This week By Jove’s Blog Editor and resident Classicist discusses looking to the past for inspiration. Hello. We here at By Jove work with tales from the canon, myth, what I think of as the “Old Stories”. There are reasons for this – both artistic and philosophical – and historical Read more…
In the second part of his on-going series on the uses of myth throughout history, By Jovian Alexander Woodward takes us back to where it all began… Hello, I’m Woody – welcome back to my mini-series on some of the great re-uses of myth throughout the ages. This is the Read more…
In the first of a series of discussions on the historical uses and abuses of myth, By Jovian classicist Alexander Woodward takes a look at the tragedies and comedies of ancient Greece. Welcome to By Jove Theatre – we turn myths into plays relevant for our contemporaries. I’m Woody. Read more…