IN THE NEWS …

• Massive Roman Defensive Wall Unearthed at Ancient Amathous in Cyprus – GreekReporter.com
• Mithras sanctuary in Močići challenges roman temple model with open-air ritual landscape | Archaeology News Online Magazine
• Thirty Years After the Discovery That Changed Croatian Archaeology – The Dubrovnik Times
• Archaeological evidence points to ancient Parthian naval base near Strait of Hormuz – Tehran Times
• 2,100-Year-Old Funerary Stele from Ancient Antioch Reveals a Woman Portrayed Like the City’s Goddess Tyche – Arkeonews

ALSO OF INTEREST …

• explorator 28.23 ~ June 7, 2026 – Explorator
• Stones & Bones: The hunt for Christianity’s bogeyman | National Geographic
• What Pompeii taught me about the sisterhood and the power of patience – ABC News
• Classical architecture connects U.S. to early democracies – ShareAmerica
• 4,000-Year-Old Skewers Found on Santorini Reveal Souvlaki Bronze Age Origins – GreekReporter.com
• Ancient Romans Were Obsessed With This Remarkable Herb – Then It Vanished Forever
• Ctesibius: The Ancient Greek Tech Genius You’ve Never Heard Of – GreekReporter.com
• Ancient Greeks Used Lifting Device to Move Stones Before Cranes – GreekReporter.com
• Zeno’s Paradox: When Achilles, Greece’s Fastest Hero, Lost to a Tortoise – GreekReporter.com
• Ancient Greek Scientist Erasistratus Was the King’s Lie Detector – GreekReporter.com

CLASSICISTS AND NEARLY SO …

• World Conference of Classics: What do we talk about when discussing classics? – CGTN
• Cambridge professor resigns after sexual misconduct claims upheld
• New Digital Database of Greek Dramatic Meters Released by WashU Classics and Humanities Digital Workshop | Department of Classics

RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS…

• (7) ‘The Odyssey’ and the Discourse Around Classics, Translation and Adaptation…
• How ‘The Odyssey’ Shaped the Way We Speak | HISTORY
• What The Odyssey can teach us about emotional intelligence
• The New Odyssey Movie Is Historically Inaccurate; Matt Damon Isn’t the Least Bit Greek – McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
• Netflix halts $200m Denzel Washington Hannibal epic over budget

AT THE MUSEUMS…

• Expressions of Identity in Ancient Greek Coins | Art Museum | University of Colorado Boulder
• Troy and Rome: A major exhibition at the Colosseum – Wanted in Rome
• Exhibition: Satyrs, serious people need not apply! Ancient myths from Athens to Lezoux | Antiquity at the BnF
• Seeing Greek in Etruria: ‘The Hydriae of Cerveteri’ at the Museo | inItaly | True Italian Experience – inItaly

FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE…

• (7) Aeneid I.520-613 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
• (7) Aeneid I.613-722 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
• Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part I: Why They Fight – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
• Where Does the Canonical Image of Satan Come From? – Tales of Times Forgotten
• It’s Still Rock’n’Roll To Me | Sphinx
• Paulus in Spanje – Mainzer Beobachter
• PaleoJudaica.com: Klein, Between the Lines (Gorgias)
• PaleoJudaica.com: JiSeong James Kwon, Wisdom Discourse and Torah in Second Temple Judaism (SBL)
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Guide to Heroninos Archive
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: San Giovenale, vol. 5, fasc. 1 : The Borgo – Excavating an Etruscan Quarter: Architecture and Stratigraphy

FRESH PODCASTERY…

• Apollo & Artemis 4: “Careful w…–Live from Mount Olympus – Apple Podcasts
• Anima Latina 07.06.2026 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
• This Immortal Heart: An Interv… – Greek Mythology Retold – Apple Podcasts
• The Rosetta Stone – The Ancients | Acast

STREAMING MEDIA…

• (160) Second Punic War – Full Story, Every Battle – Animated Ancient History – YouTube
• (160) Oracles in Ancient Greece : Ancient Greece_ Heroes, Oracles, and Divine Guidance Revealed! – YouTube
• (162) De nomine mutato | Spoken Latin Podcast (69) – YouTube
• (162) The Odyssey | Official Featurette | Matt Damon, Robert Pattinson – YouTube