Hodie est a.d. XII Kal. Nov. 2775 AUC ~ 26 Pyanepsion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Classical Greece And Its Influence On Australian Architecture And Beyond
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• Roman findings delay the planned Sephardic centre in Malaga city | Sur in English
• Excavations from Tell Zira’a indicate presence of elite class — scholar | Jordan Times
• Great archaeological discovery in Ladochori Igoumenitsa – EPIRUS Online [google translated]
• Serres: The citadel of ancient Amphipolis continues to bring to light new “treasures” | Empisteutiko.gr [google translated]
• Remains of Pictish period cross with bird carvings uncovered in Scottish kirkyard | The Scotsman
• Vendono online le antiche anfore trovate in mare | Attualità LUCCA
• Turkey to hand over Iraqi artifacts seized in Istanbul to Baghdad – Iraqi News

In Case You Missed It

• Falcon shrine with cryptic message unearthed in Egypt baffles archaeologists | Live Science
• Hipparchus’s map of the stars may finally have been found
• Mystery of the Ancient Greek Paestum Swimmer Solved, Says German Archaeologist

Classicists and Classics in the News

• The Secret History: A murder mystery that thrills 30 years on – BBC Culture

Public Facing Classics

• A painting surprise in Padua | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS

Fresh Bloggery

• Laudator Temporis Acti: Stronger
• Deloria, Comets, and Aliens | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• Lettuce Discuss a Flaccid Situation – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: AIA Quick Takes #1: Big Datasets in Archaeology
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Deir El-Médina titles from the IFAO
• A Banquet of Learning; A Dinner No-Show – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Oude olijfbomen – Mainzer Beobachter
• Art Crime Research Opportunities 21 October 2022
• One term to rule them all? Small finds epigraphy deserves better
• Spencer Alley: Neoclassical Drawings Preserved at the Louvre – I
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Epitaph of a Pankratiast
• PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Kowalewska, Bathhouses in Iudaea, Syria-Palaestina and Provincia Arabia from Herod the Great to the Umayyads
• PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Doak, Ancient Israel’s Neighbors
• #ClassicsTober Day 21: CULT | Greek Myth Comix

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• MA opportunity UofManitoba – The Classical Association of Canada

Other Blog-like Publications

• Pasts Imperfect (10.20.22)
• ANE TODAY – 202210 – Prismatic Gilgamesh – American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR)
• 2700-year-old Assyrian carvings found near Mashki Gate destroyed by Isis – Arkeonews
• “Important discovery” showing that the Hittite city of Büklükale close ties with the Hurrian society – Arkeonews
• October 45 BCE: To Quintus Cornificius (in Syria) from Cicero (at Rome)

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @profyarrow on some interesting ‘countermarks’

Fresh Podcasts

• Movies We Dig: The Ancient World on Film: Extremely Strained and Incredibly Forced – Moana (2016) and the Aeneid (19 BCE), with Ayelet Haimson Lushkov on Apple Podcasts

Dig into the firstest episode of our new special segment, Extremely Strained and Incredibly Force, where we seek out and/or create connections between ancient and modern popular media. Debuting this new project is super special three-peat guest, Ayelet Haimson Lushkov, and her question: “Is Moana the Aeneid?” Sailing into unknown horizons, we chart a new course looking at these two works – one a 1st c. BCE Latin poem, the other a 2016 animated Disney film base don Polynesian myth – and their sea-sailing, destiny-guided heroes. Join us as we consider the nature of reception and its limits (is Hamilton the Aeneid?), tales of displacement and homecoming, the figure of the hero and, of course, the coconut (the roots and the leaves!)

• Ancient Warfare Podcast: AW222 – The volatile life of King Phillip II on Apple Podcasts

‘Philip II of Macedonia inherited a fragile kingdom under pressure. He absorbed the lessons from his childhood and turned it into a military powerhouse.’ The team discuss the latest issue of the magazine XV.6 Macedonia Rising: The volatile life of King Phillip II.

• Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold: Conversations: Dragons! Witches! Werewolves! The Ancient Supernatural w/ Daniel Ogden on Apple Podcasts

Liv speaks with professor and author Daniel Ogden about all things Spooky! Find his books on werewolves, dragons, and more wherever you get your books!

Fresh Youtubery

• Did Anyone Survive The Siege Of Ancient Carthage? | Lost Warriors | Timeline – YouTube
• Roman House – The House of the Mosaic Atrium – English – DOWNLOAD IN DESCRIPTION – YouTube | Divus Magister Craft
• Roman House – The House of the Mosaic Atrium – Latin – DOWNLOAD IN DESCRIPTION – YouTube
• Ancient rock carvings discovered in Iraq – BBC News – YouTube
• Ancient Coins: The Denarius – YouTube | Classical Numismatics
• Experts work on rare manuscripts in Greek monastery – YouTube | AP
• The Aeneid On A Modern Stage: Theatre Review of DIDO’S BAR – YouTube | Moan Inc.
• Barbarians FINALE – How is the Latin? Is it any good? Latin Pronunciation (Netflix Barbarians ep4-6) – YouTube | polyMATHY

Book Reviews

• BMCR `- Marcus Recchia, Pindari et Bacchylidis hyporchematum fragmenta. Edizioni dell’Ateneo: Edizioni dell’Ateneo, 2022.
• BMCR – Lisa Nevett, James Whitley, An age of experiment: Classical archaeology transformed (1976-2014). McDonald Institute monographs. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2018.

Exhibition Related Things

• Pure Color | James Romm | The New York Review of Books
• New exhibition to explore mythology of Alexander the Great | British Library | The Guardian
• Greek Mythology as an Allegory for Gay Dating

Dramatic Receptions

• Photos: First look at Curtain Players’ ELEEMOSYNARY
• Critical Conversations: The Bacchae
• Ancient Greek Tragedy Ages like a Fine Wine: NUTS’ Bakkhai | Woroni
• Review: Cambridge Greek Play 2022: The Persians and The Cyclops – University of Cambridge

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• Sparta: how odd? is the title of the lecture by Prof. Paul Cartledge
• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• Postdoctoral Research Associate in Human Bioarchaeology and Biomolecular Archaeology job with DURHAM UNIVERSITY | 312879
• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• The worst ideas of 5 great philosophers – Big Think
• Phryne: The Ancient Greek Courtesan Who Disrobed For Her Freedom
• Ancient Greek Quotes Inscribed on Global Landmarks
• The Bronze Age Origins of Greek Civilization – CounterPunch.org
• Phaistos: The Palatial Mountain Fortress of Crete

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  the outbreak of a coughing sickness and oppression of the heart.

… 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. Nov. 2775 AUC ~ 25 Pyanepsion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Culture Ministry buys two rare Roman gold coins, gives them to the Romanian History Museum | Romania Insider
• World’s oldest star map that was lost for 2,000 years is FOUND hiding in an ancient manuscript | Daily Mail Online
• Jar with skull inside found in Kochkor – AKIpress News Agency
• Ancient carvings discovered at iconic Iraqi monument – World – DAWN.COM
• Mashki Gate: Stunning ancient rock carvings found in Iraq – BBC News
• Will The Parthenon Project seize the Elgin Marbles? | The Spectator Australia
• Masterful touch to 2,000-year-old artifacts in ancient city of Pergamon | Daily Sabah
• Tunisians call for reopening of Bardo Museum, world-class site of history and culture | Khaled Hedoui | AW
• Clay tablet in Turkey points to ‘enemy’ influence on Hittite Empire | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

In Case You Missed It

• Egypt’s Zahi Hawass mobilises for return of artefacts from British Museum, Louvre – Ancient Egypt – Antiquities – Ahram Online
• Archaeologists Find Grave of Aphrodite Priestess in Ancient Black Sea City – Archaeology – Haaretz.com

Classicists and Classics in the News

• News – Member Spotlight: Margaret L. Laird – Archaeological Institute of America Societies

Greek/Latin News

• Akropolis World News ~ Σίνα
• Ephemeris – DILECTUS RUSSICUS

Public Facing Classics

• Liz Truss and the art of rhetoric | The Spectator
• I ‘Marie Kondo’d’ my teaching during the pandemic. Now, I’m sticking with it | Cognoscenti

Fresh Bloggery

• Romans: Dionysios on legends of Greek and Pelasgian migrations to Italy (late first century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Bacchante
• Adrift in Exile: Returning to Euripides’ “Heracleidae” Online – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Laudator Temporis Acti: This is Greece
• #ClassicsTober Day 19: WARRIOR | Greek Myth Comix
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Three-dimensional model of Khirbat al-Jariya
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Der fließende Gott: Bilder von Flüssen und ihren Göttern in der römischen Kaiserzeit
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Antike Konzepte neu denken bei Augustinus: Transformationen klassischer Texte in De civitate Dei und weiteren Werken
• Bij de dood van John P. Meier – Mainzer Beobachter
• Hector’s Farewell To Andromache, Attributed To Anton Kern (c. 1710-1747) | The Historian’s Hut
• The Myth Of Athena’s Owl, Nyctimene | The Historian’s Hut
• The History Blog » Blog Archive » Long, “damned” Roman inscription goes on display
• Aristoteles’ erfenis – Mainzer Beobachter
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Plural of an Adverb
• PaleoJudaica.com: Job: History of Ancient Mediterranean World at North Carolina State
• PaleoJudaica.com: Review of the BL Alexander the Great Exhibition
• PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Robinson, A Kabbalist in Montreal
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Genealogy
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Athletes
• Spooky Special: The Werewolf of Greek Myth

Other Blog-like Publications

• Living Descendants of Mark Antony – Antigone
• Mandra of Despotiko 2022: excavation and restoration works
• Heroes and Villains on Circulating Coins and Banknotes
• Original burial place of St Nicholas located by archaeologists – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on Ovid, Amores 3.2.27-38

Fresh Podcasts

• The Ancients: Virgil on Apple Podcasts

One of Antiquity’s greatest poets, Virgil’s legacy is seen across history. Following in the footsteps of his predecessor’s Homer and Hesiod – Virgil’s work inspires people even today. With inspiration for his poems coming from the political turmoil and change around him, Virgil’s work offers insight into the tumultuous time he was living in. But who was Virgil, and why are his work’s still so revered? In this episode, Tristan is joined by Dr Anne Rogerson from the University of Sydney to help shed some light on this mysterious figure. Looking at Virgil’s three most famous works, The Georgics, The Eclogues, and of course The Aeneid – why has Virgil’s legacy and name persevered throughout history?

• In Our Time: Plato’s Atlantis on Apple Podcasts

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Plato’s account of the once great island of Atlantis out to the west, beyond the world known to his fellow Athenians, and why it disappeared many thousands of years before his time. There are no sources for this story other than Plato, and he tells it across two of his works, the Timaeus and the Critias, tantalizing his readers with evidence that it is true and clues that it is a fantasy. Atlantis, for Plato, is a way to explore what an ideal republic really is, and whether Athens could be (or ever was) one; to European travellers in the Renaissance, though, his story reflected their own encounters with distant lands, previously unknown to them, spurring generations of explorers to scour the oceans and in the hope of finding a lost world.

• Ancient History Fangirl: Witches of Ancient Greece and Rome (with Daniel Ogden) on Apple Podcasts

Who were the witches and sorceresses of ancient Greece and Rome–and how did they wield their power? In this episode, ancient occult expert Daniel Ogden introduces us to the world of Greco-Roman witchcraft–including necromancy, love spells, curse tablets, and real-life magical manuals written thousands of years ago by Alexandrian sorcerers. Join us as we explore both mythology and history to uncover a forgotten world of clandestine magic, primarily wielded by women.

Fresh Youtubery

• Reading Greek Tragedy Online – Children of Herakles – YouTube | Centr for Hellenic Studies
• Everything You Need to Know About Natalie Haynes – YouTube | Pan Macmillan
• Disease in Ancient Faces – YouTube | Atudy of Antiquity and the Middle Ages
• Liverpool Greek Academy – YouTube | Classics for All
• Oboe/Ambush Etymologies – YouTube | Alliterative
• Origins of gender-neutral They – YouTube | Alliterative
• Ancient Greeks in the Arctic – The Voyage of Pytheas DOCUMENTARY – YouTube | Invicta
• 2022-10-12 BB – E. Kansa, Sharing and Caring with Archaeological Information – YouTube | Archaeological Research Facility, UC Berkeley
• How did Democracy work in Ancient Greek Armies? – YouTube | Ancient History Guy
• Iconic Colosseum to reopen ‘pleb tier’ – YouTube

Book Reviews

• BMCR – Elizabeth A. Clark, Melania the Younger: from Rome to Jerusalem. Women in antiquity. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2021.
• BMCR – Celia Sánchez Natalias, Sylloge of defixiones from the Roman west: a comprehensive collection of curse tablets from the fourth century BCE to the fifth century CE. BAR international series, 3077. Oxford: BAR Publishing, 2022.
• Crassus by Peter Stothard review — the rise and lurid fall of Rome’s richest man | Times2 | The Times

Exhibition Related Things

• Alexander the Great review – cultural treasures reduced to the status of comics | Art and design | The Guardian
• Egypt’s new £889 million museum is fit for a pharaoh | National Geographic
• Authentic artifacts and 3-D representations bring Pompeii to life at Liberty Science Center – nj.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

• This Line of Roman Fortifications Was 4 Times Longer Than Hadrian’s Wall
• Unmasking Howard Carter – the man who found Tutankhamun | National Geographic
• What Caused the Untimely Death of Alexander the Great?

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 festering wound and for the common folk, extreme suffering due to the disagreements.

… 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. Nov. 2775 AUC ~ 24 Pyanepsion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• Archaeologists Find Grave of Aphrodite Priestess in Ancient Black Sea City – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
• The 100th Anniversary of Howard Carter in Egypt – Egypt Independent
• First known map of night sky found hidden in Medieval parchment
• Ancient synagogue in Israel was likely a Roman temple – Big Think
• Findings show that the Vikings’ self-image was influenced by Ancient Rome
• Ancient world’s multicultural secrets revealed by handwriting analysis of scrolls
• Now is the moment for the women of Ancient Greek mythology | The Independent
• Ornate golden belt unearthed by Czech farmer – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Has the mystery behind the fresco in the Tomb of the Diver been solved? | Culture | EL PAÍS English Edition
• Echoes of sacred past unearthed on Despotiko | eKathimerini.com
• Oldest Map of The Night Sky Appears Hidden Within Medieval Codex : ScienceAlert
• 2,000-year-old whistle found at child’s grave in Türkiye’s Assos | Daily Sabah
• Phanagoria: Aphrodite’s Medallion And Iranian Sword Found In A Greek Colony In Russia (PHOTOS)

In Case You Missed It

• National Archaeological Museum to show two small Eros statues for the first time – Hellenic News of America
• Ancient plants show volcano eruptions buried Italian village | Miami Herald
• 1800-year-old Ancient Military Medal Of Medusa Discovered In Ancient Greek City Of Perre
• Tomb of ‘Santa Claus’ is FOUND: Burial spot of Saint Nicholas discovered underneath Turkish church | Daily Mail Online
• Exact burial spot of St. Nicholas, inspiration for Santa Claus, discovered in Turkish church | Live Science
• Researchers investigate ancestral origins of ancient Greek army combatants | The Past

Fresh Bloggery

• Gauls: Cicero and the link between imperial conquest and negative stereotypes (mid-first century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• #ClassicsTober Day 18: VINE | Greek Myth Comix
• L’Année épigraphique 2019 – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Heraclitus the Agelast
• The Gift of the Briefest of Lives – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Journal: Ad Familiares – Classics for All’s online journal
• The Tense And Mobilizing Elections Of 329 BCE In Rome | The Historian’s Hut
• Lucan | The Historian’s Hut
• 17th-Century Tapestry Depicting Charles Le Brun’s Painting Of Alexander Entering Babylon | The Historian’s Hut
• Sweettalking From Trees and Stone – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• The History Blog » Blog Archive » Child’s terracotta whistle found at Assos
• Aristoteles (14): Een conservatief denker – Mainzer Beobachter
• PaleoJudaica.com: Ancient Judaism & RS job at USC
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Some Insults
• Laudator Temporis Acti: A Howl of Derision
• PaleoJudaica.com: Lost astronomy recovered in a Syriac palimpsest
• PaleoJudaica.com: Battle of Zama anniversary
• How Croesus Lost His Kingdom — ConsultTheClassics
• Spencer Alley: Edgar Degas – Early Studies for Paintings

Association/Departmental Blogs and News

• Ageless Arete: Essays from the 6th Interdisciplinary – The Classical Association of Canada

Other Blog-like Publications

• Music was ubiquitous in ancient Greece. Now we can hear how it actually sounded | Aeon Videos
• A 2,000-year-old whistle was found in a child’s grave in the ruins of Assos, Turkey – Arkeonews
• A cobbled ford uncovered near Evesham could be the finest Roman example of its type in Britain – Arkeonews

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on a bronze inscription from Lusitania
• @DocCrom on coins Caligula made in honour of his mother
• @abby_fecit on a 1700 years bp inscription at Leeds

Fresh Podcasts

• This Week in the Ancient Near East: The Uncomfortable Ivory Decorated Chairs of Iron Age Jerusalem, or, Wait, There Were Elephants Wandering Around in the Iron Age? on Apple Podcasts

The find of ivory decorations for furniture in Iron Age Jerusalem raises many questions. Where does the furniture come from and why does it look so uncomfortable? Were these diplomatic gifts or local knockoffs? Were there really elephants wandering around Syria in this period? Isn’t that what we should really be talking about?

• Ad Navseam: The Palladium (Gvrgle 5) on Apple Podcasts

This week’s fun-size offering tackles the mysterious, quasi-historical object known as the Palladium. Readers of myth might remember this as the talisman held in the Trojan citadel which protected the city until it was stolen away by Odysseus and Diomedes. But the story doesn’t end there. Rumor says it went to Athens or Sparta, and then maybe Rome. Is the Palladium something that makes the jump from mythic symbol to historical artifact? Was it something like the ξόανον the Athenians kept in the Erechtheion? Did Elagabalus move the Palladium into his Rumpus Room? Did Constantine bury it under his column? Could it still be there?

• The Dirt Podcast: PROMO – Spines in Peru, Decapitated Romans and Egyptian Notepads – The Archaeology Show on Apple Podcasts

The Archaeology Podcast Network is taking a bit of a break for October, 2022. In the mean time, we’re introducing you to some of the other fantastic shows that we produce. Here’s an episode from Tea Break Time Travel about Scottish prehistory and the Pictish Beastie. This month Matilda focuses on the prehistory of Scotland, and specifically that enigmatic carved stone symbol known as the Pictish Beastie. Is it a dolphin? Is it an elephant? Is it a unicorn? To help uncover the mystery of this symbol and provide some background context about Pictish society is guest Hamish Findley Lamley, owner of Pictavia Leather. Join the journey to hear all about the different cultures in Scottish prehistory, the significance of standing stones, and why you would make a zebra-skin sporran. 

• Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold: BONUS: There’s RomCom Featuring Cupid & I Am Here for It! (QCODE’s CUPID Aftershow 1) on Apple Podcasts

In this special bonus series of episodes, Liv is collaborating with QCODE’s new podcast Cupid! Liv will be looking at the mythological background of characters, concepts, and storylines in Cupid. Find Cupid wherever you get your podcasts. Find the Spotify playlist featuring recommended LTAMB episodes here.

Fresh Youtubery

• Necropoli di Porta Stabia – William Van Andringa – YouTube | Pompeii
• 30b. Pupienus and Balbinus II – Two Heads Better Than One – YouTube | Classical Association Northern Ireland
• Historian SLAMS Daily Mail Article About The Trojan War – YouTube | Moan Inc.
• The Hole Where King Tut’s Heart Used to Be | Overheard at National Geographic – YouTube | National Geographic
• Alexandria: The Ancient Greek Megacity Of Knowledge | Metropolis | Timeline – YouTube

Book Reviews

• BMCR – Kim Bowes, The Roman Peasant Project 2009-2014: excavating the Roman rural poor. University museum monograph, 154. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2020.
• BMCR – Stefano Maso, Cicero’s philosophy. Trends in classics, 3. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2022.
• BMCR – Marc Domingo Gygax, Arjan Zuiderhoek, Benefactors and the polis: the public gift in the Greek cities from the Homeric world to late antiquity. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020.
• Visiter Chersonèse Taurique de chez soi | Spartokos a lu

Exhibition Related Things

• Treasures of Afghan History, Art and Culture – The New York Times

Dramatic Receptions

• Cambridge Greek Play returns – with English surtitles
• Getty Villa Presents Memnon Ran Online Live Play-Reading By The Classical Theatre Of Harlem
• Sophie Okonedo to play Medea at new West End theatre | Theatre | The Guardian

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

• Studia bithynica. An e-conference on the archaeology and history
• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Events Calendar

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• Fellowships in Archaeology and Classics: Britain and Germany.
• Sessional Positions at Brock University – The Classical Association of Canada
• UNC Chapel Hill, TT Latin Historiography – The Classical Association of Canada
• Lecturer in Roman History (Teaching and Scholarship) at The University of Manchester
• University of Alberta TT Position: Roman Archaeology – The Classical Association of Canada
• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

• The Lion of Kea: An Intriguing Enigma of Ancient Greece
• Ancient Greek Helmet From the Persian Wars Found in Israel
• The mysterious story of the Roman bust – The Paisano

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 the downfall of a ruler of the overthrowing of a king, but it also warns about discord among the common people and also suggests abundance.

… 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. Nov. 2775 AUC ~ 23 Pyanepsion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

In the News

• New analysis of obsidian blades reveals dynamic Neolithic social networks
• Iraqi-American excavation mission discovers 8 mural carvings in Mosul – Iraqi News
• PHOTOS: First archeological park in Iraq
• Ancient world’s multicultural secrets revealed by handwriting analysis of scrolls – Horizon Magazine Blog
• Two Eros Of Smyrna: Masterpieces Of Ancient Greece At Athens Archaeological Museum
• From Rome to Yorkshire: Words of ancient Britain unveiled in Leeds | Yorkshire Evening Post
• Polish-Moroccan archeological team discovers Roman military tower | TVP World
• Roman villa complete with bathhouse and ancient central heating system found in Trottiscliffe

In Case You Missed It

• Fragments of decorated ivory plaques found among the ruins of an ancient palace in Jerusalem | The Past
• See the Stunning 1,600-Year-Old Mosaic Unearthed in Syria | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine

Greek/Latin News

• Ephemeris – NOVUS CONSUL

Public Facing Classics

• Catullus and Kwasi Kwarteng | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS

Fresh Bloggery

• Phoenicians and Sardinians: Cicero’s ethnic invective in defending Marcus Scaurus (mid-first century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Sicilians and other Greeks: Cicero’s praise for Sicilians in the prosecution of Verres (mid-first century BCE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• Maiotians, Bosporians, Kaukasians, and other Pontic peoples: Strabo on northern Asia (early first century CE) | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
• A Memorial of Pain to His Enemies – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Epitaph of Menogenes
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: ‘The Black Sea’: a new collection from ‘Anatolian Studies’. Free until 30 November 2022
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Access Monograph Series: Scripta Antiquitatis Posterioris ad Ethicam Religionemque pertinentia
• #ClassicsTober Day 17: BRONZE | Greek Myth Comix
• Heracles Vanquishing Queen Hippolyte Of The Amazons, By Pierre Andrieu (c. 1821-1892) | The Historian’s Hut
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Go Elsewhere
• The History Blog » Blog Archive » Ten new tombs found in Etruscan necropolis
• Arsinoë laat Achillas doden – Mainzer Beobachter
• PaleoJudaica.com: Hebrew Bible job at University of Pennsylvania
• PaleoJudaica.com: AI handwriting analysis of DSS and papyri
• Spencer Alley: Edgar Degas – Student Work of the 1850s
• Aristoteles (13): De staat – Mainzer Beobachter

Other Blog-like Publications

• Archaeologists unearthed the exact place of the tomb of Saint Nicholas, also known as “Santa Claus,” and the floor on which he walked – Arkeonews
• 2600-year-old Med period artifacts found in Oluz Höyük, in Turkey – Arkeonews
• Mud, Monks, and Mosaics – Biblical Archaeology Society
• 54% of the British for the Parthenon Sculptures’ repatriation

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom on some coins depicting Venus Cloacina
• @DocCrom on Propertius, Elegies 4.11.19-28

Fresh Podcasts

• The Plagues of Egypt | Mythcrashers Ep. 4 by By Jove Theatre Company

In this episode, Malinda and Nicole discuss the plagues of Egypt. Featuring special guest James Potter.

• Ancient History Fangirl: RE-RELEASE: Ancient Vampires: They Only Knock Once on Apple Podcasts

Communities all over the ancient world had a problem: their dead wouldn’t stay in the ground. They rose up as shambolic corpses, gusts of wind and evil spirits, draining human life force and devouring flesh and blood. The vampire myth is an ancient one, found on every continent. Join us as we explore the oldest vampire myths we could find from Sumeria, Greece, Rome, and Germania–and discover the clues they leave us about those cultures.

• Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold: She Gives, She Takes Away, the Goddess Hecate & Her World of Witchcraft on Apple Podcasts

You asked, I delivered: more, more, more Hecate! We look at everything there is to know about Hecate, all powerful goddess of witchcraft, and some real life women accused of witchcraft in ancient Greece.

Fresh Youtubery

• The Ancient Greek god of PANIC! – YouTube | Archaeosoup
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Book Reviews

• BMCR – Robert Parker, Philippa M. Steele, The early Greek alphabets: origin, diffusion, uses. Oxford Studies in Ancient Documents. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021.
• BMCR – Joëlle Prim, Aventinus mons: limites, fonctions urbaines et représentations politiques d’une colline de la Rome antique. Collection de l’École française de Rome, 571. Rome: École française de Rome, 2021.
• BMCR – Sergio Yona, Gregson Davis, Epicurus in Rome: philosophical perspectives in the Ciceronian age. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Dramatic Receptions

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• Placement:Service | Society for Classical Studies

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Diversions

• Latin Wordle – latindictionary.io
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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 an abundant supply of grain brought in from foreign countries.

… 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. XVI Kal. Nov. 2775 AUC ~ 22 Pyanepsion in the second year of the 700th Olympiad

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Public Facing Classics

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Fresh Bloggery

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• MEMORIAE AGRIPPINAE: A Roman Mother’s Legacy | Garstang Museum of Archaeology
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• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: The ‘P’ Word [Updated]
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• Aristoteles (11): De deugd – Mainzer Beobachter
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Association/Departmental Blogs and News

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Other Blog-like Publications

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Fresh Podcasts

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Synopsis: The Canaanite cities of Tel-Rehov and Beth-Shean were re-founded by the Pharaoh Thutmose III in the wake of the Battle of Megiddo. By the early Iron Age, their size, location and wealth drew the attention of the Pharaoh Shoshenq I….

• Ancient History Hound: Night of the Livy Dead Minisode: Werewolves in Greece and Rome. on Apple Podcasts

There are two main stories concerning werewolves in Greece and Rome and in this minisode I briefly cover them. What went on on Mount Lykaion exactly and how did the werewolf differ from our modern interpretation.

• Dive & Dig: D&D II – Builders of the Pyramids, Wadi el Jarf, Egypt. on Apple Podcasts

Welcome to the first episode of our new series! Presented by historian, Professor Bettany Hughes, and maritime archaeologist, Dr Lucy Blue who journey across the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. In this episode we explore Wadi El Jarf, the site of the oldest known artificial sea harbour in the world. Located on the Red Sea of Egypt, it was built about 4500 years ago.  It reveals around 30 caves housing finds including amazingly preserved dismantled wooden boats, rigging material, and a papyrus archive, consisting of the oldest known papyrus in the world, that tells the story of the site. The site was built during the 4th Dynasty, around the time of the Pharaoh Khufu, who built the Great Pyramid of Giza. The papyri found on the site contain daily logbooks and for the first time ever, allow us to hear from individual workers. Bettany speaks to the site director to find out more about what they found and what this can tell us about the ancient Egyptians and Lucy chats with the lead underwater archaeologist to discover more about the ancient artificial harbour.

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• Engaging with the Garima Gospels: the earliest illuminated Gospel books from Ethiopia, Mai Musie – YouTube | Classical Association Northern Ireland
• Teaching and Learning Greek, with Joel Christensen | Kosmos Society – YouTube | Center for Hellenic Studies
• Women and Religion in the Classical Polis – YouTube | Edith Hall
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Book Reviews

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Dramatic Receptions

• Lovers & Madmen’s ‘ Antigone’ blends the classical with the modern

Online Talks and Conference-Related Things

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

Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters

• Assistant Professor Position in Roman Archaeology University of Alberta
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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 good fortune for the wealthy and high born.

… 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)