Contents (Spring Summer 2019)
ANCIENT
A.E. Stallings on how Hesiod’s Works and Days is often eerily reflected in modern Greece
Emma Aston explains why horse racing, long the preserve of the elite, was a quite different affair in ancient Thessaly
Rebecca Flemming on the Greek concept of ‘generation’
Robert Tatam on Dodona and its discovery
RECEPTION
Ian Ruffell describes the challenges of reconstructing the automata of Hero of Alexandria
Giovanna Di Martino uncovers a fascinating lost chapter in the history of Aeschylus’ plays
MODERN
Alice Dunn on the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
Caroline Mackenzie talks to Ian Jenkins OBE, Senior Curator at the British Museum
Paul Watkins recalls the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and its impact on the island’s artistic heritage
Diana Farr Louis recommends 11 unusual places to visit in Athens
Harry Mount on cruising the Aegean
REVIEWS
Paul Cartledge on Sean Sheehan, A Guide to Reading Herodotus’ Histories
Margaret Mountford on Robin Waterfield, Olympia: The Story of the Ancient Olympic Games
Michael Squire on Katherine Harloe, Cristina Neagu and Amy C. Smith(eds), Winckelmann and Curiosity in the 18th-century Gentleman’s Library
Sofka Zinovieff on Philip Kazan, The Black Earth
