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Visual and verbal revulsion: Titian and the Younger Philostratus
Visual and verbal revulsion: Titian’s Perseus and Andromeda and the Younger Philostratus’ Hesione and Heracles* Charlie Pemberton,...
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Mar 26, 20216 min read
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Building the classics: the LEGO Colosseum
The worlds of Lego and Classics have collided and now thrive, most conspicuously online in numerous noteworthy corners of the net.
Joe Grimwade
Nov 17, 20204 min read
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Perfume and power: Killing Eve and the Roman emperors
Brian Theng Spoiler alert: I refer to a little snippet of episode four in the ongoing third season of Killing Eve and the 2019 film...
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May 18, 20205 min read
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Epic Rap, Rapping Epic
Brian Theng I am no music connoisseur. But put a scholarship application and a bar conversation together, and we get a blogpost about...
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Jan 19, 20205 min read
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Epic without Kleos: a Troy Story for our times
Zach Case A Review of Troy: Myth and Reality, at the British Museum until 8th March 2020. Get yourselves down to the British Museum and...
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Dec 8, 20196 min read
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Peter and Pan: From Ancient Greece to Neverland, via Jerusalem
Nir Stern Modern Israel is dotted with remnants of antiquity, and not only of the biblical kind. From the Hellenistic palace of Herod the...
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Jul 16, 20197 min read
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The Silence of Time: The Spaces In-Between
Albert Bates The footboard of an old piano is nailed to the wall. A pair of hands offer forth its copper strings like entrails pulled...
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Jun 19, 20196 min read
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Unthroned: the Politics of Westeros and the Limits of Classical Reception
Zack Case Note: this article contains spoilers Disclaimer: this article is not another complaint about season eight of Game of Thrones...
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May 24, 20199 min read
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‘I am Ashurbanipal’ – A Retrospective on an Exhibition
Tom Langley Between 8th November 2018 and 24th Feb 2019, the British Museum held an exhibition devoted to the last great Assyrian King,...
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May 22, 20196 min read
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Julie Mehretu and 'the classical eye'
Sofia Greaves Julie Mehretu is considered to be among the foremost artists of her generation, and is currently on show at Kettle’s Yard....
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Feb 23, 20195 min read
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Edward Burne-Jones, “The Pre-Raphaelite Visionary”
Sofia Greaves Edward Burne-Jones review – an endless procession of the living dead. So says Laura Cumming, at The Observer. She has a low...
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Nov 29, 20184 min read
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