Hodie est a.d. VII Id. Mart. 2774 AUC ~ 25 Anthesterion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:

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Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today it portends the downfall of humans and the proliferation 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. VIII Id. Mart. 2774 AUC ~ 24 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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• Consult the Oracle at UCL

Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:

If it thunders today, it portends rain.

… 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 Non. Mart. 2774 AUC ~ 23 Anthesterion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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• ‎History of the World podcast: Vol 3 Ep 61 – The Kushan Empire on Apple Podcasts

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‘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 a heavy wind which will affect the business of powerful men.

… 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 pr. Non. Mart. 2774 AUC ~ 22 Anthesterion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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• Pompei, il futuro è una smart city 5G – Wired
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‘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 same as yesterday and even better.

… 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 Non. Mart. 2774 AUC ~ 21 Anthesterion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Rare diseases in the Bronze Age

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• PaleoJudaica.com: Quick, Dress, Adornment, and the Body in the Hebrew Bible (OUP)
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• A Reminder: Medical and Philosophical Traditions Consider Women Not Fully Human – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Blogging ancient epigram: The handout for my MAPPOLA talk
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Our guests this episode were Diane Rayor, Jane Montgomery Griffiths, Marguerite Johnson, Tracey Walters, Sandra Boehringer and translator Annie McCarthy. You can learn more about our guests and where to find them on our website.

• ‎Movies We Dig: Episode 16 – Spartacus (1960) on Apple Podcasts

We’re Spartacus! This week Spartacus (aka Colin) and Spartacus (aka Eli) take on the classic epic written by Dalton Trumbo, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Kirk Douglas. This movie stands out among its peers to us in that it’s really about something. Is this a case of a movie telling a sort of collectivist narrative? Is Spartacus the hero of the left? We get into the details of both this film’s relation to the historical Spartacus, the Red Scare in Hollywood and the creative minds which led to its production. Do we want Large Spartacus of Small Spartacus? Crassus is the reason we need to federalize it.

• ‎Ancient Warfare Podcast: How did the Macedonian Phalanx deal with cavalry armies? on Apple Podcasts

If cavalry attacked a Macedonian phalanx how did it react? Did the phalanx have a tactic to hold them off? Murray explains..

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Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Theo Vijgen, The cultural parameters of the Graeco-Roman war discourse. Antiquité et sciences humaines, 6. Turnhout: Brepols, 2020.
• [BMCR] David Yates, States of memory: the polis, panhellenism, and the Persian War. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
• [Paywalled] Cyclops: The long history of a myth | The TLS

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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

• The Quest for Blue – AramcoWorld
• Ruins of the Roman Lebdah city (Leptis Magna) | The Libya Observer

‘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 a sunny spring and a fruitful summer.

… 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)