Quintus Curtius

We are all familiar with the fleeting and fickle nature of gratitude.

There are some fantastic low-budget movies out there.

On September 4, 1804, the British packet Duke of Cumberland was wrecked in a ferocious hurricane that pounded the island of Antigua.

In a recent conversation with a friend who works as an instructor at a major university, I was amused to learn a new term about which I was previously unaware.

In this podcast we explore two movies.

I just finished watching the 2021 documentary film Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain.

Some time in the 1840s—the precise year is not certain—a British ship returning from the Mediterranean was obliged to delay its arrival in England for a few days, due to the persistence of stormy weather and thick fog in the Channel.

A recent trip to Manaus, Brazil prompted some thoughts about the limited time we have on this earth, and what we can do to make the most of our efforts.

The idea of divine retribution is a current that runs consistently through the pages of Herodotus.

While the power and utility of forensic linguistics is taken for granted today, this was not always the case.

Controversy and mudslinging are not new features of the Homeric tradition.

The imminent release of Christopher Nolan’s film The Odyssey on July 17 has ignited a vigorous and necessary debate regarding the tension between artistic license and the importance of fidelity to a classic text.

In this podcast we discuss a short moral essay of Samuel Johnson.