You know, Vanni,” one the most distinguished classicists of his time told me decades ago, “with the ever-decreasing number of ...

My late classics professor taught me that Ancient Greek tragedy dramatized different points of view, insisted on empathy, and ...

Deipnosophistae by Athenaeus, a work written around 200 CE about well-read people philosophizing and enjoying good food and drink.

It was Oct. 28, 2015, can Carstensen was on the Greek island of Lesvos, reporting on the ongoing refugee crisis. Thousands of ...