Hodie est pr. Non. Oct. 2776 AUC ~ 22 Boedromion in the third year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Archaeologists unearth 1,700-year-old trident in Türkiye’s ancient city of Assos
- Archeologists discover 1,700-year-old trident in Assos ancient city in Türkiye
- Roman coin stolen from St Martins, Guernsey Police say – BBC News
- Rediscovering Theda Bara’s Cleopatra – the JTAC
- First research near Celtic coin hoard site in a decade – BBC News
- US tourist destroys ‘blasphemous’ Roman statues at the Israel Museum – Crime in Israel – The Jerusalem Post
- US tourist arrested for smashing Roman-era statues at Israel Museum | The Times of Israel
- US tourist, 40, is arrested in Israel for smashing ancient Roman statues he considered ‘blasphemous’ and ‘against Torah’ during wrecking rampage in a Jerusalem museum | Daily Mail Online
- US tourist who smashed ancient statues may have ‘Jerusalem syndrome’ — lawyer | The Times of Israel
- The Iliad: How modern readers get this epic wrong – BBC Culture
- Erroneous Ancient ‘Prayer Of David’ Text Unearthed In West Bank Monastery
- Unesco planning virtual museum of stolen cultural artefacts | Unesco | The Guardian
- Lavori alla rete idrica. A Giugliano scoperta tomba romana con due sepolture e splendidi affreschi. I corredi sono intatti – Stile Arte
In Case You Missed It
- Sycamore Gap: Hadrian’s Wall damage found after tree cut down – BBC News
- Libya flood disaster damaged ancient city but revealed new remains | Reuters
- 2nd-century Alexander the Great statue with lion’s-mane hairstyle unearthed in Turkey | Live Science
- AI translates 5,000-year-old cuneiform tablets into English
Classicists and Classics in the News
Greek/Latin News
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- PaleoJudaica.com: News about the More Old Testament Pseudepigrapha Project
- Achilles Missed out on Helen Because He Was At School (Hes. Cat. fr. 204.86-93) – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Roman Archaeology Blog: Kilns used to make bricks for Colchester’s Roman wall found
- Roman Archaeology Blog: In France, an ancient sarcophagus has been discovered. It remained unopened for 1800 years.
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: New Open Access Monograph Series: Israel Museum Studies in Archaeology Occasional Publications
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: One Off Journal Issues: The Fate of Antiquities in the Nazi Era, RIHA Journal
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Vööbus Syriac Manuscript Collection
- The History Girls: Octopus dreams: Japan, Stonehenge, Knossos ~ by Lesley Downer
- Cicero (1): Het begint met ambitie – Mainzer Beobachter
- 4th c. B.C. painted tomb of mercenary warrior found – The History Blog
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Antiquities and the Public
- #ClassicsTober23 6: Medea | Greek Myth Comix
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: “Uncovering History”? Digging Into Earthwork Site Under Pasture
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Decolonise Russian Museums
- Corinthian Women and the Plot Against Medea – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Lire un papyrus égyptien au XXIe siècle : édition numérique du papyrus Prisse (1800 av. è. c.) | L’Antiquité à la BnF
- Three Notes on Writing Pedagogy – Noodlings
- Mirage Launch Day: The Stories of Assassin’s Creed
Other Blog-like Publications
- An extraordinary archaeological discovery in Spain
- Esna Temple’s True Colors Revealed During Restoration Project
- ANE Today – Dogs as Part of the Social Fabric of Iron Age Settlements – American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR)
- Straordinaria necropoli romana trovata ora a Battipaglia, in provincia di Salerno, durante lavori sulla rete dell’acquedotto – Stile Arte
- How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
- 1900-year-old Child’s Nightgown with intriguing knots found in the Cave of Letters in the Judean Desert – Arkeonews
- Why the Greeks invented virtue | The Spectator
- Unique 7,700-year-old figurines were discovered in Ulucak Mound, one of the oldest settlements in Western Anatolia – Arkeonews
- The layers of ancient Rome | Georgy Kantor | The Critic Magazine
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
Gird your togas, it’s time for part one of our much-anticipated look back at HBO’s 2005 prestige drama series, Rome. A big favorite of ours, we dig into what this show gets about antiquity, from the graffiti-ridden alleys of the Suburra to the partisan gridlock of the Curia. We especially love its marriage of the plebeian with the patrician, how it combines the fancy parties and politicking of the Julii clan with the quotidian troubles of regular people, and how both elements come together to far-reaching effects. Politics, class, religion, medicine, insane penises, disgraced 80’s presidential candidates; it’s all there.
Ok, so it’s not American Naval History, but this episode is too interesting not to post. With Professor Bret Devereaux I discuss the essentially non-Mahanian nature of ancient naval warfare. Because galleys were both cheap to build (but expensive to maintain) and had very limited operational endurance, the missions they could perform and the strategic use of galley navies was extremely different than Age of Sail and modern navies. For anyone used to thinking about naval power in the modern era this is going to be a paradigm shifting discussion!
Manos sent this in for Murray to chew over. ‘Having heard and read so much about Phillip & Alexander’s training of the Macedonian phalanx as to becoming flexible in manoeuvring difficult battle landscapes as well as proficient when encountering lateral attacks, I remain sceptical about the devastating results in both the battles of Cynoscephalae and Pydna. Was it hubris on the part of Phillip and later his son Perseus or lax training which resulted in both battles’ outcome?’
Liv reads a selection of spooky content from ancient authors: Aeschylus’ Agamemnon, translated by Herbert Weir Smyth; Aeschylus’ Eumenides, translated by Herbert Weir Smyth; Lucan’s Pharsalia; Letters of Pliny the Younger, translated by William Melmoth.
Fresh Youtubery
- Who is Chiron in Greek Mythology? #shorts #achilles #greekmyth #greekgods #centaur #ancientgreece – YouTube | MoAn Inc
- A Dark Hades & Persephone Romance #shorts #greekmythology #promisesandpomegranates #greekgods – YouTube | MoAn Inc.
- Who is Medea in Greek Mythology? #shorts #greekgods #ancientgreece #greekmyth #jason #ancienthistory – YouTube | MoAn Inc
- Interconnected Worlds: understanding Roman diplomacy through trade networks – YouTube | Council for British Archaeology
- Ramesses the Great: The Battle of Kadesh – Egyptian History – #1 – Extra History – YouTube
- Flooding in Libya reveals newly discovered archeological remains at ancient Greek city of Cyrene – YouTube
Book Reviews
- The Iliad, translated by Emily Wilson, review: Such dazzling clarity makes it perfect for modern readers
- Gentle genius | The Spectator Australia
- [BMCR] Stefan Schorn, Die Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker. Part 4: biography and antiquarian literature. E: Paradoxography and antiquities. Fasc. 2: paradoxographers of the imperial period and undated authors [Nos. 1667-1693]. Leiden: Brill, 2022.
- [BMCR] Stephen Halliwell, Pseudo-Longinus, On the Sublime. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2022
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
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Alia
- Saint Nicholas’ Tomb Unearthed in Turkey
- Hero’s Aeolipile: The Ancient Greek “Steam Engine” Used For An Unknown Purpose | IFLScience
- Pompeii Skeleton Proves Greek Culture Thrived in Ancient Rome
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 appearance of future abundance but the harvest will be sparse and the autumn practically devoid of fruit.
… 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)