Classical Reception
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Over 2,500 years after her death, Sappho of Lesbos remains an icon. Celebrated as the “Tenth Muse” in antiquity, her legacy is a puzzle of shattered verses and contested interpretations. This exploration delves past the myths of doomed love and scandal, examining the historical poet through her surviving fragments, her complex social world, and the…
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Rosie Hewlett’s The Witch of Colchis re-centers the myth of Jason and the Argonauts through the eyes of Medea. This powerful, humanizing retelling explores her not as a monster, but as a priestess, a witch, and a woman betrayed, offering a poignant and psychologically rich reclamation of a classical villain.