Hodie est a.d. V Id. Iun. 2772 AUC ~ 19 Thargelion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

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Public Facing Classics

• ‘World-beating’ – or why superlatives matter (or maybe should be banned?) – Column – Mary Beard: A Don’s life – TLS

Fresh Bloggery

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The Roman client king Herod (c. 73-4 BCE) ruled Judea for thirty years. Learn about his rule, and the political and religious climate of Judea just before the birth of Christ.

Professional Matters

• MA in Classical Studies at the Open University – ACE Classics

Alia

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• Ponte di Tiberio (Bridge of Tiberius) – Rimini, Italy – Atlas Obscura

‘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 destruction of flocks by wolves.

… 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. Iun. 2772 AUC ~ 18 Thargelion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

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• The Time Travel Diaries: Adventure in Athens, by Caroline Lawrence
• Laudator Temporis Acti: Stop Fretting
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• BBC Radio 4 – Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics, Series 6, Penelope

Natalie Haynes tells stories of Penelope, the clever woman and perfect wife behind The Odyssey. With Professors Edith Hall and Llewelyn Morgan.

• ‎Ancient World Magazine Podcast: Sculpture in the ancient Greek world, part 2 on Apple Podcasts

This episode picks up from where we left off last time by focusing on ancient Greek sculpture of the Classical and Hellenistic periods. Among other things, we devote quite a bit of time to talking about male and female nudity, and what this says about Classical and Hellenistic perceptions of the role of men and women in the ancient Greek world. We also talk about the sculpture of Etruria and Central Italy, and touch upon statuary from Magna Graecia.

• Sermo Raedarius 102 – Laeta et tristia horum mensiun | Sermones Raedarii

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Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Daniel Holmes, Philosophy, poetry, and power in Aristophanes’s ‘Birds’. . Lanham; Boulder: Lexington Books, 2019.
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• [BMCR] Gerald V. Lalonde, Athena Itonia: geography and meaning of an ancient Greek war goddess. Religions in the Graeco-Roman world, 191. Leiden: Brill, 2019. /

Professional Matters

• XVI Congressus Internationalis Epigraphiae Graecae et Latinae – 29-30-31 / 08, 01-02 / 09/2022, Bordeaux (France)

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• Pompeii breakthrough: ‘Superfood’ of Roman gladiators exposed after bone analysis | World | News | Express.co.uk

‘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 wet weather and bad things for 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 a.d. VII Id. Iun. 2772 AUC ~ 17 Thargelion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

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Public Facing Classics

• Unlocking the library | Blog post by Mary Beard – The TLS

Fresh Bloggery

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• Rome Should Have Fallen Sooner – Footnotes of History – Medium
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• Laudator Temporis Acti: The Most Necessary Things
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Book Reviews

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Dramatic Receptions

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Professional Matters

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• Review: Reconstructing Ptolemy and his Global Legacy | Society for Classical Studies

Alia

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• The Golden Age of Greek Science | GreekReporter.com
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• The Ancient Greeks’ Guide to Rejecting Propaganda and Disinformation
• Take a virtual tour of Hadrian’s Wall from the comfort of your own home | Sunderland Echo
• Smelly snails and deep purple: This ancient dye costs $2,700 per gram | Middle East Eye
• The Last Words of Milman Parry | The Oxonian Review

‘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 outbreak of disease but not many people will die. Cereal crops will flourish but soft fruits will dry up.

… 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. Iun. 2772 AUC ~ 16 Thargelion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

This week’s video-based gleanings … page might take a while to load:

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Mini Docs

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Emily Wilson

American Institute for Roman Culture/Darius Arya Digs

Michael Levy

Endless Knot

Mythology Manifest

Ancient World Magazine

Runshaw Classics

Aimed at Students

Alia

Playlists

• The Ulysses 31 Restoration Project – YouTube [cartoon series reimagining the Odyssey]
• Digital Classicist London Seminars – YouTube
• Natalie Haynes #OvidNotCovid series on Facebook

Hodie est Non. Iun. 2772 AUC ~ 15 Thargelion in the third year of the 699th Olympiad

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• Unique Trajan statue restored

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Classics and Classicists in the News

• Greek students hold online seminar for ancient Greek values and modern theatre | Neos Kosmos

Greek/Latin News

• [Ephemeris] REGIO SYRTICA RECEPTA.

Fresh Bloggery

• Autism and Classical Myth: CIRSIE talk, Primary Schools Partnership Newsletter and unexpectedly reading about “a fantastic and hilarious adventure”
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• Comfort Classics: Phil Perkins – Classical Studies Support
• A cataclysm sentence for classics? – Rome and all that…
• AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Database of Classical Scholars
• Revisiting the UK’s Dealing in Cultural Objects (Offences) Act of 2003 ~ ARCAblog
• Surprise! Wolf Slaughters Lamb on Slight Pretext – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
• Alexander’s Successors – Mainzer Beobachter

Fresh Podcastery

• Sanctuaries in ancient Greece – Ancient World Magazine

Inspired by a recent thread on Reddit about what everyday life was like at an ancient Greek sanctuary, the team got together to talk about sanctuaries in ancient Greece. We define what a “sanctuary” is and what kind of sacred places there in the ancient Greek world. We then give a chronological overview of developments in Greek religion and sanctuaries from the Late Bronze Age onwards…

• BBC Radio 4 – Start the Week, Classics and class

Edith Hall and Ansgar Allen challenge assumptions about the classics and class, with Tom Sutcliffe

• Curse tablet from Chamalières (Greg Woolf) by Open Material Religion

Professor Greg Woolf tells us about a small inscribed lead curse tablet dedicated to the god Maponus, which was found in a sacred spring in central France.

• ‎Ancient Warfare Podcast: AWA – How did Generals learn their craft? on Apple Podcasts

In Ancient Warfare Answers, Jasper (editor of Ancient Warfare Magazine) and Murray (deputy editor) tackle your questions on ancient military topics. In this episode Murray tells us about how Generals learned their craft.

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Thierry Petit, La naissance des cités-royaumes cypriotes. . Oxford: Archaeopress, 2019.
• [BMCR] Steele Brand, Killing for the Republic: citizen-soldiers and the Roman way of war. . Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.

Alia

• “Not just lions in the Colosseum” – How the Romans acquired wild animals – Ancient World Magazine
• Scholarships Available for English-Language Greek Antiquity BA Degree | USA.GreekReporter.com
• Ermine Street: the ancient Roman route worth exploring this weekend
• Odysseus unlocks the most Iliad-like Trojan Horse in A Total War Saga: Troy | PCGamesN
• Came, saw and lingered: the Romans never really left us | News | The Times
• Egyptian archaeologists rely on technology to preserve past
• How To Thrive If You Have A Boss Like Caligula

‘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 bad things for those in charge of villages and towns.

… 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)