Medea’s picnic basket: Playmobil Argonauts
September 11, 2020
Prof Helen Lovatt writes: I have just submitted the final final draft of my book In Search of the Argonauts and am delighted to say that I have found them, now available in the UK https://www.playmobil.co.uk/argo-and-the-argonauts/70466.html My children, now 17 and 14, did not own enough Playmobil, and I think I should rectify this error. …
The chase begins
July 20, 2020
(Ελληνικά πιο κάτω.) (Revised 01/09/20.) Chapter/issue 3 Continuing with our reading of Three by Kieron Gillen and Ryan Kelly, with historical consultancy from Stephen Hodkinson. SPOILERS FOR CHAPTERS/ISSUES 1-2 & (SLIGHTLY) 3 In the second chapter our three protagonists manage to turn the tables on the Spartans who are massacring the Helot household, and Klaros …
Helots on the run
July 13, 2020
(Ελληνικά πιο κάτω.) (Revised 01/09/20.) Chapter/issue 2 Continuing with our reading of Three by Kieron Gillen and Ryan Kelly, with historical consultancy from Stephen Hodkinson. SPOILERS FOR CHAPTER/ISSUE 1 & (SLIGHTLY) 2 In the first chapter, a drunken Terpander couldn’t stop himself from rubbing the Spartans’ noses in their city’s recent loss of hegemony in …
A tale of ancient Sparta
July 3, 2020
Join in! (Ελληνικά πιο κάτω.) (Updated 01/09/20.) If you have read – or would like to read – the graphic novel Three, by Kieron Gillen & Ryan Kelly (with Jordie Bellaire & Clayton Cowles), I invite you to join in an on-line ‘reading group’ over the next few weeks. Set in fourth-century BCE Sparta, Three, …
Frozen Charlotte and the night soil
June 10, 2020
Have you ever found pottery in your flowerbeds or when out on a walk? You think you’re miles from anywhere, and yet, there’s a little bit of blue & white pottery sticking out by your feet. So how does it get there? Gardens In the case of your garden it could be from an old …
What to do while you wait for university: Classics Part I
June 7, 2020
If your A-levels have been cancelled, and you’re planning to start university in September, you might be feeling a bit at a loose end right now. Helen Lovatt has put together some suggestions for things to do that will give you a head start for a degree in Classics, Classical Civilisation, Ancient History or Joint …
What to do while you wait for university: Archaeology
May 18, 2020
If your A-levels have been cancelled, and you’re planning to start university in September, you might be feeling a bit at a loose end right now. Will Bowden‘s put together some suggestions for things to do that will give you a head start for a degree in Archaeology, or just help to pass the time …
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