@philharland.bsky.social has a book coming out in Spring -already available for pre-order: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... #ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky

Scythians are rarely in the news, so take it while you can: www.theguardian.com/world/2023/n...

Tatian the Assyrian on the priority of Moses’ barbarian wisdom. philipharland.com/Blog/?p=17949

Just pulled together some fun material about the Greek philosopher Democritus supposedly being initiated by the Magian Ostanes, another "wise barbarian." www.philipharland.com/Blog/2023/10...

Xenophon of Kolophon: "The Ethiopians make their gods black (melanes) and flat-nosed (simoi). The Thracians say theirs have blue eyes and red hair" [Clement, Tapestries 7.22]. philipharland.com/Blog/?p=17702

Couple new posts on peoples and "barbarizing" in Maximus of Tyre's second century CE orations: philipharland.com/Blog/?p=17637 philipharland.com/Blog/?p=17622

Herodotos would like you to know that the Massagetians (not the Scythians) eat family members when they get a bit too old. I'm sure this is a case of autopsy. www.philipharland.com/Blog/2022/08...

One need not wear shark teeth on album covers:

The Judean Josephos' completely understandable complaint that Apollonios and others “rail against us as the lowest of humankind” (Against Apion 2.236) did not stop him from picking on others: "Scythians . . . enjoy murdering people and are little better than wild animals" (Against Apion 2.269).

I was supposed to be reviewing an article for a journal, but my bike was calling me, saying "Jewish Studies doesn't need you as much as I need you. https://www.strava.com/activities/9628883901