Hodie est Idibus Iuniis 2772 AUC ~ 11 Skirophorion in the second year of the 699th Olympiad

 

In the News

• Archaeologists Discover Ancient Settlement In Kazakhstan – Caspian News 
• [Reviewish] Is one of history’s most rousing speeches apocryphal? | The Spectator 
• Diet at the docks: Living and dying at the port of ancient Rome 

Fresh Bloggery

• Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: June 12 
• Plans and Tables | Summertime Fragments 
• Monasticism and Gallic Gluttony – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 
• Why Hannibal’s Success Against Rome Was Dependent on His Brother | Battles of the Ancients
• Blogging Pompeii: News from the Getty Conservation Institute 
• How long does it take to mark an exam? – Mary Beard 

Fresh Podcasts

• PODCAST: Real and Fantastical Beasts from the Medieval World to Contemporary Art | The Getty Iris 

Book Reviews

• THE SCIENCE OF ROMAN HISTORY: Biology, Climate, and the Future of the Past – Classics for All 
• BORGES’ CLASSICS: Global Encounters with the Graeco-Roman Past – Classics for All 

Conferences and Calls for Papers

• 2019 Annual Meeting Information | CAAS-CW 
• Workshop on the Anonymus Iamblichi – Durham Centre for Ancient and Medieval 

Alia

• Podcasts, phthiriasis and paraprosdokians | Newsminer [possibly paywalled] 
• Rome’s last citizen warns America: don’t repeat our mistakes – Fabius Maximus website 
• Mise en ligne de l’exposition virtuelle “Mythes et Images au Cabinet des Médailles” | L’Antiquité à la BnF
• Gladiator 2 Will Feature A Time Jump 

 

Hodie est pridie Idus Iunias 2772 AUC ~ 10 Skirophorion in the second year of the 699th Olympiad

 

In the News

• Shackled Skeletons from Ancient Greece to Get Underground Display | Greek Reporter
• Archaeology: Fragment with inscription in Ancient Greek from 2nd century found in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv | The Sofia Globe 
• Tornos News | Greek amphitheater on show at New York’s Governors Island 
• Acropolis Museum’s 10th year anniversary is time to review our campaign for the return of the Parthenon Marbles | Neos Kosmos 
• Daphne and Delos to get restoration funding | Neos Kosmos 
• Roman fort could be hidden under Largs town centre says archaeologist | Largs and Millport Weekly News 

In Case You Missed It

• Archaeologists Rediscover The Ancient Cities Of Modern-Day Cordoba | IFLScience 

Fresh Bloggery

• More Than a Common Tongue – EIDOLON
• Reading Hazony by the Elgin Marbles | Gates of Nineveh: An Experiment in Blogging Assyriology 
• A look at art crime through the eyes of some of ARCA’s 2019 postgraduate participants ~ ARCAblog 
• An International Conservation Partnership Is Preserving Herculaneum, Ancient Roman Town Buried by Vesuvius | The Getty Iris
• The History Girls: On Misogyny 
• From Cyprus to Greece (and an advertisement for myself) | Summertime Fragments 
• Laudator Temporis Acti: An Obscure Proverb 
• Norbanus, Caesar, Oedipus: Candidates for Impeachment? – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE 

Fresh Podcasts

• EPISODE 8 TELEMACHUS – ODYSSEY: THE PODCAST 

At the same time as Hermes takes flight to Calypso’ island, in order to rescue Odysseus, Athena takes flight to Ithaka, in order to “rescue” 20-year old Telemachus: from his remarkable immaturity. This episode picks up the story in the twentieth year of Odysseus’ absence, and details the “Ithacan constitutional crisis” confronting Penelope, Telemachus, and the people of Ithaka:  “What to do, when your king/your husband/your father, may or may not, be dead?

• Episode CXX – Adultery | Emperors of Rome

By modern standards the Romans had some fairly unusual ideas, which could be putting it mildly when it comes to the subject of adultery. For the most part the Romans were lack lax in repercussions, unless of course you were embarrassing a man of high status. Guest:
Dr Rhiannon Evans (Senior Lecturer, Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University)

Book Reviews

• ONCE AND FUTURE ANTIQUITIES IN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY – Classics for All
• [BMCR]  Gary D. Farney, Guy Jolyon Bradley (ed.), The Peoples of Ancient Italy.
• [BMCR] Maria Sapio (ed.), Le armi di Athena: il Santuario settentrionale di Paestum. 
• [BMCR] Frédérique Duyrat, Wealth and Warfare: The Archaeology of Money in Ancient Syria. Numismatic studies, 34. 
• [BMCR] Marcus Deufert, Kritischer Kommentar zu Lukrezens ‘De rerum natura’. Texte und Kommentare, Band 56. 

Dramatic Receptions

• Five productions in 2019 International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama – In-Cyprus.com 
• Reclaiming Black Womanhood in ‘Klytmnestra’ – The Kojo Nnamdi Show 

Conferences and Calls for Papers

• Conference: The Archaeologies of Roads (November 2019)

Alia

• Crossing Experiences in Digital Epigraphy | EurekAlert! Science News 
• Italy Before the Romans: The Etruscan Sarcophagus of the Spouses | ITALY Magazine 

Hodie est a.d. III Id. Iunias 2772 AUC ~ 9 Skirophorion in the second year of the 699th Olympiad

In the News

• Roman discoveries in Meon Valley spark debate over circus maximus – The News 
• Turkey: millenary city to be submerged by mega dam Ilisu – General news – ANSAMed.it 
• We Drink Basically The Same Wine As Ancient Romans — And That’s Not So Great : The Salt : NPR 

In Case You Missed It

• Why posh politicians pretend to speak Latin | OUPblog 
• Acropolis Museum turns 10 | ekathimerini.com 

Fresh Bloggery

• Blogs? Huh! | Sphinx 
• The False Promise of Stoicism | New Ideal

Fresh Podcasts

• Julius Caesar and the Point of No Return: The Show Notes – Ancient History Fangirl 
• Myth Digest: Pandora and Her Non-existent Box by That’s Ancient History 

That’s Ancient History is back with another ‘myth digest’ where host Jean Menzies tells the tale of one classical myth in particular, breaks down its themes and discusses its significance to ancient culture. This episode is all about the myth of Pandora, the first ever mortal woman, created my Zeus, king of the gods, as a punishment for man.

• Henriette van der Blom | Better Known 

Henriette van der Blom, Senior Lecturer in Ancient History in the Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham, discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

Book Reviews

• THE GREEK EXPERIENCE OF INDIA: From Alexander to the Indo-Greeks – Classics for All 

Dramatic Receptions

• Five productions in 2019 International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama – In-Cyprus.com 

Conferences and Calls for Papers

• Domitian and the East (Summer 2019) | Antony Augoustakis – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
• Programme | FB 07 – GRK Humans and Nature
• Convegno «Il teatro della πόλις» (Pisa 2019) | Centro Studi sul Teatro Classico 
• 14th Trends in Classics – Description | Τμήμα Φιλολογίας 
• Sex and the Ancient City 

Alia

• ‘Gladiator 2’ producers confirm timeline on Ridley Scott’s sequel – HeyUGuys 
• Culture minister recalls resignation requests over Acropolis lift |ekathimerini.com 
• Do Hermes couriers know about their classical links to the underworld? | Prospect Magazine
• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is getting a story creator mode, and it’s out now – The Verge 
• Ubisoft unveils Gods & Monsters, light-hearted Greek mythology adventure game | VentureBeat 
• Mary Norris: ‘One of the things that you learn from Greek, it teaches you to appreciate nature’ | Neos Kosmos 

Hodie est a.d. IV Id. Iunias 2772 AUC

In the News

• Monmouth College grad helps save Monmouth-Roseville High Latin program – Daily Review Atlas – Monmouth, IL 
• Greek man arrested over online advert for ancient coins – The Washington Post
• Herculaneum scrolls to be sent to dentist for ‘virtual unwrapping’ to decipher texts from early days of Western civilization | Telegraph [possibly paywalled] 
• New discoveries about the way people were treated in death at Worlebury Hill For 2,000 years ago found | Latest Weston-super-Mare and Somerset news – Weston Mercury 
• Metal detectorist ‘ecstatic’ after find on farm turns out to be ultra-rare Roman coin fetching £552,000 at auction | The Independent 
• Roman discoveries in Meon Valley spark debate over circus maximus – The News 

In Case You Missed It

• ‘Hebdomada Papae’: News in Latin on Vatican Radio – Vatican News 
• Giant Head Found in Rome of God Linked to Cult Accused of Ritual Murder and Orgies 

Fresh Bloggery

• Why posh politicians pretend to speak Latin | OUPblog 
• George Ortiz collection to be displayed in London 
• Blog: Computational Classics? Programming Natural Language Understanding | Society for Classical Studies 
• Militia Group Warns of the Roman “Path to Ruin” :: Pharos 
• Teaching with Circe – CAMWSgrads 
• Teaching with ‘The Song of Achilles’ – CAMWSgrads 
• The Edithorial: A Bridesmaid on Old Greeks and Prizes 
• Francis H. Bacon: Bearer of Precious Gifts from the Dardanelles | From the Archivist’s Notebook 
• Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: June 9 

Fresh Podcasts

• Sermo Raedarius 92 

Ubi novissima de disco narro, et praesenti et futuro.

• QDP Ep 140: De Carmine Tertio Sulpiciae – Quomodo Dicitur? Podcast 

Hoc in colloquio, Augustus et Catharina et Iustus de Sulpiciae carmine tertio colloquuntur

• #32 – Sweep The Leg – Tiberius – Life Of The Caesars 

It’s the year 24 CE. Sejanus is trying to convince Tiberius that the sky is falling. His advice: sweep the leg.

• Audioboom / Alex Davis, Charlie Edwards and Vicky Saward-Read (University of Kent) 

Three guests for the price of one this week: Charlie Edwards, Alex Davis and Vicky Saward-Read, all of whom have just finished their UG degrees in Classics and Archaeology here at Kent. 

They reflect on their time here at university and what a life-changing experience it’s been. Charlie discusses his time with Kent Raising and Giving Society, Alex talks about coming to higher education as a mature student and the opportunities it’s given her, and Vicky looks back on her time as head of the Kent Classics and Archaeological Society.

• Pontifacts 45. Celestine I 

Pope Celestine invites you to join him on his world tour! This papacy left its fingerprints on Gaul, Italy, Africa, Illyria, Britain and…Ireland! In his episode, we discuss the inception of Nestorianism, the Council of Ephesus, and Augustinian love letters that say hi.

• Audioboom / Richard Hobbs (British Museum) 

Richard joins David to reflect on how he originally had no plans to go into archaeology or museums, and just wanted to be a drummer in a band, but through a knack of meeting the right people at the right time his career kept progressing. He also discusses what valuable objects can tell us about the influence of Persia on Rome, why we need to rethink the Roman occupation of Britain, working for the Portable Antiquities Scheme, what Trump and late Roman emperors might have in common, and what links Roald Dahl to famous Mildenhall Treasure.

• MQ Ancient History: City of Rome Blog https://ancient-history-

Book Reviews

• [BMCR] Thomas Bénatouïl, Jean-Baptiste Gourinat, Michel Narcy (ed.), L’athéisme antique. Philosophie antique. Problèmes, renaissances, usages, 18. 
• [BMCR] Fernande Hölscher​, Die Macht der Gottheit im Bild: archäologische Studien zur griechischen Götterstatue​. 
• [BMCR] Sandrine Agusta-Boularot, Sandrine Huber, William Van Andringa (ed.), Quand naissent les dieux. Fondation des sanctuaires antiques: motivations, agents, lieux. Collection de l’École française de Rome, 534​. 
• [BMCR] Polly Lohmann (ed.), Historische Graffiti als Quellen. Methoden und Perspektiven eines jungen Forschungsbereichs. 
• [BMCR] Amy Richlin, Slave Theater in the Roman Republic: Plautus and Popular Comedy. 
• Chersonesus Taurica in the Principate. Some Aspects of Economic History According to Archaeological Data | Spartokos a lu 
• THE WAR FOR GAUL: A new translation – Julius Caesar – Classics for All 
• THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO ROMAN COMEDY – Classics for All 

Dramatic Receptions

• Chicano ‘Oedipus’ brings Greek tragedy to the Barrio 

Alia

• [on making mosaics] Hammer & Hardie — Do you need them? – Lawrence Payne – Medium 
• The Roman Art Historian Who Will Actually Make You Like Tours – Worth 
• Bayern Munich legends to battle Croatia in Roman amphitheater – Bavarian Football Works

Hodie est a.d. VII Id. Iunias 2772 AUC

In the News

• Student defaces Rome’s Colosseum – Wanted in Rome 
• Gucci to fund Tarpeian Rock restoration – ANSA.it 
• Roman coin of killer emperor found near Dover sells for half a million 
• Xanthos mosaics unprotected | Hurriyet
• The Just Legacy of Andre Gerolymatos – The National Herald 
• Aceramic Neolithic site discovered in Troodos mountains of Cyprus | Tornos 
• Happy Yo-Yo Day! Yes, Greeks Invented This Too | GreekReporter.com 
• Pliny: A second-rate author with a mysteriously good press | Catholic Herald 
• Thomas Jefferson on modern day sports and Greek mythology | WGN Radio 

In Case You Missed It

• ‘Blood Antiquities’ Looted from War-Torn Yemen Bring in $1 Million at Auction | Yahoo

News in Latin/Greek

• Finis anni scholastici | Nuntii Latini | Radio Finland 

Fresh Bloggery

• More on “Magganum” and St George – Roger Pearse

Fresh Podcasts

EPISODE 48 Give Me Back My Legions! (Part 2) — History on Fire 

A little over 2,000 years ago, Rome was a well-oiled war machine crushing everything in its path. At that time, the Roman legions were the most deadly military force in the Western world, and possibly in the whole world. Every year, they conquered new peoples and pushed the boundaries of their empire. Rape and pillage was the name of the game, and they were masters at it. But in the year 9 CE, something happened in the forests of Germany that was going to have a profound impact on the destiny of the world…

Reviews

• [BMCR] Walter Pohl, Clemens Gantner, Cinzia Grifoni, Marianne Pollheimer-Mohaupt (ed.), Transformations of Romanness: Early Medieval Regions and Identities. Millennium-Studien, volume 71. 
• [BMCR] Olivier Bordeaux, Les Grecs en Inde: politiques et pratiques monétaires (IIIe s.a.C. – Ier s.p.C.). Numismatica antiqua, 8 

Conferences and Calls for Papers

• Plato on Comedy – Durham University [July 6-7, 2019]  
• ‘Becoming’ and the Roman World – Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 September 2019 – Durham University (UK) 

Dramatic Receptions

• Casa Romantica goes Greek with comic spin on ‘The Odyssey’ – Orange County Register 

Exhibitions

• Ancient Athenian Neighborhood Opens to Public at Acropolis Museum | GreekReporter

Alia

• Boris Johnson may have found an advocate in ancient Greece | The Spectator 
• University subject profile: classics and ancient history | Education | The Guardian 
• The Ancient Origins of the Vacation – WSJ [possibly paywalled]  
• From the Odyssey to Njals Saga: a voyage round the great myths | The Spectator