IN THE NEWS …
- World’s Oldest Nearly Complete Roman Armor May Preserve the Fate of a Captured Legionary | Arkeonews
- Archaeologists Reveal Rare Greek Hippodrome and Seaside Theater in Libya | Arkeonews
- Archaeologists Unearth a 2,400-Year-Old Sanctuary for the Worship of Odysseus – The New York Times
- Archaeology Breakthrough: ‘Olympic-Scale’ 2,000-Year-Old Swimming Pool Discovered in Ancient Greek-Linked City of Tralleis – Greek City Times
ALSO OF INTEREST …
- Explorator 28.29 ~ July 19, 2026 – Explorator
- How the Odyssey’s Cyclops became the ancient Greeks’ worst nightmare | HistoryExtra
- UC has connection to city of legend behind ‘Odyssey’ | University of Cincinnati
- A hairstylist with no archaeology degree solved an ancient Roman mystery scholars got wrong for centuries – Upworthy
- Not a housekeeper, but a ‘vilica’: The many responsibilities of Roman-era female farm managers were overlooked by historians | Live Science
- Literary Hub » A Chorus of Poets: On the Possible Existence of Multiple Homers
- Watch Every Ancient Greek Constellation Explained | WIRED
- Was There Ever an Original Version of ‘The Odyssey,’ and Do We Need to Worry About What Homer Would Think?
CLASSICISTS AND NEARLY SO …
- (4) A Boy’s Own Odyssey – by The Paideia Institute
- In Memoriam: Lucinda Neuru, March 3, 1946 — July 8, 2026 – The Classical Association of Canada
RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS …
- Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Draws Comparisons to the OG Gladiator for a Rare Cultural Impact
- ‘The Odyssey’: What Scholars Are Saying About Christopher Nolan’s Epic
- ‘The Odyssey’ cyclops was inspired by one of history’s goriest paintings | Mashable
- Who Is Agamemnon In Greek Myth? ‘The Odyssey’s King and His Fate, Explained
- Did the Trojan War really happen? Here’s why even Odyssey experts can’t agree | HistoryExtra
- Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Movie: What Does Zeus’s Law Mean, and Was It Real?
- Is ‘The Odyssey Based on a True Story? The Real History Behind Homer’s Epic Explained
- Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” is pointless – Salon.com
- ‘The Odyssey’ Review: Nolan Honors the Gods | National Review
- A Catholic classicist on Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ – America Magazine
- Was Odysseus a Real Person? The Hero of The Odyssey Explained | HistoryExtra
- Was Telemachus a Real Person? The Odyssey Character Explained | HistoryExtra
- Was Antinous a Real Person? The Odyssey Character Explained | HistoryExtra
- Greek Man’s Take on The Odyssey Is A Nonsensical Journey | The Mary Sue
- (4) The Most Anachronistic Part of ‘The Odyssey’ Makes Total Sense, Actually
- Was Odysseus actually a hero? | National Geographic
- Did Christopher Nolan get The Odyssey right? We asked some Irish classicists
ANCIENT DRAMA …
AT THE MUSEUMS …
- Across Wine-Dark Seas: Art and Identity beyond Ancient Greece – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- ‘The Etruscans: From the Heart of Ancient Italy’ Review: Exhibit of an Overshadowed Culture – WSJ
FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE …
- “Better off Dead”: Helen’s Lament for Hektor in Iliad 24 – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- (4) America’s Roman Revolution – by Honor Cargill-Martin
- (4) Helen, Counter-Ambush Expert – by Casey Dué
- (4) Aeneid VI.752-853 – by publius vergilius maro
- (4) Aeneid VI.854-901 – by publius vergilius maro
- Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part IVa: Leadership – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
- (4) A Classic: Daniel Mendelsohn on the Odyssey
- How the first pages from the White Monastery were discovered
- Een Koptische legende – Mainzer Beobachter
- De weerwolf in de Middeleeuwen – Mainzer Beobachter
- De weerwolf in de Oudheid (1) – Mainzer Beobachter
- De weerwolf in de Oudheid (2) – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Physician, Heal Thyself
- PaleoJudaica.com: Recalcati, The Egyptian Background of the Septuagint (Brepols)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Litwa, HERMETICA I (Fount ULTD)
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Travels In Classical Libya: Snakes, Sands And Silphium
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Tripolitania in the Roman Empire and Beyond
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Frontiers of the Roman Empire: the African Frontiers
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Libya Archaeological Guides: Cyrenaica
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Libya Archaeological Guides: Tripolitania
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Productive and Social Practices in Prehistoric and Protohistoric Earthen Building
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Rural Settlement and Economic Activity
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Severan Buildings Of Lepcis Magna
FRESH PODCASTERY…
- The Baths of Diocletian–When in Rome – Apple Podcasts
- Anima Latina 19.07.2026 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
- Odyssey | Sea of Monsters & Slaughter of the Suitors – The Ancients | Acast
- (196) Greek literature expert discusses the enduring appeal of ‘The Odyssey’ as new movie hits theaters – YouTube
STREAMING MEDIA …
- (195) The Roman Empire stretched to Morocco! – YouTube
- (196) ‘The Odyssey’ inspires many to read the original epic – YouTube
- (196) Free Expression on the Weekend: Is “The Odyssey” Movie Woke? – YouTube
- (196) Cyrus the Great’s Greatest Victory: Battle of Thymbra, 547 BC – YouTube
- (196) An EPIC battle of the helmets 🪖 – YouTube
- (196) Everything The Odyssey Movie Gets Right And Wrong About The Story – YouTube
- (196) Why the ancient story of ‘The Odyssey’ still resonates today – YouTube
- (196) Meet the translator behind Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey – YouTube
- (196) Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey may be confusing but it’s worth a second watch – YouTube
- (197) Did the Trojan War Happen? – YouTube
BOOK REVIEWS …
- Surviving Rome: the economic lives of the ninety percent – The Past
- Aux alentours immédiats du Panticapée au début de la période romaine : la nécropole de la forteresse du Bosphore « Gorodishche 11 km » | Spartokos a lu
CFPS, CONFERENCES, AND ONLINE TALKS…
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