As Donald Trump has gained fame and power, his rage at opponents and appetite for vengeance appear to have sharpened. A classics scholar looks to literature for help understanding him.
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Homeric heroes must get nature on their side if they are to overcome the enemy.
The shifts associated with being in your 40s and 50s – gray hairs, career doldrums, a longing for something more – seem as inevitable as aging itself. It wasn’t always this way.
In the ugly spectacle of American politics, it’s hard to keep humanity in sight. But literature, says a poet and scholar of the classics, can remind us of what we know about growing old.
Two days after Rodgers’ injury, the NFL players union called on the league to convert all playing fields to natural grass.
A classics scholar reflects on Greek myths and what they can help us understand about recreating relationships – as a bridge from our past to present selves.
Ambition is a two-edged sword: both creative and destructive. Debate about its value has raged since antiquity and there is a long tradition of casting ambitious women as monsters.
A scholar of Greek classics revisits the texts to bring lessons on how to honor the lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rachel Hadas says that despite the cascade of scary news, humans will adapt, as they always have – and provides evidence of that resilience in the literature she loves and teaches.
Families who lost their loved ones during the pandemic could not even properly grieve. Greek epics show why lamentation and memorial are so important and what we can learn in these times.
Anything is possible in the world of computers games – except women who fight, apparently.
PTSD is a relatively modern term, but the symptoms are as old as civilisation itself.
A simple act of kindness between George Bush and Michelle Obama illuminates our need for friendship and well-being.
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Professor of Classical Studies, Brandeis University
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Rachel Hadas is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of English, Rutgers University - Newark
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Reader in Medieval History, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Lecturer in Ancient History, Cardiff University
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Paul Eliadis Chair of Classics and Ancient History, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer, Université de Lille
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Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes, University of Manchester
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Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, University of Dayton
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University