Alex SkeltoninOstrakaTo Heracleitos: A translation of Callimachus Epigram 34As Callimachus sometimes falls to the wayside in undergraduate lecture courses, some sort of godfather poetical figure with untold…Feb 14, 2020Feb 14, 2020
Alex SkeltoninOstrakaInterpreting Sappho 31, badly.Disclaimer: I wrote this very bad interpretation of Sappho 31 in LTI and I apologize to anyone who has ever enjoyed Sappho or, heck…Dec 2, 2019Dec 2, 2019
Alex SkeltoninOstrakaLife advice from the Greek AnthologyI was doing some reading for my dissertation the other day and found myself searching through the Greek Anthology for a poem referenced in…Oct 18, 2019Oct 18, 2019
Alex SkeltoninOstrakaClassics and the Alt-Right: Not All Dead White Men‘Classical scholars must accept that, in the twenty-first century, some of the most controversial and consequential discussions about the…Apr 1, 2019Apr 1, 2019
Alex SkeltoninOstrakaHow teaching literacy can learn from classics.In 2014, the reading agency stated 1 in 5 people in the UK cannot “read well” by age 11. It is a familiar story in America, with only 37%…Dec 12, 2018Dec 12, 2018
Alex SkeltoninOstrakaNon-Linear Time in Classical MythologyTime in ancient myths is often illogical and inspired by Dr. Anke Walter at the University of Newcastle, whose work on time in ancient…Nov 30, 2018Nov 30, 2018
Alex SkeltoninOstrakaConstantine P. Cavafy: A True Hellenistic PoetWhen Constantine Peter Cavafy died, on his 70th birthday on April 29th, 1933, his fame as a poet was limited to a few close friends and…Nov 23, 2018Nov 23, 2018