JOSHUA T. KATZ The first line of Latin literature has some answers.
Category: Top 20
Our 20 most read pieces, since Antigone launched in March 2021. They appear in random order.
Ukraine’s Island of Heroes
MATEUSZ STRÓŻYŃSKI How heroism on an island links the past and present.
Looking for Antinous
CAROLE RADDATO The immortal image of Hadrian's lost love.
Socrates on the Blessing of Being Refuted
ANDREW BEER The genuine pleasure of yielding to better arguments.
Pandemics, Plagues, and Philosophy: Moral Lessons from Antiquity for the Modern World
MARTIN FERGUSON SMITH How would the Epicureans and Stoics face Covid-19?
Richard Porson: Scholar of a Different Class
DAVID BUTTERFIELD What is a working-class Classicist?
Gender in Latin and Beyond: A Philologist’s Take
WOLFGANG DE MELO How did the Romans handle gender?
The Battle of the Classics: The Humanities without Humanism
ERIC ADLER Do universities serve the interests of the Humanities?
No Laughing Matter? What the Romans Found Funny
ORLANDO GIBBS The Fun and Farce of Plautus and Terence
What Did Ancient Languages Sound Like?
NICHOLAS SWIFT Can we really hear the ancients speak?
Ancient Cybersecurity? Deciphering the Spartan Scytale
MARTINE DIEPENBROEK Did the Ancient Greeks crack the code of cryptography?
The Enduring Appeal of the Stoics
JOHN SELLARS Why the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius still resonate.
Plato’s Cave, Narnia’s Wardrobe: How to Escape the Zeitgeist
EDMUND STEWART How Classics can help us leave the cave.
Ancient Greek Accents in Ten Rules
GREEK ACCENTS Really aren't so complex.
Learning from the Master: Socrates’ Examined Life
CHAD BOCHAN How to have conversations that lead to actual answers.
An Introduction to Greek and Latin Metre
DAVID BUTTERFIELD A video lecture series from the simple to the complex.
The Ghost of Classics Yet to Come
STEPHEN FRY Classics is dead; long live Classics!
Money Talks: A Very Short History of Roman Currency
ALFRED DEAHL What have Roman coins done for us?
Socrates and the Ethics of Conversation
FRISBEE SHEFFIELD How to have a debate and, whatever the result, come out of it better.
First Thoughts on the “New Naso”
CLASSICAL SCHOLARS explore the New Naso
Understanding Friendship through the Eyes of Aristotle
ANIKA PRATHER What would a Greek philosopher make of how you choose your friends?
We’re All Political Animals – and That’s a Good Thing
JOSIAH OBER How do humans flourish in Aristotle's world?
