Happy International Women's Day #ClassicsTwitter
To celebrate #IWD2021 here's a thread of some of our favourite Ad Familiares articles that explore the lives of antiquity's most iconic and formidable women...
To celebrate #IWD2021 here's a thread of some of our favourite Ad Familiares articles that explore the lives of antiquity's most iconic and formidable women...
Remembering Hypatia | Edward Watts looks at the illustrious life & legacy of Hypatia of Alexandria. Mathematician, philosopher, teacher - she defied society's expectations to become the driving force behind a philosophical revolution: tinyurl.com/v4f6du3c
Remembering Zenobia of Palmyra | Nathanael Andrade interrogates history's ideas about Zenobia - woman warrior, vengeful queen, chaste matron, selfish despot, courageous ruler, eastern potentate, arab nationalist - to ask, who was Zenobia really? tinyurl.com/mj8ee23v
Aeschylus' Oresteia | Richard Jenkyns takes a new look at an ancient masterpiece famous for its tragic heroines: the vengeful (or righteous?) Clytemnestra, the doomed & voiceless Cassandra - are these interpretations just, or have they been misunderstood?tinyurl.com/9apmb2vh
Women at War in the Ancient World | Paul Chrystal investigates the misconception that war was the exclusive preserve of men, examining historical figures such as Fulvia and Agrippina the Younger, as well as the mythical Andromache, Athena and the Amazons: tinyurl.com/8f89uych
Lorna Robinson | Though not heralding from the ancient world, it seem apt to conclude with the work of a formidable modern-day woman - Lorna writes about bringing classics to state schools & communities as part of @TheIrisProject tinyurl.com/5d9rddte
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