Hodie est a.d. IV Id. Oct. 2776 AUC ~ 28 Boedromion in the third year of the 700th Olympiad

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• An underground necropolis in Battipaglia: a Greek marble sarcophagus found
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• Renowned Graeco-Roman Museum in Alexandria has finally reopened – Museums – Antiquities – Ahram Online

Greek/Latin News

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Public Facing Classics

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Fresh Bloggery

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Assorted Twitter Threads

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Fresh Podcasts

• Ancient History Fangirl: A Rome of One’s Own (With Emma Southon) on Apple Podcasts

Men aren’t the only ones who think about the Roman Empire (Or the Roman Republic!) all the time. We do too–and so does Dr. Emma Southon, creator of the History is Sexy podcast and author of many fascinating, women-centered books on ancient Rome. Her most recent book, a Rome of One’s Own—the Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire, tells the story of 21 fascinating women often overlooked by history–who nevertheless played a huge role in shaping ancient Rome. These women are rebels, empresses, lovers, firebrands, entrepreneurs, sex workers, whistleblowers, and survivors–and through their stories, we can see this period in history in a whole new light.

• Ancient History Fangirl: ALL IN ONE PLACE: Spartacus: Parts 1, 2 and 3 on Apple Podcasts

This file contains the first three episodes of our Spartacus series. You’ll learn about the conditions in Italy that gave rise to the Third Servile War; how Spartacus rebelled and the pressures he was under in holding together a disparate crowd of rebels with differing priorities. It’s a riveting tale that’s sure to keep you hooked.

• Tides of History: The Greco-Persian Wars, Part 2: Xerxes and the Invasion of Greece on Apple Podcasts

In 480 BC, the Persian Great King Xerxes descended on mainland Greece with one of the largest armies and navies the world had ever seen. The Persians swept through the approaches to Greece, winning allies and destroying their foes along the way, before meeting the Spartan king Leonidas at the Hot Gates of Thermopylae.

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Book Reviews

• [AJA] Housing in the Ancient Mediterranean World: Material and Textual Approaches, edited by J.A. Baird and April Pudsey 
• [BMCR] Markus Vinzent, Resetting the origins of Christianity: a new theory of sources and beginnings. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2023. 
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Exhibition Related Things

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• Course: Introduction to Bioarchaeology
• Job Opportunities: Department of Classics – Northwestern University
• Job Information – The University of Manchester
• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• Hypsipyle and the Murderous Greek Women of Lemnos
• How Greek Antiquities Slipped Through the Nazis
• The Ancient Greek Culture and Language in Africa

Diversions

• Latin Wordle – latindictionary.io
• GNT Wordle
• Verbdum – Ludus verborum cotidianus

‘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 but also oppressive winds.

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. V Id. Oct. 2776 AUC ~ 27 Boedromion in the third year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

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• Archaeologists still hoping to unearth Laodicea Temple despite vain attempts – Tehran Times
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• 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
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• 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

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• Libya Flood Damages the Ancient City of Cyrene but Reveals Unseen Roman Remains

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Joseph Solodow, ‘universally admired’ professor and scholar of Latin literature, dies at 76 – Yale Daily News

Public Facing Classics

• On tour | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS

Fresh Bloggery

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• Everything’s Ruined | Sphinx
• X Fretensis, het varkenslegioen – Mainzer Beobachter
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Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• This little piggy… was newly discovered in Building D! – Tepe Telegrams

Other Blog-like Publications

• Mapping subsurface Saqqara | The Past
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Fresh Podcasts

• When Would We Die?: Episode 9: Gladiator on Apple 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).

• Ad Navseam: Hey, I’ma be Liver Now: Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 131) on Apple Podcasts

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.

• The Almost Forgotten: 9.3 – Mithridates of Parthia on Apple Podcasts

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.

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• Ancient Egypt in 50 Discoveries – Discussion panel – YouTube | EES
• Who is the Ancient Greek god Asclepius (Asklepios)? #shorts #apollo #mythology #myth – YouTube | MoAn Inc.
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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. 
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Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

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

• The goddess’ new clothes: the carving and polychromy of the Parthenon Sculptures | Antiquity | Cambridge Core

Alia

• The Oldest Song Survived in its Entirety is Ancient Greek
• The Ancient Indian Buddhist Monk Buried in Athens’ Archaeological Site

Diversions

• Latin Wordle – latindictionary.io
• GNT Wordle
• Verbdum – Ludus verborum cotidianus

‘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)

Hodie est a.d. VI Id. Oct. 2776 AUC ~ 26 Boedromion in the third year of the 700th Olympiad

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• Ancient Roman site of Pompeii is about to ‘expand’ | CNN
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• Eviction deadline expiring for Association of Greek Archaeologists | eKathimerini.com
• Georadar study to uncover mysteries of ancient tumulus – Türkiye News
• 2,000-year-old bronze coins unearthed in Türkiye’s Çanakkale | Daily Sabah

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Classicists and Classics in the News

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Public Facing Classics

• What ancient Greek stories of humans transformed into plants can teach us about fragility and resilience

Fresh Bloggery

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• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room
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• #ClassicsTober 10: Asklepius | Greek Myth Comix
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• Spencer Alley: Dance (antique)
• PaleoJudaica.com: Orlov, Divine Mysteries in the Enochic Tradition (De Gruyter)
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• Survey Archaeology and Modern Greece: More Notes | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
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Other Blog-like Publications

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Fresh Podcasts

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Join us on this busy little tour of history where we will be visiting the pre-historic village of Çatalhöyük, the affluent times in the middle of the second millennium BCE, the Battle of Actium which directly involved the famous Egyptian Queen Pharoah Cleopatra, and how medieval feudalism in Europe became a thing of the past.

• Dan Snow’s History Hit: Alexander’s Greatest Siege on Apple Podcasts

The renowned conqueror Alexander the Great was known as ‘the two-horned one’ by his enemies, and for good reason. His campaigns were bloody affairs even by the standards of the time. But the city of Tyre was not going to be intimidated – Alexander would have to think outside the box if he was going to take it. Dan is joined by Katherine Pangonis, a historian of the medieval Mediterranean world, to tell us the tale of Tyre from bloody beginnings to the bitter end.

• So You Think You Can Rule Persia: 48. Vonones I on Apple Podcasts

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Book Reviews

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Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

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• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• Lecturer in Classics – Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia
• PhD Candidate: Migrant Experiences of Space and Time in the Roman Empire | Radboud University
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Research Papers of Possible Interest

• Las Geórgicas de Virgilio in figlinis: a propósito de un grafito ante cocturam sobre un ánfora olearia bética | Journal of Roman Archaeology | Cambridge Core

Alia

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• AI Reveals What Ancient Languages, Including Greek, Sounded Like
• What Caused the Untimely Death of Alexander the Great?
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Diversions

• Latin Wordle – latindictionary.io
• GNT Wordle
• Verbdum – Ludus verborum cotidianus

‘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 downfall of a praisworthy man.

… 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)

Hodie est a.d. VII Id. Oct. 2776 AUC ~ 25 Boedromion in the third year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

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• 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

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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

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• 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

• Satura Lanx – Latin language and literature for beginners: (16) De itinere Americano on Apple 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

• The Ancients: Tyre: Jewel of Phoenicia on Apple Podcasts

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?

• Dan Snow’s History Hit: Alexander The Great on Apple Podcasts

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.

• Ancient History Hound: Re-release: Witches and Demons in Mesopotamia. on Apple Podcasts

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

• Medea to be staged at Tehrans Neauphle-le-Chateau Theater | IBNA

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• Intermediate Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs
• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

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

• Latin Wordle – latindictionary.io
• GNT Wordle
• Verbdum – Ludus verborum cotidianus

‘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)

Hodie est Non. Oct. 2776 AUC ~ 23 Boedromion in the third year of the 700th Olympiad

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

[Saturday] If it thunders today it portends plenty of pulses but not as much wine.

[Sunday] If it thunders today it portends a very loud earthquake.

… 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)