On June 9–10, the Second World Conference of Classics was held in Athens, Greece, once again bringing the contemporary relevance of classical studies into focus. Far from being confined to the reconstruction and verification of a distant past, classics—a field devoted to the study of ancient ci...
Part of the collection of the Archaeological Library of the Chinese School of Classical Studies at Athens Photo: Lian Zhixian/CSST
In The Odyssey, Odysseus leaves Ithaca and journeys through a world of profoundly different city-states and cultures, encountering unfamiliar customs, political orders, and ways of life. The voyage becomes more than a long return home. By stepping beyond his own world, the wandering king gains th...
Although Chinese and Greek creation myths emerged from vastly different cultural contexts, they share a surprisingly similar starting point: a world born out of chaos, an undivided state of heaven and earth, and the common motif of humans fashioned from clay or dust.
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