Hodie est pr. Non. Sex. 2775 AUC ~ 7 Metageitnion in the second year of the 700th Olympia

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A.E. (Alicia) Stallings is a highly acclaimed poet and translator. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, she has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation, and, in 2011, a prestigious “genius grant” from the MacArthur Foundation, which recognized her for “mining the classical world and traditional poetic techniques to craft imaginative explorations of contemporary life that evoke startling insights about antiquity’s relevance for today.” Her most recent verse translation is called “The Battle Between the Frogs and Mice: A Tiny Homeric Epic,” and her collection of poems “This Afterlife” will be published later in 2022.

• The Ancients: Hannibal vs Rome: Hannibal’s Greatest Victory on Apple Podcasts

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• Ancient History Fangirl: ALL IN ONE PLACE: The Cult of Aphrodite, Mythology of Aphrodite, Transgender Aphrodite on Apple Podcasts

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Diversions

• Latin Wordle – latindictionary.io
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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

• Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends a shortage of food for both humans and animals.

… 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. Sex. 2775 AUC ~ 6 Metageitnion in the second year of the 700th Olympia

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Public Facing Classics

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Assorted Twitter Threads

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• Thin End of the Wedge: 46. Laerke Recht: The agency of animals on Apple Podcasts

Laerke talks about animals in a new way, taking us beyond thinking about animals as sources of products. What was their agency? And how did they influence human behaviour?

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• 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 threats to public trials and debates among the 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. IV Non. Sex. 2775 AUC ~ 5 Metageitnion in the second year of the 700th Olympia

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Greek/Latin News

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Fresh Bloggery

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• Casting Through Ancient Greece: Teaser: Return of the Heracleidae (Patreon) on Apple Podcasts

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• Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold: CLXXIV: TFW Your Ghost Eidolon Causes the Most Famous War in Ancient History, Euripides’ Helen (Part 2) on Apple Podcasts

Things aren’t looking good for Helen in Egypt, but then Menelaus rolls in and… makes things more difficult.

• Princeton UP Ideas Podcast: Adrienne Mayor, “Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws: And Other Classical Myths, Historical Oddities, and Scientific Curiosities” (Princeton UP, 2022) on Apple Podcasts

Adrienne Mayor is renowned for exploring the borders of history, science, archaeology, anthropology, and popular knowledge to find historical realities and scientific insights–glimmering, long-buried nuggets of truth–embedded in myth, legends, and folklore. Combing through ancient texts and obscure sources, she has spent decades prospecting for intriguing wonders and marvels, historical mysteries, diverting anecdotes, and hidden gems from ancient, medieval, and modern times. Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws: And Other Classical Myths, Historical Oddities, and Scientific Curiosities (Princeton UP, 2022) is a treasury of fifty of her most amazing and amusing discoveries. The book explores such subjects as how mirages inspired legends of cities in the sky; the true identity of winged serpents in ancient Egypt; how ghost ships led to the discovery of the Gulf Stream; and the beauty secrets of ancient Amazons. Other pieces examine Arthur Conan Doyle’s sea serpent and Geronimo’s dragon; Flaubert’s obsession with ancient Carthage; ancient tattooing practices; and the strange relationship between wine goblets and women’s breasts since the times of Helen of Troy and Marie Antoinette. And there’s much, much more. Showcasing Mayor’s trademark passion not to demythologize myths, but to uncover the fascinating truths buried beneath them, Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws is a wonder cabinet of delightful curiosities. More Episodes New Books Network

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• 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 both an outbreak of disease and a shortage of the necessities of life.

… 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 Kal. Sex. 2775 AUC ~ 4 Metageitnion in the second year of the 700th Olympia

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• Elgin Marbles could return to Greece under ‘Parthenon partnership’ to establish ‘cultural exchange’ | Daily Mail Online
• What Did He Just Say? Decoding The British Museum’s Offer Of An “Active Parthenon Partnership” With Greece
• Archaeologists Discover Why Ancient Roman Dice Were So Dodgy – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
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• The Ancients: Hannibal vs Rome: the Road to Cannae on Apple Podcasts

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• Ancient Greece Declassified: 49 When a Philosopher Ruled the World | Marcus Aurelius w/ Donald Robertson on Apple Podcasts

Was Marcus Aurelius really the enlightened ruler that history books and modern movies portray him as? And is his brand of Stoic philosophy applicable to the modern world? With us to discuss these and other questions is Donald Robertson, a psychotherapist and the author of How to Think Like and Emperor and Verissimus.

• History Hack: History Hack: The Real Gladiator on Apple Podcasts

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• Ancient History Hound: Piracy in Ancient Greece. on Apple Podcasts

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends good things for the affairs of state and general 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. III Kal. Sex. 2775 AUC ~ 2 Metageitnion in the second year of the 700th Olympia

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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

[Saturday] If it thunders today, it portends vengeance-minded men participating in treacherous plots.

[Sunday] … no entry

… 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)