Hodie est pr. Id. Mart. 2774 AUC ~ 1 Elaphebolion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends prosperity but threatens death for men and birth of wild beasts.

… 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. III Id. Mart. 2774 AUC ~ 29 Anthesterion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends abundance but wild animals will be destroyed.  Fish will increase and reptiles will infest settlements, but will not be harmful.

… 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. IV Id. Mart. 2774 AUC ~ 28 Anthesterion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, a powerful man in politics or a general will be endangered and battles will be fought on his behalf; wild animals will attack humans.

… 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. V Id. Mart. 2774 AUC ~ 27 Anthesterion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

• Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

It it thunders today, it portends heavy rain and an outbreak of locusts.

… 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. VI Id. Mart. 2774 AUC ~ 26 Anthesterion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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Fresh Podcasts

• ‎Ad Navseam: Ad Navseam Episode 27: “HOLY MOLY!” — Homer’s Odyssey, part 5 (Book 10) on Apple Podcasts

After giving the Cyclops everything short of his credit card information, Odysseus and the boys are in for more bumps and bruises. First it’s a visit with Aeolus, god of the winds, who bags up all the blustery blasts, but instead of telling his crew our hero decides it’s “nap time”. Then it’s on to the Laestrygonians for more cannibalism and general rock-chucking. At last they wash up on the island of Aeaea (no vowel-buying necessary) where Circe decides that while men are pigs the Hermes-helped Odysseus can stick around for a bit. Have these men learned anything?  How many crew remain? Is Odysseus even telling the truth or is he a kind of ancient Keyser Söze?

• ‎The Indicator from Planet Money: Grateful For Taxes on Apple Podcasts

In the modern U.S. people may avoid or begrudgingly pay taxes. But in ancient Athens, wealthy people considered it an honor.

• ‎Actually Interesting History: Alexander the Great Part 3 on Apple Podcasts

We pick up our story after the assignation of Alexander’s father and his consolidation of power in Greece. Alexander begins moving east toward Asia Minor. Many battles, a few myths, and a killer headache are in store for our hero!

Fresh Youtubery

• Mos Maiorum: What led to the fall of the Roman Republic? | Kings and Generals
• The Future of Humanities: Discussing the Battle of the Classics | Classical Wisdom
• 52 BC: Popular Protests in Antiquity | CAC SCEC
• Introduction to Whirling Greece | CAC SCEC
• History-Makers: Sappho | Overly Sarcastic Productions
• Was there an Ancient Minoan Empire? | Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages
• Il restauro dell’Arco di Costantino | Parco archeologico del Colosseo | Parco Colosseo
• Hecuba: Queen of Troy Bonus | Janell Rhiannon
• Identikit di un Capolavoro. L’Apollo dello Scasato | Etruschannel
• How important is Book 11 to the plot and themes of the Odyssey? 20 marks | Runshaw Classics
• Odysseus is never made to feel welcome on his travels (20 marks) | Runshaw Classics
• Episode 6 of Aristophanes’ Frogs: Aeschylus vs Euripides | Millennial Classicist

Book Reviews

• Archäologie und Politik: Die zwei Geschichten des Tropaeum Traiani zwischen Heidelberg und Adamklissi | Spartokos a lu
• [BMCR] Nuria Scapin, Flower of suffering: theology, justice, and the cosmos in Aeschylus’ Oresteia and presocratic thought. Trends in classics – supplementary volumes, 97. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2020.
• [BMCR] Alan Johnston, Henry Hunter Calvert’s collection of amphora stamps and that of Sidney Smith Saunders. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2020.

Online Talks and Professional Matters

• Conference: Gorgias/Gorgias: The Sicilian Orator and the Platonic Dialogue | Society for Classical Studies
• Talk: “Sex, Rage, & Change: Feminist Adaptation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses” | 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

• Sappho: Poetic antiquity in modern times – The Charger Bulletin
• Nestor – March 2021 issue available 
• Canada repatriates stolen Egyptian cat artifact | CTV News
• The Golden Age of Greek Science | GreekReporter.com

‘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 destruction for quadrupeds.

… 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)