IN THE NEWS …

• 1,600-year-old Roman law book fragment reveals how taxes and public duties worked | Archaeology News Online Magazine
• Mystery statue unearthed at Sardis archaeological dig
• Submerged Etruscan Harbor off Rome May Be the Earliest Known Port Linked to a Temple | Arkeonews
• Replica of ancient Aphrodite bust unveiled in Paralimni-Dherynia | Cyprus Mail
• Roman stones said to be Wales’ earliest portraits displayed for first time
• Ancient theatre site in Türkiye reveals evidence of Anatolia’s earliest known plague – TRT World
• A 2,500-year-old animal bone found in Sicily reveals how ancient people wrote on clay | – The Times of India
• This 3,000-Year-Old Pottery May Have Been One of History’s First Brands | Discover Magazine
• At Least 50 Men in This Roman Mass Grave Were Hit in the Same Sensitive Spot
• Ancient Roman firehouse may have been found near Rome’s famed Colosseum | Fox News
• Police probe arson attack on ancient Roman shrine in Chester | Cheshire Live

ALSO OF INTEREST …

• Were Ancient Greeks Smarter Than Us? – GreekReporter.com
• Why Reading Egyptian Hieroglyphics Is Easier Than You Think | Open Culture
• Why you should study the classics but not kill anyone: Lessons from Donna Tartt’s fiction – America Magazine

CLASSICISTS AND NEARLY SO …

• Odyssey film highly recommended by retired classics professor – Salt Spring Island news
• A Distinguished Voice in Ancient History Comes to The Straus Center
• ‘The Odyssey’ Offers Fresh Look at Artistic Choices, Evolving Nature of Myth, CSUN Prof Says – CSUN Newsroom

RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS …

• Was Homer from Türkiye? Ancient evidence revives debate

FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE …

• (2) Aeneid XI.498-596 – by publius vergilius maro
• The Sibylline Books: Rome’s Forbidden Oracle | Veiled Antiquity
• Cicero – The Historian’s Hut
• Can you, must you for your own safety, keep a slave if you are an ascetic and renounce all your possessions?
• Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey—A Historian’s Comparative Review – The Historian’s Hut
• Another documentary on Pompeii?
• Writing Wednesday: More on Fragments | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• Rumours | Sphinx
• (2) Trying to learn Sanskrit pt. 2 – by Owen Rees
• (Reclame) – Mainzer Beobachter
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Nothing to Look Forward To
• PaleoJudaica.com: Dusek, Old Aramaic Inscriptions and their Contexts (Peeters)
• PaleoJudaica.com: What were Luke’s sources for his account of Paul?
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Inschriften in Wohnhäusern 2: Türkei und Zypern

FRESH PODCASTERY…

• Aeschylus’ Agamemnon – Ancient History 101 | Acast
• The Landlord of Judaea – Vespa… – Life Of Caesar – Apple Podcasts
• Greek Myths: The Poseidon Adve… – Myths and Legends – Apple Podcasts
• More Nods than Gods: Nolan’s Odyssey, Boo! (Ad Navseam, Episode 226) | Ad Navseam
• How the ancient Greek ‘pop star’ Sappho influenced modern culture on Access Utah | Utah Public Radio

STREAMING MEDIA …

• (1158) Were the Sea Peoples Actually Greek? Did Greeks Destroy the Bronze Age? – YouTube
• (1159) Drought exposes remains of ancient Roman bridge in the Tiber river in Rome – YouTube

BOOK REVIEWS…

• Pseudo-Seneca: Hercules on Oeta – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
• Honour in Aristotle’s Ethics – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

POSTDOCS AND EMPLOYMENT…

• Fully-funded PhD fellowship in Roman Sculpture | Job ad | Jobindex