The expert views
What can close readings of Greek and Latin literature tell us about the Classical world - and our world?
Of mice and men
Talking mice, epicurean delights and farming: What lays at the heart of Horace's carpe diem?
Oedipus adapted
The same story gets a different treatment to fit the times of the retelling, as shown by competing Oedipus myths.
Hearing women's lives
You can discover real lives of classical Greece in literature, but it takes a closer reading to find the real women.
Content last updated: 06/12/2007
