Kiwi Hellenist

He wasn’t called Caligula, he didn’t go mad after spending three months in a coma, and he didn’t make his horse a senator. There are so, so ...

Quotation isn’t history. But it can be a tool for suggesting history. Like any tool, it can be used -- and misused -- in lots of ways. Fi...

Eight months ago I wrote a post on the ‘seven wonders’, as canonised in several ancient lists. I pointed out that the make-up of the list ch...

We do not sow! Game of Thrones , HBO, 2016 (... that’s because sowing is the helots’ job) Welcome to 2018! Our first topic for...

Both the wall of rocky Babylon, a road for chariots,      and Zeus on the Alpheius have I seen; and the hanging gardens, and the Colossus...

‘Pompeii ... we’re in Pompeii! And it’s Volcano Day!’ Doctor Who , ‘The fires of Pompeii’ (2008) Warning: this blog post is wrong! A...