Hodie est a.d. VII Id. Oct. 2776 AUC ~ 25 Boedromion in the third year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- British Museum Thefts Shouldn’t Obscure Parthenon Marbles Return – The National Herald
- Archaeologists Uncover Hidden Stash Of Byzantine Gold Coins In Israel’s Golan Heights
- First antiquities library opens in Basra – Iraqi News
- An app shows how ancient Greek sites looked thousands of years ago. It’s a glimpse of future tech | Technology | EL PAÍS English
- In First, Archaeologists Extract DNA of Ancient Israelites – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
- Museum of London Archaeology discovers Iron Age to Roman Empire agricultural community near Coddington and Newark
- Türkiye’s 3,600-year-old shipwreck reveals ancient treasures | Daily Sabah
- Egypt stops bid to steal 10-tonne ancient statue | Mag Files – MAG THE WEEKLY
In Case You Missed It
- 7,700-year-old figurines unearthed in İzmir – Türkiye News
- Archaeologists Find Hidden Chambers in Pyramid of Egyptian Pharaoh
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Mary Beard | Perspective Magazine
- Denison makes plans to hire archaeologist professor – The Denisonian
Greek/Latin News
- Akropolis World News ~ Ἰσραῆλ
- Ephemeris ~ DISCRIMEN BELLI GRAVISSIMUM Grex Hamas impetum fecit in medium Israel
Public Facing Classics
- Mary Beard: ‘I get told off for spending too much time on Twitter’
- Hymn to Hestia | Perspective Magazine
Fresh Bloggery
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Mur défensif de Chersonèse : note explicative du plan de la section sud-ouest du mur défensif de l’ancienne Chersonèse
- No, Emily Wilson Isn’t the First Woman Ever to Translate Homer – Tales of Times Forgotten
- Een geschiedenis van de farizeeën – Mainzer Beobachter
- #ClassicsTober23 8: Icarus | Greek Myth Comix
- The Truth about Daedalus and Icarus – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Cicero (5): De nalatenschap – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Onward, Scholars!
- Sleep & Commodities – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- PaleoJudaica.com: The Syriaca.org Project
- PaleoJudaica.com: Strassfeld on transing the Talmud
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Unbefitting
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Abréviations des périodiques et collections en usage à l’Ifao, 8e éd.
- New Video! – Ancient Akrotiri: A Short Tour |
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Resisting and justifying changes: How to make the new acceptable in the Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern world
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Resisting and justifying changes II: Testifying and legitimizing innovation in Indian and Ancient Greek Culture
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: US HSI bla-bla
- 3rd c. Roman shipwreck recovered whole from seabed – The History Blog
- #ClassicsTober23 9: Achilles | Greek Myth Comix
- PaleoJudaica.com: A hoard of Byzantine-era coins found at Banias
- PaleoJudaica.com: Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah 2023
- Weekly Varia no. 47, 10/07/23 – Noodlings
- New Video! – Ancient Akrotiri: A Short Tour |
- De reis van Afrodite – Mainzer Beobachter
- Achilles’ Name(s), When He Was A Girl – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
- Open House | Dionysus versus Pentheus, with Robert Garland – The Kosmos Society
- Why Cicero Matters, Vittorio Bufacchi « The Classical Association in Northern Ireland
Other Blog-like Publications
- Tragedy Beyond the Battlefield: Grief in Homer’s Iliad and WWI Poetry – Antigone
- Prophet of Evils – by Joel Christensen
- Brekekekex – by Armand D’Angour
- Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
- What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
- How the Aeneid was nearly destroyed | The Spectator
- The Aegean Test Championship: Match Report – Day 2
- What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
- They find a splendid Roman lachrymatous in an 1800 year old tomb. What exactly was it for? History and misunderstandings – Art Style
- Early October 44 BCE: To Decimus Junius Brutus (in Cisalpine Gaul) from Cicero (at Rome)
- Painted tomb discovered at Pontecagnano necropolis | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
Fresh Podcasts
Welcome to Satura Lanx, upper beginner / intermediate podcast told in beginner-friendly, easy spoken Latin. Every other Saturday I chat about everything concerning Latin (literature, language, culture), my own life and reflections and the questions you’ll ask me
One of the oldest inhabited cities in the world, Tyre was a jewel of the Ancient World. A Phoenician metropolis, and the birth place of numerous legendary figures – the city provides an invaluable insight into what life was like millennia ago. But what do we really know about the people who inhabited Tyre, and just why did the city play such a pivotal role across ancient history? In this episode, Tristan is joined by Historian and Author Katherine Pangonis to talk about the vibrant history of Tyre, and it’s new place in the modern world. Looking at Tyre’s mystical history, it’s important location, and how Alexander the Great’s siege literally changed the earth’s landscape as we know it – why did so many people value Tyre so highly – and what legacy has it left behind today?
This is everything you need to know about the famed conqueror Alexander the Great. Alongside Tristan Hughes, host of the hit podcast The Ancients, Dan follows Alexander on a whistle-stop tour from his life in Macedonia to his epic battles with the Persians and eventually, to his death in Babylon.
A re-release of a previous Night of the Livy Dead Halloween special. This one was all about witchcraft and demons in Mesopotamia and how you might counter them.
Fresh Youtubery
- Who is Persephone in Greek Mythology? #shorts #hades #zeus – YouTube | MoAn Inc.
- Catullus Poem 75 in Latin & English: Hūc est mēns dēducta tuā mea, Lesbia, culpā – YouTube | David Amster
- The Iliad in 8 Greek Pronunciations with Pronunciation Guide Ilias I.1-7 (English and Latin subs) – YouTube | ScorpioMartianus
- “Et tu, Brute?” | What were Julius Caesar’s last words during his assassination? – YouTube | historyextra
- Res mirae quinque quas apud Americanos vidi || Spoken Latin podcast (16) – YouTube | Satura Lanx
- Lecture One: Heroes: The Vulnerability of Heroism ( English audio) – YouTube | ASCSAthens
- Y’all know how this one ends Who was Icarus in Greek Mythology? #shorts #ancientgreece – YouTube | MoAn Inc
- Witchcraft in Ancient Rome: The Sinister Story of Canidia – YouTube | Classics in Color
- Why Cicero Matters, Vittorio Bufacchi – YouTube | CANI
- Who is Achilles in Greek Mythology? #shorts #ancientgreece #greekgods – YouTube | MoAn Inc
- Key concepts of Ancient Greek Democracy – YouTube | Ancient History Guy
Book Reviews
- What We Are Reading Today: American Classicist by Victoria Houseman
- [BMCR] Xinru Liu, The world of the ancient Silk Road. The Routledge worlds. Abingdon; New York: Routledge, 2022.
- [BMCR] Alessia Grillone, La traduzione latina del Nicocles isocrateo di Guarino Veronese: introduzione, edizione critica e commento. Beiträge zur Altertumskunde, 408. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2023.
- [BMCR] Dominic Jones, Virgil, Aeneid book II: a selection. London: Bloomsbury, 2023.
Dramatic Receptions
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
Alia
- Acropolis’ Parthenon Has Been Named Wrong, Theory Claims
- The Odyssey of English: The origins of ‘hygiene’ and why snakes symbolise health | Stuff.co.nz
- The Greatest Ancient Greek Orator and Politician, Demosthenes
- Trojan War Hero Ajax and the Anguish of War in Ancient Greece
- Ancient Philistines Were Likely of Greek Origin, DNA Study Shows
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 destruction to wild animals.
… 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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