Hodie est a.d. XIV Kal.Iun. 2776 AUC ~ 29 Mounichion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• I Carabinieri del Nucleo Tutela Patrimonio Culturale presentano i dati dell’attività operativa relativa all’anno 2022. – Radio Erre
• Ancient Hebrew Bible sells for $38m in New York auction | Books | The Guardian
• Oldest Nearly Complete Hebrew Bible Sells for $38.1 Million – The New York Times
• First records of human kissing may date back 1,000 years earlier than estimated | Archaeology | The Guardian
• Humanity’s earliest recorded kiss occurred in Mesopotamia 4,500 years ago, claims new study
• Humans were kissing as early as 4,500 years ago – research | The Independent
• Romantically Kissing Our Lovers Might Not Be The Fashion We Thought It Was : ScienceAlert
• The first kisses were recorded in Mesopotamia 4,500 years ago | Science & Tech | EL PAÍS English
• Nascondeva in casa 9 epigrafi: denuncia e sequestro della collezione a un fanese
• Archaeologists discover 1,800-year-old writing tool in Turkey
• Moot court debates BM’s right to Parthenon Sculptures | eKathimerini.com
• A massive full scale Roman fort is being built in Wales on 120-acres of land and people from across Europe are coming to be trained as soldiers – Wales Online
• Archaeologists find 1,700-year-old Roman sandal in melting ice in Norway
• The Lion of Kythera: A tale of discovery, loss and repatriation – Greek Herald

In Case You Missed It

• Remains of 7,000-year-old sunken stone road discovered off Croatia’s coast | Live Science
• 9,000-Year-Old Drawings of Hunting Traps Found in Saudi Arabia, Jordan – ARTnews.com
• A metal detectorist in Wales discovered an ‘adorable’ ox-headed bowl. It could reveal a lost Roman settlement. | Live Science
• Ancient statute of Hercules neglected in the Vatican to be restored – Greek Herald

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Vale Graeme Clarke AO FAHA: 1934-2023 – Australian Academy of the Humanities

Greek/Latin News

• Akropolis World News ~ Ἰσλανδία

Public Facing Classics

• A literary festival with a difference | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS
• The Myth of the ‘Dark Ages’ Ignores How Classical Traditions Flourished Around the World | History | Smithsonian Magazine

Fresh Bloggery

• Greek diasporas and indigenous Iberians and Celts: Herodotos, Aristotle, Trogus and others on tales of Phokaian colonization (mid-fifth century BCE on) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Arabians and Judeans: Jubilees, Molon, and Josephos on identifying the Ishmaelites (second century BCE on) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Glory to God
• Isthmia 2023: Data, Notebooks, and Sherds | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• Autism and Classical Myth: Plan B: slides for Fairer Societies
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: New from the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures: NE 12. The Second Cataract Fortress of Dorginarti
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Forms of Representation in the Aristotelian Tradition. Volume One: Sense Perception
• Exploring the Heights and the Depths | The Second Achilles
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Forms of Representation in the Aristotelian Tradition. Volume Three: Concept Formation
• De Tigris – Mainzer Beobachter
• Some Weekend Reading | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• Oudheidkunde is een wetenschap – maar dan anders – Mainzer Beobachter
• Laudator Temporis Acti: A Ghost Word
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Acknowledgments
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Lysias
• PaleoJudaica.com: On the Lachish Letters
• The Five Causes of Our Ruin – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Day Seven: Petra – Reading Acts
• Blogging ancient epigram: A lost bronze athlete

Other Blog-like Publications

• What Did Palaeo-European Peoples Write? Local Languages of the Western Mediterranean – Antigone
• New study says earliest recorded kiss occurred 4500 years ago in Mesopotamia – Arkeonews
• Pasts Imperfect (5.18.23)
• Archaeologists discover oldest scale plans for humanmade mega-structures | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• 2,000-year-old “receipt” uncovered in Jerusalem | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• The earliest recorded kiss occurred in Mesopotamia 4,500 years ago

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Ovid, Ars Amatoria 3.579-594

Fresh Podcasts

• Against the Lore: That’s Entertainment: Art on Apple Podcasts

In which we discover how the ancients made and appreciated art. From bricks as art in ancient Persia to art as storytelling in ancient Rome to joke art in ancient Greece, the ancient world is full of beauty!

• Ancient Warfare Podcast: The Late Roman East on Apple Podcasts

‘Even before the empire split into two separate halves, the Augusti in the East had to contend with devastating Gothic raids and near-constant wars with the Sasanian Empire.’ The team discuss issue XVI.3 of the magazine Goths, Sasanids and Romans: The Roman Empire in the East at bay.

• Casting Through Ancient Greece: 70: War is in the Air on Apple Podcasts

Athens support of Corcyra had seen hostilities once again develop with Corinth who had been engaged in a dispute with the island polis. Athens would send ships to support Corcyra, as the Corinthian set sail to impose their will. Out of this affair would see the battle of Sybota take place and with it the first engagement seeing Athenian and Corinthian ships openly fight one another. This would see tension raised further and questions around the official statue between the two….

• Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold: Conversations: Tyche & Teaching Via TikTok w/ “Historical Han” Hannah Parker on Apple Podcasts

Liv speaks with Masters student (and TikTok star!) Hannah Parker “Historical Han”, about the goddess Tyche, and teaching through Tiktok.

Fresh Youtubery

• Medea | Reading Greek Tragedy Online – YouTube | Center for Hellenic Studies
• The AP Interview: Greek PM on Parthenon Sculptures – YouTube
• Occasion/Cheat #etymology – YouTube | Alliterative
• Two victims of Mount Vesuvius eruption found in Pompeii – YouTube | NBC
• The Real Story Of Ancient Rome’s Brutal Campaign Against Gaul | History Of Warfare | Odyssey – YouTube
• How COSTANZA CASATI Breathed New Life Into Greek Mythology With Her Novel CLYTEMNESTRA – YouTube | Moan Inc.
• Male Harp Player of the Early Spedos Type, Getty Conversations – YouTube | Smarthistory
• Ancient Assyria | The Very Short Introductions Podcast | Episode 67 – YouTube | Oxford Academic
• Happy International Museum Day | 2023 – YouTube | ACOR Jordan
• Lecture: Mary Beard—Will the Real Emperor Vitellius Please Stand Up? – YouTube | Art Institute of Chicago
• Combating Looting and Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Heritage in Cyprus – YouTube | Chau Chak Wing Museum

Book Reviews

• AJA ~ The Julian Basilica: Architecture, Sculpture, Epigraphy, by Paul D. Scotton, Catherine de Grazia Vanderpool, and Carolynn Roncaglia
• AJA ~ Musarna 4: La céramique à paroi fine, by Julie Leone
• Retelling the Story of Little-Known Warrior, Lover & Hero of Greek Mythology | BookTrib.
• Living for Pleasure: An Epicurean Guide to Life by Emily A. Austin – The Objective Standard
• BMCR ~ Niklas Holzberg, Carmina Priapea: griechisch – lateinisch – deutsch. Sammlung Tusculum. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2021.

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• Dulce et Decorum – to Die for the Fatherland in Ancient Greece and Rome
• Participation and Political Life: Cross View of the Greek West and the Roman East
• The role of local communities throughout the Red Sea history
• Work-in-Progress: George Gazis, “Lamenting for the wrong crime” Tickets, Wed 24 May 2023 at 13:00 | Eventbrite
• Ancient Sparta in the 21st Century: Recent Trends and New Developments
• 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

• ‘Rhetoric’ doesn’t need to be such an ugly word – it has a lot to teach echo-chambered America
• From Love to Work and Play: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt | Egyptian Streets
• The shapeshifting Queen of Sheba: legends, facts and fictions | CBC Radio

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 a good man rising to the  peak of good fortune through the goodwill of the city.

… 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.Iun. 2776 AUC ~ 28 Mounichion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Ancient coins, purse remains found in charred Spanish ruins | Miami Herald
• Berlin museums to look into origins of archaeological collections
• Desert Monoliths Reveal Stone Age Architectural Blueprints – The New York Times
• Stone Engravings of Mysterious Ancient Megastructures May Be World’s Oldest ‘Blueprints’ – Scientific American
• British Museum drops reference to the Rosetta Stone from title of major refurbishment plans
• Detectorists who targeted Baylham Roman site plead guilty | East Anglian Daily Times

In Case You Missed It

• Waltzing The Parthenon Sculptures
• Greece and the British Museum May Have Found a ‘Win-Win’ Solution for the Parthenon Marbles. Just Don’t Call It a Loan
• Archeologists discover receipt from time of Second Temple- study – The Jerusalem Post
• 2,000-year-old ledger found in City of David points to widespread 2nd Temple literacy | The Times of Israel
• Ruins of ancient Roman villa found under cemetery in France | Miami Herald
• 1,700-year-old Roman watchtower ruins discovered in Switzerland | Live Science
• Iraq recovers 6,000 antiquities that Britain ‘borrowed’ – Famagusta Gazette
• Swimmer discovers shipwreck loaded with Roman artifacts – DW – 05/16/2023
• 2 hidden male skeletons discovered under pile of rubble in Pompeii’s ‘House of the Chaste Lovers | Live Science

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Some students see classics as outdated, immaterial in modern world –UI prof
• What a second-century Roman citizen, Lucian, can teach us about diversity and acceptance
• Family and culture connect classics professor to Korea – News

Public Facing Classics

• Three lessons from Aristotle on friendship
• 8,000-year-old rock carvings in Arabia may be world’s oldest megastructure blueprints | Live Science
• 2,000-Year-Old Grave of Roman Doctor Unearthed in Hungary
• The Myth of the ‘Dark Ages’ Ignores How Classical Traditions Flourished Around the World | History | Smithsonian Magazine
• How the ancients handled old age | The Spectator

Fresh Bloggery

• Greek diasporas and indigenous Libyans: Herodotos on tales of colonization (mid-fifth century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Laudator Temporis Acti: The Tar-Pot of English Literature
• Were Greek boxers ripped? – Bad Ancient
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Myth of Perseus and Images: From the Beginning to Today
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Sammeln um jeden Preis: Die Entstehung der archäologischen Sammlung an der Berliner Universität im Kontext des Antikenhandels im frühen 20. Jahrhundert
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Editing and Commenting on Statius’ Silva
• 2023 Field Season Has Arrived | Ancient History Ramblings
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Shipwrecks, Legal Landscapes and Mediterranean Paradigms: Gone Under Sea
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Learning from the Past
• Het Romeins klimaatoptimum – Mainzer Beobachter
• Out Of Time | Sphinx
• After 100 Letters, Seneca Mentions His Wife – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Sit Down and Shut Up
• Day Five: Around the Sea of Galilee – Reading Acts
• Day Six: Jerash, Madaba, Mount Nebo – Reading Acts
• PaleoJudaica.com: On the Queen of Sheba legend
• PaleoJudaica.com: Schiffman on ancient synagogues
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Alive

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• Faculty Hired, Placement Year 2020-2021 | Society for Classical Studies

Other Blog-like Publications

• Scientists prove that Romans were breeding small bulldogs
• Paul and Sacred Prostitution in Corinth – Biblical Archaeology Society
• Neolithic Turkey: investigating the transition to settled and farming lifestyles on the Konya Plain | The Past
• 2,000-year-old financial record uncovered on Pilgrimage Road in the City of David, Jerusalem – Arkeonews
• 2,000-year-old “receipt” uncovered in Jerusalem | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• 2,000-year-old financial record uncovered on Pilgrimage Road in the City of David, Jerusalem – Arkeonews
• Archaeologists discover that Iranian farmers grew rice about 3,000 years ago – Arkeonews
• The Greek Philosopher Who Laid The Foundation For Christianity And Stoicism
• 18 May 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Sinuessa)
• 18 May 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Vescia)
• ANE Today – “Proto-Rams”: Piecing Together the Early History of Naval Ram Development

Fresh Podcasts

• Freakonomics Radio: 543. How to Return Stolen Art on Apple Podcasts

Museums are purging their collections of looted treasures. Can they also get something in return? And what does it mean to be a museum in the 21st century? (Part 3 of “Stealing Art Is Easy. Giving It Back Is Hard.”)

• Ancient History Fangirl: End of Season 9 Announcement on Apple Podcasts

It’s the end of our Women of Myth season, and wow, has it been a whirlwind! We had a blast on this season and we hope you did too. We’ll be back July 6 with a brand-new season–one that’s all about ancient history and returns to our roots. Listen in to hear some behind the scenes info, and all about our plans for the coming few months and the season beyond.

• Tides of History: Building Archaic Rome: Interview with Dr. Andrea Brock on Apple Podcasts

What was Rome like before it became one of the biggest cities in the ancient world? How did its early inhabitants adapt to the threat of flooding, and change the landscape to suit their needs? Dr. Andrea Brock of the University of St. Andrews is an expert on the archaeology of Rome’s first few centuries and especially the local environment.

• Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society: Murder in the Roman world on Apple Podcasts

The Ancient Romans are often thought of as ahead of their time. They invented concrete, sophisticated road systems and even underfloor heating. But their approach to murder is starkly different to how the modern world recognises it, and frankly it’s a bit weird. These people saw 26 emperors murdered in one 50-year period, and would watch people being killed for entertainment in the Colosseum. Today Kate is Betwixt the Sheets with Emma Southon to talk murder in Ancient Rome. You can find out more about Emma’s book here.

Book Reviews

• BMCR ~ Marcin Kurpios, The reception of Thucydides in the theory and practice of Hellenistic historiography. Tyche supplement, 14. Wien: Verlag Holzhausen, 2021.
• BMCR ~ Julia Hoffmann-Salz, Im Land der räuberischen Nomaden? Die Eigenherrschaften der Ituraier und Emesener zwischen Seleukiden und Römern. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 2022.
• Sparrow by James Hynes review – a boy’s life in a Roman empire brothel | Fiction | The Guardian

Exhibition Related Things

• Power or decadence? Luxury under the Achaemenids, Athenians, and Alexander the Great | The Past

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• SASA Opening the Ancient World 2023 Virtual Conference
• 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

• Archaeology from the sky: how satellite and laser tech can reveal ancient secrets | The Independent
• From Indiana Jones to Netflix’s Beef – how ‘collectors’ of cultural artefacts have gone from heroic figures to villainous thieves
• Alexander the Great’s Tomb: One of History’s Greatest Mysteries
• Greek Philosopher Diogenes was the First to Give Someone the Finger

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 war and shortages as a result of it.

… 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. XVI Kal. Iun. 2776 AUC ~ 27 Mounichion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Unpacked: A Little Greek Museum of Mysteries Gets a Modern Makeover | The New York Sun
• Bronze Age long-distance connections: Baltic amber in Aššur
• Ancient Romans sacrificed birds to the goddess Isis, burnt bones in Pompeii reveal | Live Science
• Anfore preziosissime e quadri storici venduti online in Sardegna, i carabinieri denunciano 65 persone – Casteddu On line
• Alderney dig uncovers masses of Roman pottery – BBC News
• Israeli Archaeologists Find 2,000-year-old Financial Record in Jerusalem – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
• 2,000-year-old ledger found in City of David points to widespread 2nd Temple literacy | The Times of Israel
• Kythnos finally gets its archaeological museum  | eKathimerini.com
• Libyan News Agency – Discovery of an archaeological site dating back to the Roman era in Sabratha.
• 4 Statues of Horus Sons Discovered in Beni Suef Archaeological Site | Sada Elbalad

In Case You Missed It

• Pompeii dig finds skeletal remains dating back to Vesuvius earthquake | Italy | The Guardian
• Two new skeletons found at Pompeii excavations
• Skeletons found in Pompeii ruins reveal deaths by earthquake, not just Vesuvius’ ancient eruption | AP News
• Pompeii’s victims weren’t just killed by eruption of Mount Vesuvius! People also died in EARTHQUAKES | Daily Mail Online
• Diver discovers 1,800-year-old shipwreck off Israel with “rare” marble artifacts – CBS News
• Swimmer discovers shipwreck loaded with Roman artifacts – DW – 05/16/2023
• Metal detectorists stumble on 1,600-year-old treasure — and find forgotten Roman site

Greek/Latin News

• Ephemeris ~ INUNDATIO ROMANDIOLA Calamitas regionem Italicam vastat 

Fresh Bloggery

• Spartans and Judeans: First Maccabees’ and Josephos’ claims about kinship ties (ca. 100 BCE / ca. 90s CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Unfaithful to Sophocles
• Isthmia 2023: Early Days | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Yurta-Stroyno Archaeological Project. The Pottery Studies
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Aurores et crépuscules dans la Thébaïde de Stace
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Philosophical Perspectives on Galen of Pergamum: Four Case-Studies on Human Nature and the Relation between Body and Soul
• De barre tocht van Orpheus – Mainzer Beobachter
• Two skeletons found in Pompeii were killed by earthquake – The History Blog
• Mickey Mouse Funhouse: “Minnie’s Big Delivery” (2021) – Animated Antiquity
• PaleoJudaica.com: Rock receipt recovered on the Pilgrimage Road
• Stoic Paranoid Style: People Like Ruining Each Other – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• PaleoJudaica.com: More inscriptions in ‘Atiqot

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• From Volunteer to Supervisor – My Conservator Journey | cahaeresearch

Other Blog-like Publications

• Bronze Age long-distance connections: Baltic amber in Aššur
• Cargo of marble artifacts uncovered in coastal waters north of Netanya
• House of the Chaste Lovers: New victims from Pompeii emerge
• New archaeological work begins at Pompeii | The Past
• a love letter to my favourite museums
• Sex and Sexuality in Ancient Egypt
• Aristotle: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
• Copper artefacts reveal changing connections in prehistoric Europe | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• 17th May 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Puteoli)
• The Amazons: From Herodotus to Wonder Woman | by George Dillard | May, 2023 | Medium

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Ovid, Ars Amatoria 3.467-482

Fresh Podcasts

• New England Classical Journal Podcasts: The Stem Vowel Finally Speaks: A Fresh Approach to the Latin Verb System on Apple Podcasts

In this episode, we interview linguist and language teacher Dr. Robert Fradkin about his article Latin Conjugation: The Stem Vowel Speaks, published in the 50th issue of NECJ. We encourage you to join the conversation and consider a new vision of Latin verb organization. What is the best way to learn and teach Latin verbs? Is there one? Well, take a listen to our conversation with Dr. Fradkin about his linguistic approach to learning Latin.

• Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold: TFW Maybe You Did Actually Do The Thing You’re Accused Of, Oops (Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannos Part 2) on Apple Podcasts

Oedipus defends himself against the accusations, but there’s much more to the death of Laius than he understands… Plus, gods so many prophecies!

• History Extra podcast: Ramesses II: Egypt’s greatest pharaoh? on Apple Podcasts

Ramesses II is the only pharaoh in history to be known as ‘the great’, but does he deserve that title? Was he the pharaoh in the Exodus story? And was his mummy really given a passport when he travelled to France? Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson has just written a new biography of Ramesses and he answered these questions and more in conversation with Rob Attar.

Fresh Youtubery

• 60. Martinianus – Little More Than A Name – YouTube | Classical Association Northern Ireland
• The Crisis of the Third Century Explained – YouTube | World History Encyclopedia
• How Alexander the Great’s Tomb Was Stolen – YouTube | History Hit
• The Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi – YouTube | Flint Dibble
• ISAC Smartphone Film Festival – YouTube
• Performance in Antiquity – YouTube | Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama
• Storytelling 21. Jerolyn Morrison. Bronze Age Feast in Crete! Bettina Joy de Guzman – YouTube
• Nuove vittime emergono dallo scavo dei Casti Amanti – YouTube | Pompeii

Book Reviews

• The Yurta-Stroyno Archaeological Project. The Pottery Studies | Spartokos a lu
• BMCR ~ John F. Miller, Jenny Strauss Clay, Tracking Hermes, pursuing Mercury. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.

Exhibition Related Things

• Alexandria in Marseilles – Culture – Al-Ahram Weekly – Ahram Online
• Francesco Vezzoli confronts the legacy of the classical
• Power or decadence? Luxury under the Achaemenids, Athenians, and Alexander the Great | The Past

Dramatic Receptions

• Medea in mid-air: how Syracuse’s Greek theatre keeps the classics alive | Theatre | The Guardian

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• Herodian Jerusalem – In Light of New Finds from the Western Wall Tunnels Tickets, Thu 1 Jun 2023 at 16:45 | Eventbrite
• Listening to Tutankhamun Tickets, Fri, May 26, 2023 at 5:00 PM | Eventbrite
• Greek Dialogues – Blushing Philosophers or Flushed Philosophers?: Women at Four Symposia | Cambridge Centre for Greek Studies
• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• Classics – 2022-2023 Non-Tenure Track Faculty Pool job with University of Texas at Austin | 37460455
• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• Bones Of Around 100 Male Infants Found In Roman-Era Sewer Have A Grim Explanation | IFLScience
• University of Oxford drops Sackler name from buildings – BBC News
• On This Day In 1902, The Antikythera Mechanism Was Discovered

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 rainy weather.

… 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. Iun. 2776 AUC ~ 26 Mounichion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• 5,400-year-old tomb discovered in Spain perfectly captures the summer solstice | Live Science
• A surprising stretch of Roman road emerges next to the paved road in the province of Viterbo – Stile Arte
• Victims of quake that accompanied Pompeii eruption found – Lifestyle – ANSA.it
• Two more victims of volcano eruption found in Roman ruins of Pompeii | Reuters
• Pompei, due scheletri rinvenuti sotto un crollo di muro – Ministero della cultura
• In Lavis new archaeological finds from the 14th century BC

In Case You Missed It

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• Diver unexpectedly discovers Roman-era shipwreck carrying beautiful marble columns off Israel’s coast | Live Science
• Excavations at an Egyptian Necropolis Have Turned Up Funerary Artifacts From Two Distinct Eras of Ancient History
• Archaeologists Discover Roman Camps in Jordan That May Indicate a Secret Military Invasion | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
• India May Help Greece Repatriate Parthenon Sculptures
• New York Met hires provenance team to return looted artefacts | Euronews
• In Ancient Egypt, Severed Hands Were Spoils of War – The New York Times
• Ancient Egyptian children were plagued with blood disorders, mummies reveal | Live Science

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Mary Beard: Power Is The Knowledge That When You Speak, Someone Will Listen

Greek/Latin News

• Akropolis World News ~ Τουρκία

Public Facing Classics

• History in Harrogate | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS

Fresh Bloggery

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• Laudator Temporis Acti: A Phrase in Pindar
• Art Crime Research Opportunities 15 May 2023
• PaleoJudaica.com: Skepticism concerning the Mount Ebal Tablet
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Meaningless Words
• Autism and Classical Myth: Preparing to talk about PRUs and a bit of Northern Soul at “Ancient World Studies and Fairer Societies” in Manchester this weekend
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Onomasticon.net: Personal Names from the Iron II Southern Levant
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Plurilingualism in Traditional Eurasian Scholarship: Thinking in Many Tongues
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: New Ancient Greek in a Neo-Latin World: The Restoration of Classical Bilingualism in the Early Modern Low Countries and Beyond
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ovid, Death and Transfiguration
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Cleopatra’s Complexion
• How Fast A Rotten Foundation Falls – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Caesar en Deiotarus – Mainzer Beobachter
• New Kid In Town | Sphinx
• PaleoJudaica.com: Looting arrests at Roman-era caves in northern Israel
• Laudator Temporis Acti: A Greek Limerick on C.M. Bowra by Douglas Young
• Your Message Interrupted My Daydream – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• The Shelbiad Summer Book Club
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Exulting in a Massacre

Other Blog-like Publications

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• Roman shipwreck carrying architectural marble found off Israeli coast | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Ovid, Ars Amatoria 3.467-482

Fresh Podcasts

• Live from Mount Olympus: Atalanta 5: “I am here to hunt, so I dress as a hunter. Why are you here?” on Apple Podcasts

When Atalanta and Meleager arrive in Calydon, the heroes feasting at King Oeneus’ table greet them with jeers and rude jokes.  But Atalanta astonishes them all as they hunt the enormous wild boar ravaging the kingdom. Combining the artistry of foremost contemporary theater-makers with the timeless stories of Greek myth and the imaginative power of audio, Live from Mount Olympus is an adventure for tweens and their grownups.

• Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold: TFW Maybe You Did Actually Do The Thing You’re Accused Of, Oops (Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannos Part 2) on Apple Podcasts

Oedipus defends himself against the accusations, but there’s much more to the death of Laius than he understands…

Fresh Youtubery

• Historical Warfare : The Ekdromoi – YouTube | Ancient History Guy
• Warwick Ancient Drama Festival 2023: Dr Natalia Tsoumpra on Gender in Aristophanes’ Assemblywomen – YouTube | Classics ad Ancient History @ Warwick
• Passeggiata a piedi dalla Villa dei Misteri a Civita Giuliana – YouTube
• Warwick Ancient Drama Festival 2023: Prof Michael Scott on the historical context of Assemblywomen – YouTube | Classics and Ancient History @ Warwick
• Homer Is A Nickname For WHAT!? 4 New Facts About The Ancient Greek Author YOU WISH YOU KNEW BEFORE! – YouTube | Moan Inc.
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Book Reviews

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Dramatic Receptions

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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 the need for atonement because of bad news.

… 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. Mai. 2776 AUC ~ 25 Mounichion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

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• Antiquities robbers caught red-handed looting Roman-era caves – The Jerusalem Post
• Academic article on controversial 3,200-year-old ‘curse tablet’ fails to sway experts | The Times of Israel
• Ancient tablet found on Mount Ebal predates known Hebrew inscriptions – The Jerusalem Post
• Measures taken to return looted Sassanid relief home from England, Iran tourism minister says – Tehran Times
• Ancient Roman-era marble cargo shipwreck found by Israeli beachgoer – The Jerusalem Post
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• Ancient cargo ship found off the coast of Israel | ערוץ 7
• Swimmer Finds Huge Roman Shipwreck Loaded With Marble Off Israel’s Coast – Again – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
• Criminal sentenced for vandalizing Jerash ruins…
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Public Facing Classics

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Fresh Bloggery

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• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Gestaltung, Funktion und Bedeutung antiker Treppenanlagen
• Koffie met Maarten Larmuseau – Mainzer Beobachter
• Gold bust of Marcus Aurelius at Getty – The History Blog
• Shadows in the cave, or, reflections in the museum – It’s All Greek To Me
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Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• The Intercalary Triumphs and the Missing Month « The Classical Association in Northern Ireland
• VIEWS at the Classical Association conference – The VIEWS project

Other Blog-like Publications

• Barbarism and its Discontents in Ancient and Modern Ukraine – Antigone
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• The Mysterious Dodecahedrons of the Roman Empire – Atlas Obscura
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• May 14 | Fastorum Liber Quintus: Maius – by M. – Ovid Daily
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• Classics in Popular Culture: Lore Olympus – CSMFHT Writes
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Fresh Podcasts

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Carole Raddato is a photographer and world traveller who since 2012 has been following in the steps of the Roman Emperor Hadrian and has visited more than 1,000 sites, museums, and exhibitions. She writes about her expeditions on her popular blog, Following Hadrian, and posts images of the art and architecture of Hadrian from around […]

• The Ancients: Nebuchadnezzar on Apple Podcasts

One of the most famous Babylonian Kings – Nebuchadnezzar II was a legendary ruler who appears in biblical stories, cuneiform texts, and was immortalised in monumental architecture. Ruling Babylon at it’s imperial height, and commanding an empire that spanned from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf, his strength and might is unchallenged. But what do we actually know about the man who ruled over one of the greatest empires of the ancient world? In the first episode of our new series delving into Babylon’s mysterious history – Tristan chats to Professor Paul-Alain Beaulieu to explore Nebuchadnezzar’s early life and his rise to kingship. Examining the defining conquests of this period, the cosmopolitan city-centre he created, and deciphering the monumental architecture erected in his honour – what is there to learn about Babylon in this period, what legacy did Nebuchadnezzar leave behind?

• The Ancient World: Episode C19 – The Anointed on Apple Podcasts

Synopsis: Hazael of Aram-Damascus and Jehu of Israel bring desolation to the house of Omri. After decades of leading Assyrian campaigns, Shalmaneser III dispatches his turtanu, Dayan-Assur, to fight the newly-formed kingdom of Urartu.

• History of the World podcast: Vol 3 Ep 64a – The Evolution of Religion on Apple Podcasts

From the beginning of human nature, the aspect of religion has accompanied us through our evolutionary journey, but what started religion and what factors turned it into what we know today?

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• Sounds of Aulos in Corycian Cave. Maenads begin to dance. (Aulos warmup) – YouTube | Bettina Joy de Guzman
• Song in the Corycian Cave, for the gods of Delphi. – YouTube | Bettina Joy de Guzman
• Lemuria 3/3 – Getting Rid of a Ghost According to Ovid – Latin – YouTube | Magister Craft
• Angela Cinalli. Poeti Vaganti, Itinerant Artists. CCA South Conference. Cal State Long Beach. – YouTube
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Book Reviews

• Latin Lovers

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

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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

Research Papers of Possible Interest

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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 abundance.

… 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)