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

In the News

• Last-ditch attempt to save wall that could date back to Bronze age
• “Magna Grecia” investigation: at Palazzo Ducale the delivery to the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the Municipality of Venice and the Lagoon of two ceramics recovered by the Carabinieri of the Cultural Heritage Protection Unit | Municipality of Venice – Live – Today’s news and city services
• Hidden contents of 6 ancient Egyptian coffins, sealed for thousands of years, revealed | Live Science
• Rome, the statue of Hercules resurfaced on the Appian Way is revealed to the public – GALLERY – Photo 1 of 7 – Il Giornale d’Italia
• Naples : découverte d’une chambre funéraire de l’époque hellénistique dans le quartier Sanità – Geo.fr
• Texas princess evicted from Roman villa searches for new home in Italy
• Widowed Texas Playboy model-turned-Italian princess is EVICTED from $533m Roman villa | Daily Mail Online
• 2,000-year-old hoard of Roman coins may have been hidden by a soldier during a bloody civil war in Italy | Live Science
• Zeugma Mosaic Museum reopens after earthquakes – english

In Case You Missed It

• Antiques trafficking network dismantled in Greece
• Millennial surprise as Gallo-Roman graveyard unearthed in Paris
• 2,000-year-old graves found in ancient necropolis below busy Paris train station – CBS News
• Stunning Roman Mosaic Found Beneath UK Shopping Mall
• Cache of Ancient Severed Hands May Have Been Part of a Ritual | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
• Hundreds of antiquities to be displayed in Rome’s forum

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Reflecting on Professor Carrie Vout’s Masterclass on Classical Art – Leiden University

Fresh Bloggery

• Persians: Emperor Diocletian on strange and monstrous Manicheans (ca. 300 CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Hatred of Philology
• PaleoJudaica.com: SBL review panel on Carlson, Unfamiliar Selves
• PaleoJudaica.com: More on that submerged Nabatean temple
• Cringe Takes on Philosophy and Power – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Action
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Un lieu de culte antique immergé
• Remembering To Forget – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open access articles in Levant
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: ISAW Dissertations
• Het Ishango-beentje (1) – Mainzer Beobachter
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Crete: Search for weapons yields antiquities
• Roman gateway reconstructed at Richborough – The History Blog
• Het Ishango-beentje (2) – Mainzer Beobachter
• Het Ishango-beentje (3) – Mainzer Beobachter
• Looting Matters: Fragments from a cup attributed to Makron
• Mithriaca: 2010-2022 | Szabó Csaba
• Gap Week: April 20, 2023 – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
• Blogging ancient epigram: Two splendid chaps

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• FIEC Blog: FIEC Congress 2028 – call for candidacies

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• ANE Today – The Myth of the Twelve Tribes of Israel
• Advanced imaging techniques reveal secrets of sealed ancient Egyptian animal coffins – Arkeonews
• Bust depicting Greek god of wine making found in Cockermouth, England | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• April 21st | Fastorum Liber Quartus: Aprilis – by M.
• 21 April 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Puteoli)

Fresh Podcasts

• Ancient Warfare Podcast: The 19th-century foundations of Classical Greek warfare, with Roel Konijnendijk on Apple Podcasts

Murray talks with Roel Konijnendijk about his recent work on 19th-century German language scholars and how they laid the foundations of much of the 20th century’s understanding of Classical Greek warfare. Giants like Moltke, Delbrück, Kochly and Rustow’s foundations were, however, based on 19th-century understandings of how war worked, and their views (rightfully) have been challenged. This only began in earnest in the late 20th century, and overcoming the dominance of these 19th-century thinkers is still a mountain to climb.

• Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold: Liv Reads Ovid: The Metamorphoses Book VI on Apple Podcasts

Liv reads Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book VI, translated by Brookes More. Minerva battles weaving with Arachne, Procne and Philomela face the horrors of Tereus, and more.

Fresh Youtubery

• Roman Forum artefacts on show after decades in the dark – YouTube | Sunday Times
• How did Alexander the Great master the False Gap at age 18  – YouTube | History Marche
• ETRU per il Natale di Roma 2023 – YouTube | Etruschannel

Book Reviews

• Book review: The Eagle and the Bear: A New History of Roman Scotland, by John H Reid | The Scotsman
• New book reveals the rulers of Rome tended to meet exceedingly sticky ends | Daily Mail Online
• BMCR ~ Maggie L. Popkin, Diana Y. Ng, Future thinking in Roman culture: new approaches to history, memory, and cognition. Routledge monographs in Classical studies. Abingdon; New York: Routledge, 2022.
• BMCR ~Aske Damtoft Poulsen, Arne Jönsson, Usages of the past in Roman historiography. Historiography of Rome and its empire, 9. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2021.
• BMCR ~ Jerome Mairat, Andrew Wilson, Chris Howgego, Coin hoards and hoarding in the Roman world. Oxford studies on the Roman economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021.

Exhibition Related Things

• Museum exhibit illuminates Pliny’s study of art, nature | Cornell Chronicle
• The Gods and Heroes of Greek Mythology in Beijing – The National Herald

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

Research Papers of Possible Interest

• Neutron tomography of sealed copper alloy animal coffins from ancient Egypt | Scientific Reports

Alia

• Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
• Clueless Classical Ed Critics Accidentally Make A Killer Case For It
• How (and why) Trimble created the world’s most detailed record EVER of an ancient Roman landmark
• Locusta of Gaul: The World’s First Serial Killer Might Have Been a Woman
• 11 Famous Gladiators Who Ruled the Roman Colosseum  – Next Luxury
• Why the Ancient Romans Had Better Teeth Than Modern Europeans | Open Culture

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 plentiful crops but war for the stte.

… 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. Mai. 2776 AUC ~ 30 Elaphebolion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Ancient necropolis from 2,000 years ago unearthed next to Paris train station
• Ancient necropolis unearthed next to busy Paris train station
• Ancient necropolis rediscovered in the heart of Paris
• Antiquities, plucked from storeroom, on Roman Forum display | AP News
• Ancient ring adorned with Roman emperor image sells for nearly 600 times its expected price at auction
• Ancient Roman ring valued at £200 sells at auction for £117,000 | Daily Mail Online
• Widowed Texas Playboy model turned Italian PRINCESS, 73, faces eviction from $533m Roman villa | Daily Mail Online
• Search for weapons yields antiquities | eKathimerini.com

In Case You Missed It

• Archeologists discover lavish ancient Roman wine-making complex in imperial villa
• Fountains of Wine Once Flowed in This Ancient Roman Winery | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
• Archaeologists Are Using Imaging Technology to Capture 2,000 Years of Ancient Graffiti Scratched Into the Walls of an Egyptian Temple

Greek/Latin News

• Ephemeris ~ DE PACE UCRAINA Nova ab Oriente 

Public Facing Classics

• The Scottish solution to the refugee crisis | The Spectator

Fresh Bloggery

• Taking the Mind Down from the Shelf – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Double the Trouble! Reading Platus’ Amphitruo Online! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Ringlets to Evoke Africa – Liv Mariah Yarrow
• Etruscan Heracles – Liv Mariah Yarrow
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Variant scholarship: Ancient texts in modern contexts
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Prosopography of the Byzantine World
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Den Kolonat neu denken: Zur Aktualität eines Forschungsproblems
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ancient Inscriptions from Israel / Palestine
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Ancient and Modern Poets
• Abduction Of The Sabine Women, Painted By Johann Heinrich Schönfeld (c. 1609–1684) | The Historian’s Hut
• De uitvinding van Romulus – Mainzer Beobachter
• Not Ancient Elvis Hair – Liv Mariah Yarrow
• Vulci Tripods – Liv Mariah Yarrow
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Closer Than We Realize
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Beneath the Soil

Other Blog-like Publications

• Pasts Imperfect (4.20.23)
• Why the myth of Atlantis just won’t die | National Geographic
• Archaeologists have uncovered the first human representations of the people of mythical Tartessos – Arkeonews
• Archaeologists uncover the first human representations of the ancient Tartessos people | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Archaeologists discover Roman sanctuary and cemetery in Belgium | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• April 20th | Fastorum Liber Quartus: Aprilis – by M.
• Aprilis | April 20th | XVI Kalendae Maius | IV.713-720

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Ovid, Ars Amatoria 2.273-286

Fresh Podcasts

• Ad Navseam: Tarzan and Tradition: Classical Myth in Popular Literature (Ad Navseam, Episode 117) on Apple Podcasts

The guys are back, and this time they are taking a break from the Aeneid series to focus on the appearance of classical themes and inspiration in an unexpected place: the 20th century pulp fiction novels of Tarzan. Aided by the brilliant monograph of Dave’s late grad school professor, Dr. Erling B. “Jack” Holtsmark, we examine such questions as, What standards should popular literature be held to? What makes for good diction and characterization? Is Tarzan in the mold of Achilles? Along the way we look at some structures of Greek and Latin style, including polarities, chiasmus, and parallels. If you enjoyed the Tarzan books or movies as a kid, this is a vine time to renew your interest as we burroughs deep into the jungle of Tarzaniana.

• The Partial Historians: How the Plebeians Got Their Groove Back on Apple Podcasts

In this episode we dig into the details (or lack thereof!) of 425 and 425 BCE. Good news for the plebeians is that when there’s not much going on in Rome, they get a chance to just live life a little!

• In Our Time: Solon the Lawgiver on Apple Podcasts

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Solon, who was elected archon or chief magistrate of Athens in 594 BC: some see him as the father of Athenian democracy. In the first years of the 6th century BC, the city state of Athens was in crisis. The lower orders of society were ravaged by debt, to the point where some were being forced into slavery. An oppressive law code mandated the death penalty for everything from murder to petty theft. There was a real danger that the city could fall into either tyranny or civil war. Solon instituted a programme of reforms that transformed Athens’ political and legal systems, its society and economy, so that later generations referred to him as Solon the Lawgiver. With Melissa Lane Class of 1943 Professor of Politics at Princeton University Hans van Wees Grote Professor of Ancient History at University College London and William Allan Professor of Greek and McConnell Laing Tutorial Fellow in Greek and Latin Languages and Literature at University College, University of Oxford

• Tides of History: The Emergence of the Etruscans on Apple Podcasts

The Etruscans are often called “mysterious,” but we actually know quite a bit about them, from their unique language to their amazing metalwork and impressive cities. But where did the Etruscans come from, and how did they come into being?

Fresh Youtubery

• Reading Greek Tragedy Online | Amphitruo – YouTube | Center for Hellenic Studies
• Were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon Actually in Nineveh? – YouTube | Dig It With Raven
• Calm/Ink #etymology – YouTube | Alliterative
• Visitors to Roman Forum and Colosseum can view newly unveiled ancient Roman objects – YouTube | AP
• Roman Wall Paintings: Four Pompeian Styles – YouTube | Ancient Rome Live
• Cosmote tv Season 2 History Channel.“Ancient Greek Culture, Now.” Αρχαίο ελληνικός πολιτισμός τώρα – YouTube
• 6 Things I Learned About The Body (According To Ancient Greece & Rome) – “Exposed” Book Review – YouTube | Moan Inc.

Book Reviews

• ‘Stone Blind’ by Natalie Haynes – Book Review | The Review Geek
• BMCR ~ David Sansone, Plato. Menexenus. Cambridge Greek and Latin classics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020.
• BMCR ~ Alessandro Iannucci, Luciano di Samosata. Filosofi in vendita: introduzione, traduzione e commento. Edizioni e saggi universitari di filologia classica, 71. Bologna: Pàtron Editore, 2020.

Exhibition Related Things

• ARCHEOMOSTRE / “Cursus Honorum”: così si governava a Roma prima di Cesare – Storie & Archeostorie

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

• Caesar and Alexander – heroes, villains, or both? | Troy Media
• See The Ancient Mausoleum of Augustus: The Tomb Of The First Emperor & The Largest Round Mausoleum
• Cleopatra, The Greek Queen of Ancient Egypt
• Can Aristotle Inspire a New Civilization? – CounterPunch.org
• History of Mermaids and their Origins in Ancient Greek Sirens

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 divine anger.

… 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. XIII Kal. Mai. 2776 AUC ~ 29 Elaphebolion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Anemia found to be common in ancient mummified Egyptian children
• Coffins among seized artifacts hoard | eKathimerini.com
• Antiquities Smugglers Arrested on Greek Island of Crete
• Antiquities Smuggling Ring In Crete Was Dismantled – The Finds Exceed One Million Euros
• Amphipolis Tomb Opens For Scientists, Researchers
• Greece Partially Opens the Amphipolis Tomb
• Tornos News | Kasta Tomb monument opens in Amphipolis of Northern Greece
• Find Roman monuments in the inherited house in Veneto. And he relies on the law – Stile Arte
• The Kylix Marvel: Why Experts Distrust the Story of an Ancient Cup’s Rebirth – The New York Times

In Case You Missed It

• Archaeologists uncover remains of Roman fortlet in West Dunbartonshire | The National
• Roman Britain rebuilt: The gateway to Britannia is back after 2,000 years
• New gateway opens on spot where Romans first invaded Britain – BBC News
• 1,600-year-old underground Roman temple unearthed in Germany | Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
• 1,600-year-old temple to mysterious Roman god unearthed in Germany. Take a look
• An Ancient Roman Bust Purchased for $35 at a Texas Thrift Store Is Now Being Repatriated to Germany
• Roman bust found at Goodwill to be repatriated from San Antonio to Germany next month | Arts Stories & Interviews | San Antonio | San Antonio Current
• Figurine of Greek love god and more historical treasures found in Italy – The Jerusalem Post
• Severed hands buried in ancient Egyptian palace were likely ‘trophies’ exchanged for gold | Live Science
• Hundreds of years after the first try, we can finally read a Ptolemy text | Ars Technica
• How 5000 ancient Romans disappeared without a trace – Big Think
• Temple believed to be dedicated to Roman god of war uncovered in France – The Jerusalem Post
• Underwater Nabataean temple discovered in major archaeological find in Italy

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Stoicism according to Dr. Matthew Sharpe
• Italian princess with SC ties faces eviction this week from her $150M Roman villa
• Roman Empire expert to speak at CMLL Distinguished Lecturer Series this week | Mississippi State University

Greek/Latin News

• Akropolis World News ~ Ῥωσία

Public Facing Classics

• Emperors at home | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS

Fresh Bloggery

• Conquering the Champions of the World – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: La Cachette de Bab el-Gasous
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Monograph Series: Teiresias Supplements Online
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: About 900 Ptolemaic and Seleucid coins from the Netherlands National Numismatic Collection added
• De Zesentwintigste Dynastie – Mainzer Beobachter
• Autism and Classical Myth: Getting ready to arrive someone new for an autistic take on classical myth in London
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Abuse and Mutual Recrimination
• NEH Grant: Perseus on the Web — preparing for the next thirty years » Perseus Digital Library Updates
• PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Llewellyn-Jones, Persians
• PaleoJudaica.com: Lanzillotta & van der Vliet, The Apocalypse of Paul (Visio Pauli) in Sahidic Coptic (Brill)
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Enough
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Dearest Foe

Other Blog-like Publications

• Remains of Roman fortlet discovered next to Antonine Wall | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Bust depicting Greek god of wine making found in Cockermouth, England | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Fragments of large wall painting found in Cartagena’s Roman theatre | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• April 19th | Fastorum Liber Quartus: Aprilis – by M.
• 19 April 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Cumae)

Fresh Podcasts

• EMPIRE LINES: Red-Figure Hydria of Oedipus and the Sphinx, Ancient Greece (380-360BCE) (EMPIRE LINES x Freud Museum London) on Apple Podcasts

Professors Miriam Leonard and Daniel Orrells, curators at the Freud Museum London, dig into the Austrian’s collection of ancient objects, and how archaeology shaped his approach to psychoanalysis in the 20th century.

Fresh Youtubery

• 56. Maxentius – Enemy of the Romans – YouTube | Classical Association Northern Ireland
• The Metro Station with Latin Signs! | Wallsend, Hadrian’s Wall – YouTube | Archaeosoup
• MONUMENTO FUNERARIO DI 2.000 ANNI FA RITROVATO E CONSEGNATO AL MUSEO | 18/04/2023 – YouTube

Book Reviews

• Book Review: ‘Greek Lessons,’ by Han Kang – The New York Times
• BMCR ~ Andrea Bollinger, Urs Breitenstein, Annemarie Kaufmann-Heinimann, Johann Jakob Bachofens gesammelte Werke V: archäologische Schriften. Basel; Berlin: Schwabe Verlag, 2020.

Dramatic Receptions

• Euripides’ Alcestis Starring Elena Mavridou and Demetrios Lalos in NY and Boston – The National Herald

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• Seventh Sir Jeremy Morse Lecture – Prof. Katherine Harloe Tickets, Thu 11 May 2023 at 17:00 | Eventbrite
• Maria Wyke | “Feminizing Ancient Rome: Women at the Cinema from the 1900s to the 1920s” – Humanities Division – UCLA
• 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

Research Papers of Possible Interest

• Ancient DNA from a lost Negev Highlands desert grape reveals a Late Antiquity wine lineage | PNAS

Alia

• The Bars, Pubs and Taverns of Ancient Greece
• This Is The World’s Oldest Bar Joke, But Literally Nobody Knows Why It’s Funny | IFLScience
• Don Winslow on the Aeneid, Hollywood, and Reaching the End of His Career as a Novelist ‹ CrimeReads
• Descendant of Indian King Porus Discusses Alexander the Great and Greece
• The Nabataeans and the Lost City of Petra | Discover Magazine
• Why Is There a Teeny Replica of a Parthenon Marble Hidden in the British Museum? This Activist Group Was Hoping You Would Ask
• Archestratus: The Author Of The First Cookbook In Ancient Greece
• Domus Aurea: This Extraordinary Ancient Roman Palace Complex Is Partially Open Today

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 a powerful man of state being deprived of both his reputation and property.

… 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. XIV Kal. Mai. 2776 AUC ~ 28 Elaphebolion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Roman temple found in France may have been dedicated to war god Mars | Live Science
• Hercules of Appian Way visible to public – Lifestyle – ANSA.it
• San Antonio Museum of Art sends viral ancient artifact back to Europe this May – CultureMap San Antonio
• Back after 2,000 years: the Roman gateway to Britain
• Reconstructed Roman gatehouse opens on exact site of 2,000-year-old original at Richborough Roman Fort
• Roman gateway rebuilt in ‘exact spot’ at site of invasion of Britain | Roman Britain | The Guardian
• Clydebank: Lost Roman fortlet found near primary school | Clydebank Post
• Antonine Wall : Buried remains of lost Roman fortlet discovered | HeraldScotland

In Case You Missed It

• Eros figurine on dolphin found in Italian archaeological park | Daily Sabah
• Lavish ancient Roman winery discovered at Villa of the Quintilli
• A newly uncovered ancient Roman winery features marble tiling, fountains of grape juice and an extreme sense of luxury
• Archaeologists Uncover 3,200-Year-Old Egyptian Cemetery
• Bust of Greek God of Wine-Making Unearthed in England
• Sex god riding a dolphin among finds unearthed in Italy – DW – 04/18/2023
• Coin Commemorating Assassination of Julius Caesar Leads Auction – Numismatic News

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Saiichiro Nakatani remembrance page and online condolences

Public Facing Classics

• The Stories of Art History’s Detectives
• The scorched-earth iconoclasm of the historian Paul Veyne | Aeon Essays

Fresh Bloggery

• Libyans and Maurians: Corippus’ poetic survey of northern African peoples in the tale of John Troglita (after 548 CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Selecting a Time for Death – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Quotations in Grammars
• Bacon Bits of Wisdom – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Fools We Shall Always Have with Us
• Some reflections on ‘the state of the field’ in 2023 | Aegean prehistory
• The Short Dream and the Sudden Darkness – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Kulte, Orte, Körperteile: Eine Neubewertung der Weihung anatomischer Votive in Latiums Heiligtümer
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Die römische Kaiservilla Pausilypon: Gesamtanlage und Bauten des oberen Plateaus
• De Antigoniden – Mainzer Beobachter
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity
• Luxury imperial winery found at Villa of the Quintilii – The History Blog
• PaleoJudaica.com: DNA analysis of late-antique Negev-highlands wine grapes
• The Tale of the Lion Cub – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• The Writing on the Wall?
• PaleoJudaica.com: A Short History of Siege Coins
• Classical street art in Athens – It’s All Greek To Me
• Laudator Temporis Acti: War and Peace

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• First impressions of the new Book II | Cambridge School Classics Project Blog
• Book of the Month – April 2023 – DAİstanbul

Other Blog-like Publications

• Submerged Nabatean Temple Found – Biblical Archaeology Society
• The Roman Empire’s Forgotten War: The Failed Conquest of Yemen | Short History
• Archaeologists Uncovered a Unique Ancient Roman Winery with Marble Tiling and Fountains of Grape Juice – Arkeonews
• Archaeologists uncover 2,000-year-old Roman winery | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Fragments of large wall painting found in Cartagena’s Roman theatre | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• ARCHEOSCOPERTE / Ecco le straordinarie pitture murarie che ornavano il teatro romano di Cartagena – Storie & Archeostorie
• 18 April 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Puteoli)
• Julia the Elder: The Rise & Fall of Augustus’ Disobedient Daughter

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Ovid, Ars Amatoria 2.217-232

Fresh Podcasts

• History Hack: History Hack: Roman Special Forces on Apple Podcasts

Simon Elliot returns to talk about his new book. What constituted special forces in ancient Rome? And how did they operate?

• Live from Mount Olympus: Atalanta 1: “Who would leave a baby in the forest???” on Apple Podcasts

Abandoned with nothing but a scrap of cloth which bears her name, a baby cries on the forest floor. The goddesses Artemis and Athena watch in astonishment as a mother bear, grieving for her own lost cub , nurses the tiny newborn. On the same day, the Fates visit a newborn prince, and predict a terrible end to his life. What will become of these two babes?

• Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold: Enter Apollo, to Tie Everything In a Nice Little Bow (Euripides’ Orestes Part 3) on Apple Podcasts

In the final episode covering Euripides’ Orestes… sh*t goes down. So much of it. Murder, mayhem, weirdly helpful gods!

Fresh Youtubery

• The Mythology of Hades: Uncovering the Secrets of the Greek God of the Underworld – YouTube | Lady of the Library
• What were the Carthaginian War Elephants #shorts – YouTube | Invicta
• Julian “The Apostate”: Reflections on his Life, Times, & Though with Dr. Jeremy Swist – YouTube | Jeremy Swist
• What Makes An Ancient Greek Hero? GREGORY NAGY On The REAL Meaning Of Achilles & Patroclus In Myth – YouTube | Moan Inc.

Book Reviews

• Caveat emptor: a new book on the best lines in Latin misses the bigger picture
• Classics meets Cosmo: Dating tips from the 10th century | The Spinoff
• ‘Clytemnestra’ Review: A Fresh Greek Mythology Retelling | Arts | The Harvard Crimson
• BMCR ~ A. C. Dionisotti, Expositio notarum. Cambridge classical texts and commentaries, 64. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2022.
• BMCR ~ Charles Chamberlain, Beginning Latin for college students. San Diego: Cognella, Inc., 2021.
• BMCR ~ Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Persians: the age of the great kings. New York: Basic Books, 2022.

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• What the Grecians urn: Irreverence in palimpsestic reception | Institute of Classical Studies
• Golden Maidens and Wheeled Chairs: Assistive Technology in Ancient Greece – Chau Chak Wing Museum
• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• PostdocUWO – The Classical Association of Canada
• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• Visiting Istanbul’s Archaeological Museums – The Complicated History of Turkey
• Seeking Crime Fiction Inspiration From The Odyssey ‹ CrimeReads
• How Europe Got Its Name: The Greek Myth of Europa
• Digital Map Of Alexander The Great’s Empire

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  discord and thoughtlessness of people.

… 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. XV Kal. Mai. 2776 AUC ~ 27 Elaphebolion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Sassanid petroglyph deciphered after 45 years – Tehran Times
• Archeologists in Italy unearth ancient dolphin statuette | AP News
• ‘Thousands’ of finds discovered at Iron Age temple in Madaba, says Canadian archaeologist | Jordan Times
• An ancient Roman cemetery discovered in Misrata | The Libya Observer
• Under the stadium of Rosarno the remains of two temples: “It must be transferred!” – Journal of Reggio
• Orfeo e le Sirene, i dubbi degli archeologi sull’opera che Sangiuliano ha voluto a Taranto – Tiscali Notizie
• Roman coin from Pompeii ashes sells for £18k | LondonWorld
• Benghazi Antiquities Watch calls for halting dredging in the archaeological city “Hesperides” | The Libya Observer
• Roman emperors played winemaker for a day at swank facility | Science | AAAS
• Investigations of Roman settlement near Lewes head into 12th season | SussexWorld

In Case You Missed It

• Archaeologists Uncover 3,200-Year-Old Egyptian Cemetery
• Sandstorms driven by climate change slowly burying Iraq’s ancient treasures | The Times of Israel

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Archaeologist, classicist wins NEH fellowship | Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine | University of Colorado Boulder

Greek/Latin News

• Akropolis World News ~ Σουδάν
• Ephemeris ~ NOVA AB UCRAINA De bello infinito

Public Facing Classics

• Lavish ancient Roman winery found at ruins of Villa of the Quintilii near Rome | Italy | The Guardian
• A newly uncovered ancient Roman winery featured marble tiling, fountains of grape juice and an extreme sense of luxury

Fresh Bloggery

• Axumite perspectives: Inscription by the king of Axum on the Ethiopian and Arabian peoples he conquered (late-second or early-third century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• PaleoJudaica.com: Nabatean altars in a submerged Italian city?
• Sure, Retire; The Universe Has Your Number – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Wild and Desolate: The True Story of Odysseus’ Journey Home – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Judas Iskariot – Mainzer Beobachter
• Laudator Temporis Acti: A Great Masquerade
• Stop Right There! You Might See a Vice…. – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• PaleoJudaica.com: What route did Jeremiah take to Egypt?
• PaleoJudaica.com: Online edition of Proverbs in Sahidic Coptic
• Versions of Cleopatra | The Second Achilles
• Justice & Real Estate – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Listen
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Who Betrayed You?
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Tilmen Höyük. Zooarchaeological Analysis of a Middle and Late Bronze Age Urban Centre (Excavation Campaigns 2003-2007)
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Excavations at Tilmen Höyük I. The Fortification System in the Lower Town
• Tricks with His Lips! Fronto on Why Seneca is Trash – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Kiwi Hellenist: How Eratosthenes measured the earth. Part 1
• Caesar in Syrië – Mainzer Beobachter
• Roman Archaeology Blog: Lavish ancient Roman winery found at ruins of Villa of the Quintilii near Rome
• PaleoJudaica.com: ASOR on the Neo-Assyrian Aramean gods relief
• PaleoJudaica.com: Schiffman on the claims about new Hezekiah inscriptions
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Honor Thy Mother
• Classics Summer School for ages 7 – 11: 21st, 22nd and 23rd August

Other Blog-like Publications

• Ancient Greek temple discovery sheds new light on ritual activities in ancient Paestum | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Aprilis | April 16th | XVI Kalendae Maius | IV.673-676
• Aprilis | April 17th | XVI Kalendae Maius | IV.677-678
• April 17th | Fastorum Liber Quartus: Aprilis – by M.
• 16 April 44 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Sinuessa)
• April(?) 44 BCE: To Aulus Pompeius Bithynicus (in Sicily) from Cicero (in Campania?)
• New Discoveries at Ancient Greek City of Paestum’s ‘Little Doric Temple’ in Italy – Arkeonews
• 5 Ancient Greek Engineering Inventions Still Used Today

Fresh Podcasts

• History with Jackson: Roman Special Forces and Special Ops with Dr Simon Elliot on Apple Podcasts

Today on the History with Jackson Podcast we speak to the author of the brand new Pen and Sword Book ‘Roman Special Forces and Special Ops: Speculatores, Exploratores, Protectores and Areani in the Service of Rome’ Dr Simon Elliott all about his book and the various different forces who were in the service of Rome.

Fresh Youtubery

• Egyptology PhD students talk about their research! HAPS interviews 2023 #1 – YouTube | Digital Hammurabi
• Assyriology PhD students talk about their research! HAPS interviews 2023 #2 – YouTube | Digital Hammurabi
• Latin Immersion Courses this Summer (2023) || Latin guide to CONVENTICULA LATINA – YouTube | Satura Lanx
• Where did most Romans eat? – Roman Dining – Latin – YouTube | Magister Craft
• Pegasus and the Chimera (Plus that Other Dude) || Mythology w/ Dael Kingsmill – YouTube
• 4 Random Words From Ancient Greek You Didn’t Know You Wanted To Learn – YouTube | Classics in Color

Book Reviews

• BMCR ~ Gianpiero Rosati, Ovidio e il teatro del piacere: il corpo, lo sguardo, il desiderio. Frecce, 342. Rome: Carocci editore, 2022.
• BMCR ~ Vassilis Evangelidis, The archaeology of Roman Macedonia: urban and rural environments. Oxford: Oxbow, 2022.
• BMCR ~ Nadine Le Meur, Bénédicte Delignon, Olivier Thévenaz, Performance et mimesis: variations sur la lyrique cultuelle de la Grèce archaïque au Haut-Empire romain. Kernos supplément, 40. Liège: Centre International de’Étude de la Religion Grecque Antique, Presses universitaires de Liège, 2022.

Dramatic Receptions

• The Odyssey: The Cyclops – Cast, Doncaster – The Reviews Hub

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• Lecture Announcement: Re-Considering Hellenistic North Mesopotamia. Investigations at Girdi Matrab and in the Erbil Plain – DAİstanbul
• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• Vergilian Society Call for Program Directors – CANE
• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• Pieces and Bits – JSTOR Daily
• The debt to the Jewish rebels against Rome – part 2 – opinion – The Jerusalem Post
• Which ancient Egyptian dynasty ruled the longest? | Live Science
• Why Did Ancient Greeks Recline to Eat and Drink?
• TikTok star reveals the real reason statues of athletes and gods have such small members  | Daily Mail Online
• A High-Tech Heist at the British Museum | The New Yorker

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 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)