Literature

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Troilus and Cressida

Troilus and Cressida

A medieval love story

4 min read

In memoriam

In memoriam

On the loss of one of Hercules’ fingers

2 min read

The Empress Messalina

The Empress Messalina

Teenage nymphomaniac or smooth operator?

Peta Greenfield and Fiona Radford

17 min read

Body-armour of glued linen?

Body-armour of glued linen?

The origin of the idea of glued linen armour

6 min read

Drink, talk, and praise the gods!

Drink, talk, and praise the gods!

Cultural aspects of the Athenian symposium

8 min read

Sir Orfeo and Heurodis

Sir Orfeo and Heurodis

A medieval take on the story of Orpheus

13 min read

Exekias and the Aithiopis

Exekias and the Aithiopis

Scenes from a lost epic on two black-figure amphoras

12 min read

Nisus and Euryalus

Nisus and Euryalus

Poetry as philosophy

9 min read

Did Odin come from Troy?

Did Odin come from Troy?

The Anatolian origins of the Norse pantheon

10 min read

The Odyssey

The Odyssey

A peacetime epic, or a critique of the values of the Heroic Age?

24 min read

And brother, thus begins the tale...

And brother, thus begins the tale...

How Hadestown revitalized Greek mythology

Noemi Arellano-Summer

9 min read

An Age of Heroes?

An Age of Heroes?

The setting of the ancient Greek myths

7 min read