IN THE NEWS …

• Archaeological mission uncovers ancient residential complex and wine press at Memphis
• 1,800-Year-Old Roman Villa Mosaic Discovered in Türkiye Preserves the Names of a Cat and Dog | Arkeonews
• Israel archaeologists uncover stunning 1,300-year-old complex in Ramat Gan | Fox News
• New study suggests Roman Neuenstadt was abandoned after two generations
• Roman statues from the 2nd century A.D., including those of Emperor Hadrian and his wife Sabina, found in the ancient Greek city of Kibyra

ALSO OF INTEREST …

• Tabula Peutingeriana, the only surviving road map of the Roman Empire
• For ancient Romans, pooping was a group activity | Popular Science
• How People Actually Lived in Ancient Israel According to Archaeology | TheCollector
• Did the Ancient Greeks Hide the True Location of Troy? – GreekReporter.com
• Greek Alphabet’s Phoenician Origins Questioned After 2,500 Years – GreekReporter.com

CLASSICISTS AND NEARLY SO …

• The Yale Review | How Mary Barnard Invented the Sappho We Fell In…

RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS …

• We cannot return to Ithaca –
• Roger Ebert Said “Homer’s Estate Should Sue” Over This ‘Odyssey’ Replacement Officially Leaving Streaming

AT THE MUSEUMS …

• Lost Roman Sea-Life Mosaic Fragment Returns to Corinium Museum, UK

FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE …

• (2) Aeneid XII.113-215 – by publius vergilius maro
• Odyssey Day – Brainstorming Zoom (Sept. 3, 2026) – CANE
• (2) Whipping the sea – by Armand D’Angour
• (2) Never Far from Rome VII – by Agnes Crawford
• Weekly Varia no. 197, 08/30/26 – Noodlings
• In praise of the open digital classics ecosystem » Perseus Digital Library Updates
• Op weg naar Kalkriese – Mainzer Beobachter
• Jacques-Paul Migne – Mainzer Beobachter
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Daily Bread
• PaleoJudaica.com: How did Prof. Sidnie White Crawford change her mind?
• PaleoJudaica.com: Hendel on cultural memory
• PaleoJudaica.com: A.-J. Levine elected president of the Catholic Biblical Association
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Corpus Numericum Gemmorum Antiquorum
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Crossing Disciplines in the Study of Archaeology and Prehistoric Art: Insights from the Sahara and Mediterranean Africa: Proceedings of the XX UISPP World Congress (5–9 September 2023, Timișoara, Romania) Volume / Session 18
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Archaeology in Jordan 5: 2024–2025 (2026)

FRESH PODCASTERY…

• Episode 127: The Odyssey, the movie — and more! — The Endless Knot
• Coriolanus: ‘What is the City but the People?’ – The History Of European Theatre | Acast

STREAMING MEDIA …

• (1272) Cleopatra Thea | Seleucid Empire | Animated History Documentary – YouTube
• (1273) 3 More Tombs that Archaeologists are Still Trying to Find – YouTube
• (1273) Barbarians at the Gates: How Alaric’s Sack of Rome changed history! – YouTube
• (1273) Archaeologists excavate untouched biblical-era tel near Hod HaSharon – YouTube

BOOK REVIEWS…

• Roman Republican and Early Imperial Denarii in the Istro-Pontic Territory | Spartokos read
• Roman comedy against the subject – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
• Five thousand years of monarchy – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
• Boèce: Consolation de Philosophie – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

POSTDOCS AND EMPLOYMENT…

• Lecturer – Department of Classics / Mount Allison University | Eluta.ca