Hodie est a.d. III Kal. Sept. 2772 AUC ~ 12 Metageitnion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Restoration of Apollo’s island sanctuary nearing completion | Multimedia | ekathimerini.com
- Creative Protest for the Return of the Parthenon Marbles Held at the British Museum | Greek Reporter Europe
- Hadrian’s Wall dig reveals oldest Christian graffiti on chalice | UK news | The Guardian
- Norton Disney Roman villa site warrants higher level of statutory protection, says Historic England
In Case You Missed It
- British Museum Moves Bust of Founder, Who Profited From Slavery | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
- Somma Vesuviana, riprendono gli scavi archeologici nella presunta villa augustea | Il Mediano
- Protesters At British Museum Call For The Return Of Parthenon Sculptures – Greek City Times
Classicists and Classics in the News
Greek/Latin News
- [Ephemeris] ODIVM PROPAGATVR
Fresh Bloggery
- Latin Reading for the Decadent – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Weekend Reading: Morris and Horace – Classical Studies Support
- If Only Everyone Were Like Me – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: August 28
- Black Olympians: re-presenting the Greek gods – It’s All Greek To Me
- Deceptive Faces and Useful Snakes – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- A coin from the days when English was a tribal language, ill-adapted to Roman letters – Roger Pearse
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: L’Enfant et la mort dans l’Antiquité / EMA
- Forget Liberal Studies, We Want a Joker to Lead Us – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- De zeeslag bij Aktion (1) – Mainzer Beobachter
- Don’t Be Half-Assed This Weekend: Three Donkey Proverbs from Photius – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Medieval Latin Proverb?
- Sicca Veneria: The Cliff City of Tunisia – Time Travel Rome
- The sack of Rome by Alaric’s Goths – Novo Scriptorium
- Classics at the Intersections: The Epilogue I Never Wrote: On Finally Coming to a Conclusion
- The Edithorial: Jacques-Louis David & the Human Tragedy of the Iliad
- The History Blog » Blog Archive » Chalice with Christian symbols found at Vindolanda
- Teledidaskalos, Or, How I am Trying to Teach Greek in a Pandemic – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Roman Times: Ancient Scythopolis, the leading city of Rome’s Decapolis
- Classics at the Intersections: The Epilogue I Never Wrote: On Finally Coming to a Conclusion
- Visiting Brading Roman Villa – Classical Studies Support
- Roman Times: Yorkshire Museum reopens!
- : On The Pointlessness of Biased History – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- The Frog-King: Another Frightening Fable for our Times – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Advice on Social Media Use from Ancient Rome – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Texts Before Tosh
Fresh Podcasts
I was delighted to be joined by Luke Pepera, a historian, archaeologist and anthropologist with a passion for African history. In this podcast he shines a light on the Kingdom of Kush’s history, particularly focusing on the ancient kingdom’s often-overlooked interactions with Imperial Rome. He explains how the death of Cleopatra and the demise of the Hellenistic Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt paved the way for a major conflict between the Kushites and Romans, where the Kushite warrior queen Amanirenas led her armies against the Emperor Augustus’ legions. Nevertheless, despite this hostile beginning, over the following centuries relations between the Kushites and Romans improved, with both kingdoms co-existing in relative harmony until the former’s demise in the mid 4th century.
This week Abi and Sarah get emotional about Classics, and this time it’s not a result of the overwhelming joy we feel for them (I mean, there’ll obviously be some of that too). Instead, we’ll be looking at one of our favourite duos with affection and a little bit of sadness. I know, right? Versatility! Seriously, though, we never thought a bath could be so emotional. This couple, in our humble opinion, give us one of the greatest moments of Homer’s Iliad – the exchange between Hector and Andromache in Book 6. Tune in to find out more!
Full version of the interview with Prof. Kara Cooney…
Join this episode to listen to myself and the marvellous Dr Antony Makrinos (UCL) discuss the relationships between Western Literature’s oldest author and the big screen….
100 – 60 BCE – The story of the chaotic Roman world that Caesar was born into, and what it would take for a charismatic and talented young man with connections to climb the political ladder of the Republic.
John Barton joined me on the pod to discuss the history of the Bible. Tracing its dissemination, translation and interpretation in Judaism and Christianity from Antiquity to the rise of modern biblical scholarship, Barton elucidates how meaning has both been drawn from the Bible and imposed upon it.
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Vasileios Liotsakis, Alexander the Great in Arrian’s ‘Anabasis’: A Literary Portrait. Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes, volume 78. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2019.
- [BMCR] Maria Doerfler, Jephthah’s daughter, Sarah’s son: the death of children in late antiquity. Oakland: University of California Press, 2019.
- [Paywalled] ‘Three Rings’ Review: Getting Lost (and Found) with Odysseus – WSJ
Professional Matters
Full Professor of Classics (1.0 FTE) (220285) | Job opportunities | University of Groningen
Alia
- Le Colonne Romane sommerse di Marzamemi
- Why the Roman Republic fell | Findings | Yale Alumni Magazine
‘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 does not portend anything bad.
… 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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