From Medea to modern media, bloody violence has been favored action. One must approach Medea and media with critical, humanistic understanding. … Read the post Understanding Medea through ancient Greek epigrams
The Alexander Mosaic, as well as other later artistic and experimental evidence, shows that the visual conventions of writing affect art. The Alexander Mosaic was found in a house buried in Pompeii in 79 GC when Mount Vesuvius erupted. The mosaic is probably a copy of a painting that Philoxenos of Eretria made about 310 … Continue reading art and letters
Ancient Greek Locrian law declared that anyone proposing a new law do so with a noose around his neck. If the law didn’t pass, he would be hung. … Read the post Locrian law: some peculiar legal institutions
A great way to study the ancient Greek trireme is to build and row one. Here’s a first-hand account of first sea trials of the trireme Olympias. … Read the post science in action: the trireme Olympias