Author: Tim Whitmarsh

The ‘Second Sophistic’ traditionally refers to a period at the height of the Roman Empire’s power that witnessed a flourishing of Greek rhetoric and oratory, and since the 19th century it has often b …

How new is atheism?In Battling the Gods, Tim Whitmarsh journeys into the ancient Mediterranean to recover the stories of those who first refused the divinities. Long before the Enlightenment sowed th …

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The Greek and Roman novels of Petronius, Apuleius, Longus, Heliodorus and others have been cherished for millennia, but never more so than now. The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel co …

The Greek and Roman novels of Petronius, Apuleius, Longus, Heliodorus and others have been cherished for millennia, but never more so than now. The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel co …

Some of the world’s earliest large-form fictional narratives–what would today be called novels-are found in ancient Greece. Dating back to the first century CE, these narratives contain many of the …

Some of the world’s earliest large-form fictional narratives–what would today be called novels-are found in ancient Greece. Dating back to the first century CE, these narratives contain many of the …

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Heliodorus’ Aethiopica (Ethiopian Story) is the latest, longest, and greatest of the ancient Greek romances. It was hugely admired in Byzantium, and caused a sensation when it was rediscovered and tr …

Heliodorus’ Aethiopica (Ethiopian Story) is the latest, longest, and greatest of the ancient Greek romances. It was hugely admired in Byzantium, and caused a sensation when it was rediscovered and tr …

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