By Tom Sapsford Abstract: In this article, Sapsford explores the relationship between ancient military cultures and gender through instances of boundary-breaking behaviour. He examines the Graeco-Roman cinaedus, a…
With guest Rebecca Newberger Goldstein Rebecca Newberger Goldstein joins Ancient Greece Declassified for a discussion about Plato, Socrates, and the legacy of Greek philosophy in the modern world. Goldstein is one of…
by Adrienne Mayor Abstract: Mayor argues that Plato’s Laws imagine an idealised social model, seen as extant amongst the Scythians and the much-renowned Amazons, in which women made equal contribution to the military…
Introduction and artwork by Paul Chan, Translation by Sarah Ruden, Essay by Richard Fletcher One of Plato’s most controversial dialogues, Hippias Minor details Socrates’ claims that there is no difference between a…
By Nicole Loraux, translated by Alan Sheridan Abstract: How does the funeral oration relate to democracy in ancient Greece? How did the death of an individual citizen-soldier become an occasion to praise the city of…