The Odyssey
Translated by Emily Wilson Abstract: This vivid new translation the first by a woman matches the number of lines in the Greek original, striding at Homer’s sprightly pace. Emily Wilson employs elemental, resonant…
Translated by Emily Wilson Abstract: This vivid new translation the first by a woman matches the number of lines in the Greek original, striding at Homer’s sprightly pace. Emily Wilson employs elemental, resonant…
By Francesca Gazzano Abstract: In this talk from the Herodotus Helpline series, Dr Francesca Gazzano (University of Genoa) explores Herodotus’ famous account of the Lydian king Croesus. Francesca considers Croesus’…
by Emma Gee Abstract: This book is a study of a Hellenistic didactic poem, the Phaenomena, written by Aratus in c.276 BC, and of its reception, primarily in the Roman period up to the fourth century AD. Aratus’ poem…
by Margaret Miller Abstract: The rendering of Persians in Attic vase-painting provides one of the great apparent exceptions to the general principle of ‘no historical subjects’ in Greek art. In the period of the…
By Charolette Dunn, Pat Wheatley Abstract: Demetrius the Besieger is a historical and historiographical biography of Demetrius Poliorcetes ‘The Besieger of Cities’ (336–282 BC), an outstanding, yet enigmatic figure who…
By Emily Baragwanath Abstract: Herodotus sought to communicate not only what happened, but also the background of thoughts and perceptions that shaped those events and was also critical to their interpretation in…
By Edith Foster Abstract: Edith Foster compares Thucydides’ narrative explanations and descriptions of the Peloponnesian War in Books One and Two of the History with the arguments about warfare and war materials…
By Edith Hall Abstract: Incest, polygamy, murder, sacrilege, impalement, castration, female power, and despotism: these are some of the images by which the Greek tragedians defined the non-Greek, `barbarian’ world.…
By Vivienne Gray Abstract: Gray’s approach to the Hellenica, most problematic of historiographical texts, organises close reading of long translated excerpts into three large sections on Xenophon’s three narrative…
By Olakunbi Olasope Abstract: The highly spirited heroine of the Antigone ensured that her deceased brother Polynices was given a decent burial by sprinkling dust and pouring three cups of libation on his corpse. By…