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Mar 21, 20223 min read

Aphrodite's Nudity: Empowering or Humiliating? - by Jess Huang

Statues and images of the goddess Aphrodite commonly depict her as nude, but is this an empowering way of portraying the goddess of beauty?

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Feb 9, 20226 min read

Dido: Queen and Lover in the Aeneid and the Heroides - by Mansi Dhokia

Dido, the legendary queen of Carthage, and her relationship with the hero Aeneas are explored in Virgil's Aeneid and Ovid's Heroides.

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Dec 10, 20216 min read

The Silence of the Girls & Women of Troy Book Review - by Stacy Archer

The Silence of the Girls and Women of Troy explore the story of the Trojan war through the lens of the forgotten women, especially Briseis.

Apr 5, 20215 min read

Euripides' Medea: Tragic Heroine or Malignant Villain? - by Lucy Moore

Euripides' Medea is a divisive figure - is she a feminist figure and the victim of a tragedy or an evil villain who kills her own children?

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Mar 8, 20216 min read

10 Valuable Lessons We Can Learn From The Women of Ancient Epic - by Emily Shead

In celebration of International Women’s Day 2021, we want to acknowledge that Classical women were epic, especially in epic literature.