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- Musée de la Romanité, Nîmes – Mainzer Beobachter
- A Memorial for a Digital Friend: Diana Gilliland Wright | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- Some Help for the Dead: Reading Sophocles’ “Antigone” Online – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Anavysos Kouros
- TYCHE-online now available open access – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy
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- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Outlooks on the International Koiné Style: Hybrid Visual Idiom from New Kingdom Elite Iconography
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- Forgetfulness, Cures, and Growing Concerns: Some Ancient Greek Drugs – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Damaged cultural sites in Ukraine verified by UNESCO
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- De stad: een onbruikbaar concept – Mainzer Beobachter
- PaleoJudaica.com: Parks et al. (eds.), Jewish and Christian Women in the Ancient Mediterranean (Routledge)
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- Athetizing a Dream – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Paying Taxes to Caesar – Matthew 22:15-17 – Reading Acts
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- Roman mosaic found in villa complex – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
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Fresh Podcasts
It’s back to Ovid this week and you’d best hold on to your hypotenuse. Join us for a deep dive into Book 15 of the Metamorphoses where, after a quick “Hello, Numa”, it’s on to a lengthy lecture by Pythagoras (of triangle fame) regarding the dos and (mainly) don’ts of what humans should glut their gobs with. In a word—put down that cheeseburger, because it just might be your uncle Jimmy! What was Numa, the 2nd king of Rome, supposed to learn from this? Is there wisdom here or was Pythagoras just some kind of metempsycho? Would a modern vegan or vegetarian agree with his take? In the meantime, tune in, go easy on the beans and if you encounter a bar on your way to this episode, consider walking around it. Also, Guacaroni and Cheese.
When we think of the modern Mediterranean, delicious and vibrant food is one of the first things that come to mind. But how much has the regional food changed over the last two millennia? In this episode Tristan is joined by host of ‘The Delicious Legacy’ Thomas Ntinas to discuss just how much the food has changed, and helps by providing Tristan with some mouth-watering home made recreations of just what they would have eaten. The importance of fresh produce, who would’ve eaten an extravagant meal just like the one Tristan is served, and the importance of honey and wine, Thom takes us on a flavoursome journey through history.
There is much less scholarly work on the early Roman Republic than there is on periods like the late Republic or early Empire. This is understandable as there are fewer primary sources, and what we have does not always seem quite as reliable. There are still people who have chosen to focus on this era, and one of our major scholarly sources has been the work of Emeritus Professor Tim Cornell…
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss what is reputedly the most performed of all Greek tragedies. Antigone, by Sophocles (c496-c406 BC), is powerfully ambiguous, inviting the audience to reassess its values constantly before the climax of the play resolves the plot if not the issues. Antigone is barely a teenager and is prepared to defy her uncle Creon, the new king of Thebes, who has decreed that nobody should bury the body of her brother, a traitor, on pain of death. This sets up a conflict between generations, between the state and the individual, uncle and niece, autocracy and pluralism, and it releases an enormous tragic energy that brings sudden death to Antigone, her fiance Haemon who is also Creon’s son, and to Creon’s wife Eurydice, while Creon himself is condemned to a living death of grief. With Edith Hall Professor of Classics at Durham University Oliver Taplin Emeritus Professor of Classics, University of Oxford And Lyndsay Coo Senior Lecturer in Ancient Greek Language and Literature at the University of Bristol
In the second of two episodes on the Jewish Revolt, Tom and Dominic discuss the burning of the Temple, Vespasian & Titus’ triumph, and Masada. Why was it such a landmark revolt for both Christianity and Judaism? What happened in its aftermath? And what has its historical significance been in the modern world?
In our last episode we looked at Achilles’ early life and his relationships with the women who crossed his path. In this episode, we follow him to the beach at Aulis—where all the Greek kings and heroes, anyone who was anyone, had gathered at the start of the Trojan War. Achilles left Pyrrha behind, but his time as a dancing girl followed him to that beach. This is where the wind stalled. This is where Achilles first clashed with that titan of fragile masculinity, Agamemnon. And this is where a girl named Iphigenia met her fate.
Fresh Youtubery
- Convegno “Le Fosse Ardeatine: la luce della Memoria dal buio delle cave” 24 marzo 2022. – YouTube
- Il soffitto della stanza da letto della casa di Leda e il cigno – YouTube | PompeiAncient Roman music. Roman world, then & now. Harp, friscalettu, drums, voice. Bettina Joy de Guzman – YouTube
Book Reviews
- BMCR – Jonathan Ben-Dov, Felipe Rojas, Afterlives of ancient rock-cut monuments in the Near East. Culture and history of the ancient Near East, volume 123. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2021.
- Serena Cannavale, Lorenzo Miletti, Mario Regali, I luoghi delle Muse. La funzione dello spazio nella fondazione e nel rinnovamento dei generi letterari greci. Diotima volume 5. Baden-Baden: Academia Verlag, 2021.
Exhibition Related Things
- USask digital exhibit showcases dining practices of ancient Romans – News – University of Saskatchewan
- ‘An exhibition about real people’: Dr Peter Higgs on why the Ancient Greeks still thrill – Greek Herald
Dramatic Receptions
- Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’ to play at National Theatre in 2023 | London Theatre
- Sophocles’ ‘Antigone’ to be staged at Opus 40 in May – Daily Freeman
Online Talks and Conference-Related Things
- Women and Ritual Acts | Society for Classical Studies
- New Research on Ancient Mobility and Connectivity | Department of Classics
- 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
- Two-Year Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship in Classics and Race job with College of the Holy Cross | 480743
- Kevin Lee Teaching Fellow job with UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY | 290797
- Placement: Advertisements 2021-2022 | Society for Classical Studies
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- Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
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- Consult the Oracle at UCL
Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends good things for crops but war for the state.
… 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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