Durham Classics and Ancient History

Department of Classics and Ancient History at Durham University.

Tweets by Director of Communications.

[Jennifer Ingleheart @sapphicapuella]

Excited to be in the latest magazine ⁦@ShearsmanBooks⁩, with some very loose queer #Polari versions of #Catullus. My first published poems. Hope readers enjoy these trifles. #ClassicalReception

[Jennifer Ingleheart @sapphicapuella]

I'm in a film that premieres in Athens tonight - Army of Lovers, about the Sacred Band & its importance for #LGBTQ+history. Proud to feature in this brave & much needed film in #PrideMonth - link below to access film @5 PM BST.

[Durham University @durham_uni]

Join the film premiere of Army of Lovers at 5-6 pm today as @sapphicapuella
from our @durham_classics discusses ancient homosexuality & modern responses to it.

‘Army of Lovers’ tells the untold epic saga of the Sacred Band.

[Durham University @durham_uni]

Meet Dr Katherine McDonald from our @Durham_Classics. As a specialist is ancient languages, Katherine uses linguistic detective work to uncover what life was like over 2,000 years ago.

Find out more 👉 https://t.co/GajmOI60UO

[Durham Classics and Ancient History @Durham_Classics]

@sapphicapuella features as one of the experts interviewed for the film Army of Lovers. https://t.co/0JkHUpcV23 The film can be accessed on 12.6.25 at 5pm here https://t.co/0JkHUpcV23

[Durham Classics and Ancient History @Durham_Classics]

Congratulations to Chris De Lisle!

[Attic Inscriptions @atticins]

AIO launches all inscriptions of the healing sanctuary of Asklepios on the Acropolis; dedications for Amphilochos, Dionysos, Artemis, Herakles, Hera, Men, Theseus; decrees on relations with Priene in west Anatolia. For a full list of today's new entries: https://t.co/zxHrx9SIbw

[@edithmayhall @edithmayhall]

Blog on a week in North-Eastern Classics--prison teaching, reception, pedagogy research, and bittersweet day with an invaluable friend and mentor https://t.co/2GkCwy4rOY @AgainstLore @PublicAristotle @AristotleStyle @Durham_Classics

[Durham Classics and Ancient History @Durham_Classics]

@BMCReview @annapjudson https://t.co/fBhyUTvHKB

[Durham Classics and Ancient History @Durham_Classics]

From the @BMCReview of @annapjudson amazing book! 'This work’s combination of wide-ranging overviews with detailed textual interpretation makes it unrivalled as a guide to understanding the texts' The new documents in Mycenaean Greek – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

[@edithmayhall @edithmayhall]

Alessandro Vatri enthralling us at our @Durham_Classics departmental seminar on Margaret Doody’s novels starring Aristotle as a sleuth. Chaired by other postdoc Rory McInnes-Gibbons. So much cooler than Poirot. @AristotleStyle @PublicAristotle

[Mara Nicosia @nicosia_mara]

Out now and available at this link: https://t.co/adKgeyk7Ma

[Durham University @durham_uni]

Congratulations👏 to early career researcher @Katherine_McDon @Durham_Classics who has been recognised as a rising global star by @LeverhulmeTrust
for the international impact of her research 🌍

👉 https://t.co/FBgqiBAese

[Durham Classics and Ancient History @Durham_Classics]

New publication by @ProfArleneHH ! Dixon, J. and Holmes-Henderson, A. (2024) Classics in Action, Hodder Education, London.

Classics in Action https://t.co/7LPpb5wSTp

[Durham Classics and Ancient History @Durham_Classics]

Check out @ZiogasIoannis article on 'Actaeon's Gaze in Ovid's Metamorphoses' in the latest issue of Illinois Classical Studies.

[Illinois Press @IllinoisPress]

The latest issue of Illinois Classical Studies, Vol. 48, No. 1-2, is a double issue with a special section, and it is the first by new editor Brian Walters. Two additional articles, including one by @ZiogasIoannis, also make up the volume. On @ProjectMUSE: https://t.co/HWLaH6MTWJ

[Durham Classics and Ancient History @Durham_Classics]

Check this double bill showing of Euripides' "Elektra" (trans. Emily Wilson) and Aristophanes' "The Women at the Thesmophoria" (adapted by Samantha Dotson).
https://t.co/yvBxhByBCP . There is a concession price for Classics Society members, bringing the ticket down to only £6!

[Alberto Rigolio @AlbertoRigolio]

Interesting reflections on our Syriac conference last spring, by some of those who were there!

[Professor Arlene Holmes-Henderson MBE @ProfArleneHH]

A few highlights of #Aristotle’s recent public reception…@Bridgerton and @mbfgreekwedding 3! @publicaristotle @durham_classics @LeverhulmeTrust @edithmayhall

@RIPhilo @PhilosophyNow

[Durham Classics and Ancient History @Durham_Classics]

Join us on the 13 of November for the Postgraduate Open Day to find out where a postgraduate degree can take you. Our Director of MA Dr. Katherine McDonald @Katherine_McDon is happy to answer your questions!
👉 https://t.co/M9lg1wV3yu

[Durham Classics and Ancient History @Durham_Classics]

Congratulations to Prof. Polly Low and Dr. Chris DeLisle, editors of Attic Inscriptions Online!

[Attic Inscriptions @atticins]

Today we publish our latest set of Attic #deme inscriptions, covering: Phegaia, Prasiai, Phrearrhioi, Phyle, & Plotheia, plus the trittys of Epakreis, and the herm of Hipparchos.
For a full list: https://t.co/ors2BykULx

[Durham Classics and Ancient History @Durham_Classics]

@edithmayhall 's amazing commentary on Aeschylus' Agamemnon has just been published!
https://t.co/e0VqSoTU5F