Hodie est a.d. VII Id Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 21 Pyanepsion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

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Everyday Orientalism

David Amster

Paideia Media

Christian Lehmann

Olympia Kyklos

Archaeology Now

Louvre

Peopling the Past

Classics in Color

Ancient Literature Dude

Michael Levy

Timeline

Bettina Joy de Guzman

Faculty of Classics Oxford

Divus Magister Craft

Digital Hammurabi

Ancient History Encyclopedia

Mythology Manifest

Smarthistory

Greek and Latin UCL

Swansea University Classics

D Midgley

Latinitium

Mythology Short Stories

Hodie est a.d. VIII Id Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 20 Pyanepsion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Predano il sito archeologico “Palike”: denunciati 3 tombaroli – L’Urlo | News e Lifestyle
• Scandal Erupts as Roman Mosaics Get Trampled On in Villa Armira Mansion near Bulgaria’s Ivaylovgrad – Archaeology in Bulgaria. and Beyond
• Company wins appeal to build 140 acre employment site on the site of historic Roman ruins in Milton Keynes | Milton Keynes Citizen
• Measuring a threat to Pompeii’s paintings
• Statuettes of the goddess Demeter and her daughter were found at a construction site in Anapa – The Times Hub
• Vast Artifact Collection Seized from Exiled Oligarch to Be Appraised by German, Italian Experts, Bulgaria’s Prosecution Says – Archaeology in Bulgaria. and Beyond

In Case You Missed It

• NGC Ancients-Certified ‘EID MAR’ Aureus of Brutus Sells For $4.188 Million | Coin News

Classicists and Classics in the News

• Adani Group Renames Australia Venture ‘Bravus’ in Bogus Latin, Experts Explain What it Really Means

Greek/Latin News

• [Ephemeris] DESTRUCTIO ISRAELIS 

Public Facing Classics

• I’m a lockdown Odysseus: Why Assassin’s Creed is my go-to game
• America Is Eerily Retracing Rome’s Steps to a Fall. Will It Turn Around Before It’s Too Late? – POLITICO

Fresh Bloggery

• Laudator Temporis Acti: What Difference Does It Make?
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: La ricezione di Seneca tragico tra Quattrocento e Cinquecento: Edizioni e volgarizzamenti
• No Hope of Escape for a Tyrant – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Oxford Epigraphy workshop, Michaelmas Term 2020 | Current Epigraphy
• Promoting Classics through Ancient Philosophy – ACE Classics
• Comfort Classics: Jane Draycott – Classical Studies Support
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Syrian Heritage Project
• At Least Try to Enjoy Xenophon – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Fact or Fable?
• PaleoJudaica.com: The IAA’s coin collection
• Watching democracy | Blog post by Mary Beard – The TLS
• Being Good: Action Trumps Intent – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Collections: Iron, How Did They Make It, Addendum: Crucible Steel and Cast Iron – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
• Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Houthi Militias Behind Smuggling of Antiquities and Manuscripts
• The Edithorial: Defiant Good News re Doorstep Classics

Blog-like Publications

• Thessaloniki: Byzantine scholars in favour of not removing antiquities
• ANE TODAY – 202011 – The Sound and the Fury: The Passion for Chariot Racing in Imperial Rome –
• Roman Coins From the War Against Hannibal – CoinWeek Ancient Coins

Fresh Podcasts

• ‎The Ancients: Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors on Apple Podcasts

Alexander the Great. One of the most recognisable names in history. In his short lifetime he conquered the mighty Persian Empire and marched his army as far as the Indus River Valley. But it is important to remember that Alexander’s achievements were only possible because of his father Philip. It was Philip who transformed the Kingdom of Macedon from a backward domain into the dominant power in the Central Mediterranean. It was Philip who reformed the army and created the force that would serve as the nucleus of Alexander’s famous victories. Both were extraordinary leaders. Both embodied a charismatic style of leadership that helped transform them into semi-legendary conquerors..,

• Classicists in Transition – S1Ep2 – Uncertainty

Classicists in Transition, a podcast by the Ghent Institute for Classical Studies, hosted by Dimitri Van Limbergen and Alison John. In this episode, we talk to dr. Julie Van Pelt on the theme of uncertainty.

• ‎The AskHistorians Podcast: Philip and Alexander by Adrian Goldsworthy on Apple Podcasts

Tyler Alderson talks with author Adrian Goldsworthy, whose new book Philip and Alexander explores the lives of the two men who turned ancient Macedonia from a fringe Greek state into a powerful empire. While much of the focus has been on Alexander, Goldsworthy discusses the vital role that Philip played in setting his son up for the successes that earned him the name “Alexander the Great.”

• ‎Ancient Warfare Podcast: AWA: Cavalry shock tactics without spurs? on Apple Podcasts

J.Soth listening via youtube asks, ‘How were cataphracts, Thessalian cavalry and companion cavalry etc able to use shock tactics without spurs and other knightly equipment?’

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Cornelia Brink, Nicole Falkenhayner, Ralf von den Hoff, Helden müssen sterben. Von Sinn und Fragwürdigkeit des heroischen Todes. Baden-Baden: Ergon Verlag, 2019.
• [BMCR] Annalisa Marzano, Guy P. R. Métraux, The Roman Villa in the Mediterranean Basin: Late Republic to Late Antiquity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Online Talks and Professional Matters

• Racecraft in the Odyssey and Argonautica. Zoom lecture
• Virtual Reading Event by Literary Translator and Poet A.E. Stallings | University of Arkansas
• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar

‘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 borers destroying the grain crops.

… 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. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 17 Pyanepsion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Scoperto il foro di Castrum Novum a Santa Marinella – Terzo Binario News
• Archaeological survey resumed at ancient hill with Bronze Age relics northwest Iran – Tehran Times
• Ancient Greeks Left Their Mark in Egypt in 591 BC — in Graffiti | News from Greeks in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
• Archaeologists prepare dig in Jesenicko after mushroom picker finds rare Bronze Age sword | Radio Prague International

In Case You Missed It

• Intact Amphora Recovered Off Croatia’s Coast – Archaeology Magazine
• 2,000-year-old seal depicting Greek god Apollo found in Jerusalem | Live Science

Classicists and Classics in the News

• [PDF] J.J. (Jim) Coulton (1940-2020) 
• A Classicist’s Encounter with the Synagogue at Ostia

Greek/Latin News

• [Ephemeris] PETITIO VINDOBONENSIS 
• [Ephemeris] TERRAE MOTVS TVRCVS 

Fresh Bloggery

• Bakken and Climate Change: Flows | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• Comfort Classics: Chiara Sulprizio – Classical Studies Support
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: glottothèque: Ancient Indo-European Grammars Online
• Roman Times: Two Thumbs Up for German series “Barbarian”
• Four Years of Presidential Memory: The Wages of a Wicked Man, Plague, Broken Walls, Fallen Armies – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Election Night Erasmus: A Wound Renewed – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Four Years of Presidential Memories: Sharing the Struggle For Freedom – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Four Years of Presidential Memory: Giving The Finger in Ancient Greek – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Xerxes’ non-comeback – Mainzer Beobachter
• Blog: Part I: Casting Cleopatra: It’s All About Politics | Society for Classical Studies
• Blog: Part II: Casting Cleopatra: It’s All About Politics | Society for Classical Studies
• The Torlonia Marbles-Collecting Masterpieces | Life at the BSR

Blog-like Publications

• First estimation of damages on Samos, Ikaria and Chios
• Completion of system for the fire protection of Mycenae
• Why the Romans Don’t Want You to Know About the Etruscans | by Fiona Cameron Lister | Sep, 2020 | Medium
• Only the richest ancient Athenians paid taxes – and they bragged about it
• Cartoon Classics: The Trojan War in Modern Animation – Antiquipop | L’Antiquité dans la culture populaire contemporaine
• The Mycenaean necropolis of Trapeza, Aegion, comes to light – The Archaeology News Network
• New Study Fills Gaps in Chronological Timelines of Bronze and Iron Age Societies – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
• Mausoleum of Augustus – Rome, Italy – Atlas Obscura

Fresh Podcasts

• ‎The Endless Knot: Election Talk to Take Your Mind off the Election on Apple Podcasts

It’s election night 2020 in the US, and our video from 4 years ago about the language of politics is relevant once again. We discuss the changing vocabulary of democracy and what it can tell us about shifting attitudes towards popular rule and politicians. It may not be a complete break from political coverage, but at least it’s mostly about the distant past, not the uncertain future!

• ‎When in Rome: Thysdrus on Apple Podcasts

Thysdrus was a former Cartheginian town and Roman colony in what was the province of Africa. The area drew its wealth from growing olives and the production of oil. And has become famous in the years since as being the home of one of Rome’s best preserved amphitheatres. Guest: Dr Darius Arya (CEO of The American Institute for Roman Culture and Director of Ancient Rome Live)

• ‎Ad Navseam: Ad Navseam Episode 9: A Fisherman, a Farmer, and a Shepherd Walk into a Painting… – Ovid and Brueghel’s Fall of Icarus on Apple Podcasts

Dave and Jeff serve up some Northern Renaissance art with a close look at Flemish painter Pieter Brueghel the Elder’s mysterious and haunting take on the Daedalus and Icarus myth. Is it a response to Ovid’s version of the tale or something else altogether? Jean Claude VanDamme stops by with a waffle sampler, and don’t miss: fat man on the menu. We also get at the lingering question, “Will Dave ever reveal his high school nickname?”

• ‎Raising Standards: 1.06: Egeria (with Alan Poul) on Apple Podcasts

Mark Antony considers throwing in with Pompey before he packs his bags, follows Caesar and leaves Rome. Vorenus rekindles his romance with Niobe before he packs up his bag, raises his standard and leaves Rome. Octavian becomes a real man before he puts on his toga, packs up his bag and leaves Rome. We are also joined by special guest Alan Poul, director of the episode.

• ‎Nuntii Latini: diē tertiō mēnsis Novembris on Apple Podcasts

Suffrāgia feruntur, Terror Vindobōnēnsis, Clandestīnum proelium in Nigeriā gestum.

Book Reviews

• ‘The Last Assassin’ Review: Avenging a Conspiracy – WSJ

Online Talks and Professional Matters

• Short on-line course on digital epigraphy
• Live from the Agora – The Stoa of Attalos
• Associate or Full Professor (Classics) (Cincinnati)
• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar

Alia

• Lesson of the Antonine Plague | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise
• Seeking Out the Assassins of Julius Caesar – InsideHook
• Israeli scientists use AI to reconstruct broken Babylonian tablets – Archaeology – Haaretz.com
• Art Review: European Fine Art Fair Triumphs in COVID Incarnation | National Review
• 3,000-year-old Mesopotamian tablets document the earliest known case of PTSD
• Stephen Fry wants Parthenon Marbles returned to Greece
• Orlando Science Center: ‘Pompeii’ exhibit tips – Orlando Sentinel
• Life in a Roman Legion, and Life after Leaving
• The Roman Army: Its Evolution and Growth
• “Il ruolo della donna nell’antica Roma” in esposizione agli Uffizi di Firenze – Sardegna Reporter
• How Xena: Warrior Princess used Greek Myth | Den of Geek

‘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 an improvement for grain.

… 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. Nov. 2772 AUC ~ 16 Pyanepsion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Pompeii’s paintings imperilled by precipitates | Research | Chemistry World
• Archaeologists and the disabled blast Greece’s decision to cement the Acropolis | Neos Kosmos
• Scoperto il foro di Castrum Novum a Santa Marinella – Terzo Binario News

In Case You Missed It

• Were these nails used to crucify Jesus? New evidence revives controversial idea. | Live Science

Fresh Bloggery

• Four Years of Presidential Memory: Oligarchy and Plutocracy – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Ancient Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Palaces. Volume II
• The Obscure Logic Of Elections – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Comfort Classics: Hardeep Dhindsa – Classical Studies Support
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Men of Marathon
• The Bakken and Climate Change: Assemblages | Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
• Roman Times: Ancient Literacy
• Four Years of Presidential Memories: Hated By the People, Plotted Against by Friends – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Four Years of Presidential Memory: A Tyrant and A Plague – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Four Years of Presidential Memory: Another Plague, Profiteering – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Orpheus And The Animals, Painted By Paulus Potter (c. 1625-1654) | The Historian’s Hut
• Four Years of Presidential Memory: Reasons for Revolutions, Wanting To Be Equal Vs. Wanting Just More – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Selling Fake Art: Do the Dealers Know?
• Het Woord van God (joods) – Mainzer Beobachter
• I Was Wrong | Sphinx
• PaleoJudaica.com: Jesus as a mystic?
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Attic Inscriptions Online Update
• AIRC | This Week in Rome: How Rome Still Conquers

Blog-like Publications

• The new finds from excavations at Vryokastraki
• Echoes of Eurydice. On the Comfort of Repetition | by Emily Pillinger | Nov, 2020 | EIDOLON

Fresh Podcasts

• BBC Radio 4 – Start the Week, Great women of the classics

A fresh new take on Virgil’s The Aeneid plus the role of women in Greek myths and Biblical tales.

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Aneurin Ellis-Evans, The kingdom of Priam: Lesbos and the Troad between Anatolia and the Aegean. Oxford classical monographs . Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
• [BMCR] Sissel Undheim, Borderline virginities: sacred and secular virgins in late antiquity. London; New York: Routledge, 2018.
• Varna Archaeological Museum Guide | Spartokos a lu

Dramatic Receptions

• ATU’s Production of “The Bacchae” Feted by Scholars | Arkansas Tech University

Online Talks and Professional Matters

• Gods, Slaves, Goats and Pirates in the Aegean Islands
• See what’s happening today in Dr Pistone’s Online Classics Social Calendar

Alia

• The Hunt for Julius Caesar’s Assassins Marked the Last Days of the Roman Republic | History | Smithsonian Magazine
• Lesson of the Antonine Plague | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

‘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 that the lower classes will rise up against their superiors.

… 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)