Hodie est a.d XI Kal. Jun. 2774 AUC ~ 11 Thargelion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Five-year program seeks to unlock pre-Christian secrets of Amphipolis | eKathimerini.com
• Ancient Roman bath complex discovered in Spain | The Independent

In Case You Missed It

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Greek/Latin News

• [AkropolisWorldNews] Τὰ ἀντίδοτα καὶ οἱ περιηγηταί 
• [Ephemeris] INDVTIAE OBTINENTVR 

Public Facing Classics

• Mary Beard: was Nero really a monster – or a victim of spin?

Fresh Bloggery

• The Carters’ APESHIT gave me a glimpse of the postcolonial museum – Sportula Europe
• Ancient Orientalism in Modern White Ethnonationalism – Pharos
• Mood Swings – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Ah, Cancel Me With Death – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Arena:Archaeological REsearch in the North Aegean
• Blog Post #28: Interview with Girish Daswani of Human Stories – Peopling the Past
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Catena Manuscripts of the Greek New Testament: A Catalogue
• Weekend Reading: Archaeology in Trouble – Classical Studies Support
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: An interdisciplinary analysis on the state formation and kingship in the Predynastic Egypt
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Learning from the Mistakes of Others
• Roman Times: Dolphins in Greco-Roman Art
• Some of the Smartest People Agree–Sometimes Being Silent is Far Superior to Speech – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Handboeken, “companions” en encyclopedieën – Mainzer Beobachter
• The World of The Blood Road – Part VI – Pastoral Idyll: A Brief Look at Roman Etruria |
• Antiochepedia = Musings Upon Ancient Antioch: A Twice per Century Event?
• The History Blog » Blog Archive » “Nationally important” Roman ritual bronzes fall through Treasure Act loophole
• Vacation Advice from Pliny: Translate Greek into Latin, Maybe Write Some Poems – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Blog-like Publications

• Archaeological REsearch in the North Aegean (ARENA)
• An Introduction to Greek and Latin Metre – Antigone
• The Long and the Short of Latin Poetry – Antigone
• Who Was Seleucus I? 11 Facts About The Seleucid Empire’s Founder
• Coinage in the Roman Provinces: ANS Conference Highlights, Part 1
• Roman Tomb Köln-Weiden – Cologne, Germany – Atlas Obscura
• Cape Matapan & Taenarum – Gateway to Hades – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Did Odin come from Troy? – The Anatolian origins of the Norse pantheon – Ancient World Magazine

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCromm’s Ancient Coin of the Day thread looks at the coins of Chios
• @reeshistory on the ‘cancelling’ methods of ancient Athens
• @carlosfnorena on periods of Roman history as types of pizza
• @fadeaccompli continues reading Work, Identity and Legal Status at Rome

Fresh Podcasts

• ‎Movies We Dig: Episode 24 – Troy: Fall of a City (2018), Part III, with Ava-Elana Tolley-Enstrom on Apple Podcasts

“A man who thinks that he has been done wrong is a mad, mad man.” (the Iliad, abridged). Get these and other hot takes as we finish off our miniseries on this miniseries the only way we know how: by climbing into a big wooden horse and hoping for the best. Joined by another wonderful UT undergraduate, we break down the final episodes of Netflix’s historical action-adventure romance drama. We dwell on the rage of Achilles and his susceptibility to very obvious schemes. We pick apart the denouement of Helen and Xanthias the spy, in all its contrivances. We lament the short-lived presence of the Amazons. Plus, we start asking the big questions. Should Odysseus be empathetic or cruel or somewhere in between? Is Aeneas not bland enough? Does Priam dye his mustache? Count how many times we say “the Iliad” when we actually mean some other text. When you’re in the moment, they’re all the Iliad!

• ‎Ithaca Bound: Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius w. Dr. Michael Kulikowski on Apple Podcasts

Antoninus Pius is known as one of the “Five Good Emperors”. Professor & Head of the Department of History at Penn State University, Dr. Michael Kulikowski, is back on the show to discuss what’s known about his life.

Fresh Youtubery

• The Athenian Inscription at Leeds City Museum (AIUK 6) | Attic Inscriptions Online
• Conferenza Roma 2 Pass – Le ville scomparse sulla Via Nomentana | Etruschannel
• lament of the nereids iliad 18 | Emily RC Wilson
• Battle of Emesa, 272 AD How Aurelian Restored Rome (Part 3) | History marche
• The Chimera: Bane of Lycia | Athena Productions
• “Ode on a Grecian Urn”, by John Keats: a reading | Ancient Literature Dude
• Civilization V: How is the Latin? Latin in Video Games. Penultimate Stress Rule EXPLAINED | Polymathy
• Run, sail, or hide? How to survive the destruction of Pompeii – Gary Devore | Ted – Ed
• Thoughts on How HU Classics Could be the Key to Saving the Field of Classics | Dr Anika Prather

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Klaus Freitag , Matthias Haake , Griechische Heiligtümer als Handlungsorte: Zur Multifunktionalität supralokaler Heiligtümer von der frühen Archaik bis in die römische Kaiserzeit. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2019. 
• [BMCR] Stephen J. Harrison, Fiona Macintosh, Helen Eastman, Seamus Heaney and the classics: Bann Valley muses. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. 
• [BMCR] Jean-Charles Moretti, Panos Valavanis , Les hippodromes et les concours hippiques dans la Grèce antique. Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique, Supplément 62. Athènes: École française d’Athènes, 2019. 
• Divine Institutions by Dan-el Padilla Peralta review: How religion helped to make the Roman state
• The Trojan Women by Anne Carson and Rosanna Bruno review: Euripides as seen by a poet and a comic-book illustrator
• The life and times of Melania the Younger | The TLS

Dramatic Receptions

• Noveltease Theatre takes The Odyssey from the page to the screen – The Sunbreak

Online Talks and Professional Matters

• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars

Alia

• Looted art, from antiquity to present-day | Culture| Arts, music and lifestyle reporting from Germany | DW | 21.05.2021
• The Best Kept Acropolis Secret is Inside the Sacred Rock
• Was Socrates’ Trial and Subsequent Death Penalty Legally Just?
• Exquisite Ancient Greek Earring One of Treasures at Boston Museum
• Florida Republican Thinks Socrates Would Be “Cancelled Real Quick” Today
• On this day in 334 BCE, Alexander the Great wins the battle of Granicus – Greek Herald

‘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 heavy rain and the destruction of marine fish.

… 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 XII Kal. Jun. 2774 AUC ~ 10 Thargelion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

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• Bari, ossa negli scavi in via Argiro: trovate tombe e ceramiche di età romana
• Provenance: How an object’s origin can facilitate authentic, inclusive storytelling | EurekAlert! Science News
• Turkish team creates solution that preserves ancient structures | Daily Sabah
• Tornos News | New Archaeological Museum in the Greek city of Chalkida opens to public
• New Findings on Santorini Point to “Lost Island of Atlantis” Origins
• Favignana, recuperate quattro anfore puniche da una nave naufragata – La Sicilia

In Case You Missed It

• Finding Nero: reputation of misunderstood Roman emperor is revisited for major London show | The Art Newspaper

Public Facing Classics

• Archaeology and the ‘triumphs’ of metal detecting | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS
• Animal sentience law has finally caught up with Plutarch’s thinking | The Spectator

Fresh Bloggery

• Forget Latin and Get Some Greek! – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Rome’s Birthday: Celebration of Romulus and Remus |
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Partiality
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Galley Now Available: SENECA: FIFTY LETTERS OF A ROMAN STOIC
• Life’s Purpose, The Pursuit of Knowledge? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Roman Times: Forgeries of ancient engraved gems
• Naps Can Be Deadly: or, Acilius Aviola’s Flame Out – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• New publication: Georgi Parpulov’s catalogue of NT catenas – Roger Pearse
• Fan of Ancient Greek Tragedy Chorus | The Kosmos Society
• Aeschylus | The Historian’s Hut
• The Sacrifice of Polyxena, by Giovanni Battista Pittoni (c. 1687 – 1767) | The Historian’s Hut
• Asterix en co – Mainzer Beobachter
• The History Blog » Blog Archive » “Nationally important” Roman ritual bronzes fall through Treasure Act loophole
• PaleoJudaica.com: The importance of provenance
• PaleoJudaica.com: Review of Urban disasters and the Roman imagination (ed. Closs & Keitel)
• PaleoJudaica.com: On the coins of Sepphoris
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Collectors Preserving the Past, Except when they Don’t
• Conflict antiquities’ rescue or ransom? The cost of buying back stolen cultural property in contexts of political violence. | conflict antiquities
• Mike Anderson’s Ancient History Blog: The Extraordinary History of Mesopotamia
• Spencer Alley: Guercino in Bologna – 1644 (I)
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Department of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield
• WHAT’S IT LIKE? Episode 4: Prof. Barbara Goff – A Specialist in Ancient Greek Literature, Language, Tragedy and their Later Reception. | Classics at Reading

Blog-like Publications

• Giacometti and Ancient Egypt is the title of the new exhibition

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom’s Ancient Coin of the Day thread looks at some coins of Magnesia on the Maeander
• @SarahEBond on the implications of some runes found in the Czech Republic
• @SaveRome looks at some (questionable) factoids from the Historia Augusta

Fresh Podcasts

• ‎The Ancient World: Episode C4 – The Great Kings on Apple Podcasts

Synopsis: The Great King Tudhaliya’s sons, Arnuwanda and Suppiluliuma, take power in a time of growing famine.  The collapse of Mycenaean Greece intensifies the predations of Aegean and Mediterranean pirates, who threaten Hittite grain shipments and ally with the Libyans to launch an invasion of Egypt.  Among the earliest victims of the seaborne invaders is the storied city of Troy.

• ‎Ancient Warfare Podcast: How did ancient leaders address their troops? on Apple Podcasts

With Jasper away Murray tackles this question sent to us from patron of the podcast Kristoffer, how did ancient leaders address their troops?

• ‎Ithaca Bound: Fortress of Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham w. Dr Steven Snape on Apple Podcasts

A Bronze Age fortress in Egypt, Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham, existed near the border with Libya and was used for defence and to support the network of maritime trade in the Mediterranean. Dr Steven Snape, University of Liverpool, joins the show to speak about its history and broader geopolitical considerations during the era.

• ‎Casting Through Ancient Greece: 31. The Battle of Mycale on Apple Podcasts

The battle of Plataea had been fought and won on the plains of Boeotia, seeing the Persian land forces finally defeated. Though, this wasn’t the end of the campaign, there was still yet another battle to be fought. Tradition would have it that it took place on the very same day as the victory at Plataea. This would see a transition in operations, now seeing the war arrive in Persian territory. The Greek fleet had also been preparing for operations as the campaigning season of 479 BC approached. The navy commanded by the Spartan king Leotychidas had set up base at the island of Delos after being approached by some Ionian exiles to support a revolt in Anatolia. Leotychidas was reluctant, he commanded a much smaller fleet than what had sailed the previous year. The Athenians yet to join the rest of the fleet…

Fresh Youtubery

• Ancient Celtic Armies: Invasion of Rome and Greece | Kings and Generals
• Jyl Gentzler on Herodotus and Plato’s accounts of Gyges | Herodotus Helpline
• Suetonius on the buildings of Rome | British School at Rome
• Curtis Dozier (Vassar College): Mahindra Humanities Center Classical Traditions Seminar | Harvard Classics
• The History and Development of Naval Battering Rams | Ancient Warfare Special Guest Stephen DeCasien | Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages
• Dantedì 2021 | Rosa Diletta Rossi​ • Apollo | Paradiso, Canto I, 13-36 | Parco Colosseo
• 2021-06-03 Nile Valley Collective Round Table | Archaeological Research Facility, UC Berkeley
• Echoes of Ancient Greece – The Lyre of Thamyris | Michael Levy
• Lyric and lyre of ancient Greece and Rome: a musical performance | British School at Rome
• Robert Merrillees CAARI lecture | CAARI Cyprus
• Summer Seminar Series 2021: Collaboration in UK Classics. | Classics University of Reading

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Frances Muecke, Maurizio Campanelli, The Invention of Rome: Biondo Flavio’s Roma Triumphans and its worlds. Travaux d’humanisme et renaissance, 576. Genève: Droz, 2017.
• [BMCR] Virginia Closs, Elizabeth Keitel, Urban disasters and the Roman imagination. Trends in classics – supplementary volumes, 104. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2020.
• [BMCR] Maria Caldelli, Cecilia Ricci, City of encounters: public spaces and social interaction in ancient Rome. RomeScapes. Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2020.
• [BMCR] Alexandra Forst , Q. Aurelius Symmachus. Official writing relationes: Latin-German . Tusculum Collection. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2020.
• The Greeks and Romans in the Black Sea and the Importance of the Pontic Region for the Graeco-Roman World (7th century BC-5th century AD): 20 Years On (1997-2017) | Spartokos a lu
• La mer Noire, zone de contact. Actes du VIIe symposium de Vani, Colchide | Spartokos a lu
• Plunder Dissects Napoleon’s Obsession with Stealing Art

Online Talks and Professional Matters

• Epigraphic Summerschool – SAXA LOQVVNTVR – 2021, 16th-21th August – Current EpigraphyCurrent Epigraphy
• The Archaeological Work in the Peloponnese 3 – Archaeology Wiki
• Securing Power in the Sixth-Century Roman Empire
• Ancient Indo-European Languages and their Neighbours
• Ancient History Chair at the University of Leipzig
• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars

Alia

• 10 Weirdest Ways Famous Ancient Greeks Died
• The Plague of Athens killed tens of thousands, but its cause remains a mystery | National Geographic

‘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 need for atonement being made on account of terrible news.

… 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. Jun. 2774 AUC ~ 9 Thargelion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Stolen treasure including Roman and Viking jewellery discovered by amateur metal detectorist in Worcestershire field | Worcester News
• Torna alla luce un santuario romano in scavi a San Casciano – Toscana – ANSA.it
• Saudi Arabia, Greece to establish cultural weeks, loan antiquities to each other – Saudi Gazette

In Case You Missed It

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• Roman-era skeleton found near Mount Vesuvius may be from famous rescue mission | Live Science

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Classics active learning course explores differences in ways of writing | Cornell Chronicle

Fresh Bloggery

• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Early Makuria Research Project. El-Zuma Cemetery
• Seneca and Cicero on Education and Research – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Wreading Wednesday | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Like Father, Like Son
• From my diary: the Tertullian Project cleanup – Roger Pearse
• Laudator Temporis Acti: A Hoax
• Introducing… Gods’ Collections | The Votives Project
• Mahindra Lecture: Classical Athens and Contemporary White Ethnonationalism – Pharos
• Speechless About the Life of the Mind – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Career Choice: War Criminal or Man of Letters? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Laudator Temporis Acti: The Simple Life
• De Midden-Bronstijd – Mainzer Beobachter
• PaleoJudaica.com: Rabin, The Biblical Hero (JPS)
• PaleoJudaica.com: Sigvartsen, Afterlife and Resurrection Beliefs in the Apocrypha and Apocalyptic Literature (T&T Clark)
• PaleoJudaica.com: Seeking the Seleucid Laodicea Temple
• PaleoJudaica.com: Book event essays (1): Feldman, The Story of Sacrifice
• Was Cleopatra VII the final Ptolemaic Ruler? – Bad Ancient
• Roman baths emerge from sand dunes of southern Spain – The Archaeology News Network
• Stolen frescoes returned to the Pompeii Museum – The Archaeology News Network
• The British Museum and the Abduction of Persephone – The Archaeology News Network
• Spencer Alley: Guercino in Bologna – 1643-1644
• Looting Matters: The so-called Marcus Aurelius and the so-called Ryedale hoard

Blog-like Publications

• Reading Greek Literature with The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass – Antigone
• To Preserve Ancient Mosaics, Experts Are Burying Them Underground
• David Hendin – Coins Tell the Story of Ancient Sepphoris

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @DocCrom’s Ancient Coin of the Day features some coins of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
• @SarahEBond on items have been stolen from Pompeii over the years
• @PeterCNStewart shares a pile of photos of 3rd century military tombstones from Apamea

Fresh Podcasts

• ‎This Week in the Ancient Near East: The Strange Story of the Roman Era Half Lamp, or A Sconce to Light Their Way on Apple Podcasts

The chance find of a strange Roman period half lamp in Jerusalem and the even chancier discovery that the other half is in Hungary has shocked the archaeological world. What is this strange light fixture and how can its separation lead to some high-class speculation about lamps, symbolism, and ancient psychology? What is light anyway, and why is it so darned good? Our panelists are incandescent in this episode.

• ‎Ithaca Bound: Life in Roman Egypt w. Dr. Anna Lucille Boozer on Apple Podcasts

Rome ruled Egypt for several hundred years. Anthropologist, Dr. Anna Lucille Boozer, The City University of New York, joins the show to discuss what life was like in Roman Egypt.

• Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics – Series 7 – Medusa – BBC Sounds
• ‎Standard Issue Podcast: SIM Ep 504 Pod 155: Myths, panic, secrets, and lies on Apple Podcasts

What have the Greek myths ever done for us? Loads, it turns out, as writer, broadcaster, classicist and comedian Natalie Haynes explains to Mickey in this week’s podzine. They chat about how the Classics still resonate, why they’re for everyone, and how the women in Greek myth have been given short shrift by (relatively) modern interpreters. What a surprise, eh? We can all agree that panic attacks are fucking horrible, but they’re still quite often dismissed or lumped in with other mental health issues. Jen chats to mental health advocate Claire Eastham, who has had 371 panic attacks and so is perfectly placed to discuss why they happen and how to deal with them; something she also covers in her new book F**K I THINK I’M DYING.

Fresh Youtubery

• Introduction to the Ancient Greek World | Center for Hellenic Studies

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Joseph Dalbera, Apulei Metamorphoseon: index verborum, liste de fréquence. Alpha-Omega, Reihe A, 266. Hildesheim; Zürich; New York: Olms-Weidmann, 2020.
• [BMCR] Constanze Güthenke, Feeling and classical philology: knowing antiquity in German scholarship, 1770-1920. Classics after antiquity. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020.
• [BMCR] Andrew Faulkner, Apollinaris of Laodicea: Metaphrasis Psalmorum. Oxford Early Christian Texts. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2020.

Dramatic Receptions

• “Iphigenia in Taurus” by George Nanouris at the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus | ATHENS 9,84

Online Talks and Professional Matters

• University of Haifa: Lectureship/Professorship in the History of the Med
• Senior Lecturer in Classical and Mediterranean Studies job with Vanderbilt.edu | 339032
• Intensive courses in Ancient Greek and Latin at King’s College London
• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars

Alia

• Parthenon sculptures in British Museum: ‘Unfinished’ National Monument of Scotland is a reminder to right a long-standing wrong – Ian Johnston | The Scotsman
• 8 Important Historical Palestinian Monuments Destroyed by Israeli | Al Bawaba
• Persephone/Persephone A Mythic Journey Through Greek Mythology – Harrisburg Magazine
• The Undiscovered Areas of Pompeii | Art & Object

‘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 prosperity for those in the East, but for those in the West, not so much.

… 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. Jun. 2774 AUC ~ 8 Thargelion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Stolen Roman frescoes returned to Pompeii after investigation | Archaeology | The Guardian
• castellammare, i tesori di stabia finiti in un traffico internazionale: tornano a casa – trafugati dalle ville romane, da oggi esposti alla reggia di quisisana | Il Corrierino
• Complesso ellenistico in via Romagnoli, Regione dispone vincolo sull’intera area | Quotidiano di Gela
• Crotone, comitato Antica Kroton: «Aprire area archeologica di via Napoli»
• Archaeologists find mysterious structure in ‘Land of the Blind’
• Alderney skeletons from Iron Age and Roman era | Guernsey Press

In Case You Missed It

• Study Suggests Roman Marble Production Was Highly Efficient – Archaeology Magazine
• Contrary to Popular Lore, Ancient Greek Armies Relied on Foreign Mercenaries | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine

Classicists and Classics in the News

• History Department selects 5 Richard H. Thomas Scholars – Cornell College
• Lessons about the closure of Howard’s Classics department | TheHill
• Professor develops creative final for Roman history class | University of Hawaiʻi System News

Greek/Latin News

• [Ephemeris] TEMPESTAS INDICA 

Public Facing Classics

• Souvenirs of Nero | Blog post by Mary Beard | The TLS

Fresh Bloggery

• Fire Increases Life: Plutarch, Against Water – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Religion romaine et esclavage au Haut-Empire: Rome, Latium et Campanie
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Panopticon
• Battle Royale of the Bitter – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Spring AD 121 – Hadrian departs for the northern provinces (#Hadrian1900) FOLLOWING HADRIAN
• Peeking through the arch of Constantine – another view of the Meta Sudans – Roger Pearse
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Open Dataset: roman-amphitheaters
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Cinquante ans d’archéologie française au Soudan
• Gyges in the Bedroom of King Candaules’ Wife, by Nicolaas Verkolje (c. 1673-1476) | The Historian’s Hut
• A Hydrophilic High: Aelian on the Effects of Medicinal Seahorse – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• The Tormented Life And Sad Death Of Corellius Rufus | The Historian’s Hut
• Cicero finally takes sides – Mainzer Beobachter
• Harbour of Ephesus | Turkish Archaeological News
• Community spaces and Listserv racism – Mixed up in Classics
• PaleoJudaica.com: Olyan Festscrift (SBL Press)
• PaleoJudaica.com: Cataldo (ed.), Imagined Worlds and Constructed Differences in the Hebrew Bible (T&T Clark)
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Stolen Roman frescoes returned to Pompeii after Investigation

Blog-like Publications

• The “House of Europa” has opened to the public – Archaeology Wiki
• Athena And Poseidon’s Contest: How Did Athens Get Its Name?

Assorted Twitter Threads

• @faceaccompli’s booknotes on Joshel, Work, Identity, and Legal Status at Rome

Fresh Podcasts

• ‎Peopling the Past: Season Two Trailer! on Apple Podcasts

Join your Season 1 host, Dr. Chelsea Gardner, as she welcomes new co-host Dr. Melissa Funke for an introduction to Season 2 of the Peopling the Past podcast! This season, we’ll take listeners on a journey through under-explored aspects of material culture and everyday life in the ancient Roman world, from Egypt to Italy, Syria to England, Morocco to Turkey, and more!

• ‎Ad Navseam: Olive’s Well that Ends Well: Homer’s Odyssey, part 11 (Books 23-24), Ad Navseam Episode 37 on Apple Podcasts

After the smoke clears from some much needed post-slaughter fumigation, Dave and Jeff finally lumber their way to the end of the epic. At last we get a proper reunion between husband and wife in which Penelope wins the battle of wits. The occasion? Odysseus gets artichocked up when Penelope treats their bed like an IKEA futon. Now, roll the credits, right? WRONG. There’s a whole other book to go! We see the suitors take the slip-n-slide down to Hades where Agamemnon gives them the raspberry. Back on Ithaca, Odysseus goes into “metis mode” and decides to test his aged dad with yet another false identity! But why? Does Odysseus even know who he himself is anymore? And be sure to stick around for the surprise, dea ex machina ending.

• ‎Ithaca Bound: Achaemenid Empire’s Hegemony in the Mediterranean w. Dr Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones on Apple Podcasts

The Achaemenid Empire was the largest empire for its time and held substantial holdings in the eastern Mediterranean Basin. Dr Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Cardiff University, joins the show to discuss the empire’s hegemony in the Mediterranean.

• ‎Actually Interesting History: S2E9: Welcome to Ancient Egypt! on Apple Podcasts

We are traveling through time and space to Ancient Egypt! Before Alexander got to Egypt, Persia had gained control of the throne. In fact, a lot of the things we associate with Ancient Egypt happened WAY before Alexander saw the Nile. Before we cover Cleopatra, I think it’s important to gain some context for her story. Thanks for listening!

Fresh Youtubery

• Re-Imagining Education in the Post Covid Era || Alexis Phylactopoulos | College Year in Athens
• Il restauro dell’Arco di Settimio Severo | Parco archeologico del Colosseo | Parco Colosseo
• Tiny Timelines: Archaic Greece | Smarthistory
• The Roman Village Buried Under Litlington | Time Team | Timeline
• Piranesi at the BSR: Thomas Ashby’s curious Campo Marzio | British School at Rome
• Classics for All
  • Beauchamp College in Leicester: An Interview with Lidia Kuhivchak
  • Allerton Grange School in Leeds: An Interview with Gemma Williams

Dramatic Receptions

• THE TROJAN WOMEN | Union College

Online Talks and Professional Matters

• International Conference: Beyond Athenocentrism: Greek Cities’ Responses to Athenian Institutional and Judicial Legacy in the so-called ‘Hellenistic Polis Convergence’ – Current Epigraphy
• ISPCS conference 2021
• Bones Don’t Lie: Forensics and the Discovery of Ancient Egypt
• Stipendiary Positions in Archaeology and Latin at Mount Allison University – The Classical Association of Canada
• CIG Appeal – The Classical Association of Canada
• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
• Towards a New Topography of Roman Administration
• SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars

Alia

• Nero exhibition offers lessons on fake news, says British Museum curator – SundayWorld.com
• The Wolf Den: Elodie Harper novel brings to life bleak reality of Roman prostitutes in Pompeii | Daily Mail Online\
• The Great Philosophers: Aristotle, founder of western philosophy | The Independent
• A Tour of Nine Magnificent Museums Showcasing Greece’s Cultural Heritage
• Parthenon sculptures in British Museum: ‘Unfinished’ National Monument of Scotland is a reminder to right a long-standing wrong – Ian Johnston | The Scotsman

‘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 rise of good fortune for someone due to the good will of 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 XV Kal. Jun. 2774 AUC ~ 7 Thargelion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends discord and war as a result and a shortage of daily necessities.

… 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)