Euan Bowman – A Cornucopia of Classics Resources: Diverse Food for Thought

Historical Agency and Self-Awareness in Xenophon’s Hellenica and Anabasis

By Sarah Brown Ferrario Abstract: Historical agency is difficult to define in the abstract, because any attempt to do so poses questions about the nature of history. If history is an objective reality, then the true…

Date: 18 July 2021
Category: Classical Greek History Greek Historiography Greek History Greek Language and Literature Greek Resources

Lyric in the Hellenistic Period and Beyond

By Silvia Barbantani Abstract: Like the works of Homer, Euripides and other classical authors, early lyric poetry quickly became part of the cultural treasure of the Greeks, even when – or should I say particularly…

Date: 14 July 2021
Category: Greek History Greek Language and Literature Greek Lyric Greek Resources Hellenistic History

Skeletal Evidence for the Impact of Battle on Soldiers

By Maria Liston Abstract: Few battle cemeteries have been excavated and those that have been were, for the most part, dug before skeletal biology was a part of Mediterranean archaeology. In the Athenian Agora…

Date: 14 July 2021
Category: Classical Greek History Greek Archaeology Greek History Greek Resources Imperial History

Metaphors and Jokes in the Fragments of Cratinus

By Naomi Scott Abstract: What’s the difference between a metaphor and a joke? At first this might seem a strange question. Indeed, the differences are so obvious, and the similarities so much less so, that the question…

Date: 14 July 2021
Category: Greek Comedy/Satire Greek Language and Literature Greek Resources

How to Think about War: An Ancient Guide to Foreign Policy

Translated by Johanna Hanink Abstract: An accessible modern translation of essential speeches from Thucydides’s History that takes readers to the heart of his profound insights on diplomacy, foreign policy, and war Why…

Date: 14 July 2021
Category: Greek Historiography Greek Language and Literature Greek Resources

Ajax and Achilles Playing a Board Game: Revisited From the Literary Tradition

By Lucia Romero Mariscal Argues that the scenes of Ajax and Achilles playing dice on Attic pottery should be interpreted in relation to epic traditions. Published in The Classical Quarterly, vol. 61, pp.394–401,…

Date: 14 July 2021
Category: Greek Archaeology Greek Art and Culture Greek Epic Greek Language and Literature Greek Resources

Sparta and the Crisis of the Peloponnesian League in Thucydides’ History

By Ellen Millender Abstract: Thucydides’ History is one of the most important sources on the Peloponnesian League, the alliance that facilitated Sparta’s development into a leading power in the Greek world. As he…

Date: 14 July 2021
Category: Classical Greek History Greek Historiography Greek History Greek Language and Literature Greek Resources

Re-shaping and Re-founding Citizen Bodies: The Case of Athens, Cyrene and Camarina

By Lucia Cecchet Abstract: While the origins of civic subdivisions are generally obscure, much effort has been put into understanding their nature and function in the organisation of the public and private life of the…

Date: 14 July 2021
Category: Archaic Greek History Classical Greek History Greek History Greek Resources

Shipwreck cargoes in the western Mediterranean and the organization of Roman maritime trade

By Candace Rice Abstract: Much has been written about the nature and scale of Roman maritime trade, yet there remains no detailed analysis of the range of shipwreck cargoes at our disposal and the information that they…

Date: 14 July 2021
Category: Imperial History Latin/Roman Resources Roman History

Xenophon of Athens: A Socratic on Sparta

By Noreen Humble Abstract: Xenophon of Athens (c. 430–354 BCE) has long been considered an uncritical admirer of Sparta who hero-worships the Spartan King Agesilaus and eulogises Spartan practices in his Lacedaimoniôn…

Date: 14 July 2021
Category: Classical Greek History Greek Historiography Greek History Greek Language and Literature Greek Philosophical Writing

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