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the Delphic oracle as interpreted by Anton van Dale in the 1700 edition of his book De oraculis veterum ethnicorum dissertationes duae

Dissertation Spotlight: The “Oracular Tale” and the Oracles of the Greeks

By Daniel Crosby | Monday, June 28, 2021
Asclepius, his sons, daughters, and Hygeia in the background with a family of worshippers. Votive Relief from the 4th cent. BCE. National Archaeological Museum of Athens.

Blog: Ancient Worlds, Modern Communities: Connecting to the Ancient Greeks through Medicine, Sociology, Literature and Philosophy

By Nina Papathanasopoulou | Thursday, June 24, 2021
Scene from Lil Nas X's music video for MONTERO. A distorted image of a landscape with red trees, large ancient statues, and ancient buildings.

Blog: Stripping Men & Myth: Lil Nas X’s Reconstitution of Greek tradition in MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)

By Vanessa Stovall | Tuesday, June 22, 2021
A page from Martin Kraus’ Aethiopica Epitome processed using LatinOCR within VietOCR. It handles the opening chapter summary well but is only 88% accurate with the italicized body text.

Blog: Review: LatinOCR and Rescribe

By hmcelroy | Monday, June 14, 2021
Children playing ball games, 2nd century AD. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Blog: Think of the Children: Reflections on Reception of the Classical World

By funkem | Monday, June 7, 2021
Broken Statue of Ramses II

Blog: Ancient Worlds, Modern Communities: Ozymandias and Nero Inspire New Podcasts

By Nina Papathanasopoulou | Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Penelope and the Suitors, by John William Waterhouse. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Blog: Weaving Humanity Together: How Weaving Reveals Human Unity in Ancient Times

By Anika T. Prather | Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Ravenna Mosaic. Image courtesy of Elizabeth Herzfeldt-Kamprath.

Blog: Why do we think ancient pandemics changed the world?

By Merle Eisenberg | Friday, May 28, 2021
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

By Carson Bay | Friday, May 21, 2021
Mary Beard in conversation with Vanessa Stovall and Ky Merkley

In Dialogue: Trans Studies and Classics. A conversation with Vanessa Stovall and Mary Beard on Twitter dialogue and the trans community

By kgm3 | Monday, May 17, 2021
LGBT Meets SPQR Logo

Blog: Review: LGBT Meets SPQR

By Daniel Libatique | Friday, May 14, 2021
Hades abducting Persephone. Fresco in the small royal tomb at Vergina, Macedonia, Greece. 340 BCE.

Blog: Ancient Worlds, Modern Communities: Reimagining Greek Myth for Communities Today

By Nina Papathanasopoulou | Friday, April 23, 2021
Roman portraiture fresco of a young man with a papyrus scroll, from Herculaneum, 1st century AD. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Blog: Two Key Myths about Equity and Inclusion in Classics Classrooms

By Danielle Bostick | Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Relief found in Neumagen near Trier, a teacher with three discipuli (180-185 AD). Photo courtesy of Wikimedia commons.

Blog: Diversifying Classics in Germany: An Interview with Katharina Wesselmann

By Nandini Pandey | Thursday, April 15, 2021
Funerary relief of a priest of Magna Mater (gallus) from Lavinium. Rome, Capitoline Museums (mid-second century AD). Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Blog: In Dialogue. Trans Studies and Classics. A Conversation on Pronoun-Inclusive Pedagogy with Michael Goyette

By kgm3 | Monday, April 12, 2021
Header Image: Etruscan Alabaster Cinerary Urn with bas-relief that represents Odysseus and the Sirens. 3rd-2nd Cent. BCE. Museo Guarnacci, Volterra, Italy.

Blog: Ancient Worlds, Modern Communities: Making Personal Experiences Part of the Study of the Ancient World

By Nina Papathanasopoulou | Friday, April 9, 2021
The homepage of Alpheios

Blog: Review: A Conversation with the Creators of Alpheios Reading Tools

By Annie K. Lamar | Monday, April 5, 2021
Dr. Rock-McCutcheon and the cast of Antigone for Arts Day 2019 at Wilson College. Image courtesy of Bonnie Rock-McCutcheon.

Blog: Contingent Faculty Series: A Conversation with Bonnie Rock-McCutcheon

By BonnieMcCutcheon | Monday, March 29, 2021
Header image: Gold death-mask, known as the ‘mask of Agamemnon’. Mycenae, Grave Circle A, Grave V, 16th cent. BC. National Archaeological Museum of Athens.

Blog: Ancient Worlds, Modern Communities: Ancient Worlds through Modern Podcasts

By Nina Papathanasopoulou | Friday, March 26, 2021
Pleiades front page.

Review: Pleiades

By Jon Weiland | Friday, March 12, 2021