ROGUECLASSICIST’S BULLETIN ~ May 7, 2026

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LEGENDA
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‘Tryphe’: How a Greek Word Found in Turkey Defines Ancient Roman Extravagance – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/07/tryphe-single-greek-word-found-turkey-defines-ancient-roman-extravagance/

Researchers Tracked the Journey of a 2,200-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck By Analyzing Pollen
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/researchers-tracked-the-journey-of-a-2200-year-old-roman-shipwreck-by-analyzing-pollen/

A Cuneiform Tablet Workshop Found in Ancient Nineveh Reveals That Assyrian Scribes Never Fired or Carefully Prepared Them

A Cuneiform Tablet Workshop Found in Ancient Nineveh Reveals That Assyrian Scribes Never Fired or Carefully Prepared Them

Archaeologists unearth exceptionally rare intact Roman grave in eastern Croatia | Croatia Week

Archaeologists unearth exceptionally rare intact Roman grave in eastern Croatia

Rirha Site in Morocco Uncovers Life Before and During Roman Rule

Rirha Site in Morocco Uncovers Life Before and During Roman Rule

Roman penis charm unearthed during dig at Carlisle Cricket Club
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/05/roman-penis-charm-unearthed-during-dig-at-carlisle-cricket-club/158000

Archaeologists Unearth Stone Altar Inside Ancient Greek Home in Sicily – GreekReporter.com
https://greekreporter.com/2026/05/07/archaeologists-stone-altar-ancient-greek-city-finziade-sicily/

Roman-era mosaic resembling ‘Gypsy Girl’ unearthed in Tokat
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/roman-era-mosaic-resembling-gypsy-girl-unearthed-in-tokat-221896

Roman mosaic uncovered in Tokat after illegal digging exposes buried site
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/05/roman-mosaic-uncovered-in-tokat-after-illegal-digging-exposes-buried-site/157997#:~:text=A%20mosaic%20dating%20back%20to,and%20began%20a%20controlled%20excavation.

Ancient DNA Reveals What Actually Happened to Ordinary Europeans After the Western Roman Empire Fell
https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/ancient-dna-europe-populations-fall-rome/

After Rome: genomic insights from southern Germany

After Rome: genomic insights from southern Germany

Are Animals Connected to Souls? – Biblical Archaeology Society

Are Animals Connected to Souls?

Why modern witches are making pilgrimages to an ancient Turkish temple | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/travel/lagina-sanctuary-hekate-turkey-ancient-temple-witches

Byblos, city of kings and gods, at the Arab World Institute
https://theconversation.com/byblos-cite-des-rois-et-des-dieux-a-linstitut-du-monde-arabe-279239′

Medea, Sculpted By William Wetmore Story (c. 1819–1895) – The Historian’s Hut

Medea, Sculpted By William Wetmore Story (c. 1819–1895)

Flogging a wooden horse: how faithful will Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey be? | The Odyssey | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/06/flogging-a-wooden-horse-how-faithful-will-christopher-nolans-odyssey-be

An epic time Nobody could miss: St. Olaf premieres The Odyssey! The Musical! – The Carletonian

An epic time Nobody could miss: St. Olaf premieres The Odyssey! The Musical!

A reimagined classic: Medea proves timeless at the ADC | Varsity
https://www.varsity.co.uk/theatre/31619

Greek Tragedy’s Untapped Canon – WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/greek-tragedys-untapped-canon-cd51acf3

A New Article on P.Oxy. 7.1008 and 7.1009 (P15 and P16) | Variant Readings

A New Article on P.Oxy. 7.1008 and 7.1009 (P15 and P16)

De ambtstermijn van een dictator – Mainzer Beobachter

De ambtstermijn van een dictator

PaleoJudaica.com: Holm, Aramaic Literature from Egypt and the Levant (SBL)
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/holm-aramaic-literature-from-egypt-and.html

PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Identities in antiquity
https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2026/05/review-of-identities-in-antiquity.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: MANTO data release
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/manto-data-release.html

AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Poetry in the Name of God: (Self-)Representation of Clerical Spiritual Authorityin the Carmina Latina Epigraphica of Italy (4th–5th Centuries CE)
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/05/poetry-in-name-of-god-self.html

Divine music in archaic and classical Greek art: seeing the songs of the gods – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.05.05/

Unfertigkeit in antiker Architektur: Definitionen und Ursachen – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.05.06/

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AUDIENDA
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The Ancients and the Afterlife…–Classical Wisdom Speaks – Apple Podcasts

How to Destroy a Democracy (We… – Ancient History Fangirl – Apple Podcasts

YHWH v JOVE – Vespasian #19–Life Of Caesar – Apple Podcasts

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VIDENDA
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(334) Alexander’s Impossible Conquest Explained – YouTube

(334) The Ancients and the Afterlife: Mythology, Mourning, and Mummies – YouTube

(337) The Aventinus Minor Project: Repartitioning Defensive, Domestic, and Religious Space on a Roman Hill – YouTube

(337) Can we trace the hands behind Egyptian artefacts—or just the systems that produced them? – YouTube

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NOTANDA
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14th International Congress of Cretan Studies

14th International Congress of Cretan Studies

Lecturer job with University of Minnesota | 37984182
https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37984182/lecturer/?TrackID=108333&BatchID=2179&JobAlertId=312050&cmpid=JBE_TL_20260507_jobtitle

Ph. D. fellowship in Roman Sculpture | Job ad | Jobindex
https://www.jobindex.dk/jobannonce/h1662432/ph-d-fellowship-in-roman-sculpture

Call for papers: International conference “Clio at the School of Rhetoricians” (SU, 20-22/01/2027) | Rome and its Renaissances

Appel à communications : colloque international “Clio à l’école des rhéteurs” (SU, 20-22/01/2027)

New Classicists

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