Hodie est a.d. XIV Kal. Mai. 2776 AUC ~ 28 Elaphebolion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

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• Back after 2,000 years: the Roman gateway to Britain
• Reconstructed Roman gatehouse opens on exact site of 2,000-year-old original at Richborough Roman Fort
• Roman gateway rebuilt in ‘exact spot’ at site of invasion of Britain | Roman Britain | The Guardian
• Clydebank: Lost Roman fortlet found near primary school | Clydebank Post
• Antonine Wall : Buried remains of lost Roman fortlet discovered | HeraldScotland

In Case You Missed It

• Eros figurine on dolphin found in Italian archaeological park | Daily Sabah
• Lavish ancient Roman winery discovered at Villa of the Quintilli
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• Archaeologists Uncover 3,200-Year-Old Egyptian Cemetery
• Bust of Greek God of Wine-Making Unearthed in England
• Sex god riding a dolphin among finds unearthed in Italy – DW – 04/18/2023
• Coin Commemorating Assassination of Julius Caesar Leads Auction – Numismatic News

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Saiichiro Nakatani remembrance page and online condolences

Public Facing Classics

• The Stories of Art History’s Detectives
• The scorched-earth iconoclasm of the historian Paul Veyne | Aeon Essays

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• Libyans and Maurians: Corippus’ poetic survey of northern African peoples in the tale of John Troglita (after 548 CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
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• The Short Dream and the Sudden Darkness – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Kulte, Orte, Körperteile: Eine Neubewertung der Weihung anatomischer Votive in Latiums Heiligtümer
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Die römische Kaiservilla Pausilypon: Gesamtanlage und Bauten des oberen Plateaus
• De Antigoniden – Mainzer Beobachter
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity
• Luxury imperial winery found at Villa of the Quintilii – The History Blog
• PaleoJudaica.com: DNA analysis of late-antique Negev-highlands wine grapes
• The Tale of the Lion Cub – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• The Writing on the Wall?
• PaleoJudaica.com: A Short History of Siege Coins
• Classical street art in Athens – It’s All Greek To Me
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• Book of the Month – April 2023 – DAİstanbul

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• The Roman Empire’s Forgotten War: The Failed Conquest of Yemen | Short History
• Archaeologists Uncovered a Unique Ancient Roman Winery with Marble Tiling and Fountains of Grape Juice – Arkeonews
• Archaeologists uncover 2,000-year-old Roman winery | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Fragments of large wall painting found in Cartagena’s Roman theatre | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• ARCHEOSCOPERTE / Ecco le straordinarie pitture murarie che ornavano il teatro romano di Cartagena – Storie & Archeostorie
• 18 April 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Puteoli)
• Julia the Elder: The Rise & Fall of Augustus’ Disobedient Daughter

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Ovid, Ars Amatoria 2.217-232

Fresh Podcasts

• History Hack: History Hack: Roman Special Forces on Apple Podcasts

Simon Elliot returns to talk about his new book. What constituted special forces in ancient Rome? And how did they operate?

• Live from Mount Olympus: Atalanta 1: “Who would leave a baby in the forest???” on Apple Podcasts

Abandoned with nothing but a scrap of cloth which bears her name, a baby cries on the forest floor. The goddesses Artemis and Athena watch in astonishment as a mother bear, grieving for her own lost cub , nurses the tiny newborn. On the same day, the Fates visit a newborn prince, and predict a terrible end to his life. What will become of these two babes?

• Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold: Enter Apollo, to Tie Everything In a Nice Little Bow (Euripides’ Orestes Part 3) on Apple Podcasts

In the final episode covering Euripides’ Orestes… sh*t goes down. So much of it. Murder, mayhem, weirdly helpful gods!

Fresh Youtubery

• The Mythology of Hades: Uncovering the Secrets of the Greek God of the Underworld – YouTube | Lady of the Library
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• Julian “The Apostate”: Reflections on his Life, Times, & Though with Dr. Jeremy Swist – YouTube | Jeremy Swist
• What Makes An Ancient Greek Hero? GREGORY NAGY On The REAL Meaning Of Achilles & Patroclus In Myth – YouTube | Moan Inc.

Book Reviews

• Caveat emptor: a new book on the best lines in Latin misses the bigger picture
• Classics meets Cosmo: Dating tips from the 10th century | The Spinoff
• ‘Clytemnestra’ Review: A Fresh Greek Mythology Retelling | Arts | The Harvard Crimson
• BMCR ~ A. C. Dionisotti, Expositio notarum. Cambridge classical texts and commentaries, 64. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2022.
• BMCR ~ Charles Chamberlain, Beginning Latin for college students. San Diego: Cognella, Inc., 2021.
• BMCR ~ Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Persians: the age of the great kings. New York: Basic Books, 2022.

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• What the Grecians urn: Irreverence in palimpsestic reception | Institute of Classical Studies
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• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

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• PostdocUWO – The Classical Association of Canada
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Alia

• Visiting Istanbul’s Archaeological Museums – The Complicated History of Turkey
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• How Europe Got Its Name: The Greek Myth of Europa
• Digital Map Of Alexander The Great’s Empire

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 and thoughtlessness of 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. XV Kal. Mai. 2776 AUC ~ 27 Elaphebolion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Sassanid petroglyph deciphered after 45 years – Tehran Times
• Archeologists in Italy unearth ancient dolphin statuette | AP News
• ‘Thousands’ of finds discovered at Iron Age temple in Madaba, says Canadian archaeologist | Jordan Times
• An ancient Roman cemetery discovered in Misrata | The Libya Observer
• Under the stadium of Rosarno the remains of two temples: “It must be transferred!” – Journal of Reggio
• Orfeo e le Sirene, i dubbi degli archeologi sull’opera che Sangiuliano ha voluto a Taranto – Tiscali Notizie
• Roman coin from Pompeii ashes sells for £18k | LondonWorld
• Benghazi Antiquities Watch calls for halting dredging in the archaeological city “Hesperides” | The Libya Observer
• Roman emperors played winemaker for a day at swank facility | Science | AAAS
• Investigations of Roman settlement near Lewes head into 12th season | SussexWorld

In Case You Missed It

• Archaeologists Uncover 3,200-Year-Old Egyptian Cemetery
• Sandstorms driven by climate change slowly burying Iraq’s ancient treasures | The Times of Israel

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Archaeologist, classicist wins NEH fellowship | Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine | University of Colorado Boulder

Greek/Latin News

• Akropolis World News ~ Σουδάν
• Ephemeris ~ NOVA AB UCRAINA De bello infinito

Public Facing Classics

• Lavish ancient Roman winery found at ruins of Villa of the Quintilii near Rome | Italy | The Guardian
• A newly uncovered ancient Roman winery featured marble tiling, fountains of grape juice and an extreme sense of luxury

Fresh Bloggery

• Axumite perspectives: Inscription by the king of Axum on the Ethiopian and Arabian peoples he conquered (late-second or early-third century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• PaleoJudaica.com: Nabatean altars in a submerged Italian city?
• Sure, Retire; The Universe Has Your Number – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Wild and Desolate: The True Story of Odysseus’ Journey Home – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Judas Iskariot – Mainzer Beobachter
• Laudator Temporis Acti: A Great Masquerade
• Stop Right There! You Might See a Vice…. – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• PaleoJudaica.com: What route did Jeremiah take to Egypt?
• PaleoJudaica.com: Online edition of Proverbs in Sahidic Coptic
• Versions of Cleopatra | The Second Achilles
• Justice & Real Estate – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Listen
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Who Betrayed You?
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Tilmen Höyük. Zooarchaeological Analysis of a Middle and Late Bronze Age Urban Centre (Excavation Campaigns 2003-2007)
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Excavations at Tilmen Höyük I. The Fortification System in the Lower Town
• Tricks with His Lips! Fronto on Why Seneca is Trash – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Kiwi Hellenist: How Eratosthenes measured the earth. Part 1
• Caesar in Syrië – Mainzer Beobachter
• Roman Archaeology Blog: Lavish ancient Roman winery found at ruins of Villa of the Quintilii near Rome
• PaleoJudaica.com: ASOR on the Neo-Assyrian Aramean gods relief
• PaleoJudaica.com: Schiffman on the claims about new Hezekiah inscriptions
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Honor Thy Mother
• Classics Summer School for ages 7 – 11: 21st, 22nd and 23rd August

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• Ancient Greek temple discovery sheds new light on ritual activities in ancient Paestum | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Aprilis | April 16th | XVI Kalendae Maius | IV.673-676
• Aprilis | April 17th | XVI Kalendae Maius | IV.677-678
• April 17th | Fastorum Liber Quartus: Aprilis – by M.
• 16 April 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Sinuessa)
• April(?) 44 BCE: To Aulus Pompeius Bithynicus (in Sicily) from Cicero (in Campania?)
• New Discoveries at Ancient Greek City of Paestum’s ‘Little Doric Temple’ in Italy – Arkeonews
• 5 Ancient Greek Engineering Inventions Still Used Today

Fresh Podcasts

• History with Jackson: Roman Special Forces and Special Ops with Dr Simon Elliot on Apple Podcasts

Today on the History with Jackson Podcast we speak to the author of the brand new Pen and Sword Book ‘Roman Special Forces and Special Ops: Speculatores, Exploratores, Protectores and Areani in the Service of Rome’ Dr Simon Elliott all about his book and the various different forces who were in the service of Rome.

Fresh Youtubery

• Egyptology PhD students talk about their research! HAPS interviews 2023 #1 – YouTube | Digital Hammurabi
• Assyriology PhD students talk about their research! HAPS interviews 2023 #2 – YouTube | Digital Hammurabi
• Latin Immersion Courses this Summer (2023) || Latin guide to CONVENTICULA LATINA – YouTube | Satura Lanx
• Where did most Romans eat? – Roman Dining – Latin – YouTube | Magister Craft
• Pegasus and the Chimera (Plus that Other Dude) || Mythology w/ Dael Kingsmill – YouTube
• 4 Random Words From Ancient Greek You Didn’t Know You Wanted To Learn – YouTube | Classics in Color

Book Reviews

• BMCR ~ Gianpiero Rosati, Ovidio e il teatro del piacere: il corpo, lo sguardo, il desiderio. Frecce, 342. Rome: Carocci editore, 2022.
• BMCR ~ Vassilis Evangelidis, The archaeology of Roman Macedonia: urban and rural environments. Oxford: Oxbow, 2022.
• BMCR ~ Nadine Le Meur, Bénédicte Delignon, Olivier Thévenaz, Performance et mimesis: variations sur la lyrique cultuelle de la Grèce archaïque au Haut-Empire romain. Kernos supplément, 40. Liège: Centre International de’Étude de la Religion Grecque Antique, Presses universitaires de Liège, 2022.

Dramatic Receptions

• The Odyssey: The Cyclops – Cast, Doncaster – The Reviews Hub

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• Lecture Announcement: Re-Considering Hellenistic North Mesopotamia. Investigations at Girdi Matrab and in the Erbil Plain – DAİstanbul
• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• Vergilian Society Call for Program Directors – CANE
• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• Pieces and Bits – JSTOR Daily
• The debt to the Jewish rebels against Rome – part 2 – opinion – The Jerusalem Post
• Which ancient Egyptian dynasty ruled the longest? | Live Science
• Why Did Ancient Greeks Recline to Eat and Drink?
• TikTok star reveals the real reason statues of athletes and gods have such small members  | Daily Mail Online
• A High-Tech Heist at the British Museum | The New Yorker

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 an abundance of daily necessities.

… 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. XVII Kal. Mai. 2776 AUC ~ 25 Elaphebolion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Mystery of Ancient Roman’s brain that turned into glass is revealed
• Exceptional discovery in Sicily, found the paved road of ancient Segesta – Diretta Sicilia
• Torna alla luce l’antica strada lastricata di Segesta – Sicilia – ANSA.it
• Le 175 monete romane antiche scoperte in un bosco a Collesalvetti | Corriere.it
• Eros e delfini, nuove scoperte nel tempietto di Paestum – Cultura & Spettacoli – ANSA
• Eros, dolphins feature in new discoveries at Paestum’s ‘little temple’ – Lifestyle – ANSA.it

In Case You Missed It

• Early Romans may have been the first to breed flat-faced dogs

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Thank you, Twitter | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS
• Emilia Wright Accepted into Two Summer Classics Programs at Harvard – Colorado College
• Stephanie McCarter discusses her feminist translation of Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses’ – The Bowdoin Orient

Greek/Latin News

• Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 15.04.2023 – Vatican News

Fresh Bloggery

• Ethiopians: Artapanos and Josephos on Moses, intermarriage, and the Kushites (second century BCE-first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Fighting for Survival
• Friday Varia and Quick Hits | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• My Epistolary Friend – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Blog Post #79: Graduate Student Feature with Katerina Apokatanidis – Peopling the Past
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Over 1,000 coins from the Gallo-Roman Museum of Tongeren added to OCRE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Mare Thracium: Archaeology and History of Coastal Landscapes and Islands of the Thracian Sea during Antiquity and the Byzantine Era. International Workshop within the Framework of the DFG Project »The Thracian harbour city Ainos in Roman and Byzantine times – the development of a traffic hub in a changing environment«
• O Sappho, Who Wrongs You? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Writing Advice for Thesis Season: Write Drunk, Edit Sober. Rinse and Repeat – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• PaleoJudaica.com: Amsler, The Babylonian Talmud and late antique book culture (CUP)
• Nabatean altars found in Pozzuoli – The History Blog
• Hero en Leandros – Mainzer Beobachter
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Source of Zombie Artefacts Identified
• Laudator Temporis Acti: The Value of Learning a Trade
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Classic Engines of Torture
• Your Stories: Oreen Yousuf, Harari speaker – The VIEWS project
• Collections: How to Polis, Part III: People and Gods Beyond the Politai – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Men Worthy of Freedom

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• A Memorable Trip to Egypt: Cairo, Alexandria and a Nile Cruise – March 2023 – The Kosmos Society

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• Vatican Returns Parthenon Marbles – Biblical Archaeology Society
• Archeologists discover 2000-year-old Roman coins on the deserted Swedish island of Gotska Sandön – Arkeonews
• April 15th | Fastorum Liber Quartus: Aprilis – by M.
• 15 April 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Formiae)
• Why the Critics Were Ruffled by this Victorian Masterpiece | by Christopher P Jones | Apr, 2023 | Medium

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Ovid, Ars Amatoria 2.113-124

Fresh Podcasts

• Ancient Warfare Podcast: What if Alexander had turned west? on Apple Podcasts

Curt wonders why did Alexander the Great not look westwards, starting with Rome during his conquests? There are a lot of ‘what if’s’ here for Murray to deal with.

Fresh Youtubery

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• LatinPerDiem Latin Lessons: Augustine of Hippo, Confessiones 52 – YouTube
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• Archeologia solidale a Segesta, torna alla luce l’antica strada lastricata – YouTube

Book Reviews

• BMCR ~ Geert Roskam, Plutarch. New surveys in the classics, 47. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021.
• BMCR ~ Response: Markovich on Moore on Markovich, Promoting a new kind of education: Greek and Roman philosophical protreptic
• BMCR ~ Christopher Pelling, Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War VI. Cambridge Greek and Latin classics. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• Cluster 3 “Body and Death” – Conference October in Athens – Human Bioarchaeology
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• 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

• The London hotel hiding a huge 1,800-year-old Roman wall in its garden – MyLondon

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 a plague

[Sunday] If it thunders today it portends abundance but also  an outbreak of field voles.

… 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. XVIII Kal. Mai. 2776 AUC ~ 24 Elaphebolion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Monuments, statues: Türkiye calls for stolen artifacts’ repatriation to country | Daily Sabah
• Mystery of Roman coins discovered on shipwreck island has archaeologists baffled | Live Science
• Rinvenuti resti di una villa romana di secoli fa, cosa trovano all’interno: è di 2000 anni fa

In Case You Missed It

• A Roman-Era Vase, Once Considered a Cremation Vessel, Turns Out to Be an Early Form of Sports Memorabilia for a Gladiator Fan

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Archaeologists You Should Know – Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski – Archaeological Institute of America

Fresh Bloggery

• Ethiopians or Nubians: Pottery from Athens and Greek cities of Italy depicting a darker-skinned youth devoured by a crocodile (fifth-fourth centuries BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Scholarly Controversies
• The Things You Love – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• DAARD (Digital Atlas of Ancient Rare Diseases) now online! – Human Bioarchaeology
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Detecting Finds Rates [Updated]
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Aristotle’s Ontology of Change
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: 1,400 British Museum Bactrian and Indo-Greek coins added to BIGR
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: University of Zurich, Institute of Archaeology, Institutional Repository
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Das Bierbrauen im Alten Ägypten: eine Untersuchung von der Frühzeit bis zum Neuen Reich
• Nothing To Write about: Cicero Gives Up – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Athetizing a Dream – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Depletion of the British Historical Environment
• Mithraeum and large relief found in Trier – The History Blog
• Artemis van Efese – Mainzer Beobachter
• PaleoJudaica.com: This necklace took 5,000 years to make.
• PaleoJudaica.com: The origin of Leviticus’ dietary laws
• Memorabilia Antonina: New article on Doctor Who by me
• Laudator Temporis Acti: April

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• First osteological evidence of severed hands in Ancient Egypt – Human Bioarchaeology
• 50th annual North American Meeting of the Paleopathological Association – Human Bioarchaeology

Other Blog-like Publications

• ANE Today – The Başbük Rock Wall Panel: Serving Empire, Honoring Syro-Anatolian Gods
• The Romans Bred Lap Dogs With Squished Faces Like French Bulldogs | IFLScience
• A sanctuary for Cult God Mithras discovered in Germany – Arkeonews
• Libyan archaeological sites in danger due to coastal erosion | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• April 14th | Fastorum Liber Quartus: Aprilis – by M.
• The Course Choice Rubicon

Fresh Podcasts

• Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold: Conversations: Chronology & Mythology Don’t Mix, Unless They Do… Time in Ovid’s Metamorphoses w/ Freddie Kimpton on Apple Podcasts

Liv speaks with PhD student Freddie Kimpton about the fascinating use of time and chronology in Ovid’s Metamorphoses!

Fresh Youtubery

• Postcards from Greece: This Afterlife – YouTube | British School at Athens
• In Search of the Greek and Roman agricultural economies in Epirus during the early Imperial period – YouTube | British School at Athens
• The Gates 5: Harassment X Academia – YouTube | Everyday Orientalism
• City of Rome Lecture | Whatever happened to Republican Rome? by Ed Bispham (Oxford) – YouTube | British School at Rome
• Vindolanda – a fort and frontier in transition by Dr. Andrew Birley – YouTube | Roman Roads Research Association
• The Ancient Coin Podcast with Aaron Berk – Episode 27 – YouTube | Aaron Berk
• Trajan’s Adriatic route to Brindisi: Via Appia Traiana – YouTube | Ancient Rome Live
• Ancient Roman Medallions – YouTube | Classical Numismatics
• LatinPerDiem Latin Lessons: Augustine of Hippo, Confessiones 51 – YouTube | LatinPeriem

Book Reviews

• BMCR ~ David Ebrey, Richard Kraut, The Cambridge companion to Plato. Second edition. Cambridge companions to philosophy. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2022.
• BMCR ~ David Hendin, Guide to Biblical coins. 6th edition. New York: American Numismatic Society, 2022.
• BMCR ~ Christopher Gill, Learning to live naturally: Stoic ethics and its modern significance. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.
• The 3rd Century Crisis and Beyond at Komana | Spartokos a lu

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• Today’s Thucydides: Power, Politics, and Appropriation – The Center for Hellenic Studies
• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• Teaching Fellow in Classics job with DURHAM UNIVERSITY | 336405
• Departmental Lecturer in Egyptology at University of Oxford
• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• Agnodice: The First Woman Doctor of Ancient Greece
• Temple of Hephaestus: The Best Preserved Ancient Greek Temple (& Its Not In The Acropolis)
• OP/ED: Cleopatra: We Know Her Name, But Do We Know Her Race? – The Impact

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 good health and prosperity.

… 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 Id Apr. 2776 AUC ~ 23 Elaphebolion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Tomb of steward of Amun Temple, smaller chapels unearthed in Saqqara Necropolis – Ancient Egypt – Antiquities – Ahram Online
• Human bones found during excavation in Türkiye’s Afyonkarahisar | Daily Sabah
• Hoard of Roman silver coins bought by council – BBC News
• Call for more archaeological inspections on Mykonos | eKathimerini.com
• Archaeological sites at risk from coastal erosion on the Cyrenaican coast of Libya
• Ancient discoveries unearthed by team of archaeologists in Cockermouth | News and Star
• The Inconvenient Archaeological Discoveries on Mykonos

In Case You Missed It

• A Roman Mosaic, Buried for More Than Two Centuries, Was Uncovered Outside a Vape Shop in England
• Ancient Roman City’s Missing Bodies Were Vaporized in Volcanic Blast : ScienceAlert
• Is Archaeology Due for a Sexual Revolution? | History News Network

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Ludi Romani: USU’s Classics Program Hosts End of Year Event to Crown a ‘Victor of Rome’
• Ancient Philosophy Society Conference 2023 | Gonzaga University

Greek/Latin News

• Ephemeris ~ DE FORMOSA Nova Taivanica 
• Akropolis World News ~ Ἰταλία

Public Facing Classics

• The Scottish solution to the refugee crisis | The Spectator

Fresh Bloggery

• Laudator Temporis Acti: An Old Tree
• Causes and Things and Causes of Things – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• 99 of 234: Triumphal Chariot Car Imagery – Liv Mariah Yarrow
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Another Leominster Hoard
• Roman Archaeology Blog: The Battle of Teutoburg Forest: Give Me Back My Legions!
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Nominative Absolute
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Familiar Ear-Marks
• Dating RR coins! New Article Alert – Liv Mariah Yarrow
• Lying about the Self – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Debate-Me Guys and the Nature of Bigness – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Antiquipop: La référence à l’Antiquité dans la culture populaire contemporaine
• Ptolemy X Alexander’s Will – Liv Mariah Yarrow
• De Romeinse expansie (of zoiets) – Mainzer Beobachter
• PaleoJudaica.com: Jesus and first-century synagogues
• Ethiopians or Nubians: Athenian-style pottery depictions of darker-skinned subjects (sixth-fifth centuries BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Brainerd P. Salmon: American Journalist (and Many More) and Friend of Greece | From the Archivist’s Notebook
• Looting Matters: Princeton Fragments from an Attic Cup
• PANOPLY VASE ANIMATION PROJECT BLOG: Islanders. A Panoply interview with Dr Anastasia Christophilopoulou

Other Blog-like Publications

• The Egyptian Journey of Jeremiah in the Bible – Biblical Archaeology Society
• Archaeologists identify a sunken Nabataean temple dedicated to the God Dusares at Pozzuoli – Arkeonews
• High status tomb discovered in Saqqara necropolis | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• A burial complex dating to the Second Intermediate Period has been discovered at the Dra Abu el-Naga necropolis at Luxor – Arkeonews
• April 13th | Fastorum Liber Quartus: Aprilis – by M.
• Libyan archaeological sites in danger due to coastal erosion | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• The Goriest Fight Scenes from The Iliad, Pt. 2 | by Clive Thompson | Apr, 2023 | Medium

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Ovid, Ars Amatoria 2.99-112

Fresh Podcasts

• Ancient Office Hours: Episode 63 – Dr. Barry Strauss on Apple Podcasts

Dr. Barry Strauss, a professor of Classics and military & naval historian at Cornell, joins Lexie to discuss why Julius Caesar is his favourite ancient military leader, what it means to be a global citizen by comparing differences between EU-US systems, and look at accuracy or inaccuracy of  adaptations of ancient battles in film & tv. So tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for this week’s exciting odyssey!

• The Ancients: The Great Fire of Rome on Apple Podcasts

In July 64AD, the Great Fire of Rome tore across the city, and ultimately burnt two thirds of Rome to ashes before it could be bought under control. A devastating event that can still be seen in the archaeology today, it ultimately led to the first persecution against the early Roman Christians. With legends of the narcissistic Nero playing the fiddle as his city burnt around him, and conspiracy theories as to who actually started this catastrophic blaze – what actually happened in July 64AD? In this episode Tristan welcomes Professor Ginna Closs to the podcast to help shine a light on this murky day in Roman history. Looking at the ancient fire brigade that eventually helped to quell the blaze, the legacy that Nero left, and ultimately how the city was rebuilt – it’s fair to say the Great Fire of Rome was a defining moment in history. So what really happened, and what can we learn from the new evidence coming to light?

• 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!

• Ancient History Fangirl: Atalanta and the Heroine’s Journey (With Jennifer Saint) on Apple Podcasts

This week, we delve deeper into the legend of Atalanta, with bestselling author Jennifer Saint as our guide. Join us as we discuss Atalanta’s heroine’s journey, her connection to Artemis and a more ancient concept of the feminine, and what it was really like being stuck on the Argo with all those dudes.

• Tides of History: Iron Age Italy on Apple Podcasts

At the beginning of the Iron Age, around 950 BC, Italy was a land of farming villages; just a few centuries later, it was one of the wealthiest and most densely urbanized parts of the Mediterranean world. This dramatic change was a product of a new world driven by metalworking, cities, and powerful elite groups.

Fresh Youtubery

• 2023-04-13 Priestess, Queen, Goddess: Women of Nubia (S. Ashby) – YouTube | Archaeological Research Facility, UC Berkeley
• The Real Story Of How Ancient Rome Conquered Britain | History Of Warfare | Odyssey – YouTube
• It’s Time To Meet ATALANTA: The Forgotten Woman Who Sailed The Argo – YouTube | Moan Inc.

Book Reviews

• BMCR ~ Lorenzo Ferroni, Daniela Patrizia Taormina, Plotinus IV 7 (2): On the immortality of the soul. Baden-Baden: Academia Verlag, 2022.
• BMCR ~ Maria Anna Oberlinner, Intertextualität und Parodie in Ovids Remedia Amoris. Classica Monacensia, 58. Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto, 2022.
• BMCR ~ Jessica Elbert Decker, Danielle A. Layne, Monica Vilhauer, Otherwise than the binary: new feminist readings in ancient philosophy and culture. SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy. Albany: SUNY Press, 2022.
• Fatsa à la lumière des enquêtes | Spartokos a lu

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

• Job Description – Teaching Fellow in Classics (23000509)
• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• The debt to the Jewish rebels against Rome – opinion – The Jerusalem Post
• Digital twin technology brings Pompeii to life | GIM International
• Midas meal: Archaeology group to recreate 2,700-year-old meal based on tomb excavation | The Spokesman-Review

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 destruction for people and cattle.

… 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)