classics – Confluence

“A Prize of War No Blood Has Stained”: Venus and Romance in Roman Literature by Ruby Barron

Venus: The Roman Entwinement of Love & War

by Ruby BarronPosted on March 27, 2024March 27, 2024

The goddess Venus is an essential example of this multidimensionality. Even though she is an explicitly feminine figure––as a mother goddess of love, sexuality, and beauty––she played an extremely important role in Roman religion and national identity.

CriticismIndependent Projectclassics feminism myth poetry

The Narcissistic Maison Gerard

by Zhuoer ChenPosted on February 22, 2022February 22, 2022

In an awkward distance of just a few feet apart, the two Maison Gerards form a doubling that echoes Ovid’s story of Narcissus, which makes them utterly unforgettable, and even fascinating, to a curious stranger.

CriticismInterdisciplinary Seminarclassics New York City walking

A New Trend: Reviving Greek Classics

by Neha HemachandraPosted on March 26, 2021March 25, 2021

The unique yet universal characteristics of Greek tragedy offer modern directors a creative freedom with both language and interpretation that facilitates space for activism.

CriticismIndependent Projectclassics drama performance storytelling tragedy

Ancient and Modern Understandings of Justice

by Sean OhPosted on November 16, 2020November 16, 2020

How can we imagine the notion of justice both in the historical context of Euripides's "Medea" and in modern society?

CriticismInterdisciplinary Seminarantiquity classics justice morality theater tragedy

Whitewashing Antiquity

by Imara IkhumenPosted on February 12, 2019April 8, 2021

Despite the fact that ancient Greeks would most certainly have found white marble sculptures to be ugly and bare, scholars have chosen to perpetuate the idea that white marble was/is the pinnacle of Grecian beauty in art.

CriticismInterdisciplinary Seminarancient greece antiquity art history classics color race sculpture whiteness