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JULY 2026

Vol. 14, No. 7

Bulla bearing Aršāma’s seal, ca. 427-407 BCE. The image depicts the ancestor of the Aršāma line spearing an enemy, with a lion trampling a vanquished fighter behind him. The inscription is partially visible in the upper left hand corner. Bodleian Library Sigill. Aram. V. ©Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford. CC By-NC 4.0

The House of Aršāma, Persian Satrap in Egypt

July 23, 2026

Odysseus asks the bard Demodocus to sing of the wooden horse through which Troy was taken. As the bard recounts the destruction of the city, Odysseus quietly weeps–observed only by King Alcinous (Homer, Odyssey 8.487–535, produced with OpenAI image-generation tools based on prompts prepared by the author, edited by Atelier Guido Köhler & Co., Luwian Studies #6415).

Why Odysseus Had to Go to Scheria —Memories, Flashbacks, and the End of the Bronze Age

July 9, 2026

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