Hodie est a.d. VI Id. Sept. 2776 AUC ~ 23 Metageitnion in the third year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Türkiye on mission to get back Anatolian artifacts from British museums | Daily Sabah
- The Little Museum’s Big Score: Emory University wanted finest antiquities, didn’t ask many questions – Decaturish – Locally sourced news
- With 2,000 missing objects, the British Museum faces historic crisis of custodianship, but this case is far from unique
- Tourists Behaving Badly – WSJ
- Evidence of huge ancient Roman circus discovered in Spain | Miami Herald
- D.A. Bragg Announces Return of 12 Antiquities To The People of Lebanon – Manhattan District Attorney’s Office
- A Dozen Looted Artifacts Are Returned to Lebanon – The New York Times
- Iron Age People at Qumran and in ‘Wilderness of Judah’ Were Likely Herders, Not Farmers, Archaeologists Say – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
In Case You Missed It
Classicists and Classics in the News
- FSU Department of Classics to celebrate 50 years of excavation at Cetamura del Chianti – Florida State University News
- Union’s newest College Marshal is a classic choice | Union College
Fresh Bloggery
- Prioritizing Projects | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- A Good Person and the Parade of Fools – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Les Étrusques au temps du fascisme et du nazisme
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Vivre l’Antiquité: Recueil de préfaces et autres textes
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Vivre l’Antiquité: Recueil de préfaces et autres textes
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Immersion, Identification, and the Iliad
- The Weight of Divinity – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Rectal Closure Recommended – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Four Roman swords in scabbards found in Dead Sea cave – The History Blog
- Aeneas, Augustinus en Augustus – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Small Town
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Epicurus, Fragment 437 Usener
- Alleged Bubon Smuggling Network Widens – Illicit Cultural Property
- Blogging ancient epigram: Bathing Graces
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
Other Blog-like Publications
- Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
- ANE Today – “Sin”: The Hidden History “Sin”: The Hidden History
- Oh, You Kid: Goats on Ancient Coins
- 6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
- Bronze Age burial found in Kazakhstan | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- 2,000-Year-Old Plaza from Mysterious Roman City Unearthed in Spain – ARTnews.com
- gratias vobis ago – by publius vergilius maro
- Sir Mark Jones appointed Interim Director of the British Museum
- Beautiful’ Water-Nymph Marble Statue Found in Amastris ancient city – Arkeonews
Fresh Podcasts
After a summer filled with European travel, Lale catches up with The New Yorker’s Rebecca Mead to learn a few surprising facts about one of the continent’s most famous—and ancient—sites, Pompeii. Plus, she hears from a listener about what it felt like to explore a Greek landmark steeped in mythology.
We dive into the 700-year rivalry between the Roman and Persian Empires and how it shaped two superpowers of the ancient world.
How do you surface the stories of women in the Roman empire, when the majority of ancient texts were written by men, telling of military victories and losses, or intrigues in the political arena? Speaking to Elinor Evans, Emma Southon chronicles the Roman empire through the stories of women whose experiences illuminate war, empire and political machinations, taking readers from the foundational myth of Rome to a ‘leisure centre’ in ancient Pompeii.
In the second year of the Peloponnesian War, the stage was set for a continuation of the struggle between Sparta and Athens. Archidamus, the Spartan commander, spearheaded an invasion of Attica with renewed fervour, while Athens harnessed its maritime might to direct a potent fleet towards a more expansive target on the Peloponnesian shores. Yet, amidst the echoes of warfare, an unforeseen and insidious adversary emerged – the plague…
Liv speaks with author and scholar Ruby Blondell about Helen of Sparta, Troy, and the Silver Screen. Ruby’s new book Helen of Troy in Hollywood is available in North America now and the UK later this month!
Fresh Youtubery
- Ancient Empires: Cleopatra Evolves Into an Ruthless Monarch (Season 1) – YouTube
- Natasha delivering the Homeric details we deserve #greekmythology #ancientgreece #shorts – YouTube | MoAn
Book Reviews
- Molev | Spartokos read
- [BMCR] Andreas Bagordo, Aristophanes fr. 101-204. Fragmenta Comica 10.4. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2022.
- [BMCR] Norbert H. O. Duckwitz, Reading the Gospel of St. John in Greek: a beginning (with introduction, notes, vocabulary, and grammatical appendix). Wauconda, Illinois: Bolchazy-Carducci, 2022.
Exhibition Related Things
Dramatic Receptions
- City Life Org – AMNH and Theater of War Productions Present The Oedipus Project
- UM alumni star in comedic retelling of ‘The Odyssey’ | Arts + Culture | montanakaimin.com
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- Assistant Professor of Classics – Medieval Latin and Digital Manuscript Studies, Fall 2024 job with University of Tennessee, Knoxville | 37521647
- Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies
Alia
- Afghanistan’s Ancient Greek City and the Mystery of its Demise
- Battle of Marathon: The Helmet With the Soldier’s Skull Still Inside
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 very powerful considering corrupt practices in government, but they will not succeed.
… 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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