Caroline Lawrence
@carolawrence.bsky.social
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Classicist, Children’s Author, Christian, Cinephile, Londoner www.carolinelawrence.com
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Just out! The latest in my Tales from Virgil’s Aeneid: Achates: Soul of a Hero. I have cheekily envisaged Aeneas’s sidekick “faithful Achates” as a Molossian hound. It will give readers a totally new perspective on Virgil’s masterpiece. Cover by
@flaroh.bsky.social
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6 months ago
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Please join our discussion about disability in children’s literature set in ancient Greece & Rome on Thurs 20 Nov from 5-7pm. It’s free & all are welcome.
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Was Virgil's Aeneas a Faithful or a Traitor? His epithets tell us... or DO they? 😉
www.youtube.com/shorts/1HLWv...
#aeneid
#pietas
#Aeneas
#epithets
#Homer
#Virgil
#Virgil
#pius
#faithful
#traitor
#Alevels
#Latin
#revision
#fun
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Iliad v. Aeneid - Aeneas and his epithets #aeneas #aeneid #virgil #pietas #alevel #revision #iliad
YouTube video by The Classical Association
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1HLWvpiUQLc
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Shoutout to the Classics Library at Senate House in our latest
#VirgilsAeneidPodcast
, in which we discuss whether Aeneas was a pious
#Faithful
or a
#CelebrityTraitor
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youtu.be/fmZZI5NtBbQ?...
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Are you
#TeamDido
or
#TeamAeneas
? Or do you thing it's not that easy? Have a listen to the latest podcast on
#VirgilsAeneid
via the
#ClassicsPodcast
and let me know what you think!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Virgil's Aeneid: Ep. 6 Cerva (Dido)
Podcast Episode · The Classics Podcast · 22/10/2025 · 46m
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-classics-podcast/id1651459921?i=1000732936902
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Thanks to everyone at
@butserancientfarm.co.uk
for letting me play in your ancient world! And thanks to
@greekmythcomix.bsky.social
for taking such fab photos! 🥰
#ButserBookFest
#ButserAncientFarm
#RomanBritain
#IronAgeBritain
#TheRomanMysteries
#TheRomanQuests
#SpongeStick
#AncientRomanToiletPaper
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So excited to be sharing
#WritingTips
at
#ButserBookFest
tomorrow. A
#PlotStructure
formula simple enough for a 7-year-old but powerful enough for a 70-year-old... I'm in the Old Saxon Meadhall from 1pm - 2pm More info here:
www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/bookfest-202...
29 days ago
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Happy Birthday, Virgil! Here is our gift to you, our latest podcast, a true labour of love...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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about 1 month ago
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Which cover do you prefer? I love them both! I'll be talking about my 2nd Roman Quest book, The Archers of Isca, at the
#ButserBookFest
this Sat 18 Oct 2025 from 1-2pm
@butserancientfarm.co.uk
More info here:
www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/bookfest-202...
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#RomanQuests
#HistFictForKids
about 1 month ago
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LOOK AT THIS LINEUP! Speakers at the
#LythamStAnnesClassicalAssociation
lecture lineup. It’s super reasonable to join and if you can’t make it to that part of the country all the talks are recorded for viewing in the comfort of your own home. More info here:
lsaclassics.com/join-us/
about 1 month ago
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So excited to be doing a writing workshop at
@butserancientfarm.co.uk
this Saturday 18 Oct 2025 from 1-2pm. Sharing artefacts and top tips. Lots of other great authors and events at the
#ButserBookFest
Info here:
www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/bookfest-202...
about 1 month ago
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Thrilled to announce there is finally an audiobook of Escape from Rome, the first in my
#RomanQuests
series, a sequel to
#TheRomanMysteries
! Have a sample listen here:
www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FSFZ4RLR
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about 2 months ago
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I'm at the Brentwood Writers’ Circle Sat 4 Oct 2025. Come to hear my best tips about plot, character & setting and to try some fun writing exercises. My tips & exercises are simple enough for children, but powerful enough for adults! Order tickets here:
www.brentwoodwriterscircle.com/copy-of-home
about 2 months ago
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My friend Katrina Jade and I are doing some podcasts about our love for Virgil's Aeneid, this one starts with the Latin word LUMEN. You can listen to it here or on Spotify if you so desire:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
about 2 months ago
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Thrilled to get a copy of Steve Davies' newest book, How to Steal the Rosetta Stone, "a fast-paced teen heist caper packed with daring plans, mindbending twists, and edge-of-your-seat thrills." 😃 You can pre-order the Kindle version here:
www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...
2 months ago
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#VesuviusDay
? Pliny the Younger said 79 CE. But the day & month have been fluid. For a long time we thought 24 Aug. Discovery of a graffiti in 2018 had some scholars guessing 24 Oct. But when Mark Twain visited Pompeii in 1867 he was told 9 Nov & put it in "Innocents Abroad"!
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So excited by this new translation of Virgil's Aeneid by Scott McGill & Susannah Wright, w/ intro by the wonderful Emily Wilson. The Aeneid is my fave book from the ancient world & has influenced everything I've written. I'm listening on @audibleuk! 🥰
#Aeneid
#Virgil
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3 months ago
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Have you seen my new illustrated handbook to the Greek Gods & Goddesses? It's a hardback, beautifully illustrated by
@flaroh.bsky.social
and perfect for older kids who love Classics or Ancient History! On offer now:
www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...
3 months ago
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Going to Athens with kids? Take this!
www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...
And don't believe them when they tell you the Prison of Socrates was on Philopappos Hill... It was almost certainly in the Athenian Agora and you can still see the most likely ruins today, as any good guide book will tell you.
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FREE FAMILY FUN AT THE MITHRAEUM Fri 15 & Sat 16 August 2025 at London's Mithraeum (an ancient temple) & Roman amphitheatre! Kids can compete “quests” and maybe win a prize: a copy of my book The Time Travel Diaries, set in Roman London! Book your FREE place here:
www.londonmithraeum.com/events/
4 months ago
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Saw Mystery Cult expert Hugh Bowden & archaeologists Louise Fowler & Sophie Jackson for a new installation by
janeandlouisewilson.co.uk
at the
#LondonMithraeum
... Sophie told me they need more
#archaeologists
! Not all for digs in London, some in more rural areas.
#BloombergSpace
4 months ago
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Just caught up with a great new episode of
#CreepyClassics
all about the death of Robin Hood! Listen here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
@classicaljg.bsky.social
4 months ago
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The recently uncovered "huge Roman jigsaw that reveals a 2000 year old fresco in London" includes an image of mistletoe which was called bird-lime and used like superglue to catch birds in ancient times. It might have had erotic associations! 🥰
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
5 months ago
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Teachers! Parents! Kids! Roman-Mysteries-Fans! Check out the demo for this fun forthcoming game set on the last day of Pompeii!
#DangerInPompeii
#Pompeii
#Kids
#ComputerGame
#RomanMysteries
#Amarantus
store.steampowered.com/app/3726430/...
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Danger in Pompeii Demo on Steam
Danger in Pompeii is an adventure puzzle game where you relive the city’s final day. Explore its streets, help its people, and solve the mystery of Mercury. Can you escape the eruption of Mount Vesuvi...
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3726430/Danger_in_Pompeii_Demo/
5 months ago
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The writer of this piece is more articulate than I am! 😁
mosaicdigest.com/caroline-law...
#MosaicDigest
#Interview
#RomanMysteries
#PKPinkertonMysteries
#TalesFromVirgilsAeneid
6 months ago
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"I sing of a dog and a man." A short fictional retelling of Virgil's Aeneid from the point of view of a dog. Perfect for teens or animal lovers studying Latin and/or Virgil's Aeneid. Fab cover art by
@flaroh.bsky.social
#GCSE
#Alevel
#Latin
#myths
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6 months ago
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Whatever your gender, you will love Achates: Soul of a Hero! 😁
#MythRetelling
#CanineNarrator
#DogPOV
#TrojanWar
#Aeneas
#Virgil
#Vergil
#Aeneid
#ForTeens
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So thrilled and grateful for this puff for Pantheon by the amazing Professor Mary Beard. 🥰 And well-deserved praise for the talented Flora Kirk who illustrated it. 💙@flaroh.bsky.social
@wmarybeard.bsky.social
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My playful retelling of Virgil’s Aeneid, from the point of view of Aeneas’s friend "faithful Achates" imagined as a dog, is aimed at teen and YA readers. But if you love myths and animals, you might enjoy it, too.
#MythRetelling
#TrojanWar
#Odyssey
#Argus
#Homer
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Andy Junkins
6 months ago
I just listened to your Ancients podcast on Jason and the Argonauts yesterday. Last night, I bought the Kindle version of your book and watched the Argonauts movie. It was great! I’ve always liked Clash of the Titans, and Ray Harryhausen does amazing work with stop-motion!
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#FindsFriday
One of most evocative
#Roman
London finds ever: leopard as ivory knife handle. Tiny little thing <6cm long was buried 3-4 C in Southwark w 14 year old girl who originated from southern med. Inspired
@carolawrence.bsky.social
time travelling kids' book. 🏺 📷
@pcaarchaeology.bsky.social
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Thanks to Laura Jenkinson-Brown for her brilliant review of my latest Virgil retelling, 'Achates: Soul of a Hero'! Read it here:
laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/blog-posts/
@greekmythcomix.bsky.social
#Virgil
#Aeneid
#Achates
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Just out! The latest in my Tales from Virgil’s Aeneid: Achates: Soul of a Hero. I have cheekily envisaged Aeneas’s sidekick “faithful Achates” as a Molossian hound. It will give readers a totally new perspective on Virgil’s masterpiece. Cover by
@flaroh.bsky.social
www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...
6 months ago
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I felt bad about my label for
@pompei79.bsky.social
in my previous infographic so I've happily made her "Archaeologist Co-creator" for this one! Read (& listen) to the adventures of Amarantus and his Pompeian pals for free:
www.cambridgeamarantus.com/story
It's Roman history for middle-school kids.
7 months ago
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Canine versions of Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius flee burning Troy... What is going on?
add a skeleton here at some point
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Chapps
7 months ago
A bit of a somber painted limestone funerary stele. This one shows a woman giving birth, which almost certainly tells you how she died. We don't know if the child lived. She's propped up, her torso bare, and has two attendants. 😔 🏺 Greek, late 4th-early 3rd c. BCE, Alexandria.
#MetMuseum
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Thanks to
@tristanhughes.bsky.social
for letting me gush about one of my fave myths and fave movies on
#TheAncients
podcast!
#JasonAndTheArgonauts
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
(And thanks to
@flaroh.bsky.social
for illustrating my guide to the gods and goddesses,
#Pantheon
!)
7 months ago
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7 months ago
#RomanBritain
#Archaeology👇
www.heritagedaily.com/2025/04/roma...
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Roman phallus found at frontier fortress
Excavations at Vindolanda near Hadrian’s Wall have unearthed a miniature phallus pendant. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/04/roman-phallus-found-at-frontier-fortress/155092
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You can buy the ebook & audio of
#AmarantusAndHisNeighbourhood
, a story written for middle school kids about a real Pompeian slave who became a freedman, but you can also read (& listen) for free:
www.cambridgeamarantus.com/story
@greekmythcomix.bsky.social
@pompei79.bsky.social
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Greek Myth Comix
7 months ago
A Roman funerary scene (from just-post the Pompeiian earthquake of 62CE, hence the rubble) that’s appropriate for today. From ‘Amarantus and his Neighbours’, illustrated by me for CSCP and
@carolawrence.bsky.social
, based on research by
@pompei79.bsky.social
and others.
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Helen McVeigh
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April's book is Pantheon by
@carolawrence.bsky.social
& beautifully illustrated by
@flaroh.bsky.social
We meet on Sunday 27th April at 7pm (BST), 2pm (EDT) on Zoom. I'll send the Zoom link to the mailing list; make sure you're on it (
subscribepage.com/greekorlatinquiz
).
#Ancientbluesky
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Christian Story is a promising new
#YouTube
channel devoted to Church History & Theology. The first video covers the first 150 years of Christianity with excellent narration and animation. Pliny the Younger gets a nice mention, too. 👏
#PlinyTheYounger
#ChurchHistory
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM8G...
7 months ago
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An inspirational (& delicious) working breakfast with a friend & writer I admire hugely, Stephen Davies. His middle grade book
#AncientEgyptianSleepover
is a massive hit with schools but his YA books deserve recognition too!
#Egyptians
#AncientEgypt
stephendavies.co.uk/young-adult/
7 months ago
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Just a few of the amazing Classicists at the
#Mythica
launch last night at Daunts Books. The book by Emily Hauser is wonderful & now available to buy in hardback and kindle!
www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...
7 months ago
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Serena
7 months ago
Pantheon is $2.99 with Kindle (US) too!?
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CRYM47WM/
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Pantheon: An Illustrated Handbook to the Greek Gods & Goddesses
Amazon.com: Pantheon: An Illustrated Handbook to the Greek Gods & Goddesses eBook : Lawrence, Caroline: Kindle Store
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CRYM47WM/?coliid=I3LWNIVF7W22F7&colid=2L3UL3SET7P4H&psc=0&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it
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FREE audiobooks! Choose one with a beautiful cover by
@flaroh.bsky.social
They're mythic retellings of stories from Virgil's Aeneid, perfect for reluctant teen readers, those in a hurry or anyone who loves Greek & Roman mythology. Just go to:
audiobooksunleashed.com
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7 months ago
Arlene and Edith are two powerhouses of classics, especially bringing it to people who haven’t previously had access to it. This is an incredible project of theirs - I’m thrilled it’s going so well!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Classicists take ‘ancient philosophical wisdom’ into English jails
Inmates in several prisons given chance to study ethics and rhetoric ‘to inform contemporary life’ and skills
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/12/classics-philosophy-england-jails-prison-education-durham
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The fragrant Emily Hauser (shown here with Helen of Troy, both beautiful even in bad lighting) tells us about
#Cassandra
and SO much more, in
#TheAncients
episode 534. Her forthcoming book
#Mythica
is going to be a real game-changer!
@emilyhauser.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/54G7...
7 months ago
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I assumed the title 'Bad Boy of Athens' referred to Alcibiades... but apparently it's Euripides! I can't wait to read these essays by
@danielmendelsohn.bsky.social
combining pop culture and Classics, two of my fave things. (Three, if you count Mendelsohn! 😊)
amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...
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‘What if we marooned the male cast of Love Island and one of their dads with only a stack of beach towels for clothing, and also they were all psychopaths?’ Read my pal Laura's review of
#TheReturn
, a new film about Odysseus! 🫣
laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/2025/04/11/t...
#Odyssey
#MythRetelling
#Homer
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The Return – a review
Uberto Pasolini, Ralph Fiennes, Vicky Donnellan and Tom Harrison at the BM Lecture Theatre on Weds 9th April I’ve just had a delightful daytrip to my old hometown, London, where I got to do t…
https://laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/2025/04/11/the-return-a-review/
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Alison Fisk
7 months ago
WOW, these baskets are about 9,500 years old! 🤯 Look like they were made yesterday rather than by hunter-gatherers during the Mesolithic! Made of esparto grass, they were found inside the Cueva de Los Murciélagos (Cave of bats), Spain. Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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