Hodie est a.d. V Id. Oct. 2776 AUC ~ 27 Boedromion in the third year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Almost 2,000 items missing from collection of Wales’s national museums
- Archaeologists still hoping to unearth Laodicea Temple despite vain attempts – Tehran Times
- Research finds dramatic increase in cranial traumas as the first cities were being built, suggesting a rise in violence
- Ancient Skulls Reveal Shifts in Human Violence across Millennia – Scientific American
- D.A. Bragg Announces Return of 19 Antiquities to Italy – Manhattan District Attorney’s Office
- The Time Team tip treasure hunters used to protect Roman hoard found buried in North Wales – North Wales Live
- Artificial intelligence and clay tablets: Not yet a perfect match
- German, Kurdish archaeologists discover ancient site in Soran
- Colourful beauty of Parthenon marbles revealed in scientific analysis | Parthenon marbles | The Guardian
- The goddess’ new clothes! Scientists discover traces of paint on the Parthenon Sculptures that reveal their TRUE colours | Daily Mail Online
- Elgin Marbles were painted in vivid hues of ‘Egyptian blue’ and purple
- What did the Romans ever do for us? – Neos Kosmos
- Nashville Parthenon – Why Is There A Full-size Replica Ancient Greek Temple In Tennessee?
- A mysterious object emerges from the excavations of the Appian Way. Archaeologists: “It’s a lenòs”. The meaning, the history – Art Style
- The Archaeological Museum Of Mytilene Will Receive A Dazzling New Facelift
In Case You Missed It
- Archaeologists in Bulgaria Have Discovered an Ancient Roman ‘Fridge’ Containing Drinking Vessels and Animal Bones
- Archaeologists find fresco of three-headed beast in ‘untouched’ Roman tomb
- ‘Tomb of Cerberus’ is discovered in Italy: Sealed burial chamber features a fresco of the three-headed dog said to guard the gates of the underworld | Daily Mail Online
- Libya Flood Damages the Ancient City of Cyrene but Reveals Unseen Roman Remains
Classicists and Classics in the News
Public Facing Classics
Fresh Bloggery
- PaleoJudaica.com: DNA extracted from First Temple-era Israelites?
- Everything’s Ruined | Sphinx
- X Fretensis, het varkenslegioen – Mainzer Beobachter
- #ClassicsTober23 11: Pandora | Greek Myth Comix
- PaleoJudaica.com: Lorber, Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire, Part II (ANS)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Archaeology and the Babylonian Exile
- Faits divers (7): Tunesië – Mainzer Beobachter
- Who Was Deucalion’s Mother? Some Say Pandora… – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
Other Blog-like Publications
- Mapping subsurface Saqqara | The Past
- New study identifies traces of paint used to decorate the Parthenon Sculptures | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
Fresh Podcasts
Don your best sandals and toga, because Doogie and Tom are off to ancient Rome. They try their hands as members of the Roman Army, with the help of Prof. David Potter (8.40), before stepping into the arena as gladiators, guided by Dr. Jayne Draycott (21.57).
It’s time for round two of Aeschylus’ tragedy Prometheus Bound, and Dave and Jeff are back at it with a careful look at the role of Ocean in his dialogue with the titular hero. Relying on the work of David Konstan, the guys discuss some of the interesting dynamics at play in the stichomythia, as well as some inner workings of the chorus of Ocean’s daughters, the Oceanids. Is there a political subtext of democracy and tyranny at work here? How does the poet deal with universal and timeless themes of suffering and hardship against the very real background of fifth-century Athenian politics? How does this piece compare to the poet’s own Agamemnon, Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, or Euripides’ Hippolytus? Tune in as we rely on Prof. Deborah Roberts’ excellent translation and notes to take us through the deceptively simple plot of this timeless masterpiece. Warning: there are some awful puns strewn throughout this show.
Mithridates took charge of a relatively small kingdom that nominally held lands south and east of the Caspian sea. By the end of his reign, he had turned it into a powerful empire that ruled from Syria to India, and had grown to be the major rival to the power to their west, the Roman Empire.
Fresh Youtubery
- Catullus 4 & 29: Latin metrical reading with natural word accents, Iambic Trimeter – YouTube I Musa Pedestris
- “LA SCUOLA DI POMPEI” – Ep. 2 | La casa Romana – YouTube | Pompeii
- Greek Fire #shorts #documentary #history #tactical #greekhistory #military #fypシ #fyp #ancient – YouTube | Kings and Generals
- Long Table 152. Coining a Colonial Identity: Civic Coins and Colonies in the Roman Provinces – YouTube | ANS
- Ancient Egypt in 50 Discoveries – Discussion panel – YouTube | EES
- Who is the Ancient Greek god Asclepius (Asklepios)? #shorts #apollo #mythology #myth – YouTube | MoAn Inc.
- Who is Pandora in Greek Mythology? #shorts #pandorasbox #ancientgreece – YouTube | MoAn Inc.
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] René Bloch, Ancient Jewish diaspora: essays on Hellenism. Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, 206. Boston; Leiden: Brill, 2022.
- [BMCR] Markus Vinzent, Resetting the origins of Christianity: a new theory of sources and beginnings. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
- Assistant Professor, Data Analytics and Pedagogy in Classics | Society for Classical Studies
- Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies
Research Papers of Possible Interest
Alia
- The Oldest Song Survived in its Entirety is Ancient Greek
- The Ancient Indian Buddhist Monk Buried in Athens’ Archaeological Site
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 a mysterious wind which will be beneficial to the pastures.
… 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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