Hodie est a.d. III Id. Aug. 2776 AUC ~ 25 Hekatombaion in the third year of the 700th Olympiad
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- Diver finds 2,500-year-old disc used by ancient mariners to ward off ‘the evil eye’ | The Times of Israel
- 2,200 Year Old Alexander the Great Statue Discovered in Alexandria
Public Facing Classics
- Wedded to the laptop? | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS
- Tom Holland on how the Romans built an age of peace out of war – ABC Radio National
Fresh Bloggery
- No One Who Is Serious Writes Their Best Ideas Down – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Two Book Thursday | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Een dag in Córdoba – Mainzer Beobachter
- Storming Heaven (review) – The Philological Crocodile
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: New translations of Thucydides added to Perseus
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ménandre ou la comédie tragique
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Dossier : Des femmes qui comptent: Genre et participation sociale en Grèce et à Rome
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Géants et gigantomachies entre Orient et Occident
- Trojan Fan Fic: Astyanax, The Boy Who Lived – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- De Matres – Mainzer Beobachter
- Lucian: Updating Greek and adding English » Perseus Digital Library Updates
- Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
- Blogging ancient epigram: Small but perfectly formed
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Scene from Homer
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
Other Blog-like Publications
- ANE Today – Ceremonial Standards in the Visual Culture of Early Mesopotamia
- Rich Votive Deposit Discovered in the Valley of the Temples of Agrigento – Arkeonews
- Votive offering of figurines found at the Valley of the Temples | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Who Was Sappho of Lesbos? “The Poetess” of Ancient Greece
- 3 of the Most Important Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt | Discover Magazine
- The Life of a Lawyer in the Late Roman Republic
- Aeneid IX.717-818 – by publius vergilius maro
- 3800-years-old Akkadian Cuneiform Tablet found in Turkey’s Hatay – Arkeonews
Fresh Podcasts
Welcome back to Accessible Art History: The Podcast! Today is the season finale of Metropolitan Masterpieces. To wrap things up, I had to pick one of my favorite pieces from the collection: a Fragment of a Queen’s Face from Ancient Egypt.
‘A general for his stepmother Hatshepsut from a young age, Thutmose III conducted dozens of campaigns into the ancient Near East and Nubia, leaving extensive records.’ In this episode of the Ancient Warfare Magazine podcast, the team discusses XVI.4 New Kingdom Empire Builder: Pharaoh Thutmose III goes to war.
After a welcome hiatus for all of us (especially you, listener), Jeff and Dave are back in the studio for a look at the archaic hymn to the goddess Demeter. Was this intended to be used in the ritual and liturgy of the mystery cult, or is it just a breezy, Saturday afternoon matinee poem? Clocking in at 495 lines, how does this eypllion differ from the shorter poems from the seventh century? What is a mystery religion, how does this one compare to the cults of Mithras and Dionysus, and exactly how small do scientists intend to make tomatoes, while being sure we will still ingest them? Tune in for the answers to these and other pressing questions as the summer rolls along.
The Persian Empire followed in the footsteps of the Assyrians and Babylonians, but it was a much different entity than its predecessors, and its founder – Cyrus the Great – deserves to be mentioned among history’s most accomplished conquerors. Professor Matt Waters joins me to discuss Cyrus, the Persians, and the empires that shaped life for millions upon millions of people.
The end of the first campaigning season of the Peloponnesian war had now drawn to a close. Sparta had invaded Attica with their offensive strategy, while Athens resisted with the defensive policy employed by Pericles. Athens had also launched naval operations which would harass the Peloponnese and secure Athens defensive position even further. However, no resolution to the war would be reached as the year came to a close and the conflict would drag on….
Liv speaks with Maya Deane, author of Wrath Goddess Sing, about her retelling of the Iliad, trans Achilles, and writing a historically Bronze Age Trojan War…
Fresh Youtubery
- How the Parthians Defeated the Romans Again – Post-Caesar Wars DOCUMENTARY – YouTube | Kings and Generals
- 10 Myth Retellings I Love That Are NOT Greek or Roman – YouTube | Jean’s Thoughts
- Food in Ancient Greece -An Interview with Flint Dibble Part 1 – YouTube
- Storytelling 22. Zoie Lafis. CHS, Harvard University. Weaving, Fabric, Delphi. Bettina Joy de Guzman – YouTube
Book Reviews
- The illiterate poet who produced the world’s greatest epic | The Spectator
- BMCR ~ Clément Bur, Michel Humm, Caton l’Ancien et l’hellénisme: images, traditions et réception. Paris: De Boccard, 2021.
- BMCR ~ Emma M. Payne, Casting the Parthenon sculptures: from the eighteenth century to the digital age. London; New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
- BMCR ~ Jessica L. Wright, The care of the brain in early Christianity. Oakland: University of California Press, 2022.
Exhibition Related Things
Dramatic Receptions
- London Bodhrán Band to perform in National Theatre production of The Odyssey | The Irish Post
- Trojan Women review – Greek epic beautifully interwoven with Korean tradition | Edinburgh festival 2023 | The Guardian
- Trojan Women at Edinburgh festival review — Euripides meets K-pop in a remarkable show
- Arts & Culture Newsletter: Richard Baird’s ‘An Iliad’ still a stunner at North Coast Rep – The San Diego Union-Tribune
- Lisa Peterson’s Odyssey to Launch 2023 National Tour – TheaterMania.com
- Prometheus Firebringer on Off-Broadway: Get Tickets Now! | Theatermania –
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- UToronto Prof 2023 – The Classical Association of Canada
- Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
- Why Humans Have Always Been Fascinated With Their Ancient Past | Smithsonian Voices | Smithsonian Books Smithsonian Magazine
- The Best-Preserved Ancient Greek House Today
- 30 lost burials archaeologists are still searching for | Live Science
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 a good harvest, but destruction of reptiles and harm for people.
… 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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