Hodie est a.d. X Kal. Mai. 2774 AUC ~ 10 Mounichion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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Public Facing Classics

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Assorted Twitter Threads

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Fresh Podcasts

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• ‎Ithaca Bound: Constantine Becoming Emperor of Rome w. Dr. David Potter on Apple Podcasts

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• Roman Prisoners of War | The Ancients on Acast

We know all about the battles of the Roman Empire: the opposing sides, their weapons and incentives. But if history is written by the winners, what happened if you lost? In this episode, Dr Jo Ball, battlefield archaeologist at the University of Liverpool, helps to fill in this gap. Jo takes us through the options of the victorious army; to release, kill or capture; and then discusses the treatment of those who fell into this last category. Listen as Tristan and Jo explore the experiences of prisoners of war in Ancient Rome, how this might differ if those taken were also Roman, and how we know anything about them at all.

• ‎Ancient History Fangirl: BONUS EPISODE: Liv Wrote a Book! + Drunk Mythology on Apple Podcasts

Our dear friend Liv (from Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby!) wrote a book, Greek Mythology: the Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook. And it’s already a bestseller in Canada and a #1 new release on Amazon!! We just had to celebrate by dropping an extra bonus episode where we interview Liv about her book like super serious professionals. At least, that’s how this episode starts. For the past year, we’ve teamed up with Liv to bring a series of drunken myth retellings to both of our Patreon channels. We decided to bring a tipsy myth to our main feed in the second half of this episode. So settle in, pop open a beverage of choice, and get ready for a drunken retelling of Arachne.

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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

• 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 a destruction of/by flies (not clear)

… 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. XI Kal. Mai. 2774 AUC ~ 9 Mounichion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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Classicists and Classics in the News

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• The Siren, painted by Louis Loeb (c. 1866-1909) | The Historian’s Hut
• “You’re Too Keen On Dead Stuff” – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
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• Een vroege hunebedvorser – Mainzer Beobachter
• Roman Archaeology Blog: Gladiator arena from Roman era unearthed in Turkey
• PaleoJudaica.com: T&T Clark Handbook for Septuagint Research (ed. Ross & Glenny)
• PaleoJudaica.com: Phoencian artifacts in the British Museum
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• 21 April AD 121 – Hadrian celebrates Rome’s 874th birthday with circus games (#Hadrian1900) FOLLOWING HADRIAN
• Classics, ‘standard modern languages’, and machine translation – Teaching Classics and Ancient History in HE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: 12th ICAANE Online
• From Banquets to Sappho: Current Research & Recent Publications (2021.2). | Classics at Reading

Blog-like Publications

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Assorted Twitter Threads

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• @DocCrom’s #LatinForTheDay is Tacitus, Histories 3.71-2
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• @BCRPM on Christopher Hitchens’ view on the need to return the Parthenon Marbles
• @SokolowskiLuk on some portraits of Commodus
• @WhoresofYore on some gossip associated with Julius Caesar
• @Branbourgeois on Cornel West’s opEd in the Washington Post on Howard University
• @theo_nash on the Cambridge Companion to Sappho and P.Sapph.Obbink

Fresh Podcasts

• ‎Ad Navseam: Ad Navseam Episode 33: “Reunited and it Feels so Good”–Homer’s Odyssey, Part 9 (Books 15-17) on Apple Podcasts

Ecce! Here it is, the tearjerking, heartbreaking, bird-shrieking, deeply satisfying reunion between long-lost Odysseus and his heroic son Telemachus. Jeff and Dave guide you through all the action as Tely returns to the hut of the humble swineherd Eumaeus (swineherd good, goatherd bad, cowherd so-so) to rondezvous with dad. Don’t miss Eumaeus’ backstory, plenty of bird omens, and Odysseus dodging stool legs while disguised as a beggar. You not only get Jeff’s penetrating literary analysis, but you also learn he has some bones to pick with Homer over these extended lessons in xenia (do we need so much wine, meat, and sparkly robes?) in these “troughy” books. And be sure to smirk derisively at Dave’s typical string of self-indulgent, piffling puns. Achoober? Srsly?

• ‎Ithaca Bound: Commerce in Archaic Greece w. Dr Paul Cartledge on Apple Podcasts

University of Cambridge Emeritus Professor, Dr Paul Cartledge, joins the show to discuss commerce in archaic Greece.

• ‎Dan Snow’s History Hit: Lessons from the Antonine Plague on Apple Podcasts

A plague which affects people from across society, the mass exodus from city centres and numerous opinions on how best to stay well … all familiar to people today, but also to the people of the 2nd century AD. In this fascinating chat with Dr Nick Summerton, from our sibling podcast The Ancients, we explore the causes and effects of the Antonine Plague, the guides to healthy living from Galen, Marcus Aurelius and Aristides, and whether there are overlaps with the current situation. Nick is a practicing doctor and is the author of ‘Greco-Roman Medicine and What it Can Teach Us Today’, published by Pen & Sword.

• ‎The Ozymandias Project: An Ancient World Podcast: Special Release – Breaking Boundaries with Leyla Johnson on Apple Podcasts

It’s time for a special episode of The Ozymandias Project with Lexie Henning! Tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for an hour long odyssey as we discussed her path from journalism in Lebanon into gaming, using the Bible to trick her mom into not confiscating her books, potentially using “Old World” to teach history, increasing female representation in the gaming industry and inspiring women to break stereotypes. Note: The Ozymandias Project team elected to release this episode during what is normally our off-week to spotlight a powerful woman in response to the recent resurgence of a sexual harasser in the podcasting/entertainment space. This is a content warning regarding sexual harassment. If this subject is triggering in any way, please skip right to the episode itself, beginning at 1:46.

• ‎Actually Interesting History: S2E7: After Alexander the Great: The Wars of the Diadochi on Apple Podcasts

Alexander returned to Persia from India to begin the work of ruling his new empire. He seemed frankly uninterested in dealing with the logistical nightmare that was the governing of his new empire and he was already planning a southern campaign into Arabia. At the age of 32 in 323BC, Alexander caught a fever and died soon after. It’s at this point that the story often ends, but what happened after the death of Alexander? This episode, we cover the Wars of the Diadochi. Who will inherit Alexander’s Empire? Tune in to find out!!

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Book Reviews

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Alia

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• The Ancient Greek Treasure of the Amphiareion of Oropos

‘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 plentiful 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)

Hodie est a.d. XII Kal. Mai. 2774 AUC ~ 8 Mounichion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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Greek/Latin News

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Public Facing Classics

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Assorted Twitter Threads

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Fresh Podcasts

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Augustus et Iustus cibos considerant, quos ientaculo vel prandio vel cena sumunt—necnon horas diversas, quibus id facere solent.

• ‎Accessible Art History: Olympia by Édouard Manet on Apple Podcasts

Welcome to Season 8 of Accessible Art History: The Podcast! In this week’s episode, I’m talking about Olympia by Manet. This work is quite scandalous and served as the bridge between past periods and Impressionism. *marked explicit for a brief discussion of sex workers

• ‎Madison’s Notes: The Apology of Socrates: A Conversation with Marcus Gibson on Apple Podcasts

Was Socrates guilty? What is the relationship between the philosopher and the city? What does it mean to live an “examined life”? Marcus Gibson, John and Daria Barry Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Princeton University’s James Madison Program, returns to the show to discuss The Apology of Socrates in this second episode of our series on the Platonic dialogues.

• ‎History Hack: History Hack: The Island of Delos on Apple Podcasts

Christy Constantakopoulou joins us for a discussion about the mythical birthplace of Apollo.

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Book Reviews

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• [BMCR] Guy Middleton, Collapse and transformation: the late Bronze Age to early Iron Age in the Aegean. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2020.

Online Talks and Professional Matters

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

Alia

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• First book detailing influence of the Romans on County Durham to be released – Durham County Council

‘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, it portends divine anger.

… 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. Mai. 2774 AUC ~ 7 Mounichion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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Classicists and Classics in the News

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Greek/Latin News

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Fresh Bloggery

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• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Baalbek Reborn
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Assorted Twitter Threads

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• @postclassics in a similar mood
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Fresh Podcasts

• ‎The Hellenistic Age Podcast: Interview: On Antigonus II Gonatas w/ Robin Waterfield on Apple Podcasts

After facing decades of civil wars and invasions following the death of Alexander, peace was restored in Macedonia by the capable Antigonid king Antigonus II ‘Gonatas’, who strengthened the kingdom’s hegemony over the Greek Peninsula in a reign that lasted an impressive 40 years. Despite this, we know very little about the man and his exploits. Author and independent scholar Robin Waterfield (“Dividing the Spoils”, “Taken at the Flood”) joins the show to discuss his new book “The Making of a King: Antigonus Gonatas of Macedon and the Greeks”, which seeks to chronicle the life of Antigonus and provide a guide through the often-hazy period of the 3rd century BC.

• ‎Ithaca Bound: Building Construction in Ancient Rome w. Dr Christopher Siwicki on Apple Podcasts

Dr Christopher Siwicki, The Norwegian Institute in Rome, joins the show to discuss how buildings were constructed in ancient Rome.

• Sermo Raedarius 112 – Vale Italia pars 3 | Spreaker

Hoc sermone loquor de novis officiis meis apud patrem Franciscum, nec non de duobus carminibus quae proximo disco continentur, c.i. “Vale Italia” est.

• ‎The Dirt Podcast: Sorry to Barge In on Apple Podcasts

This week, Anna and Amber are playing catch-up after attending the SAA conference, recovering from vaccine shots, and life in general. We’ll be taking the rest of April off for a short break. In the meantime, please enjoy a cleaned-up version of a Dirt After Dark episode where Anna treats Amber to the story of the Roman emperor Caligula’s absurd pleasure boats on a tiny, tiny lake.

Fresh Youtubery

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• Matrona Ephesia 4b | Keith Massey
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• Catullus 51 in Latin & English: Ille mi par esse deo videtur, Pronunciation & Meter Notes | David Amster

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Len Krisak, Christopher McDonough, Virgil. The Aeneid: a new verse translation. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing, 2020.
• [BMCR] Alan Bowen, Francesca Rochberg, Hellenistic astronomy: the science in its contexts. Brill’s companions in classical studies. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2020.

Dramatic Receptions

• Back from the underworld, ‘Eurydice’ gets amphitheater production at UNO | Arts | nola.com

Online Talks and Professional Matters

• PhD-Positions: IDK Philology, LMU Munich
• “Future for the past” is the working title for a prospective edited volume
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• SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars

Alia

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• Paris museum removes Roman numerals in the names of kings
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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

• Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
• Sortes Virgilianae (English)
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• Consult the Oracle at UCL

Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends a powerful statesman losing both his reputation and property.

… 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. Mai. 2774 AUC ~ 6 Mounichion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Domus mosaici marini: nuova luce ai gioielli di Turris – L’Unione Sarda.it

Greek/Latin News

• Radiogiornale Latino 18.04.2021 – Vatican News

Public Facing Classics

• Love’s contradictions: Catullus on the agony of infatuation | Psyche Ideas

Fresh Bloggery

• Clerinx over de Romeinen in de Lage Landen – Mainzer Beobachter
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• PaleoJudaica.com: Jensen, The Greco-Persian Wars (Hackett)
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• Homeric Orchards and Trees: Metaphors for Origins and Reception – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• PaleoJudaica.com: King (ed.), The Syriac World (Routledge)
• Laudator Temporis Acti: An Occasion for Prayer

Fresh Podcasts

• ‎The Ancients: Edges of Empire: Chesters Roman Fort on Apple Podcasts

Described as one of the most complete cavalry forts that survives in Britain, Chesters Roman Fort is also home to the best preserved military baths on the island. In this episode, English Heritage Curator Dr Frances McIntosh takes Tristan around the site, and explains how it can tell us more about everyday life on this far flung frontier.

• ‎The Ancients: The Legacy of Thermopylae on Apple Podcasts

Ever since its occurence in 480 BC, the Battle of Thermopylae has been the stuff of legend. Echoes of this battle, reportedly fought between a seven thousand strong Greek army and a Persian force of anywhere between 100 thousand and one million, can be found dotted across the literature and history of Ancient Greece and Rome. Professor Chris Carey from University College London has written a book on Thermopylae and, in this episode, he tells us how its shadow continues to the present day, where the battle and its heroes are referenced by those fighting for freedom, as well as in films and video games.

• ‎Ithaca Bound: Life of Tacitus w. Dr Gavin Kelly on Apple Podcasts

Many scholars regard Tacitus as the greatest Roman historian from the period. Dr Gavin Kelly, Professor, The University of Edinburgh, joins the show to discuss his life and writings.

Fresh Youtubery

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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

• Scientists Solve Mystery of High Quality Sound at Theater of Epidaurus
• Market Economy Thrived in Ancient Greece, 3,000 Years Before Previously Believed

‘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 discord and thoughtlessness 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)