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A Ferryman is What We Need by Daniel Bosch

Daniel Bosch

A Ferryman is What We Need by Daniel Bosch

Classical Mengs

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Classical Mengs

Mary Beard on Roman Jokes

Podcast:

Mary Beard on Roman Jokes

‘Dream’, ‘Old Age’ and ‘Supreme Sight on the Black Earth’ by Sappho

Poetry:

‘Dream’, ‘Old Age’ and ‘Supreme Sight on the Black Earth’ by Sappho

Francisco de Miranda actually lived in the foothills of the Acropolis…

Francisco de Miranda actually lived in the foothills of the Acropolis…

“Democratic theory can be thought of as an attempt to answer the challenge of Thomas Hobbes”

“Democratic theory can be thought of as an attempt to answer the challenge of Thomas Hobbes”

Caligula’s taps ran hot and cold…

Ancient Greek Punishment

Video game:

Ancient Greek Punishment

There’s something paradoxical about debating the decline of the classics…

Admiring Tolkien

Admiring Tolkien

Theodore Ziolkowski on Gilgamesh

Theodore Ziolkowski on Gilgamesh

How great was Alexander?

How great was Alexander?

Haunted by Homer

Haunted by Homer

William G. Thalmann: Argonautika, Spatial Epic

William G. Thalmann: Argonautika, Spatial Epic

“KRAAAAK!” on a Stick

“It’s not as if I identified in any way with a Ptolemaic queen who murdered her siblings”

‘Cleopatra: A Life’ by Stacy Schiff

Book excerpt:

‘Cleopatra: A Life’ by Stacy Schiff

‘Outside Looking In’ by Gary Wills

Book excerpt:

‘Outside Looking In’ by Gary Wills

‘The Odyssey, the most magnificent travelogue of all time, will concern us here…’