Hodie est a.d. XI Kal. Sept. 2776 AUC ~ 6 Metageitnion in the third year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- What was stolen from the British Museum? | Evening Standard
- British Museum missing more than 1,500 priceless objects
- Revealed: British Museum serial thief ‘stole and destroyed nearly 2,000 precious artefacts worth millions of pounds for YEARS without going detected’ | Daily Mail Online
- British Museum missing nearly 2,000 artefacts worth millions of pounds in ‘horrifying’… – LBC
- Outrage at plans to develop Turkey’s cultural heritage sites | Turkey | The Guardian
- Belgian archaeologists make a unique discovery – Le Soir
- One of the world’s largest collection of Roman mosaics is in Tunisia – KAWA
- Greek Goddess Hecate Figurine Discovered at Ancient Kelenderis
In Case You Missed It
- Rats and mice discovered entombed in Pompeii vases
- New find throws light on lives of slaves in ancient Rome’s Pompeii
- Kouros Sculpture Unearthed at the Ancient Greek Sanctuary of Despotiko
Classicists and Classics in the News
Greek/Latin News
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Pain Relief
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Agriculture
- PaleoJudaica.com: Becking, Micah (AB Commentary)
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Luise Loges and Flint Dibble on The Antiquities Trade and Much Else Too
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Laughter for the Gods: Ritual in Old Comedy
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Les dieux d’Homère II – Anthropomorphismes
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Aux sources des liturgies indo-iraniennes
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Greek Incubation Rituals in Classical and Hellenistic Times
- To His Own Drunk Self, a Song – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Slave quarters reconstructed in Civita Giuliana – The History Blog
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Greek Culture Ministry following developments at British Museum ‘very carefully’
- Stilicho – Mainzer Beobachter
- My Exciting Adventure in Greece, Part 6 – Tales of Times Forgotten
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: A Timeline of the 2023 British Museum Antiquities Heist
- PaleoJudaica.com: Megiddo mosaic: the IAA responds
- It’s Tuesday: An Eternal Death Awaits, No Matter What – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Other Blog-like Publications
- Ancient Greek Coins of Aiolis: The Minor Cities
- Naked kouros statue among new finds at Despotiko | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Slave room found at Roman Pompeii | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- A Canaanite Corbelled Vault – Biblical Archaeology Society
- Aeneid XI.100-202 – by publius vergilius maro
- A treasure pot broken by a plough. The field continues to flourish with Roman coins. They are 112. For now – Stile Arte
Fresh Podcasts
As our world becomes increasingly hi-tech, more and more people have been turning to ancient wisdom traditions in search of meaning. There are two schools of ancient philosophy in particular that have seen a meteoric revival in recent years: Platonism and Stoicism. Cognitive scientist John Vervaeke joins us to explore why this is happening.
One of the greatest institutions of the ancient world, the Library of Alexandria was the embodiment of ultimate learning, and a “repository of everything”. Built within the same complex as the tomb of Alexander the Great, it stood as a beacon of knowledge, boasting an unparalleled collection of scrolls and manuscripts from across the world. Join Tom and Dominic as they explore the story of the Library, its role in the ancient world, and who eventually destroyed it…
In which we hear Sappho’s version of Teenage Dirtbag, Enkidu’s entry to civilisation and Caesar, Queen of Bithynia…
Kathleen Coleman (Harvard) discusses peredo ‘eat up’ in the TLL.
In Episode 4 of ‘The Classics Podcast Does…Careers’, we welcome rapper and educator Jonathan Goddard, the Director of Teaching and Learning at the Latin Programme and the Executive Director of Rapteach, to discuss infusing music and language learning, being a better teacher than a student, the kinesthetic method, and why Latin is a superpower!
Continuing on our first ever Roman tragedy… Seneca’s Medea is mouthier, angrier, and even more vengeful and violent than Euripides, and I’m here for it.
Fresh Youtubery
- Samnite Linen Legion – Historical Warfare – YouTube | Ancient history Guy
- Obsessed with this era of pop culture #greekmythology #ancientgreece #mythology #booksandbao #shorts – YouTube | MoAn Inc.
- Archaeologists unearth slave bedroom in ancient Roman villa near Pompeii – YouTube | Euronews
- Mausoleum of Halicarnassus – The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World | Part 5 – YouTube | Dig it With Raven
- The British Museum Heist of 2023. With Luise Loges – YouTube | Flint Dibble
- Athena | The Goddess of Wisdom, Warfare and Handicraft – YouTube | Lady of the Library
- The Odyssey: The Underworld at the National Theatre | Public Acts | Official Trailer – YouTube
- Who Were Balearic Slingers? #shorts – YouTube | Invicta
- Everything You Need To Know About APOLLONIUS OF RHODES Before Reading THE ARGONAUTICA – YouTube | MoAn Inc.
- 74. Procopius – “Mockery of all Honours” – YouTube | Classical Association Northern Ireland
Book Reviews
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
Alia
- Sophokles Against War – CounterPunch.org
- How the biggest ever hoard of Roman gold was found in a small Suffolk village – Suffolk Live
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 business being pretty good for the next year.
… 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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