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Durham Classics and Ancient History retweeted
13 Oct 2025
Excited to be in the latest magazine @ShearsmanBooks, with some very loose queer #Polari versions of #Catullus. My first published poems. Hope readers enjoy these trifles. #ClassicalReception
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Durham Classics and Ancient History retweeted
12 Jun 2025
I'm in a film that premieres in Athens tonight - Army of Lovers, about the Sacred Band & its importance for #LGBTQ history. Proud to feature in this brave & much needed film in #PrideMonth - link below to access film @5 PM BST.
@sapphicapuella features as one of the experts interviewed for the film Army of Lovers. youtube.com/watch?v=6S35CtSo… The film can be accessed on 12.6.25 at 5pm here youtube.com/watch?v=6S35CtSo…
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Durham Classics and Ancient History retweeted
12 Jun 2025
Join the film premiere of Army of Lovers at 5-6 pm today as @sapphicapuella
from our @durham_classics discusses ancient homosexuality & modern responses to it.
‘Army of Lovers’ tells the untold epic saga of the Sacred Band.
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Durham Classics and Ancient History retweeted
26 Jun 2025
Meet Dr Katherine McDonald from our @Durham_Classics. As a specialist is ancient languages, Katherine uses linguistic detective work to uncover what life was like over 2,000 years ago.
Find out more 👉 brnw.ch/21wTH1V
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Congratulations to Chris De Lisle!
15 May 2025
AIO launches all inscriptions of the healing sanctuary of Asklepios on the Acropolis; dedications for Amphilochos, Dionysos, Artemis, Herakles, Hera, Men, Theseus; decrees on relations with Priene in west Anatolia. For a full list of today's new entries: atticinscriptions.com/browse…
ALT Marble plaque with Greek inscription and a disembodied leg
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Durham Classics and Ancient History retweeted
14 Dec 2024
Blog on a week in North-Eastern Classics--prison teaching, reception, pedagogy research, and bittersweet day with an invaluable friend and mentor edithorial.blogspot.com/2024… @AgainstLore @PublicAristotle @AristotleStyle @Durham_Classics
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From the @BMCReview of @annapjudson amazing book! 'This work’s combination of wide-ranging overviews with detailed textual interpretation makes it unrivalled as a guide to understanding the texts' The new documents in Mycenaean Greek – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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Durham Classics and Ancient History retweeted
11 Dec 2024
Alessandro Vatri enthralling us at our @Durham_Classics departmental seminar on Margaret Doody’s novels starring Aristotle as a sleuth. Chaired by other postdoc Rory McInnes-Gibbons. So much cooler than Poirot. @AristotleStyle @PublicAristotle
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Durham Classics and Ancient History retweeted
6 Dec 2024
Out now and available at this link: journals.openedition.org/hel…
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Durham Classics and Ancient History retweeted
5 Dec 2024
Congratulations👏 to early career researcher @Katherine_McDon @Durham_Classics who has been recognised as a rising global star by @LeverhulmeTrust
for the international impact of her research 🌍
👉 brnw.ch/21wPd4j
ALT Dr Katherine McDonald standing in the amphitheatre in Capua, Italy.
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New publication by @ProfArleneHH ! Dixon, J. and Holmes-Henderson, A. (2024) Classics in Action, Hodder Education, London.
Classics in Action johncattbookshop.com/product…
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Check out @ZiogasIoannis article on 'Actaeon's Gaze in Ovid's Metamorphoses' in the latest issue of Illinois Classical Studies.
4 Dec 2024
The latest issue of Illinois Classical Studies, Vol. 48, No. 1-2, is a double issue with a special section, and it is the first by new editor Brian Walters. Two additional articles, including one by @ZiogasIoannis, also make up the volume. On @ProjectMUSE: muse.jhu.edu/issue/51943
ALT Cover of Illinois Classical Studies, Volume 48, Issue 1-2, Spring/Fall 2023 Denarius of Otho (1919.63.0252), on a blue background. Photo courtesy of The Spurlock Museum, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Check this double bill showing of Euripides' "Elektra" (trans. Emily Wilson) and Aristophanes' "The Women at the Thesmophoria" (adapted by Samantha Dotson).
durhamstudenttheatre.org/wha… . There is a concession price for Classics Society members, bringing the ticket down to only £6!
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Durham Classics and Ancient History retweeted
20 Nov 2024
Interesting reflections on our Syriac conference last spring, by some of those who were there!
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Durham Classics and Ancient History retweeted
A few highlights of #Aristotle’s recent public reception…@Bridgerton and @mbfgreekwedding 3! @publicaristotle @durham_classics @LeverhulmeTrust @edithmayhall
@RIPhilo @PhilosophyNow
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ALT Scene from movie with subtitles
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Join us on the 13 of November for the Postgraduate Open Day to find out where a postgraduate degree can take you. Our Director of MA Dr. Katherine McDonald @Katherine_McDon is happy to answer your questions!
👉 durhamuni.eventsair.com/post…
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Congratulations to Prof. Polly Low and Dr. Chris DeLisle, editors of Attic Inscriptions Online!
1 Nov 2024
Today we publish our latest set of Attic #deme inscriptions, covering: Phegaia, Prasiai, Phrearrhioi, Phyle, & Plotheia, plus the trittys of Epakreis, and the herm of Hipparchos.
For a full list: atticinscriptions.com/browse…
ALT Upright rectangular block inscribed in stoichedon, with some damage to edges: IG I3 258 (Decree of the deme Plotheia). Credit: Louvre
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Durham Classics and Ancient History retweeted
24 Oct 2024
Huge congratulations to @ProfArleneHH and Luke Sewell from @Durham_Classics for their publication for @PolicyUpen on how Arts and Humanities Research can influence policy. #transformativehumanities
New publication! 🆕
@durham_uni’s Professor @ProfArleneHH & @LaidlawFoundatn scholar Luke Sewell’s new publication provides an in-depth insight into the policy engagement process for those working in Arts and Humanities disciplines.
Take a look 👉upen.ac.uk/resources/how-doe… 🧵
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Have a look at this amazing resource by @ProfArleneHH upen.ac.uk/resources/how-doe…
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