Material Culture Archives – Antigone

Homer’s Scythian Readers

Posted on 14th May 202214th May 2022 by Antigone in Greek Language, Greek Literature, History, Material Culture, The Classical Tradition

J.S. UBHI How did myths tour the ancient world?

Shug Days: Cracking a 270-year-old Epigraphical Mystery

Posted on 28th April 202228th April 2022 by Antigone in Latin Language, Material Culture, The Classical Tradition

JACK MITCHELL Eight letters you can't get out of your head.

The Writing’s on the Wall: Reading Roman Graffiti

Posted on 26th March 202227th March 2022 by Antigone in History, Latin Language, Material Culture

JERRY TONER⠀ Who writes on a house like this?

Cultural Landmark for Sale: the Classical Treasures of Rome’s Casino dell’Aurora

Posted on 12th March 202226th March 2022 by Antigone in Material Culture, The Classical Tradition

COREY BRENNAN Explore the world's most expensive home.

Beyond the Metropolis? The Roman Town of Interamna Lirenas

Posted on 3rd March 20223rd March 2022 by Antigone in History, Material Culture

ALESSANDRO LAUNARO Are buried towns really left behind?

Versus de Scachis: When Chess Reached Europe

Posted on 26th February 202226th February 2022 by Antigone in History, Latin Literature, Material Culture, The Classical Tradition

PETER HULSE A monkish poem on the game of kings.

Looking for Antinous

Posted on 19th February 20222nd March 2022 by Antigone in History, Material Culture, The Classical Tradition, Top 20

CAROLE RADDATO The immortal image of Hadrian's lost love.

Ancient Cybersecurity III: From Greek Fire-signalling to WWI Code-crafting

Posted on 12th February 202211th March 2022 by Antigone in History, Material Culture, The Classical Tradition

MARTINE DIEPENBROEK Sending high-security secrets from far away.

Cork Models of the Ruins of Rome

Posted on 5th February 20225th February 2022 by Antigone in Material Culture, The Classical Tradition

ROLAND MAYER How Classical architecture became a portable luxury.

Herodotus, Pirate Amazons, and How to Write about the Past

Posted on 22nd January 202222nd January 2022 by Antigone in Greek Literature, History, Material Culture

CHRISTINE LEHNEN Scythian women did things their way.

The Song of Seikilos: a Musically Notated Ancient Greek Poem

Posted on 7th December 20217th December 2021 by Antigone in Greek Literature, History, Material Culture

ARMAND D'ANGOUR How to make Euterpe dance.

Cyprus and Aphrodite: The Original Love Island?

Posted on 5th December 20218th January 2022 by Antigone in Material Culture

DAISY KNOX Where in the world was Aphrodite born?

Manipulating Mythology in Ancient Athens

Posted on 11th November 20218th January 2022 by Antigone in Ancient Religion, History, Material Culture

JEROME RUDDICK What stories did Athenians choose to tell themselves?

Roads and Bricks: Why study the Romans?

Posted on 4th November 20214th November 2021 by Antigone in History, Material Culture, The Classical Tradition

ANGHARAD DERBYSHIRE What does it mean when the Romans are within touching distance?

Mary and Minerva: Symbolic Protest and the Destruction of Female Beauty

Posted on 23rd October 202112th December 2021 by Antigone in Greek Literature, Latin Literature, Material Culture, The Classical Tradition

ENLLI LEWIS Does Medusa have a more positive tale to tell?

Egyptian Cats and Greek Curiosity

Posted on 21st October 202121st October 2021 by Antigone in Ancient Religion, Greek Literature, History, Material Culture

ALEX TARBET When Herodotus and cats collide.

Painting for Classicists: Classicism, Antiquity and Nicolas Poussin

Posted on 18th September 20213rd January 2022 by Antigone in Material Culture, The Classical Tradition

JASPREET SINGH BOPARAI Do Classicists in art galleries really know the answers?

Epigraphomania in Ottoman Lands: Richard Chandler and the Epigraphic Obsession

Posted on 2nd September 20212nd September 2021 by Antigone in Material Culture, The Classical Tradition

ROBERT PITT It's hard to keep calm when the writing's on the wall.

From Big Digs to Small Things Forgotten: the Past, Present, and Future of Classical Archaeology

Posted on 31st August 202122nd January 2022 by Antigone in Material Culture, The Classical Tradition, The Future of Classics

ULRIKE KROTSCHECK Our ever-evolving engagement with Greco-Roman material culture.

Seeing the Ordinary: Uncovering Ancient Romans

Posted on 31st August 20211st September 2021 by Antigone in History, Latin Literature, Material Culture

ROBERT KNAPP What does Rome look like when we ignore the elites?

Afghanistan, its pasts and futures.

Posted on 18th August 202119th August 2021 by Antigone in History, Material Culture, The Classical Tradition

LLEWELYN MORGAN Hope from history?

One and Many: Mother Goddesses at the Ancient Black Sea

Posted on 22nd July 202123rd July 2021 by Antigone in Ancient Religion, History, Material Culture

DOBRINKA CHIEKOVA The cross-cultural worship of the many-named Mother Goddess.

Ancient Cybersecurity? Deciphering the Spartan Scytale

Posted on 27th June 202122nd January 2022 by Antigone in Greek Literature, History, Material Culture, The Classical Tradition, Top 20

MARTINE DIEPENBROEK Did the Ancient Greeks crack the code of cryptography?

Robert Wood and the Eighteenth-Century ‘Search’ for Troy

Posted on 26th June 20212nd July 2021 by Antigone in Greek Literature, History, Material Culture, The Classical Tradition

LESLEY FITTON How to look for Troy when you think there's nothing to find?

Celebrity Athletes in Ancient Greece: Go Hard or Go Home(r)

Posted on 23rd June 202123rd June 2021 by Antigone in Greek Literature, History, Material Culture, The Classical Tradition

MICHAEL PLOWDEN-ROBERTS Milo of Croton, Europe's first sporting superstar?

The Ancient Power of Textiles: Coping with Loss and Lockdown

Posted on 20th June 20212nd July 2021 by Antigone in Greek Literature, Material Culture

DOMINIQUE NIGHTINGALE Lessons from Penelope and other weavers of Greek mythology.

Love and the Soul: the timeless tale of Cupid and Psyche

Posted on 19th June 202119th June 2021 by Antigone in Latin Literature, Material Culture, The Classical Tradition

STEPHEN HARRISON The rich afterlife of Latin literature's most enduring fable.

Charming or Instructing? The Greeks on the Function of Music

Posted on 15th June 20212nd July 2021 by Antigone in Greek Literature, Material Culture, Philosophy

KRYSTYNA BARTOL What did the Ancient Greeks think music was actually for?

The Romance of Ruins

Posted on 9th June 20212nd September 2021 by Antigone in History, Material Culture, The Classical Tradition

IAN JENKINS and CELESTE FARGE What can we learn from Classical tourists of the 18th century?

The Letters of a Persian Satrap

Posted on 7th June 202115th June 2021 by Antigone in Greek Literature, History, Material Culture

CHRISTOPHER TUPLIN A rare window into the world of Aršāma, an Achaemenid governor.

Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man and the Measure of All Things

Posted on 28th May 202124th July 2021 by Antigone in Material Culture, Philosophy, The Classical Tradition

PABLO IRIZAR What lies behind the world's most famous sketch?

Greeks, Romans, Monks, and Murder: the Chaotic History of Football in Britain

Posted on 27th May 202130th April 2022 by Antigone in History, Latin Literature, Material Culture, The Classical Tradition

Episodes from the riotous tale of how football came to be.

Palimpsests: How Recycled Books Preserve Lost Treasures

Posted on 17th May 202129th July 2021 by Antigone in Greek Literature, Material Culture, The Classical Tradition

ALEXANDRA TRACHSEL The rich rewards of reading between - and beneath - the lines of ancient texts.

Catullus on the Cover: Sparrows Go Cheap

Posted on 13th May 202114th May 2021 by Antigone in Latin Literature, Material Culture, The Classical Tradition

ISOBEL WILLIAMS The challenge of illustrating the poems of Catullus.

Money Talks: A Very Short History of Roman Currency

Posted on 3rd May 202122nd January 2022 by Antigone in History, Material Culture, The Classical Tradition, Top 20

ALFRED DEAHL What have Roman coins done for us?

First Thoughts on the “New Naso”

Posted on 1st April 202122nd January 2022 by Antigone in Ancient Religion, Greek Language, Greek Literature, History, Latin Language, Latin Literature, Material Culture, Philosophy, The Classical Tradition, The Future of Classics, Top 20

CLASSICAL SCHOLARS explore the New Naso

Numismatic Notes on Naso’s Nose

Posted on 1st April 20213rd April 2021 by Antigone in History, Material Culture, The Classical Tradition, The New Naso

NUMISMATISTS on the New Naso

Field of Dreams: Schliemann’s Excavation of Troy

Posted on 28th March 202128th March 2021 by Antigone in Material Culture, The Classical Tradition

HARRY HUDSON What do archaeologists find when they dig deep with epic confidence?

“Especially in the Use of Weapons”: Plato and the Amazons

Posted on 26th March 202114th June 2021 by Antigone in History, Material Culture, Philosophy

ADRIENNE MAYOR What lessons did Plato learn from Scythian warrior-women?

The Music of Sophocles’ Ode to Man

Posted on 22nd March 202129th March 2022 by Antigone in Greek Language, Greek Literature, Material Culture

ARMAND D'ANGOUR Resurrecting the sound of Greek choral song.

The Greeks, Afghanistan, and the Buddha

Posted on 20th March 202118th April 2022 by Antigone in Ancient Religion, Material Culture, Philosophy

BIJAN OMRANI Piecing together Greek influence in the Asian kingdom of Bactria.

Retracing the Steps of the Eleusinian Procession: A Mortal Experience

Posted on 18th March 202128th March 2021 by Antigone in Ancient Religion, History, Material Culture

ATHINA MITROPOULOS Unravelling the Mysteries to make the silent speak.