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Why Are There So Many Translations of Ancient Greek & Roman Texts?
Why are there so many different translations of Homer’s Odyssey, Vergil’s Aeneid, Herodotus’ Histories, or other ancient texts? Though it certainly makes sense to create newer translations if…
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Were Ancient Greeks and Romans ‘White’?
(Image above: a marble bust of Memnon, an ‘Ethiopian’ (what we would call ‘black’) student & adopted son of Herodes Atticus. From Atticus’ Villa (Arcadia, Greece). 1st c.…
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Why the label ‘Western Civilization’ is a problem…
and we should stop using it as if it describes something real. We are all familiar with the expression ‘Western civilization.’ It regularly appears in textbooks, the media,…
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