Classics News and Events
Classical Texting- Divine Humour and Disability: The Curious Case of Iliad Book One
Read Annie Sharples' take on Iliad Book One and its ramifications toward ancient attitudes to disability here.
Tortoises and Fish-Scales: A Chinese Legend of Rome
In July's entry for Classical Texting, read Katrina Anderson's take on Roman descendants in Modern China.
Congratulations to Daisy Ashton on being awarded a Roman Society Internship Bursary
Daisy will use the bursary to work with the English Heritage Properties Historians Team for several weeks over the summer on the interpretation of a Roman site in Britain.
Martial’s Erotion in the epigraphic landscape
Read Alessandra Tafaro's blog entry on the relationship between Martial and Roman epigraphy here.
Odysseus and Aeneas: Precedents to Machiavelli’s Prince?
Read Matthew Smith's Classical Texting blogpost on Machiavelli, Homer, and Virgil's multi-talented leaders here.