Paintings: Four Pompeian Styles – YouTube | Ancient Rome Live
• Cosmote tv Season 2 History Channel.“Ancient Greek Culture, Now.” Αρχαίο ελληνικός πολιτισμός τώρα – YouTube
• 6 Things I Learned About The Body (According To Ancient Greece & Rome) – “Exposed” Book Review – YouTube | Moan Inc.

Book Reviews

• ‘Stone Blind’ by Natalie Haynes – Book Review | The Review Geek
• BMCR ~ David Sansone, Plato. Menexenus. Cambridge Greek and Latin classics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020.
• BMCR ~ Alessandro Iannucci, Luciano di Samosata. Filosofi in vendita: introduzione, traduzione e commento. Edizioni e saggi universitari di filologia classica, 71. Bologna: Pàtron Editore, 2020.

Exhibition Related Things

• ARCHEOMOSTRE / “Cursus Honorum”: così si governava a Roma prima di Cesare – Storie & Archeostorie

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

• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• Caesar and Alexander – heroes, villains, or both? | Troy Media
• See The Ancient Mausoleum of Augustus: The Tomb Of The First Emperor & The Largest Round Mausoleum
• Cleopatra, The Greek Queen of Ancient Egypt
• Can Aristotle Inspire a New Civilization? – CounterPunch.org
• History of Mermaids and their Origins in Ancient Greek Sirens

Diversions

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

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends divine anger.

… 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. XIII Kal. Mai. 2776 AUC ~ 29 Elaphebolion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

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Diversions

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• 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 powerful man of state being deprived of both his reputation and property.

… 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)