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Ed Simon: Possess the Origin of all Poems

Ed Simon: Possess the Origin of all Poems

What made Diogenes Laertius so lucky?

What made Diogenes Laertius so lucky?

Virginia Woolf On Not Knowing Greek

Virginia Woolf On Not Knowing Greek

Was Virgil commissioned by Augustus to write the Aeneid?

Was Virgil commissioned by Augustus to write the Aeneid?

We are still using Greek idioms to represent the idea of women in, and out of, power…

To Study in Argentina

To Study in Argentina

“Classics was a minority subject, very twee”

“Classics was a minority subject, very twee”

“It takes very little to see that the issues of Cicero and Catiline are replayed in Guantanamo Bay”

“It takes very little to see that the issues of Cicero and Catiline are replayed in Guantanamo Bay”

Hell Like London

From Homer to Brave New World

From Homer to Brave New World

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Society for the Confused

Society for the Confused

In Rome, Seneca was uniquely placed to influence those in power…

In Rome, Seneca was uniquely placed to influence those in power…

A Fountain Forever

The wrong team almost always wins…

The wrong team almost always wins…

‘News Flash’, ‘Happy Hour’ and ‘I’m Bad’ by Jennifer Clarvoe

Poems:

Daniel Bosch

‘News Flash’, ‘Happy Hour’ and ‘I’m Bad’ by Jennifer Clarvoe

Jesse Miksic: Fear and Pity and Horror

Jesse Miksic: Fear and Pity and Horror

‘Hippolytus’ by Euripides

Book excerpt:

‘Hippolytus’ by Euripides

All the Magic Alcohol

All the Magic Alcohol

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