Hodie est a.d. VIII Kal. Apr. 2776 AUC ~ 4 Elaphebolion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

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• Satura Lanx – Latin language and literature for beginners: (4) Visne diaetam meam lustrare? on Apple Podcasts

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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

• Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

[Saturday] If it thunders today, it portends new business among the common people.

[Sunday] If it thunders today, it portends the arrival of foreign enslaved persons.

… adapted from the text and translation of:

Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar, in Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Erika Simon (eds.), The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press, 2006. (Kindle edition)

Hodie est a.d. IX Kal. Apr. 2776 AUC ~ 3 Elaphebolion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

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• Casting Through Ancient Greece: Interview: Odysseus Unbound with Prof. James Diggle on Apple Podcasts

In the series we have look at some elements within Greek history that have connections to traditional tales and mythology. Some big examples of these were when we looked at the Trojan War, Mycenae and the Minoans. Well once again we are looking at historical connections to what can be found within the ancient writings of Homer, this time with a focus on the Odyssey. This episode will be focused around the idea of locating the island of Ithaca that Homer describes within the Odyssey. For a long time, controversy has surrounded the actual location of Homers Ithaca, with many since ancient times questioning whether the Island we know today as Ithaki was actually the Ithaca of the Odyssey. In our modern time, one such man also questioned this idea. Robert Bittlestone with a Classics, Science and economics background, would return from the business world to his love of Classics to delve into the mystery around the home island of Odysseus. Robert would develop a working theory that would be eventually presented to an audience at Cambridge University. This is where Prof. James Diggle would become involved, seeing great merit in what Robert presented. Prof. Diggle would go on to contribute to Robert Bittlestone’s book, Odysseus Unbound. The search for Homer’s Ithaca. Unfortunately, Robert would pass away in 2015, however his legacy and work would continue on with the creation of the Odysseus Unbound foundation, with a number of professionals and academics making up its members, including Roberts son’s Simon and Mathew…

• Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold: Conversations: A Journey Aboard the Argo, the Many Myths of the Argonautika w/ Helen Lovatt on Apple Podcasts

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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

• Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
• Sortes Virgilianae (English)
• Sortes Virgilianae (Latin)
• Consult the Oracle at UCL

Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends prosperity.

… adapted from the text and translation of:

Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar, in Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Erika Simon (eds.), The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press, 2006. (Kindle edition)

Hodie est a.d. X Kal. Apr. 2776 AUC ~ 2 Elaphebolion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

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Classicists and Classics in the News

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• The Ancients: Sardinia: Mysteries of the Bronze Age on Apple Podcasts

Shrouded in mystery, the Nuragic culture was an enigmatic Bronze Age Civilisation that lived on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia. With their name deriving from the Island’s iconic fortress-like Nuraghe monument – they have not only defined Bronze Age history, but even the very land from which they originated. But why were the Nuragic so obsessed with building these fortresses, and what can we learn from them? In this episode, Tristan is joined by Fitzwilliam Museum curator, Dr Anastasia Christophilopoulou, to unravel the mysteries of ancient Sardinia. The builders of the nuraghes left no written records, but new discoveries have shed light on the civilisation and its people. So who what can we learn from the archaeology, and is it possible to find out where they went? Anastasia is the curator of the new Fitzwilliam Museum exhibit Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean.

• Killing Time with Rebecca Rideal: The Assassination of Hypatia on Apple Podcasts

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• BMCR ~ William H. Race, Menander Rhetor. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ars Rhetorica. Loeb classical library, 539. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2019.
• BMCR ~ Mattias Brand, Religion and the everyday life of Manichaeans in Kellis: beyond light and darkness. Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, 102. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2022.

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Diversions

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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

• Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
• Sortes Virgilianae (English)
• Sortes Virgilianae (Latin)
• Consult the Oracle at UCL

Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends discord.

… adapted from the text and translation of:

Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar, in Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Erika Simon (eds.), The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press, 2006. (Kindle edition)

Hodie est a.d. XI Kal. Apr. 2776 AUC ~ 1 Elaphebolion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

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• Iraq’s looted artefacts: Thousands of antiquities still on black market – Focus
• Yodfat, the Jewish Town Attacked by 60,000 Roman Soldiers – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
• Over 50 instances of artifact smuggling prevented in last 18 months: officials | Ariana News
• Hoe ontstonden handelsnetwerken in het derde millennium voor Christus? – Leiden University

In Case You Missed It

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• Byzantine-era church mosaic floor in Shoham to open to the public – JNS.org
• ‘Vibrant’ Roman mosaic discovered under supermarket construction site – CNN Style
• Roman villa and bathhouse mosaic discovered under Aldi construction site | The Independent
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• Work begins to reveal Roman mosaic under Colchester shops – BBC News

Classicists and Classics in the News

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Public Facing Classics

• The colour of sculpture | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS

Fresh Bloggery

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• Kidinnu – Mainzer Beobachter
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• Lecture Wednesday, March 29 6:30 p.m. Parisian archaeology: 170 years of discoveries | Antiquity at the BnF
• PaleoJudaica.com: The siege of Yodfat
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• Rushing Ahead To Fall Behind – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Other Blog-like Publications

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• Abandoned mosaic flooring found at Roman Pompeii | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• How to live like an Epicurean | Psyche Guides
• Cyprus’s copper deposits created one of the most important trade hubs

Assorted Twitter Threads

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• @DocCrom on Ovid, Amores 1.4.1-10

Fresh Podcasts

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• The History of Literature: 493 Catullus – The Poet of Love and Hate on Apple Podcasts

He loved and he hated. Other than that, not much is known about the life of Catullus, who scandalized the late Roman Republic with his bawdy poems, his aching love for the upper-class married woman he called “Lesbia,” and his invective against Julius Caesar and other Roman notables. In this episode, Jacke takes a look at the life and works of Catullus, whose poetry was lost for a thousand years, but which, once recovered, became highly influential among poets for its accomplished technique and urgent intimacy.

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Book Reviews

• BMCR ~ Hannah Čulík-Baird, Cicero and the early Latin poets. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022.
• BMCR ~ Aldo Schiavone, The pursuit of equality in the West. Trans. Jeremy Carden. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2022.

Online Talks and Conference-Related Thingsx

• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• Brock Cities and Sanctuaries – The Classical Association of Canada
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Alia

• Famous travelers to Türkiye: Lord Byron, an admirer of Turks | Daily Sabah
• In a Roman villa at the center of a nasty inheritance dispute, a Caravaggio masterpiece is hidden from the public
• 3,500-Year-Old Unfinished Obelisk Would Dwarf Other Egyptian Monuments, If It Were Finished | IFLScience

Diversions

• Latin Wordle – latindictionary.io
• GNT Wordle
• Verbdum – Ludus verborum cotidianus

‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

• Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
• Sortes Virgilianae (English)
• Sortes Virgilianae (Latin)
• Consult the Oracle at UCL

Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends destruction for birds but an abundance of daily necessities.

… adapted from the text and translation of:

Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar, in Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Erika Simon (eds.), The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press, 2006. (Kindle edition)

Hodie est a.d. XII Kal. Apr. 2776 AUC ~ 29 Anthesterion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

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• Colchester Roman mosaic revealed under Lion Walk shopping centre | Gazette
• Iron Age shield found with Yorkshire chariot burial and called ‘the most important British Celtic object of the millennium’ to go on display at Malton Museum | Yorkshire Post
• Iraq’s looted artefacts: Thousands of antiquities still on black market – Focus
• Egypt recovers four rare artifacts from Italy – Egypt Independent
• Only 11% of Brits believe that Greece would return the Elgin Marbles after loan, new… – LBC

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Classicists and Classics in the News

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Greek/Latin News

• Akropolis World News ~ Ῥωσία

Fresh Bloggery

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• Laudator Temporis Acti: Siblings
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• An Immortal Soul and a Pious Poet: Another Poem by Julia Balbilla – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Babylonische astronomie – Mainzer Beobachter
• Unwrapping the Past – Pompeian Connections
• PaleoJudaica.com: Roman-era mosaic (re-)uncovered in Shoham
• PaleoJudaica.com: Lessons from the fake Darius ostracon

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• Trevor Fear | Classical Studies

Other Blog-like Publications

• Two virtual visits to ancient Egyptian sites invite us to explore the palace
• The Secret of Roman Concrete – Biblical Archaeology Society
• New rooms and mosaics discovered in Pompeii in via dell’Abbondanza under the ancient baths and shops – Stile Arte
• A Roman settlement discovered in Friuli Venezia Giulia during excavations for the methane network – Stile Arte
• 21(?) March 44 BCE: To Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus (at Rome) from Decimus Junius Brutus (at Rome)
• New discoveries at the Matriya Sun Temple | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Byzantine mosaic excavated in Israel | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• 1,000+ Objects at The Met Linked to Antiquities Smugglers

Fresh Podcasts

• Aspects of History: Demetrius & the Successors of Alexander the Great with James Romm on Apple Podcasts

This week’s guest is James Romm, author of Demetrius: Sacker of Cities. James is an Ancient Historian and an expert in the period after the death of Alexander, when 5 families fought for control of his empire. Demetrius was one of them, and was a hugely attractive figure. Oliver and James chat about whether Alexander was murdered, Pyrrhus of Epirus and what would the ancient world would have looked like had Alexander had survived. We’d all be speaking Greek, no doubt.

• Ad Navseam: With Pallas toward None: Aeneid XI, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 115) on Apple Podcasts

Remember way back when the Trojans were “eating their tables”? Well, in Book 11 their tables seem to be turning. Seems like just yesterday Aeneas was raging as Rambo and Turnus was carrying himself with Hector-like respectability. Sed ecce!—Aeneas is handing out truces like sticks of Big Red and actually validating hurt Latin feelings, while Turnus’ allies are turning against him and blaming him for the whole mess. Even old Diomedes is once bitten, twice shy, telling the Latins there is no way he’s tangling with Venus or her son ever again. So that’s it? It’s over? Not quite—Turnus has a couple of aces up his sleeve, including a spear-swift, water-walking, grain-skipping warrior maiden who is juuuuuust over the horizon.

• Peopling the Past: (Not so) Risky Business: the Potential Perils of Childbirth in ancient Rome with Anna Bonnell Freidin on Apple Podcasts

In today’s episode, Dr. Anna Bonnell Freidin joins Melissa and Chelsea to talk about risk, pregnancy, and childbirth in the ancient Roman empire. Listen in as we discuss the definitions of risk in various contexts, how women’s lives were affected by risks associated with pregnancy, childbearing, and delivery, and how the concept of communities of care might link us to people who lived long ago. This episode discusses infant and maternal death, so might not be appropriate for our youngest listeners.

• Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold: So Much More Than Just Achilles’ Mother, the Strong-Willed Saviour Thetis on Apple Podcasts

She may have been mother to one of the most famous heroes, but Thetis did and meant so much more.

Fresh Youtubery

• Jeremy Swist_Julian & Roman Identity (Liverpool ACE Works in Progress Seminar, 8 March 2023) – YouTube | Jeremy Swist
• XXIX Colloquio AISCOM – Venerdì Mattina – YouTube | Parco Archeologico di Ostia Antica
• RePAIR, Reconstructing the Past: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics meet Cultural Heritage – YouTube | Pompeii
• What happened to the surrounded Roman army at Tifernum? – YouTube | History Marche

Book Reviews

• BMCR ~ Emilia Oddo, Konstantinos Chalikias, South by southeast: the history and archaeology of southeast Crete from Myrtos to Kato Zakros. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2022.
• BMCR ~ Sitta von Reden, Handbook of ancient Afro-Eurasian economies. Volume 2: local, regional, and imperial economies. Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2021.

Exhibition Related Things

• Have we got Ancient Egypt’s mummies all wrong? – BBC Culture

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• 2023 Summer School: “Seafarers in Ancient Greece
• Book 10 of Pliny the Younger’s Epistles: An Edited Account of Governance Tickets, Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite
• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• 7 Early Imaginings of Artificial Intelligence – HISTORY
• The Ancient Indian Buddhist Monk Buried in Athens
• The impressive portable, ancient sundial in Philippi Museum
• 5 ways the Persian Empire made the modern world – Big Think
• Meet the woman who helped save Egypt’s temples from certain doom | National Geographic

Diversions

• Latin Wordle – latindictionary.io
• GNT Wordle
• Verbdum – Ludus verborum cotidianus

‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

• Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
• Sortes Virgilianae (English)
• Sortes Virgilianae (Latin)
• Consult the Oracle at UCL

Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends prosperity after wars and destructive hot weather.

… adapted from the text and translation of:

Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar, in Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Erika Simon (eds.), The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press, 2006. (Kindle edition)