There is still time to sign up for our Ancient Voices Evening Classes! Get 2023 off to a winning start by learning something new, or by brushing up on something you enjoy! With classes in Latin, Greek, Egyptian, Female Revenge, & the Roman Army, there is something for everyone!

AV2023 SPOTLIGHT: The Roman Army & The Shaping of Rome (Tutor: Dr Juan Lewis) (Fridays: 17.30-19.00) This unit, beginning on Friday 13th Jan, offers a deep-dive into the army of the Roman Republic, an institution which continues to capture the public imagination. 🧵

AV SPOTLIGHT: Female Revenge in Greek Literature and Culture (Tutor: Dr Natalia Tsoumpra) (Mondays: 18.00-19.30) Concepts of Justice and Vengeance permeate ancient literary culture, and these values still prompt debate and discussion in contemporary conversation.

I keep returning to these graphs by John Burn-Murdoch at the Financial Times and wondering why more British journalism can't be as straightforwardly lucid and illustrative as this. The catastrophe of Tory rule laid bare.

BREAKING: a Holocaust survivor just confronted Suella Braverman to say: your hateful language has consequences

chng.it/dZTwgMHWFR do please sign this petition to help to save classics at the university of Turku

The Herodotus Helpline resumes on Weds 25 January (6pm GMT). Carlos Hernández Garcés will speak on 'Greek Justice Versus non-Greek Despotism through the aiti– language in Herodotus'. All welcome! For any queries, contact [email protected] School of Archaeology & Ancient History St Andrews Classics

We’re looking to commission more books in Rubicon, a new series that seeks to challenge and refresh the study of antiquity! If you have a proposal you’d like to discuss, please reach out to Lily Mac Mahon. #ClassicsTwitter More on the series: bit.ly/3VmDkdh

As our #archaeology list continues to expand with the addition of some exciting upcoming titles, it’s great to see new editions of books like Alison Cooley’s Pompeii, which takes into account the major new theories and discoveries since the first edition published 20 years ago.

A very Monday morning sentiment from Alicia E. Stallings, written while working as a 'tea girl' with us some Februarys ago. Tonight she returns to the ICS to share her work. We can't wait to hear all she has gathered since! 🗓️Join us 6pm. Booking info below.

Ancient Voices Term 2 is open for registration! Building on our first term, AV is offering a range of classes for beginners/post-beginners, commencing on 3rd April to 11th June. Subject spotlights will be released soon, but our programme is available here: pdfhost.io/v/DIyT~Obzn_Po…

☂ In Persia, parasols were associated with the king, and formed part of his royal iconography. In the Greek world, as is shown on this water jar, they were adopted as exclusively feminine items – parasols often feature in scenes of elite women at leisure ow.ly/ShIu50MEGbo

Our #LuxuryAndPowerExhibition will explore how eastern luxuries were received in early democratic Athens, and were adapted to make them socially and politically acceptable ow.ly/IuRm50MTgz9

This incredible marble figure is almost 5000 years old ✨ From around 3300 –1100 BC, the people living on the Cycladic Islands of the Aegean Sea made thousands of predominantly female figures from marble ow.ly/MsjL50Npc5z

This water-jar made around 450 BC is thought to depict the Greek poet Sappho. She gave a voice to female love and desire, and by the 19th century her poetry had made the word for an inhabitant of Lesbos – lesbian – a term for a woman who loves women ow.ly/EXxM50OFo7e

A fascinating story on the Meidias hydria from BM, shortly to be seen on loan in Athens britishmuseum.org/blog/historys-…

Come to the 2024 Haynes Lecture at the BM - Edhem Eldem on the Ottoman view of archaeology. Free but book a place! britishmuseum.org/events/how-loc…

All welcome at the BM's Haynes Lecture 2024, Edhem Eldem looking at archaeology in the Ottoman world from a local perspective. Free to attend, but booking required... britishmuseum.org/events/how-loc…

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