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Arion: A Journal of Humanities and the Classics at Boston University http://www.bu.edu/arion/

Arion is one of the most distinguished classics journals. Some of the best works in classics have had their start in Arion.

The accessibility of Arion to non-specialist readers deeply interested in the core values of Western culture is one of Arion‘s primary aims. Elaine Fantham, president of the American Philological Association, announcing Arion as the winner of the inaugural APA Outreach Award, captured what’s so special about us: “Arion is the one journal I would most want to show friends outside the Classics to de

monstrate our exuberant variety of form and content, and its continued vitality.”

At the same time, Arion is available in most of the world’s best libraries because we demand the highest standards of scholarship from our contributors, whether these are prominent or simply promising scholars. Arion discusses not only the works of great classical authors like Homer and Virgil, but also history, theater, opera, film, architecture, contemporary museum shows, comparative literature, and philosophy. It features original poetry, modern translations, memoirs, public lectures, plays, and fiction – all creatively engaged with the classics. Professionals!: check out www.linkedin.com/in/arionbu

10/01/2025

Essays narrowly defeated poetry in this week’s poll. We invite you to enjoy Will D. Desmond’s essay on the five-paragraph essay from 2015 here:

The first of two major earthquakes in Sicily struck on this day in 1693. Out of the devastation eventually came the flou...
09/01/2025

The first of two major earthquakes in Sicily struck on this day in 1693. Out of the devastation eventually came the flourishing Baroque architecture of southeastern Sicily. Have an idea for an Arion essay on the Sicilian Baroque? Find our contributor guidelines here: https://buff.ly/40Zih4E

Arion highlights scholar Suzanne Marchand, whose review of Daniel Orrells’ recent book graces our recent issue. Subscrib...
08/01/2025

Arion highlights scholar Suzanne Marchand, whose review of Daniel Orrells’ recent book graces our recent issue. Subscribe here to read it: https://buff.ly/45f69gh

You can watch Marchand’s recent lecture, hitting upon some of the topics of her upcoming book on Herodotus’ modern readers, for the Herodotus Helpline series here: https://buff.ly/3W92bnW

07/01/2025

Did you know you can find a list of Arion’s contributors here? www.bu.edu/arion/about/arions-contributors

Don’t see your name on here? See our contributor guidelines here: www.bu.edu/arion/contribute

Submissions Submissions to Arion are always welcome and encouraged. If there are any additional questions concerning submissions that aren’t addressed here, please do not hesitate to write us: [email protected]. Advice to Prospective Contributors 1. We are not looking for contributions that would obvio...

06/01/2025

Arion’s office have reopened for the new year and we want to know what you would like to see more of in this year’s issues. Write in here or head to our other socials to hit the polls:

Poetry
Translation
Essays
Reviews

Arion’s managing editor, Brandon Jones, will speak this Sunday in the Grad Student Interests panel on publishing at the ...
03/01/2025

Arion’s managing editor, Brandon Jones, will speak this Sunday in the Grad Student Interests panel on publishing at the SCS annual meeting. We hope those in Philly will come meet Brandon.

Many of Arion’s upstairs neighbors in BU Classical Studies will be speaking at the SCS annual meeting, beginning today i...
02/01/2025

Many of Arion’s upstairs neighbors in BU Classical Studies will be speaking at the SCS annual meeting, beginning today in Philadelphia. We hope those attending will enjoy some of their work.

01/01/2025

Season’s Greetings. Arion remains closed for a holiday break. As we prepare for 2025, we hope you will enjoy some free reading from our 2015 archives. This one, J. Michael Walton’s “Frogspawn: A Play for Radio”:

31/12/2024

Season’s Greetings. Arion remains closed for a holiday break. As we prepare for 2025, we hope you will enjoy some free reading from our 2015 archives. This one, Tom Keeline’s “Florilegium Housmanianum”:

Arion’s offices remain closed for the holidays. But managing editor Brandon Jones will be at the annual meeting of the S...
30/12/2024

Arion’s offices remain closed for the holidays. But managing editor Brandon Jones will be at the annual meeting of the SCS in Philadelphia. If you’re attending the meetings and would like to speak with Brandon about Arion, please email [email protected].

27/12/2024

Season’s Greetings. Arion is closed for a holiday break. As we prepare for 2025, we hope you will enjoy some free reading from our 2015 archives. This one, Eight Epigrams from the Greek Anthology, translated by Brooke Clark:

26/12/2024

Season’s Greetings. Arion is closed for a holiday break. As we prepare for 2025, we hope you will enjoy some free reading from our 2015 archives. This one, Paul Barolsky’s “The Interpretation of Art is Never Finished”:

25/12/2024

Season’s Greetings. Arion is closed for a holiday break. As we prepare for 2025, we hope you will enjoy some free reading from our 2015 archives. This one, Diskin Clay’s “Athena, Daphne”:

24/12/2024

Season’s Greetings. Arion is closed for a holiday break. As we prepare for 2025, we hope you will enjoy some free reading from our 2015 archives. This one, Greta Hawes’ “The Unsettled Settler: Herakles the Colonist and the Labours of Marian Maguire”:

Season’s Greetings. Arion is closed for a holiday break. As we prepare for 2025, we hope you will enjoy some free readin...
23/12/2024

Season’s Greetings. Arion is closed for a holiday break. As we prepare for 2025, we hope you will enjoy some free reading from our 2015 archives. This one, Jane Alison’s “Ancient Narrative Now”: https://buff.ly/3ZLuz0u

20/12/2024

Moliere won in this week’s poll. Moliere being a master in Plautine reception, Arion invites you to enjoy James Tatum’s 2014 Real Short Intro to Classical Reception Theory, here:https://www.bu.edu/arion/files/2024/12/Tatum.pdf

Italo Svevo was born on this day in 1861. Svevo’s most widely read novel, Zeno’s Conscience, was further advanced by Jam...
19/12/2024

Italo Svevo was born on this day in 1861. Svevo’s most widely read novel, Zeno’s Conscience, was further advanced by James Joyce, who was inspired in several ways by Svevo. Arion invites you to celebrate Svevo’s birthday with a different Zeno via Hannah Sullivan’s 2023 poem “Zeno’s Arrow” here:https://www.bu.edu/arion/files/2024/12/Sullivan.pdf

Arion highlights poet and critic Ernest Hilbert, whose selections from High Ashes appear in our fall issue. Subscribe no...
18/12/2024

Arion highlights poet and critic Ernest Hilbert, whose selections from High Ashes appear in our fall issue. Subscribe now to be among their first readers: www.bu.edu/arion/subscribe

You can learn more about Hilbert and his work, including video of a performance of “High Ashes for Baritone and Orchestra” here: https://www.ernesthilbert.com/operas

For the past decade and a half, Ernest Hilbert has worked as a librettist with composers, including two productions with composer Stella Sung. You may stream full performances of both of their operas below. Stella Sung’s setting of poems from Hilbert’s book High Ashes, “High Ashes for Baritone...

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