The Comedy of Democracy
With guest Edith Hall The theater was invented in ancient Athens, and its invention may have been connected to the emergence of democracy. In fact, public entertainment contributed in important ways to the functioning…
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Plato Strikes Back
With guest Rebecca Newberger Goldstein Rebecca Newberger Goldstein joins Ancient Greece Declassified for a discussion about Plato, Socrates, and the legacy of Greek philosophy in the modern world. Goldstein is one of…
Penelope and Weaving
Presented by Olga Levaniouk As part of the Centre for Hellenic Studies’ Online Open House series, guest Olga Levaniouk guides a close reading of passages from Homer’s Odyssey. By analysing and comparing examples of…
Waste in Antiquity
Presented by Dan-El Padilla Peralta As part of the Kosmos Society’s Online Open House series, guest Dan-El Padilla Peralta guides the panel through a discussion on waste and the fecal in ancient Greece, drawing on…
Confessions of Murder in the Odyssey
Presented by Eunice Kim As part of the Kosmos Society’s Online Open House series, guest Eunice Kim analyses confessions of murder in Homer’s Odyssey. She guides the audience through a close reading of selected passages…
Is the Study of Greek and Roman Classics Elitist?
By Edith Hall Prof. Edith Hall gives the Wilde Lecture at the Manchester Lit. and Phil. Society on 4 November 2013 to speak on the question ‘Is the Study of Greek and Roman Classics Elitist?’ By breaking down Thomas…
White People Explain Classics to Us: Epistemic Injustice in the Everyday Experiences of Racial Minorities
By Yung In Chae Abstract: Yung In Chae discusses epistemic injustice in Classics by speaking with various classicists of colour about their experiences in the discipline and whether they have been made to feel like…
Papyrus Stories
By Jennifer Cromwell Papyrus Stories presents and analyses various pieces of ancient text on a range of mediums, such as parchment, pottery, stone, and wood, to discuss stories of daily life in ancient cultures that…
Peopling the Past – Video Archives
Peopling the Past is a website dedicated to documenting and discussing the everyday of real people in the ancient world, including Greek, Roman, and Egyptian cultures. This video series invites many female scholars to…
Uncovering Sparta
By Daphne D. Martin Abstract: Martin analyses the history and culture of Sparta beyond its classical representation as a warfare-oriented polis. Covering representations from the classical period to the Roman era to…