Classics

some ancient texts just waiting for brave translators to rename them

I read a really fascinating piece on LitHub recently by Mark Harman, a Kafka translator.

Aug 22 •

Donna Zuckerberg

what we talk about when we talk about thinking about Rome

An interview with Rhiannon Garth Jones

Jun 3 •

Donna Zuckerberg

drinking beer with crazy straws and enslaved readers as the AI of antiquity

A conversation with Jackie Murray about Plato and how AI hurts students and scholars

May 14 •

Donna Zuckerberg

Happy 10th Birthday to Eidolon

April 27, 10 days ago, marks ten years to the day since the launch of Eidolon. It’s hard to believe that it’s been an entire decade since the day when I…

May 7 •

Donna Zuckerberg

the ancient pickup line that would probably work on me

Love stories from Greek and Roman myth and literature come in a few different sub-genres, and they’re all pretty toxic:

Apr 2 •

Donna Zuckerberg

Sappho's Greatest Shade

Sappho was many things: brilliant poet, pioneer of the female gaze in literature, queer icon.

Mar 12 •

Donna Zuckerberg

ancient Greek things I've seen on TV that haunt me

As a classical scholar, it’s important not to be too precious and pedantic about common mistakes with the material you’ve made it your life’s work to…

Jan 28 •

Donna Zuckerberg

I regret to say that I like this "Iliad-inspired" deodorant

plus, some scholarly musings on how the Iliad smelled (ie: bad)

Jan 21 •

Donna Zuckerberg

No, it's still not "Lysistrata time"

and it never will be until we have trans liberation

Dec 9, 2024 •

Donna Zuckerberg

advice from Marcus Aurelius for anyone disappointed by Gladiator 2

Were you among the many fans of the first Gladiator movie who found its long-awaited sequel… a little meh? Did you find it somehow both too gay in the…

Dec 1, 2024 •

Donna Zuckerberg

Why does Ara: History Untold have Sappho as the leader of the Greek civilization, why does she look like that, and why hasn't she called me?

a conversation with my ex-wife

Oct 8, 2024 •

Donna Zuckerberg

Thank the Gods for a Hera Who F*cks

Some thoughts on the best character in KAOS

Sep 14, 2024 •

Donna Zuckerberg

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