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

Sponsian: Another Lost Emperor

Posted on 27th November 202218th December 2022 by Antigone in History, Material Culture, The Classical Tradition, Top 20

ALFRED DEAHL How (not) to mould a fake emperor.

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.

The War that Made the Roman Empire: An Interview with Barry Strauss

Posted on 29th September 20226th October 2022 by Antigone in History, Latin Literature, Top 20

BARRY STRAUSS Revisiting the Battle of Actium.

Will the Wise Man get Drunk? An Ancient Philosophic Controversy

Posted on 13th September 20227th November 2022 by Antigone in Philosophy, Top 20

JOHN DILLON Does the Sage know when to stop?

What You Need to Build a Greek Temple

Posted on 8th September 202230th September 2022 by Antigone in Ancient Religion, History, Material Culture, Top 20

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

What did Classics do to Christianity?

Posted on 23rd June 20227th August 2022 by Antigone in Ancient Religion, Greek Literature, History, The Classical Tradition, Top 20

SIMON GOLDHILL The constant collision of rival worldviews.

Tagged Christianity

Classics in UK Universities: cui bono?

Posted on 28th May 202219th August 2022 by Antigone in The Classical Tradition, The Future of Classics, Top 20

DAVID BUTTERFIELD Where are we going with all this?

Tagged Education, Universities

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

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.

Tagged Antinous, Hadrian

Socrates on the Blessing of Being Refuted

Posted on 29th January 202231st January 2022 by Antigone in Greek Literature, Philosophy, Top 20

ANDREW BEER The genuine pleasure of yielding to better arguments.

Tagged Socrates

Pandemics, Plagues, and Philosophy: Moral Lessons from Antiquity for the Modern World

Posted on 18th January 202228th February 2022 by Antigone in History, Philosophy, The Classical Tradition, Top 20

MARTIN FERGUSON SMITH How would the Epicureans and Stoics face Covid-19?

Tagged Medicine

Gender in Latin and Beyond: A Philologist’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

The Enduring Appeal of the Stoics

Posted on 21st June 202122nd January 2022 by Antigone in Philosophy, The Classical Tradition, Top 20

JOHN SELLARS Why the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius still resonate.

Tagged Stoicism

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

Learning from the Master: Socrates’ Examined Life

Posted on 3rd June 202122nd January 2022 by Antigone in Greek Literature, Philosophy, The Classical Tradition, Top 20

CHAD BOCHAN How to have conversations that lead to actual answers.

Tagged Socrates

The Ghost of Classics Yet to Come

Posted on 21st May 202122nd January 2022 by Antigone in The Classical Tradition, The Future of Classics, Top 20

STEPHEN FRY Classics is dead; long live Classics!

Tagged Education3 Comments

Socrates and the Ethics of Conversation

Posted on 28th April 202122nd January 2022 by Antigone in Philosophy, The Classical Tradition, Top 20

FRISBEE SHEFFIELD How to have a debate and, whatever the result, come out of it better.

Tagged Socrates3 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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