Hodie est a.d. XI Kal. Sept. 2775 AUC ~ 25 Metageitnion in the second year of the 700th Olympia
In the News
- A horse’s head has been carved by a robot in a bid to make replicas of the Elgin sculptures | Daily Mail Online
- Israeli, German archeologists reconstruct Hasmonean destruction of city – The Jerusalem Post
- Archaeological findings may push back Susa’s history by millennia – Tehran Times
- Beirut’s shattered ancient glass shines on | News | The Times
- Archaeologists Discover 40 Objects Of Scythian Period And Br… | MENAFN.COM
- 2,350-year-old Cybele statue found in Türkiye’s Antandrus | Daily Sabah
In Case You Missed It
- Discovery of Greek Inscription Reveals Home of Saint Peter, Apostle of Jesus
- Statuary Heads of Greek Gods Unearthed in Ancient City of Aizanoi
Greek/Latin News
- Radiogiornale Latino 21.08.2022 – Podcast – Radio Vaticana – Vatican News
- Ephemeris – IMPETUS CRUENTISSIMUS
Public Facing Classics
- A Burden on The Earth: Greek Myth and climate change – Neos Kosmos
- Who Was Demetrius the Besieger, King of Macedon? | History| Smithsonian Magazine
Fresh Bloggery
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Saint Erasmus
- PaleoJudaica.com: Paradigm Change in Pentateuchal Research (Harrassowitz)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Antikythera mechanism latest
- Judging on Aspiration not Failure – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Theta and Zeta
- Better Drunk Than Dead – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: UK Metal Detectorist Responds to Comments on TV Show
- Het scheiden der wegen – Mainzer Beobachter
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Are detectorists amateur archaeologists?
- Het odeon van Byblos – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: KWFA PROSWPA
- Play, Laugh, Dance. Die. – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Good Journey
- PaleoJudaica.com: Hamidovic et al. (eds.), La “sacerdotalisation” dans les premiers écrits mystiques juifs et chrétiens (Brepols)
- PaleoJudaica.com: Raja (ed.), The Small Stuff of the Palmyrenes (Brepols)
- What Was the Name of Odysseus’ City? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Digging at Vindolanda FOLLOWING HADRIAN
- Stuff queens wear on their head.. – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Greek Poetry Every Day – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Schrijffouten – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Snail-shell snag for Iẓṭabba’s chronology
- PaleoJudaica.com: Conservation controversy in Hebron
- PaleoJudaica.com: Lutz (ed.), Bible Translations – Linguistic and Cultural Issues (Harrossowitz)
- Spencer Alley: Luca Cambiaso (1527-1585) – Study Drawings at the Louvre
Other Blog-like Publications
- Metamorphoses: Index – by M. – Ovid Daily
- Gratias tibi ago! Thank you! – by M. – Ovid Daily
- Metamorphoses XV.1-126 – by M. – Ovid Daily
- Metamorphoses XV.127-251 – by M. – Ovid Daily
- 22 August 45 BCE: To Atticus (at Rome) from Cicero (at Tusculum)
- A 1600-year-old writing set was unearthed in the city of Bathonea, which has the oldest ancient port in Istanbul – Arkeonews
Fresh Podcasts
This week we at last reach the grim, tragic climax of Book IV of the Aeneid, where the height of Dido’s madness is matched only by the depth of Aeneas’ strange indifference. When Jeff innocently pauses to comment on the “cinematic” nature of Vergil’s language and pacing, Dave pushes back, and the guys tussle over whether literary narratives are always superior to visual ones. Would Vergil be a Scorsese today? Or would that make him a lesser artist by default, if he set down his pen? Are there genres that are better served on he screen? At any rate, things are getting bleak in Carthage—Dido’s flirting with black magic, raving about the citadel, preparing for a grisly end – and what does Aeneas decide to do? Catch a nap on the poop deck. What is going on with this guy?
Halfway through Season 1! DOTRR’s review of HBO’s Rome’s sixth episode, “Egeria.” Friends and I summarize the episode, speculate about the show, and talk about our favorite characters!
The Greco-Persian wars were a series of truly tectonic engagements fought during the first half of the 5th century BCE. On one side was a lose coalition of free Greek cities versus the autocratic behemoth that was the Persian empire. A real David and Goliath style conflict, with this episode I’ll be kicking off a series on the conflicts to describe the period in as much detail as possible. First up I take a look at the genesis behind the wars themselves, that is the Ionian revolt. Aristagoras of Miletus is often credited with stirring up a sense of nationalism amongst the cities of the Ionian coast, in western Turkey. From there his actions set the Greek world down a path to the serious engagements that would follow, Marathon, Thermopylae, Plataea and Salamis. However, Aristagoras’ position as tyrant was underpinned by his father-in-law, Histiaeus, the real tyrant of Miletus. The story of the Ionian revolt is just as much about the former man as it is about the latter. We’ll look deeper into both these tyrants stories and drill into the events surrounding the Ionian revolt.
5330000 BCE – today – We condense the history of the Mediterranean island of Crete into one episode, plotting the ages of the Minoans, Mycenaeans, Etocretans, Romans, Aghlabids, Venetians, Ottomans and Nazi Germans, as well as the ultimate mother culture of Greece itself.
The Commedia Dell’arte tropes that operated in Italy and France were like many actors before them – travelling players operating if not exactly outside of society, then in their own niche within it. The framework that Commedia Dell’arte troupes operated in and how little had changed for the travelling player since Roman and Medieval times….
Fresh Youtubery
- How the Romans Adopted the Greek Gods – Ancient History DOCUMENTARY – YouTube | Kings and Generals
- Exploring Jordan: Ancient Rome’s Eastern Frontier | Traveling Ancient Rome with Darius Arya – YouTube | Wondrium
- Botanical Latin VLOG || Nomina herbarum, florum, arborum discimus – YouTube | Satura Lanx
- La fragmentation de l’espace méditerranéen à la fin de l’Antiquité et ses reflets littéraires – YouTube | Andrea Cirla
- Battle of the Sogdian Rock 327 BC – Alexander the Great DOCUMENTARY – YouTube | Kings and Generals
- Rome’s Surprising Symbol of Freedom – YouTube | Classics in Color
Book Reviews
- JCT – Livy, History of Rome I: A Selection (J.) Storey Pp. viii + 95. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
- JCT – Poenica purpuraria. A Latin Novella (L.) Piantaggini Pp. 76, Poetulus Publishing (Independent), 2020.
- JCT – Vergil: Aeneid 7 (R.T.) Ganiban Pp. viii + 220. Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Publishing Company, 2021.
Exhibition Related Things
Dramatic Receptions
- New York Euripides Summer Festival – The National Herald
- A Charismatic Performer In A Confusing Production – ‘Antigone, Interrupted’: Review : The Indiependent
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Jobs, Postdocs, and other Professional Matters
‘Classical’ Opinion Pieces
Alia
- San Vitale and the Justinian Mosaic – Smarthistory
- From Ancient Greece to a TikTok Trend – JSTOR Daily
- Massacring Christians: A stain on the legacy of Marcus Aurelius as Rome’s ‘enlightened emperor’ | Culture | EL PAÍS English Edition
- Philoxenia: The Ancient Roots of Greek Hospitality
- The Greek Historian Herodotus, Known as “The Father of History”
- Gladiators were the superstars of the Roman Empire – Big Think
- The Ancient Greek Origins of Werewolves
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 things going well for a year.
… 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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