Libido aut Liberta? Novitas, Acerbitas et Controversia Ovidii in Arte Amatoria
Lust or Liberty? Innovations, Sarcasm and Controversies in Ovid’s The Art of Love Ashley Zheng Nil prodest, quod non laedere possit idem. — (Ovidius, Tristia …
Demeter’s Lament
Jamie Kim Persephone, Persephone, Oh, Persephone, will you return to me? Persephone, Persephone, I am cold and broken, bones brittle without your breath of life. …
Commonalties and Differences in Vedic and Biblical Flood Myths
Samantha Sawhney Although early Hindu mythology seemingly lacks strong resonance with that of the Judeo Christian tradition, the myth of Manu (मनु) and Matsya (मत्स्य) …
Iphis, Metamorphoses and the History of Gender Fluidity
Jiaying Geng Though many people think that the debate on gender diversity and rights is exclusively a modern issue, this could not be further from …
All the Gods are Dead and Dying
Gracie Moore Time tore the Greek and Roman gods from the sky Without a shriek or a fight Just a silent crumbling We stand on …
Forum Romanum
Lucy Chen The Forum Romanum (or Roman Forum) is a critical part of the City of Ancient Rome. Many important events and activities were done …
Soulmates: From Plato’s Myth to the Menace of the Modern Age
Gracie Moore The idea of soulmates is thought to have originated from Aristophanes’s speech in Plato’s Symposium. Aristophane argues that there were once three sexes, …
Miss Antigone
Abram Haynes Miss Antigone, I love you “No,” Lycomedes sighed, finishing his edit, “that’s not how you start.” Haemon turned pink. “What’d you mean?” Lycomedes …
Tres Parvi Porci
Emma Brignall Olim erant tres parvi porci. Hi porci erant fratres, et unusquisque suam domum volebat. Itaque tres porci separabant et parabant domos aedificare. Primus …
Fear and Trembling and the Bhagavad Gita on Morality and Divinity
Samantha Sawhney While at first glance, The Bhagavad Gita seems to lack commonalities with the Dutch Judeo-Christian theology of Søren Kierkegaard, upon a deeper inspection …