Hodie est a.d. XIV Kal. Iun. 2775 AUC ~ 19 Thargelion in the first year of the 700th Olympia
In the News
- Greece, UK to hold formal talks on return of Parthenon sculptures | eKathimerini.com
- Amid Mounting Public Pressure, Greece and the U.K. Have Agreed to a New Round of Talks About a Possible Return of the Parthenon Marbles | Artnet News
- Greece and UK Agree to Formal Talks Over Parthenon Marbles
- Construction of much anticipated Grand Egyptian Museum to be completed by June 30, official – EgyptToday
- Latona of Veio to be restored at Etruscan Museum in Rome – Lifestyle – ANSA.it
- Huge cache of stolen antiquities found in central Israel – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
- 1,800 rare coins, artifacts seized from illegal antiquities dealer – The Jerusalem Post
- Salorno—Dos de la Forca (Adige Valley, Northern Italy): A unique cremation site of the Late Bronze Age | PLOS ONE
- Update on progress of Swindon Southern Connector Road after Roman finds | Swindon Advertiser
In Case You Missed It
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Classicists and Classics in the News
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Public Facing Classics
- How fear, sex and power shaped ancient mythology – BBC Culture
- Aristotle on how to write a story | Princeton University Press
- The ancient Greek ship that was too big for any harbour | The Spectator
Fresh Bloggery
- RRC 383/1 – control numbers – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Expect the Unexpected! Returning to Euripides’ “Ion” Online – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Rude Behavior
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Kourgane de l’Hôpital. Matériels des recherches archéologiques de sauvetage
- Museum Day #1 | Ancient History Ramblings
- Griekse leeuw – Mainzer Beobachter
- Caught Out There | Sphinx
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Scholarship and Stamp-Collecting
- PaleoJudaica.com: Vast haul of antiquities recovered in Israel
- PaleoJudaica.com: Ancient underground Turkish city hid Christians and Jews?
Association/Departmental Blogs and News
Other Blog-like Publications
- AGON Film Festival Awards
- Where were Herod’s bathtubs quarried?
- Ruins at Banias – King Herod’s Palace Identified at Caesarea Philippi – Biblical Archaeology Society
- Near-pristine Bronze Age spear discovered during wetlands construction – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
Assorted Twitter Threads
Fresh Podcasts
The Iliad and the Odyssey are two of the world’s most famous poems. But who was their author, Homer, and how have his name and poems survived so long, preserved for almost 3 millennia? In this episode of The Ancients, Tristan is joined once again by author, classicist, and cultural critic, Daisy Dunn. Daisy helps us dissect the complex works, legacy and influence of Homer. From the Trojan War to Ionic and Aeolic Greeks, we find out more about the inspiration and impact that Homer holds.
This episode is part of our abortion rights takeover series. It was originally dropped on our Patreon. It deals with the miracle plant of ancient Greece and Rome: Silphium. The people of Cyrene printed it on their money. It was considered a delicacy throughout the Greek and Roman world, as well as a powerful medicine that could be used to cure everything from baldness to epilepsy to poisonings.
Fresh Youtubery
- What to Do with a Smashed Statue from Antiquity and Today? – YouTube | Getty Museum
- The Hanging Gardens of Babylon #shorts #history #documentary #fyp – YouTube | Kings and Generals
- Antje Bosselmann-Ruickbie – The Perception of Constantinople in Heavy Metal – YouTube | Jeremy Swist
- The Discord of Eris (Microtonal Improvisation for Ancient Greek Tortoise Shell Lyre) – YouTube | Michael Levy
- What Would You Have Eaten If You Lived In Ancient Times? | Footprints of Civilisation | Odyssey – YouTube
- Louise Brouard on the use of καλέω and ὀνομάζω in Herodotus’ Histories – YouTube
- 19 maggio 1916, 106 anni dopo la scoperta dell’Apollo di Veio – YouTube | Etruschannel
Book Reviews
- James Romm · No Cheating! Olympia · LRB 26 May 2022
- BMCR – David Bolotin, Aristotle: ‘Parva naturalia’ with ‘On the motion of animals’. Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, 2021.
- BMCR – Marcel Detienne, Jean-Pierre Vernant, La notion de daïmôn dans le pythagorisme ancien: de la pensée religieuse à la pensée philosophique. Anagôgé, 14. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 2021.
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
- Lecturer in Classical Studies (Greek Language and Mediterranean Culture)
- Two post-doc positions in Warsaw
- Placement: Advertisements 2021-2022 | Society for Classical Studies
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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, ir portends a man being raised to the height of good fortune through the goodwill of the city.
… 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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