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Democritus went mad, they say, when he realised that the world of atomic physics trapped humans in a deterministic chain...
19/10/2025

Democritus went mad, they say, when he realised that the world of atomic physics trapped humans in a deterministic chain. But Epicurus found a subatomic escape clause to preserve free will. Today, Shikhar Misra of Hackley School explores how Lucretius' De rerum natura foreshadowed quantum mechanics:

SHIKHAR MISRA Lucretius the quantum physicist

What's the point of life? Every person paid to educate needs to have some answer to that essential question, or the true...
19/10/2025

What's the point of life? Every person paid to educate needs to have some answer to that essential question, or the true joy of teaching will inevitably be lost. So, as the new academic year gets going, here's Edmund Stewart of the University of Nottingham turning to Aristotle for answers:

EDMUND STEWART Find joy and fight for it

Much Greek and Latin verse has been written in recent centuries, but very little of it gets proper commentary. So, to st...
17/10/2025

Much Greek and Latin verse has been written in recent centuries, but very little of it gets proper commentary. So, to start a new series, here's Paul McKenna with translation and notes on some lovely Latin elegiacs written by the great E.J. Kenney to celebrate the centenary of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies in 1979:

E.J. KENNEY & PAUL McKENNA A new commentary on modern Latin verses

The legacy of Homer and his poetry is incalculably vast. To give one further proof of this phenomenon, today Krystyna Ba...
05/10/2025

The legacy of Homer and his poetry is incalculably vast. To give one further proof of this phenomenon, today Krystyna Bartol of the Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu reveals how Christian verse epitaphs in Anatolia draw richly upon ancient epic themes:

KRYSTYNA BARTOL On epic epigraphy

To the casual reader of The Hobbit, it's hard to spot the influence of Greek myth and literature. But Tolkien was so ste...
03/10/2025

To the casual reader of The Hobbit, it's hard to spot the influence of Greek myth and literature. But Tolkien was so steeped in the Classics that real echoes can be heard. Today, Mateusz Stróżyński shows how Bilbo and Gollum channel Odysseus and Polyphemus:

MATEUSZ STRÓŻYŃSKI Epic elements in Middle Earth

The principles of Roman Law still underpin countless legal systems across the world. But what was Roman Law, how did it ...
01/10/2025

The principles of Roman Law still underpin countless legal systems across the world. But what was Roman Law, how did it work, and how did it evolve? Today, Nicholas Stone offers us a flying introduction, with a plethora of reading avenues for the curious:

NICHOLAS STONE What the Romans did for us

For scholars to thrive, they must remain curious and open-minded in their studies, never regarding any door as closed. 9...
21/09/2025

For scholars to thrive, they must remain curious and open-minded in their studies, never regarding any door as closed. 90 years ago, Campbell Bonner of the University of Michigan made this case eloquently for the Classics, and today we republish his unjustly forgotten essay:

CAMPBELL BONNER On the power of intellectual curiosity

We at Antigone are keen supporters of anyone who tries to write poetry in Latin or Ancient Greek. We are thrilled, then,...
20/09/2025

We at Antigone are keen supporters of anyone who tries to write poetry in Latin or Ancient Greek. We are thrilled, then, to host David Money, the new editor of Vates: the Journal of New Latin Poetry, to tell us all about this revivified venture. Euge! https://antigonejournal.com/2025/09/new-latin-verse-journal-vates/
Vates is keen to attract new talent: if you would like to write some Latin poetry, please work something up by next March and get in contact! Issue 15, and all earlier issues, edited by
, can be found here: https://vatesblog.wordpress.com/

DAVID MONEY Floreant poetae!

Amid the tragedy of Charlie Kirk's assassination, one of the most poignant facts was the decision of the shooter's fathe...
16/09/2025

Amid the tragedy of Charlie Kirk's assassination, one of the most poignant facts was the decision of the shooter's father to turn in his son. Today, Tom Jones explores the ways in which this echoes the actions taken by Lucius Junius Brutus, the first consul of the Roman Republic, against his own sons:

TOM JONES The piety of a killer's father

We return from our summer break with a very important piece. Why has Classical philology recently come under such attack...
06/09/2025

We return from our summer break with a very important piece. Why has Classical philology recently come under such attack? Are the alleged charges fair? Solveig Gold and Joshua Katz expose the shoddy scholarship and cynical idea-laundering behind this trend:

SOLVEIG GOLD & JOSHUA KATZ Philologists who love language

The novelist, spymaster and Governor General of Canada, John Buchan, turned 150 this week. To mark the sesquicentennial,...
30/08/2025

The novelist, spymaster and Governor General of Canada, John Buchan, turned 150 this week. To mark the sesquicentennial, here's Nicholas Stone turning Buchan's poem "Death" into Latin hexameters:

NICHOLAS STONE Making Buchan Roman

In our most recent competition, O Tempora, we challenged readers to pose as famous Romans and argue both for and against...
25/08/2025

In our most recent competition, O Tempora, we challenged readers to pose as famous Romans and argue both for and against the advent of AI. Here is the splendid crop of winning entries, in Latin and English. Myriad congratulations to all the victors!

SPQR on AI Before we scattered all over the world for our short-lived summer break, the Antigone team set readers a proper challenge: to debate the joys and woes of artificial intelligence, but in the form of two speeches that the Romans might have delivered – had they been able to have their say ...

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