All kinds of attempts are literally by men to construct a variety of female voices in Greek and Latin. Not just suffering heroines, ridiculous parodies or love-lawned females. So I'm going to ask you to try this spoof letter written in the 3rd century AD and ghosted for a feisty prostitute complaining that her favourite lover has given her up in favour of philosophy. Ever since you got into your head to study philosophy you've become a frightfully serious kind of guy with those horrible knotted eyebrows. You wander off to the university with some oombe book in your hands and you walk right past my place as if you'd never seen it before. You've
In 2015, Intelligence Squared staged the ultimate clash of civilisations: Greece vs Rome. Boris Johnson, at that time Mayor of London and ardent classicist, made the case for Greece; while Mary Beard, today Lecturer in Classical Archaeology at the University of Sheffield and known for her extensive career as a broadcaster and writer, championed Rome. As we revisit this archive debate held in the pre-Brexit, pre-pandemic era, it's fascinating to observe how history would soon be shaped by some of the figures on stage and whose actions are the subject of much divisive debate today. Our host for the event was the journalist and broadcaster, Andrew Marr.
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