Hodie est a.d. III Id. Mai. 2776 AUC ~ 23 Mounichion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Ancient Roman bricks and coins lead to bigger discovery in Switzerland. See the photos
- Italy begins to reckon with Fascist-era colonial collections
- Stunning Mosaic of Trojan Hero Aeneas Unearthed in Turkey
- Mosul Museum reveals new look after IS destruction – BBC News
- Greek PM seeks ‘innovative’ solution to decades-old Parthenon Sculpture dispute with British Museum | AP News
- We want win-win solution on Elgin Marbles, says Greek PM
- Walk in a field and find a gold coin of the cruciform lightning, dating from 60-20 BC – Stile Arte
- Scholars expound on Mount Ebal curse tablet with oldest Hebrew text – JNS.org
- Tarquinia: the Roman city to discover | Newtuscia Italy
- Iranian farmers grew rice some 3,000 years ago, archaeologists find – Tehran Times
- Archaeologists discover ‘exceptionally rare find’ on Cockermouth site | Times and Star
- Vatican experts uncovering gilded glory of Hercules statue struck by lightning – ABC News
- Vatican experts uncovering gilded glory of Hercules statue struck by lightning | eKathimerini.com
In Case You Missed It
- Ancient Greek healing temple in Trikala to be restored – Greek Herald
- Iron Age and Ancient Roman Pottery Found by Metal Detectorist in Wales – ARTnews.com
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Obituary: George Pepe, expert on Roman history and political theory, 83 – The Source – Washington University in St. Louis
- Ludwig Koenen Obituary
- Remembering Prof. Em. Jane F. Gardner (1934-2023) | Classics at Reading
Greek/Latin News
Public Facing Classics
- My favourite view in the world | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS
- Mary Beard on the Search for Cleopatra’s Daughter – The Atlantic
Fresh Bloggery
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Selfishness
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Bene Mutoniatus
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Honoring the Unworthy
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Oaths
- PaleoJudaica.com: A peer-review article on the Mount Ebal tablet
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: L’or des descendants d’Hercule. Les peuples de la région du Kouban du VIe s. av. n. è. IIIe de n. è
- Janzur – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Chatting in Aramaic at the Coronation
- PaleoJudaica.com: 10 artifacts in the Bible Lands Museum
- Collections: Who Were ‘the Celts’ and How Did They (Some of Them) Fight? – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
- Ausonius: A detail in the manuscript transmission of Sidonius
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Epicureans and Christians
- Dude, Stop Thinking About Tomorrow – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: When My Life Is Over
- The Stargazer: Archaeology, Classics and Contemporaneity – Everyday Orientalism
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
- Overview of Thucydides’ Peloponnesian War Book 1 – The Kosmos Society
- CAC Survey on Annual Conference Format/Sondage de la SCEC sur le format de la conférence annuelle sans titre – The Classical Association of Canada
Other Blog-like Publications
- In response to scandals and stolen art seizures, the Met plans to scour its own collections for looted artifacts – ICIJ
- The mythical hero of Troy and Rome Aeneas’s peerless mosaic discovered in Türkiye – Arkeonews
- May 13 | Fastorum Liber Quintus: Maius – by M. – Ovid Daily
- Late Roman watchtower discovered on Swiss border | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- 2,000-Year-Old Iron Age and Roman Treasures Found in Wales Could Point to an Unknown Roman Settlement – Arkeonews
- Archaeologists analyse remains of Roman purse found in Merida | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Columned building containing large amounts of flour found at ancient Metsamor | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Sulla: The Story of Rome’s Lucky Dictator
Assorted Twitter Threads
- @DocCrom on Ovid, Ars Amatoria 3.311-324
- @DocCrom on Ovid, Ars Amatoria 3.433-446
- @DocCrom on coin depictions of the Temple of Mars Ultor
Fresh Podcasts
Well ladies and gentlemen, this podcast within a podcast has finally come to an end: Jeff and Dave, at long last (denique, tandem, demum) have reached the final episode on the Aeneid. We start out by looking at how the end of the Iliad and the end of the Aeneid compare, verge off into some Shakespearean and Miltonian digressions, recite some beautiful Latin poetry, talk about Annie Lennox, and round it all off with a look at interpretive possibilities from a wide range of 20th century scholars. These include: Bowra, Elllingham, Brooks, Lewis, Parry, Putnam, and Commager. Who is correct in their interpretation of the Aeneid? When the ancients said that Vergil’s twin purposes were to “rival Homer” and “praise Augustus all the way back to his ancestors”, were they correct? Or is the man from Mantua up to something quite different and more subtle? Should we go with the revisionist interpretation – adopting Jeff’s maxim “the Romans were wrong”– or side with the traditional school? Pull up your can of Campbell’s Soup, make your way to your own Fortress of Solitude, and settle in for a rip-roaring interpretive ride.
Fresh Youtubery
- CHS Kosmos Society Online Open House | Kyriaki Ioannidou – YouTube
- ETRU a Cultura Cavallo 8 maggio 2023 – YouTube
- (Full Episode) Who Were the Greeks| Episode 1 | BBC Select – YouTube
- Chaste/Castle #etymology – YouTube | Alliterative
- What a perfect ambush looks like Hannibal’s masterclass at Trebia against the Roman army – YouTube | History Marche
- Giusto Traina on Media and Armenia in Herodotus’ list of satrapies – YouTube | Herodotus Helpline
- A Detailed Summary of The LIBATION BEARERS (The Choephoroi) by Aeschylus – YouTube | Moan Inc.
- Graphic Novel in LATIN (live in Italian!) w/ ORIGINES PICTAE | polýMATHY pódCAST #20 – YouTube
- Lemuria 2/3 – A Haunted House based on the Mostellaria by Plautus – Latin – YouTube | Magister Craft
- Daily Life of a Roman Scout – How to Plan a Recon Mission? DOCUMENTARY – YouTube | Invicta
- Marriage in the Ancient Roman Empire – YouTube | World History Encyclopedia
- BREAKING NEWS: Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet UPDATE (w/ Scott Stripling) – YouTube | Dr. Sean McDowell
- The Lost Texts of Ancient Greece – YouTube | Lady of the Library
- The AP Interview: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis seeks ‘innovative’ deal for Marbles – YouTube
- Ancient Hebrew Curse Reveals True Name of God! – Archaeologist Scott Stripling finds Curse Tablet – YouTube
- Bettina Joy de Guzman. Ancient Greek Music (part 1). CCA South Spring Conference at CSU Long Beach. – YouTube
- Armand D’Angour. Ancient Greek Music. CCA South Spring Conference, at CSU Long Beach – YouTube
Book Reviews
- BMCR ~ Karl Baughman, Brook Poston, Parallel lives: Romans and the American founders. London; New York: Routledge, 2022.
- L’or des descendants d’Hercule. Les peuples de la région du Kouban du VIe s. av. n. è. IIIe de n. è | Spartokos a lu
- Atalanta by Jennifer Saint review – the mesmerising story of the only female argonaut | The Canberra Times | Canberra, ACT
Exhibition Related Things
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- DAI Athen: Sommerfest 2023 (hybrid) – Groundcheck
- Seminar/webinar (26 May): Greek Coinage Online. An Introduction to the ARCH Portal | L’Antiquité à la BnF
- Curating Freud’s Antiquity: Object, Idea, Desire – Freud Museum London
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Events Calendar
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- Contractually Limited 9.5 month Term Appointment, Assistant Professor in Classics Acadia University
- Full-Time Lecturer in Latin/Classics – Department of Classics | Academic Careers | Case Western Reserve University
- Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies
Research Papers of Possible Interest
Alia
- The Greatness of Alexander | James Hankins | First Things
- Sparta: The Only Ancient Greek City with No Defensive Walls
- Abortion in the Ancient Near East and Greco-Roman World – TheTorah.com
- The Diet of Ancient Greek Olympian Athletes
- Why Is Venus De Milo Missing Her Arms? » Science ABC
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:
[Saturday] If it thunders today, it portends a rise in river waters and diseases for humans.
[Sunday] If it thunders today it portends a war in the East and major shortages.
… 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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