IN THE NEWS …
- A Large Fresco of Dionysus and Ariadne Discovered and Restored on the Ceiling of the “Casa con Pacificio” in Pompeii
- Restorers piece together banquet hall vault in Pompeii | AP News
- Religion, art, and identity in Pompeii | Meer
- Excavations at Kissonerga uncover one of Cyprus’ oldest Bronze Age settlements | Cyprus Mail
- 3,000-Year-Old Cypro-Minoan Inscription Found in Israel Reveals Egypt-Cyprus Trade – GreekReporter.com
- 5,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Temple with Altars and Sacred Hearths Discovered in Eastern Türkiye | Arkeonews
- Roman Gold, Barracks and Surgical Tools Unearthed at Vindonissa’s First Military Camp in Switzerland | Arkeonews
- A 113-Year-Old Archaeological Mistake Reveals a Temple to One of Anatolia’s Oldest Goddesses | Arkeonews
- First Roman Republican silver coin hoard found in Saxony-Anhalt rewrites central Germany’s ancient history | Archaeology News Online Magazine
- Roman Amulet Crafted From Trilobite Fossil Discovered in Spain
- Syria’s ancient sites face widespread looting and systematic bulldozing, satellite images reveal
- Odysseus wasn’t real, but he had real worshipers | eKathimerini.com
- 1,200-year-old infant burial found near famous Temple of Artemis in Turkey contains twins — one with an unusual extra rib | Live Science
- Archaeologists Assemble Largest Known Collection of Clogs
- Baylor-Led Archaeological Team Discovers Second Intact Etruscan Chamber Tomb in Italy | Media and Public Relations | Baylor University
- Unraveling the climate behind the collapse of Bronze Age civilizations
- Roman bone gaming die unearthed near Hadrian’s Wall | News and Star
ALSO OF INTEREST …
- explorator 28.30 ~ July 26, 2026 – Explorator
- Mount Olympus added to the UNESCO World Heritage List – ProtoThema English
- Was Josephus a reliable historian? AI offers a surprising answer
- Puteoli – The Roman city that sank beneath the sea
- Conman built fake Roman amphitheatre and charged tourists £35 to visit | News World | Metro News
- Experts Restore Two Ancient Greek Vessels in Naples – GreekReporter.com
- How Did Homer’s Iliad Become Famous Among the Ancient Greeks? – GreekReporter.com
CLASSICISTS AND NEARLY SO …
- A Greek translator on what’s missing from Nolan’s The Odyssey | CBC.ca
- (381) Odyssey Returns to the Cultural Spotlight – YouTube
- Maryland Today | A Seriously Epic Journey to ‘The Odyssey’
- What The Odyssey gets right and wrong: the scholar’s verdict
- Christopher Nolan has made an Odyssey for our times – by sacrificing the delicious darkness of Homer’s epic | Charlotte Higgins | The Guardian
RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS …
- Opinion | Why Odysseus Turned on the Trojan Horse – The New York Times
- I thought I understood Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, then I watched it a second time
- An «Odyssey» faithful to Homer versus the deconstruction of the classics: Musk supports a version directed by Mel Gibson – INFOVATICANA
- Hollywood’s distortion of an eternal heritage – Opinion – Al-Ahram Weekly – Ahram Online
- The Real Ancient Science Hidden in Homer’s Odyssey – GreekReporter.com
- The Haunting Music in the ‘Odyssey’ Siren Scene Has Ancient Roots – The New York Times
- Religious message of ‘The Odyssey’: Movie has surprising Christian theme – Deseret News
- Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ links ancient codes to Christian precepts – U.S. Catholic
- Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ revives Homer, but where is his Anatolia? – Türkiye Today
- The Odyssey Challenges the Right-Wing Myth of a “Golden Past” | Truthout
- ‘The Odyssey’s’ Lesson for America’s Schools – The Daily Signal
- Opinion | Nolan’s Zero-Eros ‘Odyssey’ – The New York Times
- Stop Overthinking ‘The Odyssey’ – by Suzy Weiss
- The dog who waited for Odysseus: Argos reflects the deep human-animal bonds of ancient Greece
- The Fear of Black Greeks – The Atlantic
- 8 books to add to your summer reading list if you loved The Odyssey | CBC Books
- Odyssey Funko Pops: Shop Online, Pricing, Details
- The 12 best memes from ‘The Odyssey’
- In Pompeii, Tom Hiddleston, ‘Amateur Classicist,’ Sees Lessons for Today – The New York Times
ANCIENT DRAMA …
- The Trojan Women | Epidaurus | July 31-August 1 | eKathimerini.com
- National Theatre of Greece to stage Euripides’ Alcestis at Curium | Cyprus inform
- 5 Reasons Hadestown Is a Must-See on Broadway | Playbill
FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE …
- (4) Aeneid VII.511-600 – by publius vergilius maro
- (4) Aeneid VII.601-705 – by publius vergilius maro
- Reflecting on the CRSN/ICS Summer Series 2026 (Overlooked/Undercooked: Classical Reception in Colonial and Postcolonial Southeast Asia) – CRSN
- Two miracle stories of St Colluthus from the White Monastery
- Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part IVb: Cohesion – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
- Laudator Temporis Acti: For the Hundredth Time
- PaleoJudaica.com: Binder, Tertullian and the Jews in Early Christian Literary Imagination (CUP)
- Duivelskinderen – Mainzer Beobachter
- Consuls en suffeten – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: The Scrolls of the Torah (Mohr Siebeck)
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Augmented digitization of Appendix 27 (“Colonisation and Hellenisation”) from Hansen and Nielsen, An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Hadiya: Festgabe für Stephan Westphalen
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Exploring Sacred Ink: Tattooing, Identity, and Belonging
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Kyprianos Update (24 July 2026)
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Archeologia protobizantina a Kos
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Sistemi di gestione economica e alimentazione nelle comunità dell’età del Bronzo con particolare riferimento all’Italia settentrionale
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Iconografia e rituale funerario: Atti del I Incontro di Studi sul significato delle immagini nei contesti funerari Ravenna, 10 dicembre 2018
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Iscrizioni della città etrusca di Adria: Testi e contesti tra Arcaismo ed Ellenismo
FRESH PODCASTERY…
STREAMING MEDIA …
- (382) The Simpsons Odyssey needs Homer | Disney+ – YouTube
- (383) Storytelling, Philosophy, and Reception Ep 28. Joel Christensen. Odyssey. Bettina Joy de Guzman#epic – YouTube
LATINITAS …
- Anima Latina 26.07.2026 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
- Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 25.07.2026 – Vatican News
BOOK REVIEWS…
- Magnificent moustachioed Brits who fought the Romans (and each other) to the death | Daily Mail Online
- La région de la mer Noire. Recueil d’études sur la géographie historique de la Russie méridionale. | Spartokos a lu
- Die Münzprägung von Apollonia Pontike | Spartokos read
POSTDOCS AND EMPLOYMENT…
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