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Fun & entertainment

Games & Quizzes -The Iliad, The Odyssey, Medea, Bacchae,Lysistrata...

Fun with Latin - interactive games ofrom the original Cambridge School Classics Project website

Words & Derivations - linguistic curiosities

The "great books" - a nostalgic look and Kennedy, North, Hillard, Botting and co.

Rude Latin - how to insult people in the langage of Plautus.

The Maths/Classics project - how mathematicians and classicists can learn from each other!

"Classic Cars" - why do so many cars have pseudo-classical names?

Sporting Quotes - sports writers can never resist airing their classical erudition.

Letters - a small selection of the more entertaining emails I've dealt with

Classical clichés - a list of tags for politicians and others who need to impress!

Philosophy

Plato's Republic - a reading guide to the Republic

Socrates - - his trial and execution, according to Simon the shoemaker

Philosophical curiosities - - interesting sidelights on ancient philosophy

Art

Greek Pottery - pages on shapes, manufacture, decoration and use of Athenian vases.

Sculpture - discussion of selected Greek sculpture

Greek Architecture - how to study it in your home town.

Mythology

Guide to myths - where to find information about myths on the site.

The Sphinx - her significance, from Egypt to Oedipus

Greek Literature

Iliad - introduction to the Iliad, and an interactive game to test your knowledge

Odyssey - play the Odyssey Game as Odysseus, Penelope or Telemachus.

Also: the truth about the Cyclops

Sappho - poet of fire from the island of Lesbos. Includes samples read in Greek.

Aeschylus - discussion of important issues raised in Agamemnon.

Oedipus - several pages discussing Sophocles' Oedipus, and its importance. Includes the challenging Oedipus Game.

Antigone - pages examining the play, and an intriguing game.

Euripides - my translations of Helen, Phoenissae and Orestes (performed at Edinburgh Fringe Festival). Latest: Ion

Bacchae - discussion of the controversial drama, and a web game based on it.

Medea - discussion of the play and its issues, and the Medea Game.

Lysistrata - a light-hearted interactive game based on Aristophanes' notorious comedy.

Aristophanes' Peace - Reading Guide, Production Notes, War & Peace

Lucians 'True Story' - a translation of the first ever science fiction, by the Greek Douglas Adams.

Greek Drama reviews - my assessment of productions I have seen.

Latin Literature

Catullus - read - and listen to - two of Catullus' poems to Lesbia.

Sulpicia - a Roman girl's voice

Virgil - Translations, notes and commentary on selected books of the Aeneid. New translation of Book 1 Feb 2005

Horace - the Pyrrha ode.

Propertius - Cynthia.

The Golden Ass - an illustrated re-telling of Apuleius' famous story

Quintilian - some modern-sounding ideas form the great work on education

Social History

Women - pages on women's status. Pages on women in myth - Atalanta, Cassandra, Echo, Diana, Pandora and more.

The Symposium - drinking parties: men behaving badly

Technology - the silver mines at Laurium

Seapower - Trireme - the deadly Athenian warship - and why did they all have girls' names?

Eros - aspects of Love.

Olympic Games - fact and fiction about the ancient games.

Oracles - How the ancient world tried to find answers to life, the universe and everything.

The Athenian Agora - An exploration of the social, economic and political centre of ancient Athens

Travel

Greece - Nemea, Sparta, Oracles

Greece 1971 - memoir of a historic tour

Sicily - a site within a site: a tour of Sicily and its wonders - natural, historical, artistic, gastronomic ...

Legacy

Classics in the cinema - great disaster movies!

Classics on TV

Books - reviews and comments on recent publications

Legal Latin - in memoriam

Benefits of a classical education - some who've made it!

Archaeology

The Romans

The Romans - A complete website in its own right. Based on the best-selling book by Antony Kamm, The Romans is the complete introduction to Roman history, literaure, art and civilisation. Hundreds of illustrations, plus timelines and interactive quizzes.

Harry Potter

Greek Harry Potter - news and updates about my ancient Greek translation. Reprinted 2010.

Greek - English Lexicon - vocabulary for Greek Harry Potter.

Notes & Commentary - notes and commentary on the ancient Greek translation.

Teachers' Pages

For teachers - links to sites, software, organisations.

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