Below are all the items that were published in April 2019.

Archeon
An archaeological theme park
Located in Alphen aan den Rijn, a short trip by train away from Leiden (the Netherlands), is the archaeological theme park Archeon.

Snide Athena
The dark side of a Greek deity
For many people, Athena is an icon for strong women. But she also has a dark side, as shown in an encounter with Aphrodite.

Archaeology
Theories, Methods and Practice
Colin Renfrew and Paul Bahn’s Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice is required reading if you’re interested in archaeology.

Aeneas in Vulci
An Etruscan black-figure amphora
One of the most dynamic heroes of the Trojan Cycle is Aeneas, whose depiction can be found throughout Italy before Rome usurped him as a national icon.

The story of Rome’s first rival
A review of a new book on Veii
The early history of Rome is dominated by its rivalry with the Etruscan city of Veii, just up the Tiber. Until now, Anglophone readers had few resources to explore the latter’s story.

Who’s Pallas?
Or: Greek mythology is a mess
The stories of the ancient Greeks are a mess, as this look at (the various people called) Pallas demonstrates. We should embrace the chaos.

Ancients on the fringe
A review of Classics in Extremis
Classics in Extremis (2019), edited by Edmund Richardson, looks to the “margins” to better understand classical receptions.
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