George Grote on myth and allegory

There’s a lot to be learned from texts that might seem out of date, and while it seems odd to say that to anyone interested in ancient texts, it’s eas

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Rhythmici vs. Metrici vs. Poetae

Scholars have a tendency to see themselves in their work. This is why Hellenistic poets were once thought to be proto-Romantics, and later became prot

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Michael Choniates as a scholar and poet

I’ve argued before that Michael Choniates (archbishop of Athens at the time of the 4th Crusade) was a true scholar, and I’d like to point out somethin

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