Upcoming Event! ⏰5pm, 18th April 📍Peel Lecture Theatre Join to hear Prof Stephanie McCarter discuss her translation of Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' (Penguin 2022) - the first female translation of the epic into English in 60+yrs! Book here - tickettailor.com/events/theinst… #classics

This line always puzzled me too, until a conversation with my grandfather one day. I wrote about it several years ago. themillions.com/2016/08/aeneas…

👏👏👏👏 Thank you to all who came along to our 8th Annual IGRCT Sir Jeremy Morse Lecture! And a huge thank you to Stephanie McCarter for presenting such an engaging and thought provoking talk. If you missed it, never fear! You can watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=FHT8tw…

✨Early Release - Ovid’s Metamorphoses with Professor Stephanie McCarter ✨ What are some of the challenges of translation? And how does Ovid’s poetry continue to resonate today? We chat with Stephanie McCarter about her translation of the Metamorphoses patreon.com/posts/special-…

RIP David Konstan. A stupendous scholar and an eminently kind man. may his memory be a blessing.

Calling all Ovidians! Don't forget that the new journal Ovidius is accepting submissions on any aspect of Ovid and the afterlives of his work, including academic articles, translations, and original creative works! ovidiusjournal.org/ojs/index.php/…

"New translations of classical texts by women are also helping to reshape the popular understanding of Western myths, and are in turn inspiring novelists." See how translations like Stephanie McCarter's Ovid's Metamorphoses are changing literature via The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/05/25/boo…

✨Special Episode – Ovid’s Metamorphoses with Professor Stephanie McCarter✨ Join us as we interview Professor Stephanie McCarter Stephanie McCarter the author of a ground-breaking new translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses. partialhistorians.com/2024/06/06/spe…

It was so fun to speak with the amazing podcast, The Partial Historians🏺, about translating Ovid! partialhistorians.com/2024/06/06/spe…

If you’re teaching a class that deals with premodern slavery this semester: a reminder that I wrote a short, accessible piece to help students wrestle with common myths about it! theconversation.com/dismantling-th…

Discover a new take on an old classic. Our fall course on Ovid's Metamorphoses, led by Stephanie McCarter Stephanie McCarter—the first female translator of the text into English in 60+ years—starts 9/16. Book your spot today: bit.ly/ovidseminar

Publication day! I assembled my favorite Greco-Roman stories about women in power (Amazons, Dido, Boudicca, Cleopatra and many more), in both new and existing translations. You can find it (and see the TOC) here: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/667325/w…

New to Penguin Classics: Women in Power, a collection of classical stories about women who wield power, from the Amazons to Dido to Cleopatra in both new and existing translations edited by Stephanie McCarter! ✨ 🔗: bit.ly/4ef8n4k

It's great to have "Women in Power" featured in Publishers Weekly! publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/au…

A brilliant translator. What a loss.