💥 Publication of 107 new inscriptions on Attic Inscriptions Online! 👉 New entries include all votives of artisans and workers, and boundary stones of the Athenian empire on Aigina. 🎉 Congratulations to Dr Chris de Lisle and team! 🔗 buff.ly/4Bgd7gF

Today at 12:30 (Mexican time), I will be talking about the #Lysias and his speech, “Against Epicrates” (Lys.27). YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/NzWk-Ym... #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics #AncientBlueSky

This Monday I will be taking about #Lysias and his manuscript transmission! The program: www.iifilologicas.unam.mx/index.php?pa... #ClassicsBlueSky #blueSkyClassics #AncientBlueSky

Unboxing day! Thanks to all the many people who helped along the way. I hope it’ll generate some interest in these fascinating fragments. Among other things they’re about a people’s own responsibility for preserving its democracy. So not entirely irrelevant for our current moment.

Pinch me, @degruyterbrill.bsky.social has published an article of mine in the journal #Polis on the medieval reception of Aristotle and its influence in our modern concept of #demagoguery #AncientBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics #ClassicsBlueSky doi.org/10.1163/2051...

Deadline reminder: Friday 29.08! #AncientBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics #ClassicsBlueSky

Next week I will offer a lecture on #ancientdemagogues and conspiracy in #Aristophanes and #Thucydides. More info: www.instagram.com/encuentroint... #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

Happy Friday! May I interest you in a free book? SLAVERY AND HONOUR IN THE ANCIENT GREEK WORLD is out now in Open Access! This edited collection from David Lewis, Mirko Canevaro and Douglas Cairns explores the complexities of honour and dishonour in ancient Greek slavery.

📣 Se viene, se viene una nueva edición de este curso en la Maestría en Estudios Clásicos de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la UBA 🏛️🏺🎭 #uba #filo

New nerdy t-shirt 🥰 #AncientBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics #ClassicsBlueSky

Attention, #BlueSkyClassics #ClassicsBlueSky ! Our conference on Ancient Greek Law is happening this November!

There’s a preview of my book on #AncientDemagogues is already available! #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics It will be out in October (Athena’s willing) minoydavila.com.ar/producto/pal...

Exciting news! @unileiden.bsky.social now has its very own Leiden Center for the Study of Ancient Religions (L*CeSAR), run by my wonderful colleagues Kim Beerden and Rafał Matuszewski. Working on ancient religion, and looking to connect? Check out the website: ancientreligions.lucdh.nl

On July 7th I’ll be presenting a paper in the Workshop #EmotionsofCrisis at the University of Liverpool on the rhetoric of trauma and its effects on punishment and forgiveness between the end of the 5th century and the beginning of the 4th BCE. #ClassicsBlueSky #AncientBlueSky

New book on #stasis! This book edited by Dr. Arancini’s Carrizo, includes my chapter on #demagogues and civil conflict in 5th century Athenian testimonies! #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueskyClassics #AncientBluesky #AncientDemagogues

CALLING ALL POTENTIAL BOOK REVIEWERS See something on our booklist you'd like to review? We'll be delighted to publish you! All the steps of the review process are laid out here. We look forward to hearing from you! rheaclassicalreviews.com/for-reviewers/

This is tomorrow!!! You can register in [email protected] See you tomorrow! #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueskyClassics #AncientBluesky #AncientDemagogues

Next week I will deliver a lecture on the rhetorical procedures chosen by Aristophanes and Thucydides to “reproduce” the speeches made by demagogues! You are all invited! #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics #AncientBluesky #AncientDemagogues

New blog’s entry. What do Aristophanes, Plutarch, and Black Sabbath have in common? Read it to figure it out! #Classicsbluesky antiguosdeayeryhoy.wordpress.com/2025/05/10/w...

A week ago I was interviewed at the Uniwersytet Śląski about my work, my career as a philologist, and my experience living in #Katowice. You can watch it here (1:01:30)

Here's the latest review on Rhea! @yusiliu.bsky.social reviews Colin M. Whiting, "Dogs in the Athenian Agora" (American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2022). 🐶 🏛️ 🐕 🏺 🐩

In response to a European citizens’ initiative signed by 1.4 million people from across the EU, the European Parliament called on the Commission to come up with a proposal to ban caged farming in the EU by 2027. Read more about animal welfare in the EU ⬇️

The Humanities under attack.

How to resist tyranny in our daily lives: blog on Preserving Democracy & Resisting Tyranny with Aristotle, especially for my friends in the USA: edithorial.blogspot.com/2025/04/pres...

It’s urgent we show our boys a better way. Misogyny is loud, viral, and everywhere — and if we don’t step in, hate will raise them for us. 🧵 (1)

1 in 3 women in the EU has suffered violence. Parliament has adopted EU-wide rules to combat violence against women. In the next two years, EU countries must criminalise: 🔸 Cyberflashing 🔸 Non-consensual sharing of intimate or manipulated material 🔸 Forced marriage 🔸 Female genital mutilation

All those generations of women finding mistakes on everything are about to pay off. Who’d knew that this good be useful for philology? 😁 #crónicasdeunafilóloga

It’s always a pleasure to listen and talk to @emilianobuis.bsky.social ❤️

I’m pretty sure there’s a special circle in Hell for academics who don’t quote all the editions and scholia they use and, on top of that, they misquote passages…

Leeds Classics is deeply sad to learn that our colleague Malcolm Heath died peacefully yesterday. Since his retirement in 2022 he had unfortunately been in ill health, but he was well supported by friends and family, and when colleagues from the department visited in November he was in good spirits.

New entry on my blog about democracy and tyranny in modern times: antiguosdeayeryhoy.wordpress.com/2025/02/09/p...

My article con how #emotions influence the meaning of words such as #demagogue using Cleon’s oratorical performance as an example is out! You can find it in #Rhetorica muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

❗️CONDEMN THE #CARDIFF CUTS! Cardiff University is at risk of losing its entire Ancient History department. Help stop this from happening by signing the #petition below! ➡️Sign the petition now! chng.it/GmqcC9BsNJ

Currently at 1,060.036 signatures. 💜 Racing towards the finish line, full of hope. 🌟 To sign, check the link in bio.

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