Hodie est Non. Mart. 2776 AUC ~ 15 Anthesterion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad
In the News
- Sphinx-like statue and shrine discovered in southern Egypt | Egypt | The Guardian
- In Photos: Egyptian archaeological mission uncovers smiling sphinx in Qena – Ancient Egypt – Antiquities – Ahram Online
- Egypt archaeology: Dig unearths smiling mini-sphinx which may represent Claudius – BBC News
- Archaeologists in Egypt unearth Sphinx-like Roman-era statue from 2,000 years ago | The Times of Israel
- College Students Find Ancient Stone Lioness During Field Trip in Northern Israel – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
- Calls to protect Libyan heritage site spoilt by vandals | Africanews
- New cold water pools found at ancient Roman bath house in Toledo – La Prensa Latina Media
- Fragments Of Parthenon Sculptures Are To Be Returned From The Vatican In The Next Few Days
- ‘Modern Elgin’ Arrested Trying to Steal Pieces of Acropolis
- 1,800 year-old evidence of Roman worship found in Leicester Cathedral dig | News | University of Leicester
- Roman shrine discovered near Leicester cathedral graveyard – BBC News
- A Roman public building with precious marbles discovered during construction works in the Marche – Stile Arte
In Case You Missed It
- Israel Antiquities Authority: Artifact bearing name of Ahasuerus’ father is not authentic | ערוץ 7
- Britain hosted GLADIATOR fights 1,800 years ago, ancient vase reveals | Daily Mail Online
- 2,000-Year-Old Laundrette Amongst First Finds From Ambitious New Pompeii Dig
- Israel Antiquities Authority must rein in enthusiasm before next find – The Jerusalem Post
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Obituary for Robert Rivers Harris | Lord & Stephens Funeral Homes
- Charles H. Kahn (1928-2023) | Daily Nous
Public Facing Classics
- I dug for evidence of the Rosetta Stone’s ancient Egyptian rebellion – here’s what I found
- Hinged phallus of 2,000-year-old fertility figurine was ‘clearly intended to dangle’ | Live Science
Fresh Bloggery
- Mediterranean peoples: Roman coins [part 2] on humiliated captives kneeling or on the ground (first century BCE on) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Mediterranean peoples: Roman coins [part 3] on kneeling in supplication or adoration (first century BCE on) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Persians: Vitruvius theorizes about Greek depictions of enemies in architectural contexts (first century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Neith-hotep of Naqada – Queen Consort or First Female Pharaoh? | Garstang Museum of Archaeology
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Folly
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Such Is My Life
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Freedom
- Achilles’ (Missing) Sister – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Linguistic Slough of Despond?
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Karten von Attika in the Era of Digital Humanities
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Antiquitatum Thesaurus: Antiken in den europäischen Bildquellen des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Typenatlas der römischen Reichsprägung von Augustus bis Aemilianus
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Die Griechischen Götter: Ein Überblick über Namen, Bilder und Deutungen
- A Physician’s Notes on the Lives and Deaths of Women – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Kiwi Hellenist: Homer’s metre 2. Hermann’s Bridge
- Roman-era sphinx found at Dendera – The History Blog
- Troje is nooit veroverd! – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Lioness carving found in the Golan
- Nog even over de expositie over Byblos – Mainzer Beobachter
- Updates from Pyla-Vigla on Cyprus | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Don’t Try to Philosophize with Everyone! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
Other Blog-like Publications
- Does the artificial watercourse in the Hessian Ried have a Roman past? – Archaeology Wiki
- The Darius Ostracon: From Real to Fake
- Archaeologists in Egypt unearth Roman-era cabin and royal sphinx statue – Arkeonews
- SAN MICHELE AT THE CUTTING (VE). An ancient Roman villa on the beach of Bibione. – Archeology online – Archeomedia
- Roman era sphinx uncovered at Dendera Temple Complex | HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- What Makes the Most Expensive Ancient Coins So Valuable
- Why Is the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius so (In)famous?
- March 7th | Fastorum Liber Tertius: Martius – by M.
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
For this episode, Red is joined by Champion of the Classics, Natalie Haynes. Through her best-selling novels, her sell-out stand-up comedy performances, and eight series of her hit radio show, Natalie has brought the myths of Ancient Greece and Rome to legions of new fans. Her novels The Children of Jocasta and A Thousand Ships retold the Greek myths of Oedipus and Antigone, and the Trojan War respectively, reshaping the stories by placing women at their hearts. And her latest novel, Stone Blind, reveals a new side to the seemingly familiar myth of Perseus and The Gorgon, Medusa. Not only does it put male power under the spotlight but it explores how we create monsters out of our fear of the unknown. And best of all for fans of Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics, she narrates the audiobook version of Stone Blind herself!
Ah, youth! We are all familiar with that mysterious and formative period of life between childhood and adulthood, but how did the ancient Romans describe this time of transition? In this episode, social historian Dr. Lauren Caldwell joins Chelsea and Melissa to talk about aspects of Roman “girlhood” and the difficult transition to “womanhood”. Listen in, as we dive into ancient Latin medical and legal texts to learn how the ancient Romans grappled with puberty and the various changes that took place in the female body that differentiated girls (puellae) from the women (feminae) they would become.
(Fictional) Euripides and Mnesilochus work to infiltrate the Thesmophoria festival and things get very, very weird.
Fresh Youtubery
- Rita Dove in conversation with Helene Foley – YouTube | Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama
- Tramine vehi latine (Pars 1)! Going by train in Latin: vocab & grammar @RVMAK – YouTube | Musa Pedestris
- Why BCE/CE is Better than BC/AD (Even for Christians) – YouTube | XKV8R
- Techniques of Etruscan and Roman earthen architecture – YouTube | British School at Rome
- Textile Conservation at The Met – YouTube
- Did Blue Exist in the Ancient World? – YouTube | Dig it With Raven
Book Reviews
- Ingesting Mercury and the Noble Lie: On Anthony Barbieri-Low’s “The Many Lives of the First Emperor of China” and Shadi Bartsch’s “Plato Goes to China”
- Book Spotlight: Circe by Madeline Miller – The Cowl
- BMCR ~ Guillaume Flamerie de Lachapelle, Lemaire, Panckoucke, Nisard: trois collections d’auteurs latins sous la Restauration et la monarchie de Juillet. Scripta receptoria, 21. Bordeaux; Pessac: Éditions Ausonius, 2021.
- BMCR ~ Christopher Chinn, Visualizing the poetry of Statius: an intertextual approach. Mnemosyne supplements, 449. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2021.
Dramatic Receptions
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- Housman Lectures | Department of Greek & Latin – UCL – University College London
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Events Calendar
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
Alia
Diversions
‘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 major wind which will affect the business of the powerful.
… 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)
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