Hodie est a.d. XV Kal Iul. 2776 AUC ~ 29 Thargelion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- The recovery of a 4th century Roman ship sunk with its cargo has begun in the Sicilian sea. Still perfect wood – Art Style
- California man on trial for allegedly importing Roman mosaic looted during Syrian civil war to US
- Taormina theatre events to stop due to lack of funding – Lifestyle – ANSA.it
- Interpol issues notice for Lebanese man suspected of trafficking in looted antiquities – ABC News
- Interpol seeks Lebanese man suspected of trafficking in looted antiquities | The Times of Israel
In Case You Missed It
- Berenike’s Buddha | The Past
- Archaeologists discover ‘countless’ ancient pottery offerings on Kythnos island – Greek Herald
- Ancient tomb found during refurbishment of Gozo Ministry
- Groundbreaking AI project translates 5,000-year-old cuneiform at push of a button | The Times of Israel
- Archaeologists find 2nd century Roman site in the French city of Reims
- Last chance to see Birdoswald Hadrian’s Wall Roman bathhouse – BBC News
Classicists and Classics in the News
- The death of the Hellenist Pierre Cabanes, explorer of the margins of the classical Greek world – Globe Echo
- Royal honour for pioneering Classicist | Mirage News
Greek/Latin News
Fresh Bloggery
- PaleoJudaica.com: “First Fragments” at the Chester Beatty
- On Counting and Thinking and Souls – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Theologia
- PaleoJudaica.com: IAA antiquities amnesty update
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Faking It
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Undignified Laughter
- New video, old comic: what is an Epithet? | Greek Myth Comix
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ostia e Portus dalla Repubblica alla Tarda Antichità: Studi di archeologia e di storia urbana sui porti di Roma. Atti del Sesto Seminario Ostiense (Ostia Antica-Roma, 10-11 aprile 2019)
- Passing Strangers | Sphinx
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Les fils de Pompée et l’opposition à César et au triumvirat (46-35 av. J.-C.)
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Grammateus
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Être et paraître, Statues royales et privées de la fin du Moyen Empire et de la Deuxième Période intermédiaire (1850-1550 av. J.-C.)
- A Wise Doctor, a Final Word – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Karneades in Rome (2) – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Old Age of Vestricius Spurinna
- Collections: How To Raise a Roman Army: The Dilectus – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
Other Blog-like Publications
- Ancient History is Happening Now: Jacek Bocheński and his Roman Trilogy – Antigone
- A Plausible Explanation For The Mystery of Greek Fire | by Grant Piper | Jun, 2023 | Medium
- In Situ – Bible & Archaeology in Review (June 16, 2023)
- Silver phalera depicting Medusa among new finds at Roman Vindolanda | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Aeneid III.1-101 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
- June 17 | Fastorum Liber Sextus: Iunius – by M.
- Eleusinian Mysteries | The Past
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
The war party within Sparta now had the majority in favour of their policy towards Athens. A clear vote had seen that the policies of the peace that had influenced much of Spartan policy since the end of the Persian invasions had now fallen out of favour. This would see that Sparta now saw that Athens had breached the 30 years peace, created nearly 15 years ago. However, for war to be the next step in developments a congress of the Peloponnesian league would need to be held for all its members to vote on the matter….
On 15 March 44 BC, Rome’s dictator strode into the Senate House of Pompey for a meeting with the city’s political elite. Little did he know that this would be the final meeting of his life. In episode one of our new series on Julius Caesar’s rise and fall, Rob Attar is joined by Professor Barry Strauss to describe the momentous events of a day that would transform Rome forever.
Fresh Youtubery
- Antiquity for Sale: Game Engines, Asset Stores, and the Platformization of the Classical Imagination – YouTube | Digital Classicist London Seminars
- Intro to the Ancient Greek Dialects – YouTube | PolyMATHY
- Moan Inc.
- Kelsi’s take on Creusa ditching Aeneas will never get old #shorts #mythology #ancientrome – YouTube
- Hera’s glow up scene is #trojanwar #greekmythology #ancientgreece #shorts #troy #greekgods – YouTube
- Apollo is not the best at comforting … #greekmythology #ancientgreece #greekgods #apollo #shorts – YouTube
- I will never get over Patroclus’s death in the Iliad #greekmythology #ancientgreece #shorts – YouTube
- Hector takes Patroclus’ armour #trojanwar #greekmythology #ancientgreece #shorts #troy – YouTube
- Thetis summarises the ENTIRE Iliad in 30 lines #greekmythology #ancientgreece #troy #shorts – YouTube
Book Reviews
- JCT ~ Telling Tales in Nature. Forest Tales (L.) Robinson Pp. 56. Independently published, 2022.
- JCT ~ Circus Maximus: Race to the Death (A.) Gray Pp. xiv + 347, ills. London: Zephyr, 2021.
- JCT ~ The Wolf Den (E.) Harper Pp. 454. London: Head of Zeus, 2021.
- JCT ~ Telling Tales in Nature. Underworld Tales (L.) Robinson Pp. 46. Seattle, USA: Independently published, 2022.
- JCT ~ Man of High Empire (R.K.) Gibson Pp. 320. Oxford University Press, 2022.
Dramatic Receptions
- Animated Objects bring The Odyssey to Scarborough town centre for the final time | The Scarborough News
- Pasiphae: Mother of the Minotaur is a feast for the senses | Varsity
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
Alia
- Five Caryatids in Athens Still Waiting for Their Lonely Sister
- The Picts: 13 Facts about the ancient ‘Scottish’ tribes that fought the Roman empire | The Scotsman
- Cape Matapan Caves: The Original Gateway To The Underworld | IFLScience
- The Trojan War: History or Myth?
- Classical Architecture in the Capital – The American Conservative
- The Ancient Greek Sanctuary of Samothrace
- Beer Was Brewed in Bronze Age Greece
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 days of serious heat, and destruction by mice, voles, and locusts. Even so, there will be abundance but murders among the people.
[Sunday] If it thunders today it portends destruction of the crops.
… 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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