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…
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 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…
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…
By Madeleine Glennon. Description: The essay takes a close look at Medusa’s role in Greek mythology and art. Essay in Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. View on The MET.
By Christine Plastow Abstract: As part of feminist theatre company By Jove Theatre’s Sparagmos blog on women’s violence in Classics, Plastow discusses a case in Athenian courts of a female defendant for violence and…
Edited by Edith Hall and Henry Stead This online archive details working class scholars and their “encounters” with Greco-Roman antiquity. These sources provide an introduction to the many lost and excluded voices of…
Hosted by Andrew Schiestel. Description: Ithaca Bound was a podcast hosted by Andrew Schiestel that explored history and mythology in the Mediterranean Basin. View on Spotify.
By Mary Beard Abstract: Beard analyses the culture surrounding women and public speaking in both Greek and Roman culture and literature, notably Homer’s Odyssey and Ovid’s Metamorphoses, drawing connections to the…
By Paula Gaither, Eliza McAtee, Kenneth Lapatin, and David Saunders Abstract: By discussing museum curation of Greek and Roman artwork, the authors critique common presumptions and misinterpretations made about artwork…
By Rachel H. Lesser Abstract: Rachel Lesser reviews feminist scholarship’s contributions to Homer’s Iliad and the Odyssey. By drawing on Helen and Penelope as two opposing examples, Lesser suggests queer theory as an…