The installation in the Markell Gallery explored the Renaissance and its relationship to ancient Greek and Roman culture. Artists and craftsmen of the Renaissance drew inspiration directly from works ...

ELAINE C. SANDERSON is a University Teacher in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Liverpool (UK). Her doctoral research examined necromancy, poetry, and civil war in Lucan's Bellum ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information More than humane philology is essential for keeping the classics as a living force. Arion therefore exists to publish work that ...

In impromptu remarks delivered following the assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Robert F. Kennedy called on Americans to “tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of ...

The author of a sweeping re-examination of Western history reveals the global reach of Greek and Roman antiquity Naoíse Mac Sweeney - Author, The West: A New History in Fourteen Lives Examples of ...

Whether it's to start analyzing a detail or impressing someone in conversation, understanding a classical building begins with an awareness of the different classical orders of architecture. In the ...

A new collection of essays considers how the villainous women of classical antiquity resonate in contemporary Western society Nora McGreevy - Correspondent Explore the true history and myths behind ...

Candidates for the degree in Classical Antiquity who intend to be examined in Greek translation create their own reading list, which must be approved by the Associate Chair of Graduate Studies. The ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Modernity -- the sharp awareness of being Modern-with-a-capital-M -- ...

The traditional view of Shakespeare was that he knew very little about classical literature. Ben Jonson, his fellow playwright, famously wrote that his friend had "small Latin and less Greek." ...

Howard University in Washington D.C. has declared its intention to liquidate the university’s Department of Classics—the program dealing with the study of ancient Greco-Roman history, literature and ...