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Review: Myths, Gods and Immortals: Medusa
Our resident book reviewer runs an eye over a new book about everyone's favourite gorgon...
Ancient Athletics Part Eleven: Romans at the Games
Alexandra Sills continues her Olympic tour with this look at the Roman influence on the games, and vice versa.
Ancient Athletics Part Ten: Infamous Olympians
The cheaters, the gougers, the spitters and the bribers. Alexandra Sills is mixing with some right rogues!
Ancient Athletics Part Nine: Famous Olympians
Alexandra Sills runs a rule over the big-hitters and record-breakers in the ancient sports festival.
Ancient Athletics Part Eight: Courses for Horses
The Olympics had a bogglingly huge array of races. Alexandra Sills is horsing around...
Ancient Athletics Part Seven: Five is a Magic Number
Continuing her series on ancient Olympic events, Alexandra Sills turns her eye to the event which was really a best of five.
Ancient Athletics Part Six: Kicking and Punching
A lot of people are drawn to pankration because it sounds a bit like MMA, but Alexandra Sills has news for you: it was FAR more brutal...
Ancient Athletics Part Five: Big Track
You'd imagine Usain Bolt would draw the line at racing in full military armour; not so the ancient Greeks...
Ancient Athletics Part Four: Who's Who?
Like modern sports, ancient Olympiads had a host of judges, assistants and staff to support the participants. Over to Alexandra Sills...
Ancient Athletics Part Three: No Cheating!
Some of the events were pretty hardcore, so imagine the penalties for cheating! Alexandra Sills is a glutton for punishment.
Ancient Athletics Part Two: Get With the Programme
While there was a whole load of running going on at the Olympics, the running order would keep everyone straight.
Ancient Athletics Part One: On Your Marks...
Here we go! Alexandra Sills has done a deep-dive into what made the ancient Olympics tick. More than ten articles... it's a veritable marathon!
Trojan Horse Universities: How tech billionaires and alt-right figures legitimise intolerance in Classics.
The alt-right are influencing our universities in unexpected ways…
The Antiquity to Alt-Right Pipeline
If it seems like the alt-right are filling social media with their bile, this piece will at least confirm that for you.
Review: Bad Girls of Ancient Greece
A new book about the women often ignored in Greek mythology has our Carlotta Vincenzi enthusing...
In Praise of Doing Less: From Ancient Societies to the Modern Hustle
Are we working too hard? It seems the ancient Egyptians would raise an eyebrow at our "hustle culture".
Igbo mythology: A beginner’s guide
South-east Nigeria is home to a rich mythological tradition. Onyemauche Jessica will take you through the basics...
Dido Deserved Better
A victim of a man driven by a heroic code, or a woman strength brought low by something altogether darker? Arianna J. Baggett has thoughts...