Short story. I enjoyed Circe and Galatea and was super excited to read this one. Many others were too. There was a four-year gap between Galatea and this book since the author suffers from long COVID which affects how and when she can work. Pretty harrowing read. Divine caprice, sexual assault, mi…
Statue of a Seated Woman from 101 CE–200 CE. “Here the figure’s head and arms, now missing, were made separately and attached by means of dowels, the holes for which are visible.” This was a kind of template (one of a few) for noblewomen, goddesses, and other exalted female figures.…
This is one of many adaptations of the classic tragedy by Euripides. I highly recommend this treatment to anyone as a first appreciation. And it’s quite the story: love, lust, betrayal, spirituality, filicide, redemption, wisdom, general chicanery, geopolitics, racism. The artwork is fantastic and…
Translation copyright 2001 John T. Quinn; all rights reserved. Introduction # Philogelos (The Laughter Lover) is a collection of some 265 jokes likely made in the fourth or fifth century CE. Some manuscripts give the names of the compilers as the otherwise-unknown Hierocles and Philagrios. Other…
Double Cosmetic Tube with Three-tiered Handle, 5th century
Blown blue-green glass
This is the "the oldest surviving complete musical composition, including musical notation, from anywhere in the world" and dates from “either from the 1st or the 2nd century AD.” It was found engraved on a tombstone and was “dedicated by Seikilos to Euterpe, who was possibly his wife.” (…