InOstrakabyElise BarryMedusa through the Patriarchal Lens: How a Mythical Woman became an Instrument of the Far-Right(Trigger warning: includes mention of rape, sexual assault, and violent imagery)Oct 24, 2022
InOstrakabyPoppy BattyThe Reception of Virgil’s Lavinia in The Hunger Games and Downton AbbeyLavinia, the silent, blushing virgin, is one of Virgil’s Aeneid’s most mysterious characters. As the ideal daughter and proto-Roman Virgo,Apr 14, 20202Apr 14, 20202
InOstrakabySeleste WooThe Importance of Table Manners: Feasting in the Odyssey and Spirited AwayThere are scenes of feasting abound throughout both Spirited Away and the Odyssey where the essential nature of food is demonstrated, both…Nov 25, 2019Nov 25, 2019
InOstrakabySarah PanekHow dangerous women of the ancient world keep their reputation: looking at MedusaPolitical Autonomy and MedusaFeb 10, 2020Feb 10, 2020
InOstrakabyElise BarryMedusa through the Patriarchal Lens: How a Mythical Woman became an Instrument of the Far-Right(Trigger warning: includes mention of rape, sexual assault, and violent imagery)Oct 24, 2022
InOstrakabyPoppy BattyThe Reception of Virgil’s Lavinia in The Hunger Games and Downton AbbeyLavinia, the silent, blushing virgin, is one of Virgil’s Aeneid’s most mysterious characters. As the ideal daughter and proto-Roman Virgo,Apr 14, 20202
InOstrakabySeleste WooThe Importance of Table Manners: Feasting in the Odyssey and Spirited AwayThere are scenes of feasting abound throughout both Spirited Away and the Odyssey where the essential nature of food is demonstrated, both…Nov 25, 2019
InOstrakabySarah PanekHow dangerous women of the ancient world keep their reputation: looking at MedusaPolitical Autonomy and MedusaFeb 10, 2020
Rebecca Futo KennedyClassically White Supremacy — The American Dream of a White CitySarah Bond has written on the issue of the fetishization of whiteness in the history of art with respect to ancient sculpture. Her…Dec 17, 2017
InOstrakabyCecily HaytonWhat Makes a Man: An exploration into the changing face of masculinity from Homer’s Iliad to the…A major component of a ‘masculine’ identity in both antiquity and the modern era is one’s sexuality, including both sexual virility and…Dec 9, 2019
InOstrakabyAlex SkeltonInterpreting 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, 2019
