blog posts – A Cornucopia of Classics Resources: Diverse Food for Thought

Ancient and Modern Colossal Statues: From Athena Parthenos to the Statue of Liberty

by Kiki Karoglou. Description: The blog discusses the colossal statues in the exhibition Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World. View on The Met.

Date: 14 July 2022
Category: Greek Art and Culture Greek Resources Hellenistic History Reception and the Culture Around Classics

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…

Date: 14 July 2022
Category: Greek Art and Culture Greek Resources Latin/Roman Resources Other Ancient Cultures Roman Art and Culture

‘Acting on the instructions of this Clytemnestra’: a female killer in the ancient Athenian courts

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…

Date: 14 July 2022
Category: Greek Art and Culture Greek Language and Literature Greek Resources

Is there a ‘race’ or ‘ethnicity’ in Greco-Roman Antiquity?

By Rebecca Futo Kennedy Abstract: Drawing on evidence and analyses from Greco-Roman literature and other Classics scholars, Kennedy asks whether race and ethnicity existed within antiquity and proposes options for how…

Date: 14 July 2022
Category: Reception and the Culture Around Classics

Re-writing Women’s History

By Virginia L. Campbell Abstract: Campbell argues for different approaches to writing and presenting women in antiquity by comparing representations of brothels and prostitution, revealing in the process the Roman…

Date: 14 July 2022
Category: Latin/Roman Resources Reception and the Culture Around Classics Roman Art and Culture

A People’s History of Classics

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…

Date: 14 July 2022
Category: Greek Language and Literature Greek Resources Latin Language and Literature Latin/Roman Resources Reception and the Culture Around Classics

Pompeii and Rome

By Virginia L. Campbell Abstract: Campbell analyses social connections and networks between Pompeii and Roman emperors through inscriptions, distinguishing official inscriptions at the Forum and unofficial inscriptions…

Date: 14 July 2022
Category: Imperial History Latin/Roman Resources Roman Archaeology Roman History

Rethinking Descriptions of Black Africans in Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Art

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…

Date: 14 July 2022
Category: Greek Art and Culture Greek Resources Latin/Roman Resources Roman Art and Culture

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