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Our 20 most read pieces, since Antigone launched in March 2021. They appear in random order.

When Did the Roman Empire Fall?

Posted on 29th September 202422nd August 2026 by Antigone in History, The Classical Tradition, Top 20

ANATOLY GRABLEVSKY Chronicle of a death foretold

Plato the Prophet? The Crucified Just Man in the Republic and New Testament

Posted on 31st March 202422nd August 2026 by Antigone in Ancient Religion, Philosophy, Top 20

MATEUSZ STRร“ลปYลƒSKI What does crucifixion mean?

Cracking the Code of Linear B

Posted on 18th January 202422nd August 2026 by Antigone in Greek Language, Material Culture, Top 20

THEODORE NASH A heroic tale of decipherment

The Parthenon/Elgin Marbles Debate: Return or Retain?

Posted on 17th December 202322nd August 2026 by Antigone in Material Culture, The Classical Tradition, Top 20

TISTA AUSTIN & ARMAND D'ANGOUR Just what should be done?

Who First Realised the Earth was Round?

Posted on 10th September 202322nd August 2026 by Antigone in Philosophy, The Classical Tradition, Top 20

JAMES HANNAM A world-changing discovery in Greece

Raphaelโ€™s School of Athens: Greek Philosophy in the Italian Renaissance

Posted on 26th February 202322nd August 2026 by Antigone in Material Culture, The Classical Tradition, Top 20

THE SCHOOL OF ATHENS Is like Greek philosophy: baffling.

The Ends of History

Posted on 17th November 20222nd July 2023 by Antigone in History, Top 20

MICHAEL BONNER The decline and fall of declinism?

Living Descendants of Mark Antony

Posted on 19th October 20227th November 2022 by Antigone in History, The Classical Tradition, Top 20

THEODORE KOPALIANI Lifting a 2,000-year-old veil.

What You Need to Build a Greek Temple

Posted on 8th September 20229th December 2023 by Antigone in Ancient Religion, History, Material Culture, Top 20

EDMUND STEWART How hard can it be? Answer: very.

Shakespeare’s Latin and Greek

Posted on 26th May 20222nd October 2022 by Antigone in Greek Literature, Latin Literature, The Classical Tradition, Top 20

TOM MORAN A monumental misunderstanding of literature?

Tagged Shakespeare

Lamia, Sirens, and Female Monsters: Feminist Reframings of Classical Myth in 19th-Century Literature

Posted on 31st March 202222nd August 2026 by Antigone in Greek Literature, The Classical Tradition, Top 20

NINA TRIARIDOUโ € New voices for ancient stories.

The Song of Seikilos: a Musically Notated Ancient Greek Poem

Posted on 7th December 202122nd August 2026 by Antigone in Greek Literature, History, Material Culture, Top 20

ARMAND D'ANGOUR How to make Euterpe dance.

Tagged Music

Gender in Latin and Beyond: A Philologistโ€™s Take

Posted on 12th October 202123rd February 2022 by Antigone in Greek Language, Latin Language, Top 20

WOLFGANG DE MELO How did the Romans handle gender?

Tagged Gender, Linguistics

No Laughing Matter? What the Romans Found Funny

Posted on 28th August 202122nd January 2022 by Antigone in History, Latin Literature, Top 20

ORLANDO GIBBS The Fun and Farce of Plautus and Terence

Tagged Comedy

What Did Ancient Languages Sound Like?

Posted on 3rd July 202122nd January 2022 by Antigone in Greek Language, Latin Language, The Classical Tradition, Top 20

NICHOLAS SWIFT Can we really hear the ancients speak?

Tagged Linguistics

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?

Tagged Codes, Sparta

Ancient Greek Accents in Ten Rules

Posted on 5th June 202118th September 2022 by Antigone in Greek Language, Top 20

GREEK ACCENTS Really aren't so complex.

Tagged Greek accents

An Introduction to Greek and Latin Metre

Posted on 21st May 20212nd July 2023 by Antigone in Greek Language, Greek Literature, Latin Language, Latin Literature, Top 20

DAVID BUTTERFIELD A video lecture series from the simple to the complex.

Tagged Metre

Money Talks: A Very Short History of Roman Currency

Posted on 3rd May 202113th June 2024 by Antigone in History, Material Culture, The Classical Tradition, Top 20

ALFRED DEAHL What have Roman coins done for us?

Tagged Numismatics, Rome2 Comments

Understanding Friendship through the Eyes of Aristotle

Posted on 13th March 202122nd January 2022 by Antigone in Philosophy, The Classical Tradition, Top 20

ANIKA PRATHER What would a Greek philosopher make of how you choose your friends?

Tagged Aristotle2 Comments
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