Believed to possess magical qualities, amulets were once widely used. They range from amber pendants worn during Denmark’s Mesolithic age to wind chimes found at Pompeii.
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What did Pythagoras do with all those triangles, anyway?
They might not really fly on broomsticks or cast spells, but the witches and wizards of books and films are based on real people.
Disasters are inevitable. They should not make us give up on life, rather we should celebrate the preciousness of that life all the more.
Perceptions about coronavirus “only killing old people” highlight the ageist way we sometimes refer to death and dying. Greek myth shows this isn’t new and ancient plays laid out the distinction.
From the Moon’s size to the first calculator, the ancients made some jawdropping discoveries without modern technology.
A historian of ancient Greece looks past a plague and explains how a massive government spending plan went badly awry 2,500 years ago.
COVID-19 is a plague not merely on the happiness that comes with health and wealth, but also on the meaning in our lives.
Ancient Greek philosophers including Plato likened civic leaders to doctors, creating a healthy society through balance and moderation. Those ideas feed into what we expect from leaders today.
Thucydides’ description of the plague that struck Athens in 430 BC is one of the great passages of Greek literature. It focusses on the social response, both of those who died and those who survived.
Greek epics remind audiences that leaders need to be able to plan for the future based on what has happened in the past. They need to understand cause and effect.
Is making sense of a story more important than getting at its truth? Looking at the treatment of myth in ancient Greece may help us navigate what is true, and whether that matters.
Across the Graeco-Roman Empire, the romantically challenged turned to magic to improve their chances
Grecian love is often idealised as an respectable model for queer love. However, there’s more pleasure and reality to be found in ancient Rome’s dirtier version
Heroes and heroines of Classical Greek tragedy used to get all the glory. Today scholars, and theatre and film directors are looking to what the minor players can tell us about the zeitgeist.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe brings the virtues and politics of the comic world - indeed the Ancient Greek world - to life. But trusting the message doesn’t mean I trust the corporation behind it.
Ancient frescoes suggest Europe and south Asia had trade links as long as 3,600 years ago.
From Aeschylus to The Matrix, the trilogy has a long history. But perhaps no film series has used it as successfully as Star Wars.
From a young age, Neaera was trained for the life of a hetaira, or courtesan. Her tragic story comes to us only through court documents, but she deserves to be remembered.
Like many Greek myths, the story of Persephone’s descent into the realm of Hades, and her emergence from it, has resonances in contemporary arts, most especially the notion of death and rebirth.
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Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia
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Emeritus Professor of Classics, La Trobe University
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Professor of Classical Studies, Brandeis University
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Honorary Professor of Classics and Ancient History, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Greek History, The University of Queensland
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Paul Eliadis Chair of Classics and Ancient History, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Political Science, Macalester College
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Associate Professor in Ancient History, Macquarie University
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Professor in Philosophy, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Law, Wayne State University
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Professeur d'histoire ancienne, Université de Lorraine
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Research Scholar, Classics and History and Philosophy of Science, Stanford University
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Senior lecturer, UNSW
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Associate Professor of Classics, University of Winnipeg