Review: Bad Girls of Ancient Greece
A super-engaging compendium of female characters from Greek mythology releases on June 6th. Carlotta Vinccenzi thinks it's a cracker...
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Emily Singeisen
- Jul 21, 2023
- 5 min
Justice and guilt - from Oresteia to HBO's Barry
Emily Singeisen has a look at the moral ambiguities of justice, as shown in the works of Aeschylus and HBO...
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Clifford S Marcus MA MCIL CL
- Sep 21, 2022
- 4 min
Echoes of the Cyclops
Clifford Marcus believes that chapter 34 of the Twelve Chairs by Ilf and Petrov seems to be playing with Homer...
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Aidan Scully
- Sep 9, 2022
- 5 min
Antigone in the Age of Masterpiece Cakeshop
Is Antigone deserving of treatment as a heroine, or does she represent something uncomfortable to the 21st century?
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Ella Gilbert
- Aug 26, 2022
- 4 min
Killer Queen
Ella Gilbert thinks we need to take another look at Clytemnestra, who is more than just a killer queen.
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Veirs Tallis
- Aug 12, 2022
- 3 min
Ad Astra: Achilles: The Brightest Star of His Age
Veirs Tallis shares something fascinating about the night sky and Homer.
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Solomon McNeill-Khan
- Jul 29, 2022
- 3 min
The Enduring Timelessness of Sappho
A look at why Sappho means so much to lovers of all stripes, but especially to the LGBTQ+ community.
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Sascha Engel
- Jul 22, 2022
- 4 min
Anti-Alphabet
By a mile, the most interesting thing you'll read today. Sascha Engel talks you through a fundamental form of control, and rebellion...
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Anna Fernández Iglesias
- Jul 8, 2022
- 4 min
The Yassification of Medusa
Anna Fernández Iglesias offers some reflections on the filters the Greeks may have put on their lens for Medusa...
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Aisha Ahmad
- Jun 3, 2022
- 5 min
Rhetoric and Refugees: The Children of Herakles and The Modern Migration Crisis
A look at the attitudes ancient Athenians had to refugees, and what that reveals about them... and us.
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Alexander Vandewalle
- Jan 21, 2022
- 5 min
Scripta Manent: The Inscriptions of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
A wonderfully detailed anlysis of the inscriptions in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, from @Alex_Vandewalle. Try the links for even more detail!
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