Aesop and the Fox What in the world is happening here? What’s the story? Why is Aesop’s head so big? Any commentary or an image of higher quality? Continue Reading →
Imperator as Fashionista Ever wonder whence Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, a.k.a. Caracalla, famed for his citizenship edict, a.k.a. the ‘Antonine Constitution’, got his cognomen? Continue Reading →
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 Continue Reading →
