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.
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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…
‘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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…