Legendary storytelling 300 is a powerful number. For classicists, historians, military strategists, film-goers and comic book fans, the number 300 conjures images of a band of muscled, determined warriors bravely defending their homeland and liberty from an unstoppable force. A mere three hundred soldiers, standing up to overwhelming numbers that threaten to overrun their territory,… Continue reading Against the Odds – why do we remember Thermopylae?
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Play review – Aeschylus’ ‘Persians’
Aeschylus - c. 525-456 BCE I first came across Greek theatre during my first year of university, where my English Literature class examined the works of playwrights such as John Webster, Henrik Ibsen, and (of course) William Shakespeare. As the module was chronological, the first set text we undergrads needed to read was Sophocles' tragedy… Continue reading Play review – Aeschylus’ ‘Persians’
Armchair Assyriologist 