IN THE NEWS …
- Archaeologists discover 11th round mausoleum in Perperikon, Bulgaria
- Ancient Rome’s food shortages were shaped more by logistics than climate
- A 1.500-year-old mosaic is seized in Turkey, two people are arrested for smuggling antiquities – Balkanweb.com – News24
- A section of the Roman road connecting the fortifications of the Germanic Limes discovered beneath the route of the A8 highway in Germany
- New Research Reveals Shackled Men in Ancient Mass Grave Near Athens Were Local Athenians – GreekReporter.com
- Shipwreck from the 5th-4th Centuries BC with a Cargo of Amphorae Containing Wine from the Northern Islands and the Bosporus Found off the Coast of Andros Island
- 626 Mysterious Marks on an Ancient Greek Gate in Libya Have Been Decoded | Arkeonews
- Archaeologists uncover 2,000-year-old Roman mosaic in Türkiye | Daily Sabah
- Baylor-led archaeological team discovers new Etruscan tomb in Italy | kcentv.com
- Ancient Greek Mansion and Inscriptions Discovered in North Macedonia – GreekReporter.com
- Rock-Cut Tomb Linked to a Deified Thracian Ruler Unearthed Beside a 1,700-Year-Old Mausoleum | Arkeonews
ALSO OF INTEREST …
- Explorator 28.31 ~ August 2, 2026 – Explorator
- Ancient Greek Mathematician, Philosopher Created Pythagorean Comma – GreekReporter.com
- Phaistos Disk: One of Archaeology’s Greatest Mysteries – GreekReporter.com
- AI Claudius! Robots are turning us into Roman-style slave owners – AOL
- The secret lives of forgotten ancient Greeks | National Geographic
CLASSICISTS AND NEARLY SO …
RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS …
- Jesus vs. Odysseus: The debate about ‘The Odyssey’ that’s been overlooked | CNN
- The Odyssey movie hits one theme repeatedly. I just saw how important it is.
- Understanding the Gen Z audience: Hollywood doesn’t own Homer
- Emily Wilson’s Pan of ‘The Odyssey’ Ignites a Debate Among Classicists and Commenters – The New York Times
- What the Odyssey means to America | The Spectator
- ‘A towering piece of monoculture’: how The Odyssey discourse has dominated this summer | The Odyssey | The Guardian
- Odysseus Sails Again | National Review
- Yale to Cambridge, how Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ has revived academic, cultural interest in Homer’s epic | Explained News – The Indian Express
- What’s Actually in Circe’s Stew in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, According to Food Historians | Bon Appétit
- Why every generation finds a different Odyssey
FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE …
- (4) Aeneid VIII.520-625 – by publius vergilius maro
- Did the Ancient Egyptians Actually Ride Horses? What the Art Tells Us | TheCollector
- Weekly (not)Varia, no. 193, 08/02/26 – Noodlings
- Play Things? – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Etruscan Torches – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- (4) The Emperor’s New Clothes – by Armand D’Angour
- The American Odyssey – Antigone
- De Germanen (4) Meer geschiedenis – Mainzer Beobachter
- De Germanen (5) Cultuur – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Significant Searfaring Names
- PaleoJudaica.com: Hayes, St. Ephrem the Syrian on Beatitude and the Afterlife (CUP)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Newsom & Schuller, The Thanksgiving Scroll (OUP)
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Journal: Cahiers du Centre d’Études Chypriotes
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Journal: Lucentum
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Keilschrifttexte aus Assur literarischen Inhalts: Divinatorische Texte; Band 13 3: Astrologische Omina
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Keilschrifttexte aus Assur literarischen Inhalts: Staatsrituale, Festbeschreibungen und weitere Texte zum assyrischen Kult / Hanspeter Schaudig; Band 12: Staatsrituale, Festbeschreibungen und weitere Texte zum assyrischen Kult
FRESH PODCASTERY…
STREAMING MEDIA …
- (583) AM Reviews #12: Nolan’s Odyssey: A Postmortem – YouTube
- (583) Is Göbekli Tepe really the world’s first temple? – YouTube
- (587) Rome’s Greatest Lost Fountain: Meta Sudans – YouTube
- (587) Epic or Epic Failure? Review of The Odyssey by Christopher Nolan with Erica Stevenson of MoAn Inc. – YouTube
LATINITAS …
rogue classicism 
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