In Medias Res
The Odyssey’s Victims
A college acquaintance of mine, and a trainee officer in the army, once told me he had always found something ideologically suspicious about The Odyssey. Why on earth would you glorify a hero who leaves for a war with…
From Ithaca to Cinecittà
Tatiana Eva-Marie | September 3, 2025
Godard's Disintegration of the Homeric Journey
Giving Helen of Troy a Voice through Dance
Emily Gunter | February 11, 2025
An Artist's Statement from Paideia's 2024 Brightheart Fellowship Recipient.
Is the Odyssey a Christmas Movie?
Mark Buchan | January 14, 2025
Thoughts on Uberto Pasolini's The Return.
Medea: Re-Versed, a Classic Play Rehashed
Aminata Hughes | December 20, 2024
A review of Luis Quintero's electrifying battle-rap rendition of the Euripidean tragedy.
The Sovereign Image: Art and Science Under the Barberini
Marco Romani Mistretta | May 26, 2023
A review of The Sovereign Image. Urbano VIII and the Barberini Family, on view at the Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica at Palazzo Barberini until July 30th, 2023.
C is for Cy and Catullus and Carson
Luby Kiriakidi | February 9, 2023
On Anne Carson's "A Rustle of Catullus" Lecture at the MFA, Boston
Apoxyomenos, The Athlete of Croatia: A Voyage Into Mystery
Noah Apter | February 6, 2023
Greek Lyric On Canvas
Luby Kiriakidi | January 28, 2023
On the Cy Twombly Exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
In Living Color?
John Kuhner | November 2, 2022
Chroma Brings the Brinkmann Reproductions of Ancient Art to the Met.
Michelangelo's Signature Imperfection
John Kuhner | October 14, 2022
The Great Artist Gives Us A Lesson in the Subtleties of Latin Tenses.
Sing, Muse of Science
Bijan Omrani | March 14, 2022
Bijan Omrani Tours the Exhibition “Ancient Greeks: Science and Wisdom,” at the Science Museum in London, with Curator Jane Desborough.
Off the Dusty Bookshelf: Freya Stark’s Ionic Pilgrimage
John Kuhner | June 24, 2021
Classical Landscape in the Eyes of One of the Twentieth Century’s Greatest Travellers