Taste the wine of Dionysus and fight against the centaurs with Herakles in the oak forests of Foloi...
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#MountainCulture #MountainsOfGreece

THE VICTORY MONUMENT OF AUGUSTUS AT NICOPOLIS | The Tropaeum of the Sea Battle of Actium (vol. III) The publication devoted to the Victory Monument of Augustus at Nicopolis – The Tropaeum of the Sea Battle of Actium is completed with the release of the third volume, bringing to conclusion a…

Just published: Volume 3 of 'The Victory Monument of Augustus at Nicopolis', edited by Konstantinos Zachos, featuring a chapter by Brian Martens.

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Introducing the ‘#Mountains of Greece’ series within the Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures #podcast project: In the first episode "Paths of Greece", Jason König interviews Fivos Tsaravopoulos, founder and manager of Paths of Greece.
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#MountainLandscapes

"Plato on forgetting and re-understanding"
Gábor Betegh (Cambridge)

Sarah Broadie Memorial #Lecture:
🗓️ 14 April 5:30pm
📍School III, St Salvator's Quad, #StAndrews
❔️Email enquiries to classcon@st-andrews.ac.uk

#AllWelcome #ClassicsBluesky

"The Fabric of Hellenism: Hellenic Culture and Civic Identity in the Imperial Greek World", editedy by Ewen Bowie and Calum Maciver, was published last week.

It features chapters by Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis and Jason König.

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i'm so sorry we've sent these souls to the moon and they're using outlook?

It’s hard to rein in all my gig notification spam when it teaches me so much. I now know about a tribute band called Arctic Numpties and that Deathcore is a genre.

GOTCHA I was teaching in the US during the first Obama presidential campaign. The graduate students (rightly) thought that I needed a lesson in reading the

The rhetoric of war... some thoughts here on "Gotcha", "Up Yours Galtieri" (remember?) and "Toast". Where does dispassion blur with euphemism? tinyurl.com/mmaz6p8k

Dr Ruben Post explains why his research in to understanding catastrophic natural events from the ancient world, can prepare populations of the the future: bit.ly/4szBuGI .

This is the latest in a series of fascinating reads about Greek mountains written by my colleague Jason König or by guest academics or by a number of our wonderful students here at @staclassics.bsky.social

Sing, goddess, of epic rage: The irony behind "Epic Fury" The U.S. military's latest operation evokes Homeric rage—but its meaning is lost on the leaders who named it, while war's human cost is already unfolding

"The story of the Iliad is all about how epic fury leaves a wake of ruin in every direction. Repeatedly, the poem asks its audiences to consider at what point any of its violence is worth it."

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Artistic Agonism. Statius, Silius Italicus, and Lucan’s Legacy Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.

PGWiP Seminar
Friday 13 March, 5pm

Lorenzo Severin (University of St Andrews) will present: Artistic Agonism. Statius, Silius Italicus, and Lucan’s Legacy

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My article on a vase with a kalos-inscription for Hephaistos has just been published, open access! In the article, I present a vase that's been largely ignored, but which gives us a new way to think about Hephaistos and his importance in 5th century BCE Athens.

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Celebrating Women in Classics: Ten Years of the Women’s Classical Committee UK - WCC-UK As part of the Women’s Classical Committee’s tenth anniversary celebrations, we invite you to join us for a lively round table discussion and Q&A on the theme of ‘Celebrating Women in Classics’ on 22n...

Reminder: sign up for the @womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social 10th anniversary celebration, April 22nd @ics.bsky.social! Free & all welcome; travel bursaries available for grad students & un-/under-employed Classicists attending

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Opinion: Experiences in Hungary, the US and the Netherlands make threats like autocratic legalism and oligarchic capture feel existential, says Ferenc Laczó #academicfreedom #AcademicSky
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British School at Athens : Public Engagement and Events officer (Athens-based; 0.7 FTE) The British School at Athens (BSA) is the UK’s research hub in the humanities and social sciences in Greece and its wider Balkan, European, Mediterranean and Levantine contexts. It conducts, […]

#wearehiring!

We are now in search of a part-time (0.7 FTE) Public Engagement and Events Officer to be based at our Athens premises and to work closely with staff based in Athens and London, as well as with our Development team.

Full info and application form: www.bsa.ac.uk/2026/03/05/p...

Headline: Scalextric sold for £20m

Must be an absolutely massive layout. Only got thirty quid for ours.

“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video

US government to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities in Europe State department grants to spread ‘American values’ are part of Washington’s 250th anniversary celebrations

This is the real culture war. Implementing its National Security Strategy the US govt. will directly fund political groups in U.K./Europe to oppose regulation of digital media (online safety act, digital services act etc.). Nationalists ensuring our political, intellectual & cultural subordination.