The experience of studying ancient history at any level is to deal with dates as amorphous and ranging. Even where we can assign a year to an event the idea that you can whittle this down to a specific date and, shock horror, an hour makes the hairs on the neck bristle. Yet this option …
The Eclipse in Antiquity. Can we provide dates from these? Read More »
The Troy Exhibition was a fantastic opportunity to finally meet some of the vases and artwork I’ve only ever seen in books (or online). Here are some of them. Just outside the entrance to the exhibition there was a seated expert who I think most people missed. She allowed me to hold a Greek arrowhead …
In this podcast I look at how we can understand more about the Iliad, its characters and wider themes through these three characters. Fell free to check out my other episodes on the Ancient History Hound podcast, just seach for it wherever you download your podcasts (or here).
