IN THE NEWS …
- Latest Empedocles discovery sheds light on Lucretius
- All Lions Belonged to the Emperor — And Rome Had the Paperwork to Prove It
- Excavations shed light on Roman-era Sebastapolis in Türkiye | Daily Sabah
- Ancient city founded by Hadrian revealed in Türkiye excavations | Daily Sabah
- Could Göbekli Tepe’s ‘Handbag’ Symbols Be the World’s Oldest Architectural Drawings? | Arkeonews
- Stunning Roman-era mosaic discovered in Turkey features ‘Emerald’ the cat and ‘Ocean’ the dog | Live Science
- Ancient harbors were far larger than their surviving walls suggest | Archaeology News Online Magazine
- Underwater and Coastal Archaeology Campaign at the Roman Port of San | inItaly | Ambasciatori del Territorio – inItaly
- At least 120 Roman-era inscriptions, name of local goddess inside Spanish cave | The Jerusalem Post
- Guldhøj folding chair: The only completely preserved chair from Bronze Age Europe | Live Science
- Completion of the 2026 fieldwork at Erimi–Laonin tou Porakou
- Study Challenges the 2,000-Year-Old Achilles Heel Myth
- Parthenon Marbles: The Letter That Exposes Andy Burnham — “Who Is He Afraid Of?” – tovima.com
- Intact Mycenaean Tomb Unearthed in Greece Reveals Rare Ancient Treasures – Greek City Times
- Ancient Etruscan tombs were designed to shape how mourners saw, heard and felt | Archaeology News Online Magazine
- Rare 2,000-year-old Iberian sculpture head found reused in Roman building at Libisosa | Archaeology News Online Magazine
- Archaeologists continue excavations at ancient city of Ratiaria near Archar – Radio Bulgaria in English
ALSO OF INTEREST …
- Were the Greek Gods Actually Minoan? – Biblical Archaeology Society
- The Stunning Ancient Greek Treasures of the Pontus Kingdom – GreekReporter.com
- Why Did Medieval Chroniclers Copy Other Histories? – Medievalists.net
CLASSICISTS AND NEARLY SO …
- Author Emily Wilson on how she brings Homer’s ancient poems back to life : NPR
- P. E. Easterling, pioneering expert in Greek tragedy who opened Classics up to the public – obituary
- Mary Beard: ‘Slavery, misogyny … the ancient world has got some pretty nasty stuff’ | RNZ
RECEPTIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS …
- What ‘The Odyssey’ Can Teach China and U.S. – Li Zheng – CHINA US Focus
- The Biggest Things The Odyssey Leaves Out: 4 Nolan Should’ve Kept & 4 He Was Right To Cut
ANCIENT DRAMA …
- Songs of the Goat’s ‘Eurydice’ turns ancient myth into poetry – DC Theater Arts
- Mosaic Dance Theatre Company Premieres Cassandra: An Ongoing Tragedy in October
AT THE MUSEUMS …
FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE …
- (2) Aeneid XII.843-952 – by publius vergilius maro
- Translations at Luke J. Stevens
- (2) 5 September 57 BCE: post reditum in Senatu – by Tate
- (2) Early September 57 BCE: post reditum ad Populum – by Tate
- Weekly Varia no. 198, 09/04 – Noodlings
- (2) “Where Can a Man Run?” – by Elizabeth Bobrick
- Zes vragen aan Renske Janssen – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Inequality
- PaleoJudaica.com: Tenney, Administrative Reality and Scribal Apparatus in the Middle Babylonian Period … (Brill)
- PaleoJudaica.com: How did Prof. David M. Carr change his mind?
- PaleoJudaica.com: Jonah – the inner-biblical anti-prophet?
- PaleoJudaica.com: Raithel, “Auge um Auge…” (“An Eye for an Eye…” (Brill)
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Epigrafia ostiense dopo il CIL. 2000 iscrizioni funerarie: Nuova edizione ampliata, riveduta e corretta nel testo e negli indici
FRESH PODCASTERY…
STREAMING MEDIA …
- (1455) The Rare Jewish Shekels of 66–70 CE | Roman-Jewish War Coinage – YouTube
- (1456) The War of Queens | Seleucid Empire | Animated History Doucmentary – YouTube
- (1456) There’s a Rosetta Stone in Iran – The Story of the Behistun Inscription – YouTube
- (1456) The Julio-Claudians: A Dynastic Soap Opera – YouTube
- (1456) The ancient Greeks believed the Cyclops built these walls – YouTube
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