British writer Bernardine Evaristo has won the Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award for her “transformative impact on ...

A correspondence about an ancient Greek letter that was eaten by mice is certainly one of the funniest anecdotal ...

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The perishable material almost never survived more than 200 years in a humid climate ... an all-but-unknown Epicurean philosopher and poet from the first century BC. For nearly 40 years, Piaggio ...

Mythical creatures and animals made of Lego are gracing a museum to celebrate the anniversary of a Roman mosaic's discovery. The Corinium Museum, in Cirencester, launched its Brickus Orpheus Trail ...

Until that moment, “Two Centuries of Roman Poetry” had struck me as harmless enough: a collection of excerpts from the major Latin poets, pitched to the reading level of an intermediate ...

After nearly 200 days out of service, one of BC Ferries’ key vessels is back on the water. The return of the Queen of New Westminster comes just in time for spring break. BC Ferries pulled the ...

Later Roman authors provide more detail. Martial, a Roman poet writing in the first century A.D., for instance, describes a cinaedus’ dysfunctional penis as like a “soggy leather strap” in ...

Classic Image/Alamy Some political propaganda is so effective that people still believe it 200 years ... of the Roman Republic – a democracy spearheaded by two elected consuls who were limited to ...

The office of emperor was both invented by and first occupied by his great-nephew Augustus in 27 BC – 17 years after Caesar’s brutal ... the destruction of Troy – a narrative pushed by Roman poet ...

By Keith Caulfield Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department and 1989 (Taylor’s Version) finish as the Nos. 1 and 2 titles on the 2024 year-end Billboard 200 Albums recap. It’s the only ...