Hodie est Id. Iun. 2776 AUC ~ 25 Thargelion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Beautiful Hasmonean Fortress Is Being Excavated For First Time – I24NEWS
- Where Are Their Heads? Hordes of Ancient Statues Pose That Puzzle – The New York Times
- Walls along River Nile reveal ancient form of hydraulic engineering
- Greece is making a play for all the Parthenon marbles – if the British Museum will play along – The Globe and Mail
- 3,000-year-old Egyptian goddess figurine, a good luck symbol, washes up on beach | The Times of Israel
- Vatican court convicts climate activists for damaging statue, fines them more than 28,000 euros | AP News
- Archaeological Museum of Chios to Be Upgraded, Expanded Through Recovery Funding – The National Herald
- Excavate in a mysterious Etruscan building. Recovered bronze statuette of a man holding an offering cup in his hand – Art Style
- ‘Astonishing’ Roman tomb unearthed near London Bridge station | Roman Britain | The Guardian
- Gendarmerie seize 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible – Türkiye News
In Case You Missed It
- Scavi per l’acquedotto di Palestrina portano alla scoperta di un monumentale sarcofago romano di pietra e di un tratto dell’antica via lastricata – Stile Arte
- Broken pagan statue of Greek god Pan unearthed at ruined church site in Istanbul | Live Science
- Why Did the Romans Cover Bodies With Gypsum? | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
- Ancient Roman Tweezers Reveal Empire’s Aversion to Body Hair
- Scalpel, Forceps, Bone Drill: Modern Medicine in Ancient Rome – The New York Times
Classicists and Classics in the News
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Greek/Latin News
Public Facing Classics
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Fresh Bloggery
- More Disappointment in Life: Theophrastus’ Farewell Speech – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Mystery Religion
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Die Palastanlage oberhalb des Theaters von Ephesos
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Monograph Series: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (Oriental Institute) Nubian Expedition (OINE)
- Kilns, Pools, and Lamps at Polis on Cyprus | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- De Nijl (1) – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Weston Fields (1948-2023)
- PaleoJudaica.com: IAA asks public to return antiquities
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Warning
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
Other Blog-like Publications
- Iron Age settlement and rare Bronze Age artefact uncovered
- Cicero’s Greatest Speeches: How They Influenced Roman Law & Politics
- Golden eagle pin found in Bronze Age burial | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Aeneid II.402-505 – by publius vergilius maro
- June 13 | Fastorum Liber Sextus: Iunius – by M.
- 13 June 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Astura)
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
EPISODE 57 | In this episode, special guests Dr. Katherine Blouin and Dr. Heba Abd el Gawad join Kara and Jordan for a conversation about Netflix’s docu-drama Queen Cleopatra and the ways in which modern issues of reception, ownership, and race have played into how Cleopatra is seen today. Dr. Abd el Gawad brings her nuanced perspective as a scholar and an Egyptian to the discussion, and Dr. Blouin helps us get into the deep-cuts of how the threads of imperialism, Orientalism, and patriarchy have been used to weave narratives about Cleopatra that continue to influence how she is viewed as an historical figure.
In this episode, debut author Maya Deane methodically strips away the lenses of the Victorian era, Classical Greece, and the modern day to reveal an Illiad that’s older and darker and weirder than any of us could ever have dreamed. This is the Illiad of your darkest and deepest imaginings, an Illiad like you’ve never seen before—but somehow always knew existed. It’s the Illiad of Wrath Goddess Sing
Not only does Plato’s Symposium hype up love between men as quite literally godlike, but it also provides us with the absolutely wild idea of Aristophanean soulmates…
Youtubery
- Orpheus and Eurydice – Greek Mythology Explained – YouTube | Jake Doubleyoo
- Aedes Vestae. Archeologia, architettura e restauro – YouTube | Parco Colosseo
- Moan Inc.
- Wrath Goddess Sing and Bronze Age Internationalism – YouTube | Digital Hammurabi
- Booknotes+ Podcast: Robert Kaplan, “The Tragic Mind” – YouTube | CSPAN
Book Reviews
- BMCR ~ Véronique Dasen, Fabio Spadini, Bijoux antiques. De l’ornement au talisman: identités et pratiques sociales. Actes du colloque international, Université de Fribourg, 23-25 novembre 2016. Gemmae, 2. Pisa; Roma: Fabrizio Serra editore, 2020.
- BMCR ~ Guido Stucco, Arnobius Iunior, Praedestinatus. Brepols library of Christian sources, 6. Turnhout: Brepols, 2022.
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Dramatic Receptions
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Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies
Research Papers of Possible Interest
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Alia
- Western Philosophy Could Have Been a Lot More Fun – The Atlantic
- What we can learn about the early church from Pliny the Younger
- The Ring of Legendary King Minos: A Tale of Intrigue and Deception
- Pluto’s Gate: The Ancient Doorway To The Underworld That Is Still Deadly | IFLScience
- Turkey’s ‘stolen’ treasures should be given back
- Manuscript Reveals Battle Between Greeks and Goths at Thermopylae
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:
If it thunders today, it portends the fall of a ruler.
… 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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