Shouting, squelching, singing, constantly moving, ancient urban wineries were an assault on the senses
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A 2,500 year old drawing by a Greek shepherd on a hill near Athens may solve the mystery of a large temple on the Acropolis that predates the Parthenon.
For the Ancient Greeks, the way a philosopher died was meant to reflect their lives and teachings.
God Forgets About the Poor is one part family saga, one part autofiction, one part Proustian journey through memory.
A scholar of ancient Greek literature goes back to the account of Greek historian Thucydides on the spread of plague and finds parallels in the American response to the health crisis today.
We all need to know about the science of COVID as we battle through pandemic, but the ultimate story will lie in how it changed our societies.
Homer and Aeschylus turned to the divine to write their happy endings. But no gods are conspiring above the US, ready to swoop down and save humankind from itself.
Without the scientific knowledge we have today, ancient cultures turned to myths and legends to understand celestial objects.
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Professor of Classical Studies, Brandeis University
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Executive Chair, Arts and Humanities Research Council, and Professor, School of Classics, University of St Andrews
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Lecturer in Ancient History, Cardiff University
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Lecturer in Classical Languages and Culture, Leiden University
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Classical Archaeologist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Radboud University
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Lecturer in Classical Studies, Institute of Classical Studies, University of London; Honorary Fellow, Macquarie University, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Professor of Creative Writing, University of Technology Sydney
