The Antiquity to Alt-Right Pipeline
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Classical statues in the profile? Racism and misogyny in the feed? Tallulah Trezevant looks at the alt-Right and Classics...
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D Parihar
- Jun 5
- 3 min
In Praise of Doing Less: From Ancient Societies to the Modern Hustle
Today’s ‘hustle culture’ carries a significant toll on us as humans. We must remember, our worth is not measured by our productivity...
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Isabel Hood
- May 8
- 5 min
Classics About Town: Alexander the Traffic Warden?
In the first of a new series, Isabel Hood tells the story of an unexpected statue of Alexander the Great in Edinburgh city centre...
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M Alzamora
- Sep 20, 2023
- 4 min
Hozier Meets Euterpe
M Alzamora has a closer look at the latest Hozier album - and finds mythology!
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Emily Singeisen
- Jul 21, 2023
- 5 min
Justice and guilt - from Oresteia to HBO's Barry
Emily Singeisen has a look at the moral ambiguities of justice, as shown in the works of Aeschylus and HBO...
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Carmen Robinson
- Jul 10, 2023
- 3 min
Putting Together the Puzzle of Botticelli's Venus
Carmen Robinson takes a closer look at a Renaissance classic....
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Miri Teixeira
- Jul 5, 2023
- 3 min
The best Classics PC games on the Steam Summer Sale
Our own Miri Teixeira has been skimming the Steam sale and has selected some cut-price bangers for you...
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Miri Teixeira
- Nov 1, 2022
- 4 min
The Working-Classicists Christmas List
Let Miri Teixeira take some of the sting out of buying gifts for the Classicist in your life.
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Alexandra Sills
- Oct 21, 2022
- 5 min
Eating Rome: Apicius’ Alexandrian Pumpkins
In the near-future you may have a few pumpkins around the house. Fortunately, Alexandra Sills has come up with something ancient, delicious
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Clifford S Marcus MA MCIL CL
- Sep 21, 2022
- 4 min
Echoes of the Cyclops
Clifford Marcus believes that chapter 34 of the Twelve Chairs by Ilf and Petrov seems to be playing with Homer...
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Mike Delayo
- Sep 16, 2022
- 3 min
The Ciceros of Civilization
Mike Delayo takes us through the iterations of Cicero as he is presented in the popular Civilization video game.
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Working Classicist Admin
- Aug 5, 2022
- 6 min
Nobody’s Business but the Gauls? – Total War, the Iron Age and Popular Media
The excellent Ralph Moore takes a look at attempts to make the presentation of "barbarians" a bit better in the Total War: Rome games...
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Working Classicist Admin
- Jul 23, 2022
- 2 min
Meanders: LJ Trafford
Another in our series of people with a love and background in Classics who chose to go another route.
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Riley Gombis
- Jul 15, 2022
- 3 min
Review: The Overstory
Let Riley Gombis tell you about an Ovid-inspired novel...
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Dylan C. Davis and Etienne Maignan
- Jul 11, 2022
- 4 min
Trilogia latinorum Ludorum Kickstarter
Dylan C. Davis and Etienne Maignan (@EstLusor) would like you to help launch a rather extraordinary video game series...
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Zara Amer Naveed
- Jul 9, 2022
- 3 min
Meanders: Zara Naveed
In the first of a new series, we hear from a Classics enthusiast who did NOT go on to academic study, yet continues to love the subject.
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Miri Teixeira
- Apr 1, 2022
- 3 min
The Top 12 Classics-themed Video Games Coming in 2022
If you find yourself thinking that you can't get enough Achilles in your Action Shooters, or are crying out for more Dionysus in your...
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Katherine Livingston
- Oct 22, 2021
- 4 min
Walking with Vestiges of Language: Far Cry Primal
A look at how Far Cry Primal embeds its linguistic learning.
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Alexandra Sills
- Sep 10, 2021
- 7 min
Thumbs up?
A nuanced look at our perception of Gladiators.
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Alex Imrie
- Sep 4, 2021
- 7 min
Ancient Games: Elysium (2015)
The Backdrop In the sixth book of Virgil’s Aeneid, the poet recounts Aeneas’ journey to the underworld. During this voyage, the destiny...
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