Hodie est pr. Non. Mai. 2776 AUC ~ 16 Mounichion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
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Public Facing Classics
- How to manage your drink | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS
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Fresh Bloggery
- Scythians: Lucian on Anacharsis and Solon’s dialogue about the superiority of Greek customs (mid-second century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Indian wisdom: Alexander Polyhistor and Clement of Alexandria (VII) on the Brahmans and naked sages (first century BCE / late second century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Clement of Alexandria: A guide for reading ethnographic passages | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Indians: Hierokles on visiting the Brahmans (fifth century CE or earlier) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Frischlin’s Cry
- Too Much Elegance! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
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Other Blog-like Publications
- Coronation Verses: Vivat Carolus Rex – Antigone
- The Lachish Letters – Biblical Archaeology Society
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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.
- JCT ~ Pocket GCSE Latin Etymological Lexicon (C.K.) Mackenzie Pp xii + 147, illus. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.
- JCT ~ Unus, Duo, Tres. Latine loquamur per scaenas et imagines (C.) Rico Pp. xviii + 275, b/w & colour ills. Jerusalem: Polis Institute Press, 2022.
- JCT ~ Aristophanes: Peace (G.) Fraser Pp. 249, Independently published, 2022.
Exhibition Related Things
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Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- Lecturer Pool, Classics, Fall 2023 – Spring 2024 – HigherEdJobs
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Research Papers of Possible Interest
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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
- Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
- Sortes Virgilianae (English)
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- Consult the Oracle at UCL
Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
[Saturday] If it thunders today, it portends crops ripening too quickly and being ruined as a result
[Sunday] If it thunders today it portends an abundance of birds and fish.
… 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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