August 2014

  • [catching up …. again} 2014.08.25:  William Allan, Classical Literature: A Very Short Introduction. Very short introductions. 2014.08.24:  Averil Cameron, Dialoguing in Late Antiquity. Hellenic studies, 65. 2014.08.23:  Denise Demetriou, Negotiating Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean: The Archaic and Classical Greek Multiethnic Emporia. 2014.08.22:  Dimitri Kasprzyk, Christophe Vendries, Spectacles et désordre à Alexandrie: Dion de Pruse,…

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  • Just so folks are aware, after a year or so trying to find an efficient way to deal with the ever-growing content in the Classical blogosphere (which I curate … I don’t just send everything out), I’ve finally figured out that such posts are best sent straight to Twitter. So if you have hitherto come…

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  • Tip o’ the pileus to Jessica Hughes of Classics Confidential fame for alerting us to this interesting little learning game from Emma-Jayne Graham at the Open University. How much do you know about Hadrian? Hadrian: The Roamin’ Emperor

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  • There has been quite the buzz about ‘that tomb’ at Amphipolis over the past couple of days and what has made it to the press — both on the English side and the Greek — is somewhat confusing. To a very large extent, the coverage is much like that of last year’s (  Alexander the…

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  • @OUPblog Gods, mythological creatures of the Odyssey in Ancient Art

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