Eighteenth-century caricaturists knew what modern film-makers understand: ancient myths can be endlessly adapted for new audiences.
Articles on Greek mythology
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Dahlia de la Cerda blends the myth of Greek tragedy with modern Mexican culture.
The women of Homer’s Odyssey were cunning, desiring and powerful. Nolan’s adaptation turns them into figures of suffering, sacrifice and regret.
Judging this version against an apparent ‘original’ misunderstands both the ancient poem and how myth actually works.
Nolan’s Odysseus is a traumatised hero who survives but must live with the cost others have paid for his actions.
Preserved in the margins of ancient literary works are notes that reveal how the Greeks strove to map mythical places onto locations in the known world.
Are people willing to believe in AI because it taps into myths that are deeply ingrained in their imaginations?
In two thrilling new fictional riffs on Greek myth, Natalie Haynes and Zoe Terakes interrogate ancient stories of heroism and desire.
We have to remember that aerial reconnaissance has been around for centuries – think of kites, hot air balloons and spy planes.
Long before industry, ancient societies were already pushing their ecosystems to the brink
If you’re like most people, you’ve never heard of it. Meet the ringed asteroid-comet hybrid prowling the outer reaches of the Solar System.
Nymphs offer us more than just stories of sexy nature spirits. They can reveal how ancient people thought about their world and connected with their landscape.
Nico Muhly’s Aphrodite reimagines the mythological goddess for the modern age, in a production that is both visually stunning and musically engaging.
Odysseus has returned home but his biggest challenge is still ahead of him, winning back the woman he loves.
The harpies were not nice people. They existed in myth to dish out punishments from the gods.
Ovid’s Metamorphoses has several characters who become men, Kaos’s interpretation of such myths is just a bit more modern and empowering.
Hera might not have been a passionate apiarist but there’s some truth in Kaos’s twisting of the tales
Kaos is a thrilling romp about gods and mortals vying for power and influence over the cosmos.
Echoist tend to avoid or even reject attention. They are often attracted to narcissists.
What makes us human? Greek and Roman thinkers were preoccupied with this question. And some of their observations of animals foreshadowed recent findings in the behavioural sciences.
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Professor of Classical Studies, Brandeis University
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Paul Eliadis Chair of Classics and Ancient History, The University of Queensland
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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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Associate Professor of Classical Studies, Tufts University
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PhD Candidate in Classical Greek and Roman History, University of Sydney
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Honorary Associate, Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University
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Emeritus Professor of Classics, La Trobe University
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Visiting Research Fellow, The Open University
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Honorary Research Associate, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Sydney
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Professor of Greek, University of St Andrews
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Senior Lecturer in Classics, University of Exeter
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Senior Lecturer in Biblical and Religious Studies, University of Sheffield
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Lecturer in Classics, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Classical Languages and Literatures, Sarah Lawrence College
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PhD Candidate, University of Liverpool