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Ancient Greece, to Rome and Crete – celebrating St Valentine and Eros

Saint Valentine, the patron saint of love, is celebrated by the Catholic Church every February 14 as a reminder of affection between romantic partners, friends, and family. But where did …

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Diatribe: On lionesses and cheesegraters

“Χρόνια πολλά, and Happy New Year,” my Russian friend, a student of theology, greeted me ebulliently. “I have a question. How would you translate edible underwear into Greek?” I belong …

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Fashion maverick Vivienne Westwood dies

As the person who dressed the Sex Pistols, Vivienne Westwood, who has died at the age of 81, was synonymous with 1970s punk rock, a rebelliousness that remained the hallmark …

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Greece in a new deal to bring back 161 ancient treasures from US

Greece has struck a deal for the eventual return from a US billionaire’s private collection of 161 ancient Greek artifacts dating from more than 4,500 years ago. Greek Government spokesman …

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Diatribe – Metis, Holy wisdom and unbearable Olympians

If there is one Olympian deity of which there exists no statue, then surely it is that of the goddess Metis, Zeus’ first wife. A daughter of the primordial water …

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Ancient view of social media, free speech and noise

Antiquarians of all varieties often speculate for fun how ancient luminaries would have used social media–long, technical screeds from Pliny the Elder on Reddit; the Roman poet Martial, dishing out …

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Race and Ethnicity meant little to the Ancient Greeks

The Many Shades of Greek-ness Homer’s Iliad is one of our earliest Greek sources (c. 8th century BCE) and is considered a narrative that united the Greek world. And yet, …

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Ancient Greeks also suffered poor leadership during plagues

In the United States February’s final week saw nearly 2000 deaths a day from COVID and yet local governments and the CDC have moved to aggressively roll back mitigating measures. …

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Don’t mistake the Ancient Greeks at the National Museum with the Parthenon Marbles

Just over thirty years ago the National Gallery of Australia together with the Museum of Victoria mounted a loan exhibition entitled Civilization: Ancient Treasures from the British Museum. The superb …

Greek-Australian specialist engineer creates his own Antikythera Mechanism and presents plans for the world to use

While a team from the University of London made a big splash early in 2021 when it unveiled its 3D rendering of the famed Antikythera Mechanism, a Greek Australian living …

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