Hodie est a.d. III Kal. Nov. 2776 AUC ~ 16 Pyanepsion in the third year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Depiction of Trojan War hero Ajax found in 1,800-year-old submerged building in Greece | Live Science
- Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe move over! Meet the Roman athlete who’s ‘£15BILLION fortune’ eclipses the wealth of football’s elite at the top of 2023’s sports rich list | Daily Mail Online
- Salvage dig unearthes rare Sassanid graves in northwest Iran – Tehran Times
- Another Roman tomb found in the construction of a villa in Yalova – Turkiye Newspaper
- The Village That Looted Its Heritage and Sold off the Bronzes of Bubon – The New York Times
- The Megalith of the Mother Goddess near Buzovgrad hides 4 000-year-old secrets – Bulgaria Travel News
In Case You Missed It
- Rare 2,100-year-old gold coin bears name of obscure ruler from pre-Roman Britain | Live Science
- Pair of rare Roman-era swords found in Gloucestershire | The Past
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Lessons from the ancient past – The Mail & Guardian
- Classics department hosts 25th annual Roberts Lecture – The Dickinsonian
Greek/Latin News
Public Facing Classics
- Necromancers, demons and friendly ghosts: humans have been fascinated with the afterlife since ancient Mesopotamia
- A Master Class in Words: On the Vitality and Vividness of The Iliad‘s Opening Lines ‹ Literary Hub
Fresh Bloggery
- A Ghost Story from Petronius for Werewolf Week – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- PaleoJudaica.com: Digitally reconstructing Palmyra
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Snob-Value of the Classics
- Fear of Ghosts in Imperial Rome – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Monograph Series: Kernos suppléments
- Bronze Age yoke found in northern Italy – The History Blog
- Seneca en Paulus – Mainzer Beobachter
- #ClassicsTober23 28: Nyx | Greek Myth Comix
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Latin Howler
- Ritual Sacrifice and Lycanthropy: Pausanias for Werewolf Week – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Alike?
- PaleoJudaica.com: Journal issue on Phoenician studies
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Library: ETANA Core Texts
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Monograph Series: Entretiens sur l’Antiquité classique
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Monograph Series: Mainzer Althistorische Studien
- A Costume to Scare the Cicero Right Out of You – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Kiwi Hellenist: Who is the hero of the Iliad?
- Responses to Monstrosity – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Een krijger uit Ategua – Mainzer Beobachter
- #ClassicsTober23 29: Nemesis | Greek Myth Comix
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Parents
- Laudator Temporis Acti: It Isn’t Long
- Weekly varia no. 50, 10/28/23 – Noodlings
- ancient Mesopotamian women strove to overcome men’s impotence – purple motes
- horrific violence against men: context for Hera’s deception of Zeus – purple motes
- PaleoJudaica.com: The Power of Psalms in Post-Biblical Judaism (Brill)
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
Other Blog-like Publications
- When Greece and Egypt Collide: Hellenic Hymnic Papyri – Antigone
- Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
- Why Sparta? Classics and the Alt Right: Part 2
- Suffering So Long for this Woman! – by Joel Christensen
- Revealing the lives of Iron Age and Roman farmers in Nottinghamshire | The Past
- Science Notes: Determining the textures and colours of the Parthenon Sculptures | The Past
- Werewolves in the Ancient Novels – Retrospect Journal
- A rare 3,300-year-old wooden yoke found in northern Italy – Arkeonews
- Unburied Grief – by Elizabeth Bobrick
- Backing Up the Future – by Joel Christensen
Fresh Podcasts
From seductive sorceresses to withered necromancers, witches play a varied – and vital – role in ancient history. Recorded in classical epics by the likes of Homer, and immortalised in tragedies by Euripides, the names Circe and Medea resonate across society and culture even today. But how did witchcraft and magic aid them in ancient societies, and what does it tell us about how women of power were viewed in the ancient world? In this episode Tristan welcomes Dr Mai Musié and Dr Regine May to the podcast to delve into the mystical world of Ancient Witches. Looking at how Circe and Medea’s powers reflected their position in society, sinister necromancy, and the role that Greek tragedies played in immortalising the idea of the Witch – why were these women so powerful, and why were they so feared?
Novam seriem acroamatis quod est Rara avis commendo! If you see the series after TuTubum spectare, seu nomen adscribere ad acroasin quam mox habitura sum, ecce nonnulla vincula quae praesto erunt:
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Museums and private collectors around the world have come under fire for displaying objects with questionable histories, and some have even been subject to police raids and confiscations. Hear from Professor of Art and Chair of Museum Studies Elizabeth Marlowe as she shares her insights into the world of stolen antiquities, and her work to assist the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in the seizure of a famous bronze sculpture from the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, in this all new episode of 13.
Fresh Youtubery
- Who are Nyx & Nemesis in Greek Mythology? #greeklegends #shorts #goddess #greekgods – YouTube | MoAn Inc.
- Introducing “Rara avis” season 2 || Podcast in spoken Latin for advanced learners – YouTube | Satura Lanx
- Galen’s Morbid Fascination: Public Dissections In The Ancient World – YouTube
- Newest excavation on the Via Appia: into the trenches! – YouTube | Darius Arya Digs
- Greek Philosophy to String Theory – Failures in Logic – YouTube
- Rise of the Hittites – The Legions of Hatusa DOCUMENTARY – YouTube | Invicta
- Why was the Roman Republic so powerful? #animation #history #interestingfacts – YouTube | Stick Figure History
- Overboard! A Classics for All Debate – YouTube | Classics for All
- A Moot Trial of Cicero – YouTube | Classics for All
Book Reviews
- Mary Beard’s ‘Emperor of Rome’ explores the exploits of its pitiless rulers | Culture | EL PAÍS English
- [BMCR] Oliver Thomas, The Homeric Hymn to Hermes. Cambridge classical texts and commentaries, 62. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020.
- [BMCR] Marie-Hélène Marganne, Gabriel Nocchi Macedo, Pratiques et stratégies alimentaires dans l’Antiquité tardive. Cahiers du CEDOPAL, 11. Liège: Presses universitaires de Liège, 2022.
Dramatic Receptions
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
Alia
- Was Helen Really to Blame for the Trojan War – or Just a Scapegoat?
- Carl Sagan on the Brilliance of Ancient Greek Scientist Eratosthenes
- The Ancient Greeks of Kashmir, India
- The Diet of Ancient Greek Olympian Athletes
- The Mystery of the Oldest Throne in Europe at the Palace of Knossos
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 prosperity, fewer enemies, and good times for the state.
… 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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