Alexandria: Library of Dreams
My title does not intend to suggest that the Alexandrian Library did not exist, but it does point to what I regard as the unreal character of much that has been said about it.
Play and childhood in ancient Greece
Play, childhood and physical education have formed an inseparable union throughout history, and Greece is no exception. Classical authors provided ample documentation on how children played, making it possible to identify analogies in play over the centuries.
Can Atoms Make You Happy?
The Greek philosopher Epicurus established his school in Athens in 306 BCE. He was a prolific writer; the one biography that survives, that of Diogenes Laertius, claims that the full body of his writings occupied around 300 books…
The Enculturative Function of Toys and Games in Ancient Greece and Rome
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the enculturative function of children’s toys and games in ancient Greece and Rome.
Human capital and the growth of the Roman economy
This paper takes as a starting point Keith Hopkins’ basic article, “Rome, taxes, rents and trade.”1 Walter Scheidel’s introduction to the article described it as “…the only comprehensive attempt to explain the dynamics of the Roman imperial economy currently available….