Wow ... no news today; let's see what the ClassiCarnies have come up with ...

Bread and Circuses points us to a very interesting official report/presentation type thing from the Indian National Institute of Oceanography on the evidence for Romans at Muziris ...

Thoughts on Antiquity is pondering Lucretius ...

Bestiaria has proverbia de divitiis ...

Campus Mawrtius has an interesting excerpt on why one should study Classics ...

There's more bumf at Laudator ...

PhDiva DK has a post on the Eleusinian Mysteries under the Christians ...

The APA has put Amphora 5.1 online ... there's also an announcement about a 'challenge grant' ...

ABZU points us to an online edition of Cyril Bailey's Religion of Ancient Rome ...

Going through some tags/bookmarks that have accumulated lately (it is a slow news day, after all), I note the following which might be of interest to others: at Nova Roma there's a useful page of prayers to various divinities, all (the prayers) taken from Plautus ... the Sound of Ancient Greek (might have mentioned it before) ... Surgical Instruments from Ancient Rome ... Kurt Raaflaub on "Why Teach Ancient History" ...