After two memoirs and two academic monographs, Clune now has a novel, “Pan.” His narrator, Nick, is 15 and living with his ...

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Exploring the parallels between Greek mythology and Indigenous Australian storytelling, this letter examines how both oral ...

Napoleon is relatively unusual in western history for aligning himself with Hannibal – not Hannibal’s Roman enemy, Scipio ...

Was the famous story of the Great Fire of Alexandria just a myth? Did Christians really burn the Library or is the truth more ...

I cut myself shaving right before I met Mary E. Roach. No big deal, but it’s worth mentioning because it’s so on-brand: I lost track of the number of times a character in her “We Are the Match” holds ...

The class of the metics in ancient Greek society has often been overlooked. What were their unique status and roles in the ancient society?

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In one vase painting from the 5th century BCE, a group of athletes trains while a musician plays the aulos, a type of ancient pipe instrument.

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