Hodie est a.d. IX Kal. Apr. 2774 AUC ~ 11 Elaphebolion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Sissi Archaeological Project to Move Forward in 2021
- 200AD Roman arena ‘just like Colosseum’ found by archeologists in Mastaura, Turkey | Daily Mail Online
- Large Roman mosaic discovered in small town in Jaen
- Israel’s mini-Pompeii captures the moment civilization collapsed 3,000 years ago – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
- Lorry driver sentenced after Bulgarian coins and antiquities seized at Dover
In Case You Missed It
Classicists and Classics in the News
- Cyril Mango obituary | Art and design books | The Guardian
- FSU Classics professor awarded Shelby White-Leon Levy grant to publish research – Florida State University News
Public Facing Classics
- The webinar future | Blog post by Mary Beard – The TLS
- Nursing Clio Thucydides, Historical Solidarity, and Birth in the Pandemic
Fresh Bloggery
- PaleoJudaica.com: Should scholars publish on teaching?
- PaleoJudaica.com: Salvaging the Shapira Scroll script? A proposal.
- University of North Dakota’s Writers Conference | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
- She Loves Me Not – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Roman Epitaphs to and for Wives – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Questions for Prospective Magistrates
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Battlefield
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: How to find public domain museum images
- Clash Dies – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Zoom meeting – A paper on fragments of medieval Latin manuscripts originating in Transylvania, by Adrian Paphagi – Roger Pearse
- A few notes on Henry R. Percival, translator of “The Seven Ecumenical Councils” in the NPNF Series 2 – Roger Pearse
- Roman Times: Mars and the Roman celebration of war
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: All OER History Primary Sources
- Hippocrates Visiting Democritus, Painted By Nicolaes Moeyaert (c. 1592-1655) | The Historian’s Hut
- Cerco the quaestor’s uncia? – Liv Mariah Yarrow
- Did Pythagoras Study Philosophy in Egypt? – Tales of Times Forgotten
- Epigram of the Month: Staring into the void – MAPPOLA
- CfP: MAPPOLA Workshop ‘But is it art? Exploring the aesthetic limits of Roman poetry’ – MAPPOLA
- Pompeii: Duration of pyroclastic currents generated by eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD determined – The Archaeology News Network
Blog-like Publications
- Statue of the 5th c. BC handed over to the Ministry of Culture
- EGITTO. Una scoperta archeologica conferma un racconto di Erodoto. – Archeologia online – Archeomedia
Assorted Twitter Threads
- an #EpigraphyTuesday thread from @DocCrom on the funerary inscription of Marcus Cocceius Nonnus
- a thread from @DocCrom on a quote about Agrippina the Younger in Tacitus
- @profyarrow zoomtweets a keynote talk from Francois de Callatay on ‘surrogate coinages’ used by the Romans in Greece and Asia Minor
- @profyarrow zoomtweets another talk, this one by Oliver Hoover on some coins of assorted Philips
- @DocCrom’s #LatinForTheDay continues in Propertius mode
- @AntiquityJ on ostrich eggs in various ancient cultures
- @FlintDibble reups a useful thread on the Plague of Athens
- @MichaelDPress on the Louvre’s updated collections database
- @fadeaccompi continues working through Joshel’s Slavery in the Roman World
Fresh Podcasts
Come along as we follow Odysseus on his ultimate journey—a trip to the LAND OF THE DEAD (cue screeching violins or maybe even Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”). WATCH as our hero cowers from the ghosts of epics past as they swarm like moths to the blood filled pit! WONDER what Elpenor is doing here when he was just eating nachos on Circe’s veranda a second ago! LISTEN to Tiresias’ weird prophecy and Dave’s master class on wheat/chaff separation! WEEP when Odysseus encounters his mother Anticleia’s shade and attempts in vain to embrace her! SEARCH the pantry for some Huggable Portions™ (new from Nabisco!) to stave off that 2nd half of the podcast hunger! Or just tune in—this is good stuff.
Getting back into the Odyssey with the stories of Telemachus, Menelaus, and Orestes.
We meet again with Alexander leaving Egypt and marching to meet Darius to decide who the ultimate ruler of Persia would be. Alexander encounters the riches of the Persia empire and it seems that he begins to loose control of some of his darker impulses. Tune in the learn more about the exciting tale of Alexander the Great!
Fresh Youtubery
- Res Diff 2.0: Difficult Conversations in Classics – Conference Playlist (29 segments)
- World Poetry Day: The Female Ancient Poets Sappho, Enheduanna and Zhuo Wenjun | World History Encyclopedia
- Domina | First Look Trailer | Sky TV
- The Hidden Roman Villa Under The Suburbs | Time Team | Timeline
- Catullus 30 in Latin & English: Alfene immemor atque unanimis false sodalibus | David Amster
- Echoes of Ancient Greece | Michael Levy
Online Talks and Professional Matters
- University of Alabama Employment Site | Instructor, I2 – Renewable, Classics
- March 25, 4:30 pm: Shelley Haley Lecture | Yale Department of Classics
- The Inaugural SAIG/GSC Dissertation Lecture | Society for Classical Studies
- See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar
- SCS Calendar: Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology Webinars
Alia
‘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.
… 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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