IN THE NEWS …

• Rare Judean Pillar Figurine Discovery from Jerusalem – Biblical Archaeology Society
• Egypt: Ptolemaic-Roman thermal complex discovered at Tell Nasser
• Rotunda-Shaped Mausoleum and Rock-Cut Tomb of Deified Thracian Ruler Discovered at Perperikon – По света и у нас – БНТ Новини
• Austria’s Largest Roman Pottery Production Center Ever Discovered Reveals More Than 100 Kilns | Arkeonews
• Archeologists Found a Roman Military Camp Hidden 7,000 Feet Up in the Swiss Alps for 2,000 Years
• Rare 1,600-Year-Old Phallic Nail Cleaner Unearthed Near Cheltenham, England | Arkeonews
• Roman soldiers pelted rebels with signed slingshot bullets | Popular Science
• This Italian Man Built a Fake Roman Theater — and Charged Tourists $45 to See It
• Israel Allocates State Funds for Archaeological Development in Palestinian-controlled Areas – West Bank News
• The Mysterious Funeral Banquet Held 2,200 Years Ago in Alicante | TodoAlicante
• Tulane professor’s discovery comes full circle as Roman artifact returns home, is prepared for museum display
• Aspendos Roman mosaic of rare river god found near Antalya, Turkey | Fox News
• Thieves, merchants and sheikhs: The centuries-old odyssey of Alexander the Great’s head
• 2,000-year-old Roman mosaic unearthed at ancient city of Tralleis in western Türkiye
• Ancient Roman Bridge Discovered at Elefsina, Greece – GreekReporter.com

ALSO OF INTEREST …

• ‘THE DIE HAS BEEN CAST!’: SUETONIUS’ CAESAR AND THE (G)LOOMING FATE OF ROME | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
• A TALE OF TWO CITIES? DIFFERENT DATES FOR THE PARTHIAN SECESSION FROM THE SELEUCIDS, AND THE REVOLT OF AN AFRICAN HECATOMPYLUS | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
• THE BRONZE OF JUNO’S CARTHAGINIAN TEMPLE (VERG. AEN. 1.448–9): AN ALLUSION TO HES. OP. 150–1 | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
• EMENDATIONS IN VALERIUS FLACCUS, ARGONAUTICA BOOK 6 | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
• ‘Making a Murderess’: Gender Bending Dracontius’ viragines | Antichthon | Cambridge Core
• A book on Greek antiquities found bricked in a fireplace is returned to an Australian library, 150 years overdue | eKathimerini.com
• Melina Mercouri’s 1982 Speech That Changed the Parthenon Marbles Debate – GreekReporter.com

CLASSICISTS AND NEARLY SO …

• The Iliad would make a much better film than The Odyssey
• Homer, ‘the origin of practically everything’ | eKathimerini.com
• Emily Wilson’s Pan of ‘The Odyssey’ Ignites a Debate Among Classicists and Commenters – The New York Times
• ‘Odyssey’ Translator Reverses Some Scathing Comments On Nolan Movie | HuffPost Entertainment
• In Homer’s epic, a bold princess helps Odysseus home – but not in Nolan’s film. Who is Nausicaa?
• How Does the Film ‘The Odyssey’ Compare with Homer’s Epic Poem? | Newswise
• Song for the Ages: The Late Bronze Age World of the Odyssey | University of Central Florida News
• PAW Goes to the Movies: Classics Professor Breaks Down ‘The Odyssey’ | Princeton Alumni Weekly
• What Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ reveals about the adaptable nature of myth

RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS …

• The Filmography That Launched a Thousand Ships | Los Angeles Review of Books
• A trip worth taking? – A review of Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey (2026) – Ancient World Magazine
• Classics v. Classics – First Things
• Hear Homer’s Odyssey Sung in Ancient Greek – Greek City Times
• How ‘The Odyssey’ Was Lost In Translation – Progressive.org
• One big chart: deaths in the Odyssey | The Odyssey | The Guardian
• The Greek Tragedy Behind Suddenly Last Summer – JSTOR Daily
• A Rabbi Explains What’s Jewish About ‘The Odyssey’
• ‘The Odyssey’ is a striking portrait of the psychological wounds that can emerge when people violate their deepest values
• A Guide to Every Major Film Adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey Before Christopher Nolan’s Movie | Open Culture

FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE …

• (4) Aeneid VIII.306-406 – by publius vergilius maro
• A Roman Library in Spain and the “declamatio sarcophagus” | Variant Readings
• Thrax, Thraex, Thracian – Liv Mariah Yarrow
• Kiwi Hellenist: The cave of the Nymphs: Odyssey 13.96–112
• Minotaur (2016) – Animated Antiquity
• The Odyssey, een recensie (1a) – Mainzer Beobachter
• The Odyssey, een recensie (1b) – Mainzer Beobachter
• The Odyssey, een recensie (1c) – Mainzer Beobachter
• The Odyssey, een recensie (2) – Mainzer Beobachter
• PaleoJudaica.com: Tanit-faced incense-burner excavated in Iberia?
• PaleoJudaica.com: On ancient Jewish court tales
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Concepts of Time and Space as Literary Devices in Second Temple Judaism

FRESH PODCASTERY…

• The alien world of Homer’s Ody… – The EI Podcast – Apple Podcasts
• What were Roman walls for?–Ancient Warfare Podcast – Apple Podcasts

STREAMING MEDIA …

• (536) Storytelling Ep 30. Lisa Briggs. Underwater archaeology in Odyssey world. Bettina Joy de Guzman. – YouTube
• (538) Rare First Temple Discovery Unearthed in Jerusalem – YouTube

BOOK REVIEWS…

• Actes de la Conférence scientifique et pratique internationale pour la Journée de la ville de Soukhoumi : « Dioscourias antique » | Spartokos a lu