A feast of Classics events in Cambridge in May! www.classics.cam.ac.uk/spring-may-c...

Fun fact. In the movie The Return, Odysseus is wrecked and washed ashore on Ithaca. That blurs his arrival on Ithaca into his arrival on Scheria. Now, the Ithacan shore scene in the movie is shot on Rovinia Beach, Corfu — which Corfiot lore identifies as his 'real' landing point on Scheria.

My department in Exeter is advertising a two year post to cover teaching in early Christianity, broadly conceived. Closing date 19th March 2025. Please spread the word! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMA839/l...

Oxonians: just over 2 weeks till you get to see Natalie Haynes! Snap up your tickets now! www.oxfordplayhouse.com/events/natal...

Indo-European Studies and Classics at UCLA are looking to fill an open rank position in Classical Linguistics. Apply! recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF08812

Want to be the next A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at Cambridge? Of course you do! www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/43044/

I'm pleased to be writing about the bearer of my favourite Roman name: Quintus Pompeius Senecio Roscius Murena Coelius Sextus Julius Frontinus Silius Decianus Gaius Julius Eurycles Herculaneus Lucius Vibullius Pius Augustanus Alpinus Bellicius Sollers Julius Aper Ducenius Proculus ...

Fancy a Friday-night treat? Douglas Cairns' brand new article on emotions in classical literature — a tour de force — is now free on the Oxford Classical Dictionary website. We're planning to follow up with a linked series on individual emotions. oxfordre.com/classics/dis...