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A close-up of a red-figure aryballos with a seated figure holding the extended arm of a standing figure

Blog: Accessibility at conferences should be a priority

Jen Ebbeler |
A black-and-white image of the reverse of a diadrachm of Magas, dated 300–275 BCE, depicting the silphium plant, with a small crab on the right side and Greek letters interspersed in the branches of the plant.

Blog: Roe v. Wade, the GOP, and echoes of Augustus: Reproducing fascism

Serena Witzke |
A row of six people, all but one dressed in varied togas. Two of the men raise their right hands in an oratorical gesture. Above each person is the name of a character in the Phormio.

Blog: Paternalism and the “Good Slave” in the Speech for Phormion and the Legacies of Slavery

Javal Coleman |
A white marble statue of a nude man holding a smaller old man on his shoulder with a child behind his legs. The old man carries a statue.

Blog: Two Years Later: “Classics” after Coronavirus?

Nandini Pandey |
A shirtless black man with tattoos and a red bandana sits on a box of records facing right. He looks at a black boy in a red and white striped shirt. Both of their shadows are visible on the wall behind them.

Blog: Sampling Epic in Kendrick Lamar’s “Mortal Man”

Justine McConnell |
Oil painting of a white man sitting in a large chair facing left with a dissatisfied expression. He wears a white toga with red drapery over his left arm, a crown, a gold cuff bracelet, and short curly hair. A tiger sits between his legs.

Blog: Dissertation Spotlight: Humor in the Historical Works of Tacitus

Emma Warhover |
A mosaic featuring two rows of light-skinned women wearing brown bikinis. On top, two women are running, one hold a large object, and one stands still. On the bottom, one holds a crown, one holds a branch, and two play catch with a ball.

Blog: Ancient Worlds, Modern Communities: Interpreting the Ancient World through Music, Art, and Photography

Nina Papathanasopoulou |
A bronze bust of a man with short, wavy hair and a slightly pained expression on his face.

Blog: Dissertation Spotlight: The Shape of an Empire: Environments, Economies, and the Nature of the Seleucid State

dmklokow |
14th century illustrated manuscript of Omne Bonum (by James le Palmer – British Library MS Royal 6 E. VI, fol. 301ra); it shows a bishop instructing clerics with leprosy.

Blog: “Disease Discourse” as a Phenomenon: Classical, and Christian, and Contemporary

Carson Bay |
Gaius Gracchus addressing the plebeians. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Blog: Impeachment and Republican Rome

Serena Witzke |

Blog: Stultitiis et rebus infestis: Petition for UVM to Surrender its Motto

John Franklin |
A tan vase with an image of a face with an open mouth

Blog: Contingent Faculty Series: An Interview with Joshua Nudell

Joshua Nudell, Salvador Bartera |

Blog: Are We Orpheus or Eurydice? Singing Salvation in Popular Music

Eleonora Colli |

Blog: Why is Heavy Metal Music Obsessed with Ancient Sparta?

Jeremy Swist |

Blog: Will Reading Fiction Make You a Better Ancient Historian?

Carlos Noreña |

Blog: What Does Productivity Even Mean to an Ancient Historian?

Lindsey Mazurek |
A white marble sculpture of a hand hold a long cylinder

Blog: A Guide to Pitching Your Book at a Conference

Erin Averett, Sarah Bond, Derek Counts, Bethany Wasik |
Photo by Christopher Trinacty and used by permission.

Blog: Music and Mythology: A Classics Playlist for the End of Summer

Christopher Trinacty |
Amazonomachy scene: An Amazon woman warrior (left) doing battle with a Greek on a frieze (decorative band that runs the length of a building's wall) panel from the Halicarnassus Mausoleum and now at the British Museum.

Blog: A Day in the Life of a Classicist

Ayelet Haimson Lushkov, Nadya Williams |
Adrienne Mayor with Nikos Solounias, still image from "Ancient Monster Hunters" (A&E Home Video, 2004)

Blog: An Interview with Adrienne Mayor

Adrienne Mayor |