Hodie est a.d. VI Non. Oct. 2776 AUC ~ 18 Boedromion in the third year of the 700th Olympiad
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- Persians: Maximus of Tyre on “barbarizing” and the excesses of royal pleasure (late second century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
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- Babylonian wisdom: Lucian’s Menippos visits Mithrobarzanes the Chaldean / Magian wise man (late second century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Ethiopians and Thracians: Xenophon of Kolophon theorizes human representations of gods (sixth century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- P.Oxy. 87.5575 and P.Oxy. 60.4009: The Same Copyist | Variant Readings
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Past and Present
- How Many Angels on the Head of a Pin? How Many Oarsmen on Achilles’ Ships? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Finds from Alacahöyük in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara | Turkish Archaeological News
- Beauty and Love, A Wedding Song – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- PaleoJudaica.com: Editionen und Studien zum Testamentum Salomonis (Mohr Siebeck)
- PaleoJudaica.com: The Anu Museum and the Codex Sassoon
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: eDiAna: Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of the Minor Ancient Anatolian Corpus Languages
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Mediterranean Highlanders: Violence and Identity in the pre-Roman Aterno Valley (Italy)
- Unique Scythian bone scepter found in Bulgaria – The History Blog
- Caesar in Lilybaion – Mainzer Beobachter
- #ClassicsTober23 1: Cassandra | Greek Myth Comix
- PaleoJudaica.com: Longenecker & Wilhite (eds.), The Cambridge History of Ancient Christianity
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- Roman Times: Part 1 of the sixth 30-minute segment of ProWalk Tours’ Pompeii Walk
- An Improper Proposal? No Bridegifts for Kassandra – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Odysseus, a Deer? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Perseus 6.0: Beyond Translation, a next generation Perseus Digital Library
- Remembering the Sycamore Gap Tree FOLLOWING HADRIAN
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Two Other Big British Museums Admit Losses
- De Meden (1): een fictief koninkrijk – Mainzer Beobachter
- #ClassicsTober23 2: Medusa | Greek Myth Comix
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- Excavation in Egyptian 1st Dynasty Queen Merneith’s tomb
- London Theatre 2023: Why These Plays? | Classically Inclined
- PaleoJudaica.com: DiTommaso & Goff (eds.), Reimagining Apocalypticism (SBL)
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- Weekly Varia no. 46, 09/30/23 – Noodlings
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- A unique bone Scythian scepter from the 5th century BC was discovered in Northeast Bulgaria – Arkeonews
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- Speaking of Centaurs: – by Joel Christensen
- An Ancient Greek Graffito – by Armand D’Angour
- Byzantine Psalm Uncovered at Hyrcania – Biblical Archaeology Society
- The remains of a ceiling frescoed with divinities and grotesques have now been discovered among the ashes of Pompeii. A puzzle to put together – Art Style
- The Cost of Making ‘The Iliad’ Modern – The Atlantic
Fresh Podcasts
Step back in time once again to the second year of the Peloponnesian War and immerse yourself in the heart of ancient Athens, a city grappling with a devastating plague. But in this intriguing narrative, our journey takes a unique twist, leading us northward to the Chalcidice, where Athens has dispatched additional forces to besiege Potidaea. Along this expedition, we’ll uncover the intricate tapestry of diplomacy in Thrace and Macedon.
It’s time for Jeff and Dave to finish off their brief foray into all things Philistine and Mycenaean. This week we wrap up our look at Neal Bierling’s short but deep monograph on the state of excavation in Palestine. After a quick review of inscriptional and ceramic evidence, the Phaistos Disc, anthropoid coffins, and more, the conversation takes us on to the different eras in Philistine history: Judges to David, David to Solomon, Solomon to Hezekiah, and finally to the eventual dissolution or absorption of the Philistine people at the time of Babylonian Nebuchadnezzar’s devastating invasion. Things get a little testy in the vomitorium when it comes to the trickster archetype, Jungian analogues, and the exact relationship between Samson and Hercules (and Paul Bunyan?)
Bardylis united the tribes of Illyria in the late 5th and early 4th century BC, created a powerful kingdom that held sway over Macedon and threatened the Peloponnese, and may have helped drive the development of the combined warfare that would allow Alexander to conquer the Persian Empire.
What did it take to become a Roman emperor? Pliny the Elder wrote that a ruler should be generous, victorious in battle and a father to his people. But how many emperors were able to live up to these expectations? And were these really traits that the typical Roman cared about? Dan is joined by the acclaimed scholar of Ancient Rome, Mary Beard, author of Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient World. Mary explains how the system of one-man rule was established, the skills it required, and why the Roman people put up with it.
In this episode, we tackle the years 415 and 414 BCE and the downfall of Postumius, a very wronghead man.
The fabulous Mary Beard is back!!! She joins us to talk about her new book “Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient World”. We discuss Augustus among other Emperors.
Part 2/2. Of unknown authorship, the Dead Sea Scrolls – also known as the Qumran Scrolls – are some of the most important ancient documents ever discovered. Found by a young boy in a cave by the Dead Sea, the scrolls offer invaluable insight into what life was like in Qumran and the surrounding areas 2 millennia ago. But who, if anyone, actually lived there, and what does John the Baptist have to do with it? In our second episode on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Tristan is once again joined by Dr Jodi Magness from the University of North Carolina, to help us understand the invaluable nature of these artefacts. Looking at how Jewish religion was organised at this time, early examples of etymology, and even some millennia old puns – what can we learn about the Dead Sea Scrolls, and why are they so valuable in our understanding of the ancient past?
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Alia
- Archestratus: The Ancient Greek Gourmand on the Secrets of Gastronomy
- Battle Of Gaugamela Alexander Wins Persia
- Roman Gladiators Were Trained by Ancient Greeks
- Mary Beard on an ancient story of a woman breastfeeding her father – and the paintings it inspired
- Enamored With The Roman Empire? Here’s What They AteHow often do you think about the Roman empire? TikTok trend exposed the way we gender history
Diversions
‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
- Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
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- Consult the Oracle at UCL
Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends prosperity but damage by mice on dry land.
… 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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