Classics in the News – August Edition

A new year has started, so we shall begin again with the latest in Classical news! A quick explanation of how I find these sources and how I list them.

• I have two particular news feeds that get delivered to me on a daily/weekly basis
  1) Feedly provides me with most of my blog feeds for both personal and professional use, including a section on Latin related materials
  2) paper.li provides me with a news feed that I put together to come through weekly.
• I also pull from resources teachers and members send me through the month
• I am on twitter and look at the latest posts for more information, news links, and twitter followers you may enjoy
• I finally look at the resources I and my own students pull for our studies. If I think it is useful, I’m happy to add it. 

When I post them here, you’ll see a post like this:

Category

• Post Title (with hyperlink). Source. Description and notes

I would love to hear from you guys about what you want to see and read. Please feel free to email me at magistrapatrick@gmail.com with you suggestions and links!

In Archaeology

• Earliest Known Wooden Toilet Seat Discovered at Vindolanda. Vindolanda Charitable Trust. This post details one of the latest finds at the military camp in Vindolanda, England. While archaeologists have found the seat, they are still looking for the sponge! 
• News From Pompeii: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Rogue Classicism. David Meadows details and lists resources to the latest openings, closings, and findings in Pompeii. 

Across Disciplines

• Did Achilles Have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Manchester Metropolitan University. Dr. Jason Crowley argues against a long-standing theory that people like Achilles and Odysseus suffered from PTSD. His arguments are posted in his book chapter “Beyond the Universal Soldier: Combat Trauma in Classical Antiquity”.
• Classics Confidential: Constanze Guthenke on German Classical Reception. Rogue Classicism. David Meadows details and shares his interview with German Classicist Constanze Guthenke on German Classical Scholarship. 
• Classical Wisdom Weekly. Classical Wisdom Weekly. This is a blog that discusses a variety of Classical topics. 

In Art

• Gods and Mythological Creatures of the Odyssey in Art. Oxford Classical Press. This rolling gallery of images and descriptions shows various gods and creatures from Homer’s Odyssey. 

In Audio and Video

• Classics Podcasts. Harverford College. This is a list of podcasts of readings of various Greek and Latin texts. 

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