Hodie est a.d. VI Id. Iun. 2776 AUC ~ 20 Thargelion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Ancient Israeli coins recovered from Jerusalem archaeology thief – The Jerusalem Post
• Looted rare coin from last Hasmonean king seized in raid on suspected thief | The Times of Israel
• Greek island temple complex reveals ‘countless’ offerings left by ancient worshippers – ABC News
• Greek island temple complex reveals ‘countless’ offerings left by ancient worshippers | eKathimerini.com
• Traces of Chalcolithic settlements discovered in northwest Iran – Tehran Times

In Case You Missed It

• British Archaeologists Uncover More Than 50 Pairs of Tweezers at an Ancient Site, Reflecting the Romans’ Obsession With Hairlessness
• King Tut’s likeness revealed in vivid new facial approximation of ancient Egyptian pharaoh | Live Science
• Massive structures discovered under 3,000-year-old garrison – Türkiye News
• Liquid gypsum’ burial from Roman Britain scanned in 3D, revealing 1,700-year-old secrets | Live Science

Classicists and Classics in the News

• ‘Antiquity is for everyone, everywhere, all the time’ – McGill Reporter

Greek/Latin News

• Ephemeris ~ VENEFICIUM AFGHANUM Discipulae venenatae sunt 
• Akropolis World News ~ Οὐκραίνα

Public Facing Classics

• The lost art of persuasion | The Spectator Australia

Fresh Bloggery

• A Country and a Galaxy Far, Far Away | The Second Achilles
• Midianites and Moabites / Arabians: Josephos and Philo on intermixing and the dangers of acculturation (first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Panchaians: Euhemeros and Diodoros on a noble people worshipping Zeus on a utopian island (fourth / first century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Studying Polis on Cyprus | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• Laudator Temporis Acti: A Man of Modest Means
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Suos Cuique Mos
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Between Roman Culture and Local Tradition: Roman Provincial Coinage of Bithynia and Pontus during the Reign of Trajan (98-117 AD)
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Containers of Change: Ancient Container Technologies from Eastern to Western Asia
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Transmission of Mark’s Endings in Different Traditions and Languages: Papers presented at the International Workshop, Lausanne, 2–3 June 2022
• Automatic Lover | Sphinx
• How Did Ancient Greek Women Make Themselves Look Seductive? – Tales of Times Forgotten
• Italië in de tweede eeuw v.Chr. – Mainzer Beobachter
• London Theatre: Medea and Phaedra | Classically Inclined
• PaleoJudaica.com: The Phoenician Rosetta Stones are reunited
• PaleoJudaica.com: More on Tunisian coinage
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Gods
• Ancient World Magazine lives! – We’re back, sort of – it’s complicated – Ancient World Magazine
• Rich People Need the Poor – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• Archive und Datenbanken – Propylaeum-VITAE in der Lehre – crossing borders – building contacts
• Meet the Chipped Stones Team – Tepe Telegrams
• SIAC NEWSLETTER – 217 (05/2023)  | Tulliana News

Other Blog-like Publications

• Ancient Egyptian cult drank a trippy mix of drugs, human blood, and bodily fluids – Arkeonews
• Why Did Icarus Fly Too Close to the Sun?
• On Homecomings – Future of Our Past with Sarah Parcak
• Aeneid I.613-722 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
• June 8 | Fastorum Liber Sextus: Iunius – by M.
• Teramo. New discoveries of Interamnia Praetuttiorum. – Archeology online – Archeomedia
• Pasts Imperfect (6.8.23)
• 8 June 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Antium?)

Fresh Podcasts

• The Ancients: Ravenna and the Fall of Rome on Apple Podcasts

The fall of the Western Roman Empire stands as one of the most monumental moments in ancient history, symbolising the end of centuries of Roman dominance in the Mediterranean. However, amidst the crumbling of Rome, the city of Ravenna emerged as a prominent center, eventually surpassing Milan as the new capital. This begs the question: how did Ravenna attain such significance, and what insights can we glean from the art and architecture that remain there today, particularly from the 5th and 6th centuries? In this episode, Tristan invites Professor Judith Herrin on to the podcast, to delve into the rise and fall of Ravenna’s prominence. Together, they explore its intricate connections with the Western Roman Empire, its interactions with notable entities like the Goths, and the awe-inspiring Christian architecture that adorned its landscape. What can we learn from uncovering the secrets of Ravenna, why did it hold such immense importance?

• Ancient History Fangirl: RE-RELEASE: Cleopatra x Marc Antony: Lovers in a Dangerous Time (Part 3) on Apple Podcasts

After four years of marriage with Octavia, Marc Antony followed Cleopatra to Alexandria—and settled into life there. He oversaw festivals and athletic contests, cheered Cleopatra on as she ruled Egypt, and showered her and their children with honors and territories. For all intents and purposes, he was the consort of Egypt’s beloved Pharaoh, the father of her children—and he was home. But the propaganda war between Antony and Octavian was building to a fever pitch in Rome, even as the Parthians loomed threateningly in the distance. Soon Antony would be called to war—and face the biggest battlefield test of his career.

• Tides of History: The Urbanization of Archaic Rome: Interview with Dr. Francesca Fulminante on Apple Podcasts

How and why did so many people come to Rome in the Archaic Period, and how did it become a city? Dr. Francesca Fulminante is an expert on the archaeology of ancient Italy, particularly the process of urbanization that turned small villages into some of the great cities of the ancient world. Rome was both unique and a part of these larger processes that took place not just near the Eternal City, but also in nearby Latium and Etruria.

Fresh Youtubery

• Feeding a Greek Hoplite – Ancient Rations – YouTube | Tasting History with Max Miller
• Moan Inc.
  • Cassandra’s myth is just  #greekmythology #ancientgreece #shorts #greekgods #apollo – YouTube
  • The Last Days of Troy by Simon Armitage deserves more praise. #shorts #greekmythology #trojanwar – YouTube
  • The Greek Mythology Infused Murder Mystery You NEED To Read! (The Maidens Book Review) – YouTube
• Pride/Represent #etymology – YouTube | Allisterative
• Visualizing the Pyramids: Old Digs, New Technologies | Peter Der Manuelian, Harvard – YouTube | Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
• What is Stone Blind All About | Natalie Haynes – YouTube

Book Reviews

• Roman Provincial Coinage of Bithynia and Pontus during the Reign of Trajan (98-117 AD) | Spartokos a lu
• BMCR ~ Paul-Augustin Deproost, In melius: études sur la poésie latine chrétienne. Collection des études augustiniennes. Série Antiquité, 211. Paris: Institut d’Études Augustiniennes, 2022.
• BMCR ~ Jon D. Mikalson, The essential Isocrates. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2022.

Exhibition Related Things

• Who Reigned Supreme, Persia or Greece? Judge for Yourself From These 5 Ancient Symbols of Luxury and Power, Now on View at the British Museum

Dramatic Receptions

• Aristophanes brings the clouds to Nicosia | Cyprus Mail

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

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

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• Epigraphic Summerschool 2023 – SAXA LOQVVNTVR – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy
• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• Will We Ever Find Cleopatra’s Tomb? | Discover Magazine
• How Alexander the Great Prepared for Battle Against the Persians
• One of the finest advocates in history | Maryland Daily Record
• Unearthing Italy’s Forgotten Archaeological Sites
• The Enduring Legacy of Ancient Greek Fashion and Clothing

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 wet weather and destruction of grain.

… 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. VII Id. Iun. 2776 AUC ~ 19 Thargelion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• The Lead Tablets Of The Dodona Oracle Added To UNESCO “Memory Of The World” Register
• Germany returns artefacts—including a Venetian jewellery box stolen in 2006—to Italy
• Unique cultural heritage sites destroyed by Kakhovka flooding
• Kurgan stela discovered 3 years ago to be displayed in Türkiye’s Erzurum Museum | Daily Sabah
• Roman artefacts found at Alston Moor to be analysed – Cumberland and Westmorland Herald

In Case You Missed It

• An Israeli Anti-Theft Squad Inadvertently Stumbled on a 1,850-Year-Old Burial Cave at a Construction Site
• New Excavations at Egypt’s Saqqara Necropolis Have Unearthed Mummification Workshops, Including One for Pets
• Archaeologists Discover Greek Full-colour Portraits Of Egyptian Mummies In Ancient Philadelphia
• Excavations at an Ancient Roman Fort in Spain Have Turned Up a 2,000-Year-Old Rock Carved With a Human Face and Phallus
• Sealed 2,000-year-old vial of Roman perfume opened by researchers | Evening Standard
• A ‘Good Percentage’ of Ancient Artifacts Recently Repatriated to Italy Are Fakes, According to an Antiquities Expert
• Egypt bans Dutch curators accused of ‘falsifying history’ over portrayal of black celebrities | Daily Mail Online
• What Did the Ancient Romans Smell Like? | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
• Germany Returns 14 Artifacts To Italy, Some Items Stolen from Museums – ARTnews.com

Public Facing Classics

• Where do paintings end up? | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS
• Sportsmen in ancient Greece and Rome were celebrities who won grand prizes, toured and even unionised
• The dangerous hero: the disturbing parallels between ancient Greek myth and current US politics – Neos Kosmos

Fresh Bloggery

• Laudator Temporis Acti: Cantaber
• What Hephaestus Really Wanted from Thetis – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: ›satura‹ – Monströses Schreiben in Antike und Aufklärung: Lucilius, Varro, Horaz, Petron, Martianus Capella, Hamann, Jean Paul
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Damascius’ Philosophy of Time
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Theorie und Systematik materialer Textkulturen: Abschlussband des SFB 933
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Bravado
• June AD 123 – Hadrian returns to the East and inspects the frontiers of northern Syria and Cappadocia (#Hadrian1900) FOLLOWING HADRIAN
• Pons van Tripoli – Mainzer Beobachter
• Review: THE CASSANDRA COMPLEX by Holly Smale – Classical Studies Support
• PaleoJudaica.com: New witnesses to Origen’s text of the Psalms
• PaleoJudaica.com: What did the Talmudic rabbis actually say about the Bible?
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Negative Research
• Martial on His Summer Sleep Schedule – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Other Blog-like Publications

• 3D scans shed new light on mysterious Roman burial practice
• 4,300-year-old copper ingots discovered in Oman
• 3D Scans reveal details of ‘unusual’ Roman burial ritual – Arkeonews
• Rare textiles and dwellings discovered in the submerged Neolithic settlement near Rome – Arkeonews
• Rare textiles, basketry and cordage discovered at submerged Neolithic settlement | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Aeneid I.613-722 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
• June 7 | Fastorum Liber Sextus: Iunius – by M.

Fresh Podcasts

• This Week in the Ancient Near East: What Pairs Well with Extreme Desert Conditions? or New Evidence for Wine in the Late Antique Negev on Apple Podcasts

The discovery of grapes pips at Late Antique Avdat in the northern Negev has us asking questions, like who makes wine in the desert anyway, and how do you get the wine from the desert to the people? Is this a story of wine fancying monks or Breaking Bad style middlemen? Pour a glass and settle in with our contestants!

• Ad Navseam: The Riddle of the Labyrinth: A Conversation with Margolit Fox (Ad Navseam, Episode 122) on Apple Podcasts

This week we sit down for a fascinating, lively discussion with author Margalit Fox about her 2013 book, The Riddle of the Labyrinth: the Quest to Crack an Ancient Code.  The story centers around the race to decipher the mysterious “Linear B” script. The first large supply of this script was uncovered on clay tablets on Crete by archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans in 1900, but remained a puzzle for years after Evans failed to crack it.  Young genius (and amateur scholar) Michael Ventris has long been famous for finally getting the job done in 1952, but is that all there is to the story?  Ms. Fox introduces us to classicist Alice Kober of Brooklyn College as the woman who dedicated her life to solving the mystery and is truly the unsung heroine in the narrative.  Tune in and hear how Kober’s painstaking, deliberative work paired with Ventris’ own extraordinary skills finally solved one of the great archaeological mysteries of our time.

Fresh Youtubery

• Res Difficile Conference
  • Res Diff 4: Lylaah Bhalerao, “Black Carthage” – YouTube
  • Res Diff 4 Keynote: Jackie Murray, “Race, Slavery, and Tyranny in Plato’s Republic” – YouTube
  • Res Diff 4: Javal Coleman, “Comparative Slaveries in Ancient and Modern Contexts” – YouTube
  • Res Diff 4: Farnoosh Shamsian and Gregory Crane, “Re-reading Plato In Persian” – YouTube
  • Res Diff 4: Jermaine Bryant, “Beyond Reception” – YouTube
  • Res Diff 4: Ashley Lance, “Rez Diff: Indigenous Philosophies and Ancient Thought” – YouTube
  • Res Diff 4: Tara Wells, “The Dangers of Reception” – YouTube
  • Res Diff 4: Tori Lee, “Networking in the Margins: Towards a Future for Affinity Groups in Classics.” – YouTube
  • Res Diff 4: Suzanne Lye, “Can We Please Get Back to Research?: Creating Space Through Service” – YouTube
• Legend of Zelda IN ANCIENT GREEK – YouTube | Ancient Literature Dude
• Rome’s newest excavations and archaeological discoveries! – YouTube | Ancient Rome Live
• Marshland of Cities: Lagash and its Neighbors ca. 2500 BCE – YouTube | Penn Museum
• TROY by Stephen Fry review  #shorts #greekmythology #trojanwar #ancienthistory #ancientgreece – YouTube | Moan Inc
• Why did Susan Stokes-Chapman call the magpie in PANDORA Hermes? #shorts # #greekmythology #greekgod – YouTube | Moan Inc.
• Spotlight Lecture: Deir el Medina community and the elite Theban Necropolis during the 18th dynasty – YouTube | Egypt Exploration Society

Book Reviews

• BMCR ~ Lauren Curtis, Naomi Weiss, Music and memory in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021.
• BMCR ~ Nicole Belayche, Anne-Valérie Pont, Participations civiques des juifs et des chrétiens dans l’Orient romain (Ier-IVe siècles). Hautes Etudes du monde gréco-romain, 62. Geneva: Librairie Droz, 2022.

Dramatic Receptions

• ‘Big Love’ nightly shows capture audiences with death, justice and love | Arts & Entertainment | telluridenews.com

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• 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

• The Fascinating 3,000-Year-Old Story of Greece’s Presence in Britain
• Cleopatra’s Ancient Pools: The Thermal Springs Built for the Queen
• How Do We Know Where Troy Really Was?
• Meet the Anemoi, the Greek Gods of Weather

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 an outbreak of disease, but not many will perish from it. Meanwhile, grains will be plentiful but soft fruits will dry up.

… 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. VIII Id. Iun. 2776 AUC ~ 18 Thargelion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Ancient Town Unearthed in Northern Greece
• Tutankhamun’s Face Revealed in Stunning Detail in New 3D Reconstruction
• Teatro Antico di Taormina, svelata l’iscrizione di Paternus: e c’è una data che cambia la storia del monumento – La Sicilia
• Leiden museum barred from Egypt excavations after Kemet exhibition | NL Times
• An Ancient Egyptian Mural Offers an Exquisitely Detailed View of Several Bird Species – The New York Times
• 60 Roman coins from illicit excavation found in the house of a deceased man: returned to the museum

In Case You Missed It

• Ancient Roman garrison unearthed at Zerzevan Castle in Türkiye | Daily Sabah
• 3D scans shed new light on mysterious Roman burial practice
• Italy Displays 750 Artifacts Recovered from Art Dealer Robin Symes Worth $12.9M – ARTnews.com
• ‘Easily recognisable fakes’ among artefacts repatriated to Italy from the US
• The Met in New York takes on the cultural property debate | Culture | EL PAÍS English
• What Perfume Did Ancient Romans Wear? A Crystal Jar Recently Discovered in a Mausoleum Holds the Aromatic Answer

Greek/Latin News

• Ephemeris ~ DE RE INDICA Nova ab Oriente
• Ephemeris ~ VENEFICIUM AFGHANUM Discipulae venenatae sunt 

Fresh Bloggery

• Egyptians: Josephos on the envy of an inferior people (last-first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Bad Pennies
• Publication: Archäologisches Forschungsdatenmanagement in der Praxis – Entangled Africa
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Investigating Color in Roman Egypt
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Digital Classicist London 2023
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Looted Symes Objects Returned to Italy
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: LUX: Yale Collections Discovery
• Days of Rain and Missing Pigs – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Some Notes on Isthmia during the Byzantine “Dark Ages” | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• Roman perfume identified as patchouli – The History Blog
• PaleoJudaica.com: Looted Legio X bricks recovered
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: You Don’t Say.
• Perfection and the Unhappiest Minds – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• PaleoJudaica.com: Codex Sassoon meets its buyer for 1st time

Other Blog-like Publications

• Examining societal resilience in the transition from the Bronze to Iron Age
• Police seize dozens of clay pavement bricks with imprints of the Legio X Equestris | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• How the Romans Commemorated Their Conquests
• Pirates or Traders? When The Etruscans Ruled the Seas
• Underwater Archaeologists conduct restoration works of submerged Roman mosaic | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Tunisian Coinage Part 2 – Numismatic News
• Aeneid I.520-613 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
• June 6 | Fastorum Liber Sextus: Iunius – by M.
• 6 June 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Tusculum?)

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Seneca, Medea 26-36
• @DocCrom on the Altar of Augustan Providence on coins of Tiberius

Fresh Podcasts

• ANTIQUITAS: How to Win a War? Ask Thucydides on Apple Podcasts

The great ancient Greek historian and theorist still has a lot to teach us about war, strategy, and democracy. “The future is likely to resemble the past,” Thucydides wrote, claiming that “my work is a possession for all time.” Was he right? Join me, and you can decide.

• Live from Mount Olympus: Atalanta 8: “A hero’s reward!” on Apple Podcasts

Several suitors have been foolish enough to compete for Atalanta’s hand, and all have lost their races – and their lives.  If even princes can’t compete with her, how can a poet somehow find a way to win the race and capture the heart of the princess of Arcadia?

• Ancient History Fangirl: RE-RELEASE: Cleopatra x Marc Antony: Lovers in a Dangerous Time (Part 2) on Apple Podcasts

When Cleopatra and Marc Antony met by the River Tarsus, Antony was smitten. And when Cleopatra went back to Alexandria, he forgot about invading Parthia and followed her home. The two then spent a magical few months in Alexandria, where they threw each other lavish banquets, made bets and compacts, played ridiculous practical jokes on each other and the public–and fell in love. But nothing good can ever stay. The real world came knocking, and soon Marc Antony was forced to choose between his heart in Alexandria and his future in Rome.

• Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold: Plato Says Being Gay is Absolutely Divine… The Symposium (Part 1) on Apple Podcasts

Not only does Plato’s Symposium hype up love between men as quite literally godlike, but it also provides us with the absolutely wild idea of Aristophanean soulmates…

Fresh Youtubery

• Moan Inc.
  • Aeneas is a FASCINATING character in The Iliad! #greekmythology #ancientgreece #shorts #livalbert – YouTube
  • #CSMFHT #greekmythology #ancientgreece #ancienthistory #shorts #memes – YouTube
  • Flora’s talent is limitless  #greekmythology #art #illustration #shorts #flarohillustrations – YouTube
  • Vijay Hare’s best advice  #writing #writingtips #author #shorts – YouTube
  • HEROES by Stephen Fry is masterful #greekmythology #ancientgreece #shorts #bookreview #greekmyths – YouTube
  • My Classics Journey & Why I Started Moan Inc. – YouTube
• Architecture and poetry: the ‘Casa dei Crescenzi’ and its inscriptions | Fabio Barry – YouTube | British School at Rome
• Stolen artefacts returned to Italy from UK on display – YouTube | AP
• How Did Recruits Join the Roman Army? #shorts – YouTube | Invicta
• The Year of the Four Emperors Explained – YouTube | World History Encyclopedia

Book Reviews

• BMCR ~ Catherine Grandjean, The “Koina” of southern Greece: historical and numismatic studies in ancient Greek federalism. Numismatica antiqua, 12. Bordeaux: Éditions Ausonius, 2021.
• BMCR ~ N. Bryant Kirkland, Herodotus and imperial Greek literature: criticism, imitation, reception. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2022.

Dramatic Receptions

• ‘Lysistrata’ opens at The Weekend Theater on Friday – Arkansas Times

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• International Spartan Studies Forum
• Plato’s Epic Entanglements Tickets, Durham | Eventbrite
• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023
• Research Assistant Professor, Chinese Classics and Chinese Cultural Education job with THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG | 342304
• Lecturer in Roman Archaeology in Leicester – University of Leicester
• Sessional posting Brock 2023-2024 – The Classical Association of Canada
• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• Villa Armira was built by a Thracian noble – Bulgaria Travel News

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 that just as the crops are maturing, some internal parasite will destroy them.

… 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 Non. Iun. 2776 AUC ~ 17 Thargelion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Google Maps for the ancient world! Interactive map reveals travel times in Ancient Rome | Daily Mail Online
• Türkiye unveils state-of-art archaeological ship for underwater excavations | Daily Sabah
• ‘Easily recognisable fakes’ among artefacts repatriated to Italy from the US
• Ancient Roman garrison unearthed at Zerzevan Castle in Türkiye | Daily Sabah

In Case You Missed It

• Scientists find vial of Roman perfume in Spain preserved for 2,000 years smells like hippies | Daily Mail Online

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Nice to teach you: Brucie can help boost children’s speech, says classics professor | Education | The Guardian

Greek/Latin News

• Akropolis World News ~ ΗΑΠ
• Ephemeris ~ DE RE INDICA Nova ab Oriente

Public Facing Classics

• Recovering the Story of the Empress Messalina After a Roman Cancellation | History News Network

Fresh Bloggery

• Judean wisdom: Josephos on Solomon as the ultimate wise man and healer (late-first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• People on an idyllic island in the Atlantic off Libya: Diodoros on their natural resources and on Carthaginian colonization plans (mid-first century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Trojans, Teukrians, and Dardanians: Diodoros on their origins (mid-first century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Taurians and Kolchians: Diodoros on the origins of human sacrifice in the Black Sea area (mid-first century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Sikanians, Sicilians, Sardinians and Iolaeians: Diodoros on ancient migrations and local customs (mid-first century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Baliaridians and other barbarian peoples off Iberia: Diodoros on their paradoxical customs (mid-first century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Amalekites: Josephos and Philo on a prototypical arch-enemy people (first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Judean wisdom: Josephos’ self-presentation as the optimum wise Judean (late-first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• PaleoJudaica.com: More on the renovation of Carthage
• PaleoJudaica.com: Early coinage of Tunisa
• Redbubble 20% off sale! | Greek Myth Comix
• Go Ahead, Sue Me (and Posidonius too!) – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Thieves
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Aristotle Beyond the Academy
• De arrestatie van Jezus – Mainzer Beobachter
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Source of a Conjecture
• Laudator Temporis Acti: The Truth Is Unpleasant
• Philosophers Love the Rise and Grind – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• The First Lines of the Odyssey – The Philological Crocodile
• PaleoJudaica.com: Barber, The Historical Jesus and the Temple (CUP)
• Frying Fish and Accepting People as they Are – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Bean Archive
• Largest Roman domus in northern Italy reopens to public – The History Blog
• Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence – Mainzer Beobachter
• PaleoJudaica.com: Philistine craft beer and Canaanite wine
• PaleoJudaica.com: New Avenues in Biblical Exegesis in Light of the Septuagint (Brepols)
• Living Badly, The Way our Neighbors Do – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• The Line of Augustus « The Classical Association in Northern Ireland

Other Blog-like Publications

• What Can We Learn from Seneca Today? – Antigone
• Did a Mass of Israelite Refugees Flee to Ancient Jerusalem? The Development of an Idea
• Gaius Appuleius Diocles: The Highest Paid Athlete In History – History of Yesterday
• Top 10 Battles of Alexander the Great
• Aeneid I.305-409 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
• Aeneid I.410-519 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
• June 4 | Fastorum Liber Sextus: Iunius – by M.
• June 5 | Fastorum Liber Sextus: Iunius – by M.
• The Decline and Fall of Latin in New Zealand

Fresh Podcasts

• The Ancients: Boudica’s Battle of Britain on Apple Podcasts

The Celtic queen who led a major uprising against the Roman Empire in ancient Britain, Boudica, is a name known throughout history. Her rebellion, fuelled by grievances against Roman oppression and with the aim of protecting her people, resulted in the destruction of numerous Roman settlements, the ashes of which can still be seen in the archaeological layers today. So, beyond the ashes of the cities she burned, what else does the archaeology tell us about this triumphant queen? In today’s episode, Tristan welcomes archaeologist Duncan Mackay to the podcast to delve into this devastating moment in Roman history. By examining the archaeological evidence, the political landscape of ancient Britain, and studying Tacitus’ works, what can we learn about this Celtic Queen and how she earned her place in the annals of history?

Fresh Youtubery

• Archaeology News: May 2023 – YouTube | Rachelamun
• Hello IN LATIN (Adele cover) – “salve” – YouTube | NagoridionBriton
• Moan, Inc.
  • Et Tu, Brute? BARRY STRAUSS Shares The Mind Blowing Details of Julius Caesar’s Assassination – YouTube
  • Plato’s Symposium be like that  #shorts #greekmythology #ancientgreece #philosophy – YouTube
  • Nina MacLaughlin put it PERFECTLY  #greekmythology #ancientgreece #shorts #retelling #myths – YouTube
  • Argo by Mark Knowles  #jason #greekmythology #shorts #bookreview #ancientgreece – YouTube
  • An underrated book series  #jason #greekmythology #ancientgreece #shorts #bookreview – YouTube
  • Niche topics are my absolute favourite  #ancientgreece #ancienthistory #shorts #jeansthoughts – YouTube
• Eco-anxietas || Spoken Latin podcast (9) – YouTube | Satura Lanx
• Hyrulian Hymn to Link, read in Ancient Greek (Greek myth meets Legend of Zelda) – YouTube | Ancient Literature Dude
• Unveiling Epimenides: The Eccentric Greek Philosopher You’ve Never Heard Of – YouTube | Classics in Color

Book Reviews

• Private Associations in the Pontic Greek Cities (6th Century BC-3rd Century AD) | Spartakos read
• BMCR ~ Thomas Tschögele, Die Erzählungen des Valerius Maximus. Bibliothek der klassischen Altertumswissenschaften, 165. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, 2022.

Dramatic Receptions

• Review: AN ILIAD at Spoleto Festival USA
• Iphigeneia (Kings Greek Play 2023) | King’s College London eStore

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

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

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• Assistant Professor (tenure track) | Society for Classical Studies
• MUN Class Reception Job – The Classical Association of Canada
• Part-Time Lecturer in the Classics Department (JPF02536) – Recruit
• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• The 3 disciplines of Stoicism: A guide for how to live – Big Think
• The History of the Ancient Greek City of Thebes
• Inside the Magnificent Minoan Palace of Knossos in Crete
• Ancient Greek Athletes Who Defined the Olympic Games
• Battle of Marathon: The Helmet With the Soldier’s Skull Still Inside

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 bad things for the countryside; those in charge of villages and towns will find themselves in a state of disorder.

… 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. III Non. Iun. 2776 AUC ~ 15 Thargelion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Ancient Graves With 1,500-Year-Old Human Remains Found Below City Streets
• 3D scans shed new light on mysterious Roman burial practice – News and events, University of York
• Details of ‘unusual’ Roman burial ritual revealed by 3D scans – BBC News

In Case You Missed It

• 2,300-year-old Egyptian mummification workshops found at Saqqara | Live Science
• Hidden Rooms Of 1,500-year-old Church In Istanbul Unearthed By Archaeologists
• Historic Bronze Statues Found In Ancient Bath Will Be Shown In Rome – ARTnews.com
• A kiss to detect wine on her breath: The violent policing of women drinking in Ancient Rome | Stuff.co.nz
• New York, a hub for illicit art trafficking – Raw Story – Celebrating 19 Years of Independent Journalism
• Iron Age Residents of Jerusalem Suffered From Dysentery | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
• Newly Discovered Iron Age House In Athens Transforms Our Understanding Of Ancient Greece

Greek/Latin News

• Audio-Nachrichten auf Latein 03.06.2023 – Vatican News
• Nuntii Latini mensis Maii 2023 – Bremen Two
• Ephemeris ~ AFRICUM EFFUGIUM De Sudanensium fuga 

Public Facing Classics

• Stolen goods | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS
• Messalina: Sex, Scandal & Slander Of Wife Of Roman Emperor Claudius | HistoryExtra

Fresh Bloggery

• Judean wisdom: Josephos on Solomon as the ultimate wise man and healer (late-first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• People on an idyllic island in the Atlantic off Libya: Diodoros on their natural resources and on Carthaginian colonization plans (mid-first century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Judean wisdom: Josephos’ self-presentation as the optimum wise Judean (late-first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Pretending We Know the Good – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Suffering in Babylon: Ludlul bēl nēmeqi and the Scholars, Ancient and Modern
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Educational Resources for the Ancient Near East Laws of Hammurabi
• The Cutting Edge: epigraphy seminars (London) – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Life and the Afterlife : Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection
• Distracted from Justice by Profit – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Laudator Temporis Acti: No Bed of Roses
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Stolen Head Returned to Torlonia Collection
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Looted Symes Objects Returned to Greece
• Heloten – Mainzer Beobachter
• Bronzes from sacred baths to go on display – The History Blog
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Mendoza’s Maxim
• Collections: Roman Roads – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
• OTTC: A Blog for Old Testament Textual Criticism: Manufacturing Egyptian Scribal Palettes

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• Eva-Maria Czakó (1918–2012) – the first and only female photographer at the DAI Athens – People at the DAI Athens
• Postgraduate Colloquium 2023 | Classics at Reading

Other Blog-like Publications

• Did Biblical Kings Have Dysentery? – Biblical Archaeology Society
• Statue depicting Pan found in Istanbul | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Archaeologists study fortress in southern Georgia to understand community resilience | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• 1700-year-old Roman shoes and craft district found in France – Arkeonews
• Aeneid I.210-304 – by publius vergilius maro – Aeneid Daily
• June 3 | Fastorum Liber Sextus: Iunius – by M.
• 3 June 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Tusculum)

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Seneca, Trojan Women 250-263

Fresh Podcasts

• Satura Lanx – Latin language and literature for beginners: (9) Eco-anxietas on Apple Podcasts

Welcome to Satura Lanx, upper beginner / intermediate podcast told in beginner-friendly, easy spoken Latin. Every other Saturday I chat about everything concerning Latin (literature, language, culture), my own life and reflections and the questions you’ll ask me.

• Byzantium & Friends: 95. Rome and Byzantium in Heavy Metal music, with Jeremy Swist on Apple Podcasts

A conversation with Jeremy Swist (Brandeis University) on why some heavy metal bands write music about Roman and Byzantine history. Expect “good” and “bad” emperors to be reversed here! Jeremy has published much on this, including ‘Satan’s Empire: Ancient Rome’s Anti-Christian Appeal in Extreme Metal,’ Metal Music Studies 5 (2019) 35-51; ‘Headbanging to Byzantium: The Reception of the Byzantine Empire in Metal Music,’ in “What Byzantinism is this in Istanbul!” Byzantium in Popular Culture (Istanbul 2021) 200-231; and online, ‘Enjoy My Flames’ (Lapham’s Quarterly) and ‘Dawn of a Dark Age: Constantine the Great in Heavy Metal Music.’

Fresh Youtubery

• Moan Inc.:
  • Ariadne is one of the best retellings ever written  #greekmythology #ancientgreece #shorts – YouTube
  • Jennifer Saint = mythology retelling royalty  #shorts #elektra #greekmythology #ancientgreece – YouTube
  • Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes is PHENOMENAL. #greekmythology #shorts #medusa #ancientgreece – YouTube
  • Neon Gods or A Touch of Darkness? #greekmythology #romancebooks #hades #persephone #shorts – YouTube
• Trove of ancient treasures unearthed in Italy – YouTube | Reuters

Book Reviews

• Book Review: ‘Messalina,’ by Honor Cargill-Martin – The New York Times
• JCT ~ Plautus: Menaechmi (V.S.) Klein Pp. x + 179. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.
• JCT ~ Memento Mori: A Crime Novel of the Roman Empire (R.) Downie Pp. 473, Grampus Press, 2018.
• JCT ~ Exposed: the Greek and Roman Body (C.) Vout Pp. 423, b/w & colour ills. London: Profile Books, 2022.

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• 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

• Bactria: The Ancient Greek State in Afghanistan
• The Strangest Deaths in Ancient Greek History
• The Ancient Greeks from Crete Who Founded a City in South Asia
• Queen Berenice: A Woman of Contrasts – TheTorah.com

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:

[Saturday] If it thunders today, it portends a hot and dry wind which will dry and shrivel up both grains and soft fruit.

[Sunday] If it thunders today, it portends cloudy and rainy weather leading to a mouldy dampness that causes the fruit to rot.

… 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)