From Ancient to Modern and Beyond
Weekly stories about classical antiquity and its modern reception
- Classics
Euripides' Alcestis & Nietzsche's Amor Fati on Cheating Death
Would you die in your partner's place? Euripides' ancient Greek tragedy Alcestis is the perfect introduction to Nietzsche’s concept of amor fati.
Aug 31 - Antonis Chaliakopoulos - Classics
Silo Is Basically Plato's Cave with Extra Steps (and Elon Musk)
Apple TV's Silo brings Plato's Cave to life. This is how Juliette Nichols takes on the burden of the philosopher in the sci-fi epic.
Aug 30 - Antonis Chaliakopoulos - Concepts
What is a 'Non-Place'? Marc Augé's Anthropology of Supermodernity
According to French anthropologist Marc Augé our world tends to create non-places where humans become isolated.
Aug 25 - Antonis Chaliakopoulos - Concepts
How Big Tech Shapes the Way You Think About Heritage
The Algorithmically Authorized Heritage Discourse (AAHD) explains how Big Tech algorithms transform cultural heritage into depoliticized digital commodities for individual consumption.
Aug 18 - Antonis Chaliakopoulos - Classics
Do "Hard Times Create Strong Men"? What Herodotus and Ibn Khaldoun Say
The historical roots behind the quote "Hard times create strong men." How Herodotus, Hesiod, and Ibn Khaldun viewed the cycle of empires.
Aug 4 - Antonis Chaliakopoulos - Classics
Greek Myths That Inspired Tolkien's Lord of the Rings
There are a few interesting parallels between Greek mythology and Tolkien's universe.
Aug 4 - Antonis Chaliakopoulos





