When considering Ancient Greek philosophy, certain names stand out, such as Plato, Aristotle, and notably Socrates. Some may also be...

Medea ranks among the most infamous mortal women in Greek mythology, up there with the likes of the sorceress Circe, the husband-slayer...

‘O poet! A new nobility is conferred in groves and pastures, and not in castles, or by the sword-blade, any longer.’ - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sophocles is primarily recognised for his play 'Oedipus Rex' (or in a more faithful Greek translation: Oidipous Turannos: Οἰδίπους...

‘Tell the emperor that the Daidalic hall has fallen ... the speaking water has been silenced'

Aristophanes' Frogs ('Batrachoi') is, above all other things, hilarious. While I love the Bacchae for its playful, yet terrifying...

One of the main challenges when beginning to explore the world of Classics is navigating the mountain of literature on offer - truly a...

Amor vincit omnia, et nos cedamus amori Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love. Carmina vel caelo possunt deducere...

'Dicere quae puduit, scribere iussit amor' What modesty forbade me to say , love has commanded me to write ... Ovid's Heroides is,...

'[Pentheus] shall learn that Dionysus, son of Zeus, is by turns a god most terrible and most gracious to mankind.' Euripides' Bacchae is...