IN THE NEWS …
- Roman villa with intricate mosaic and bath house
- Egyptian princesses led more active lifestyles than expected
- Roman Military Camp Found with Soldiers in Pits and Armor Left Behind in Slovakia | Arkeonews
- Rare Hellenistic ritual complex revealed at Gradište
- Archaeologists Uncover Monumental Bronze Age Tomb with Weapons and a Sacrificed Horse in Armenia | Arkeonews
- 3,000-Year-Old Textile Fragment Found in Italy’s Submerged Gran Carro Village | Arkeonews
- Railway Construction Reveals a Coin Minted by a Roman Officer Who Proclaimed Himself ‘Emperor of the North’ in Britain 1,700 Years Ago
- Settlers Storm Archaeological Site in Palestinian Sebastia…
- In the 3rd century BC Germanic peoples cooperated to build the great fortification of Wittekindsburg, now their homes have been found
- Rare well-preserved Iron Age wood said to offer evidence of First Temple’s destruction | The Times of Israel
- Andy Burnham Backs Return of the Parthenon Marbles – Artlyst
ALSO OF INTEREST …
- The Odyssey Puts Messinia’s Ancient Treasures Back in the Spotlight – GreekReporter.com
- Fragment of Homer’s Odyssey Unearthed at Olympia – Biblical Archaeology Society
- Remembering Schmidt, who introduced Göbeklitepe to the world | Daily Sabah
- Pompeii’s survivors shine in a new documentary series
- The Vault of the House with the Bakery is Reborn: The Myth of Dionysus and Ariadne Comes to Light in Pompeii – Pompeii Online
- Greek Fire, Which Burned on Water, Was the Most Devastating Weapon in the Eastern Roman Empire. But What Was It?
- How Carthage Used War Elephants as Ancient Tanks | HISTORY
- ‘Pompeii: Out of Time’ reveals surprising survival stories | CNN
- The Persian Princess mummy was an $11M forgery
- A Mysterious Woman’s Name Was Etched Into Stone. Did Experts Find Her Identity?
CLASSICISTS AND NEARLY SO …
- A Homerist Reacts to Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey”
- What does ‘The Odyssey’ translator Emily Wilson think of Christopher Nolan’s film? | Mashable
- Mary Beard on The Odyssey and how empires fall – Stateside with Kai and Carter | The Odyssey | The Guardian
- Expert Comment: Is Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey faithful to Homer? | Oxford University
- (4) Homer’s Hollywood Odyssey – by Andrew Keen
- Apocalypse Troy: Nolan’s Odyssey and the End of Civilization – Antigone
- Devoted former Classics professor, department chair dies at 81 – The GW Hatchet
RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS …
- Homer’s Odysseus was never a perfect hero. Christopher Nolan’s film understands this
- What actually is Zeus’ Law in The Odyssey? The concept of Xenia
- Homer’s Joke on Christopher Nolan – Tablet Magazine
- Byrd on the Signs of Decay in the Roman Senate | Video | C-SPAN.org
- Quiz: Which ‘Odyssey’ Character Are You?
- (4) ‘The Odyssey’ and the history of storytelling: How Chris Nolan’s epic meets our cultural moment
- Sex, beds and grisly executions: what Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey changed, invented – and left out | Film | The Guardian
- In Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey,’ the main hero feels plucked from Exodus – The Forward
- Who Were the Giant Soldiers in ‘The Odyssey’?
- How Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ differs from Homer’s poem | WGN Radio 720 – Chicago’s Very Own
- A Faithful Odyssey Would Be a Hard Sell | National Review
- Re: A Faithful Odyssey Would Be a Hard Sell | National Review
- Here’s What Greeks Think of Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ – The New York Times
- Literary Hub » Why We Need More Woman-Centric Retellings of The Odyssey
- 20 Best Sword-and-Sandal Films, From ‘The Odyssey’ to ‘Gladiator’
AT THE MUSEUMS…
- ‘The Etruscans: From the Heart of Ancient Italy’ Review: Exhibit of an Overshadowed Culture – WSJ
- The Secrets of Huqoq – Biblical Archaeology Society
- A rare Roman Empire exhibition is now open at Toronto’s Bata Shoe Museum – Toronto Life
FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE …
- Taking Helen Seriously: Reading Trauma into The Iliad – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Juvenal’s Satires and Wild Commentary on Roman Society | TheCollector
- (4) Aeneid VII.107-211 – by publius vergilius maro
- News From Amphipolis 27/7/26 | Sphinx
- My Position Regarding Use of Generative AI – Tales of Times Forgotten
- (4) Fatal Second Helen: A Modern Veteran’s Iliad
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Looking Backwards
- St Colluthus again, from a different Synaxarion
- Voor-westerse geschiedenis (13) het ritme – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Four books from the Israel Numismatic Society
- PaleoJudaica.com: More on the Temple-era burned beams in Jerusalem
- PaleoJudaica.com: Thomas, … Comparing Qumran Aramaic Job and Old Greek Job (SBL)
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The British Institute for Libyan and Northern African Studies Arabic Language Publications
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Archaeology of Fazzan, Volume 2: Site gazetteer, pottery and other survey finds
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Archaeology of Fazzan, Volume 3
FRESH PODCASTERY…
- The Roman Mummy Who Swallowed the Iliad, or, Take 1186 Ships and Call Me in the Morning | This Week in the Ancient Near East
- Expert in Residence: Get to Kn… – The Classics Podcast – Apple Podcasts
STREAMING MEDIA …
- (258) Did The Odyssey REALLY Happen? – With Emily Wilson – YouTube
- (260) Odyssey and Iliad: Ancient Greek Epic (volume 1) – YouTube
- (264) Burnt Wooden Beams from the Destruction of Jerusalem Discovered in the City of David – YouTube
- (269) Catullus I read in Latin – YouTube
- (269) How do you piece together what life was like in Pompeii? (Full Video Interview) – YouTube
- (270) Mithras: Rome’s Other Savior God? – YouTube
- (270) Fashion Forward: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Ancient Apparel | SASA Virtual Conference Day 2 – YouTube
- (270) Roman Funeral Procession — Latin – YouTube
BOOK REVIEWS…
- Cicero — a lesson in how to make great speeches and dangerous enemies
- Grief and sorrow in the Roman world: republic to empire – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
- What is ancient history? – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
CFPS, CONFERENCES, AND ONLINE TALKS…
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