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Unexpected Learning Journey @unexpectedlj.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

There is a wonderfully detailed and insightful break down of Christopher Nolan's #Odyssey film available over on MoAn Inc. YouTube! #ancientgreece #greekmythology #homer #ClassicsBluesky youtu.be/qU3pnBCqPh0?...

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Classicist Analyses Christopher Nolan's ODYSSEY

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classicalassociation.org @classicalassociation.org · 15/07/2026

Our #Omnibus magazine also features lots of articles on the #Odyssey designed for readers of all levels - head to our blog to read some exclusive sections and become a CA member to access the most recent editions online! classicalassociation.org/your-guide-t...

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Cambridge University Press - Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org · 14/07/2026

🎬 #ChristopherNolan's #TheOdyssey arrives this month - but why has #Homer's epic captivated audiences for nearly 3,000 years? Read a new #Cambridge blog and article collection and discover the scholarship behind the story. 🔗 cup.org/44LzaT4 @classicalassociation.org #ClassicalStudies

The image features the entrance of a cave overlooking a rocky landscape. The text reads: "Christopher Nolan’s 'The Odyssey': why a 3,000-year-old story still captivates us. A Cambridge Blog.

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Dr Cora Beth Fraser @corabeth.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

So pleased to have an article out (open access) this week about designing for autistic students! 🎉 Do take a look, if you're a teacher interested in accessibility... The relaxed tutorial project: designing synchronous online tutorials for autistic students www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

✊⚡🏆 Working Classicists Awards 2025 ✊⚡🏆 It's time to announce the winners of #WCA2025! Our six categories this year: 🎨Creative Classicist 🦸Unsung Classicist 🧑‍🏫Educator Classicist 🤝Community Classicist 🌱Newcomer Classicist and ⭐Working Classicist of the Year And our winners are...

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Unexpected Learning Journey @unexpectedlj.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

1/9 In #BoudiccasDaughter @elodieharper.bsky.social gives us both a fierce reimagining of one of the most famous conflicts in history and a beautiful exploration of the relationship between a girl and her mother, culture and conflicting desires for love, freedom, justice and revenge.

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Emma Butler-Marr @19thcenturyem.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Happy Pride Month! Here's a sonnet from Wordsworth being a (questionable?) ally - about the Ladies of Llangollen, Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby who were clearly just very 'good friends'...

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Unexpected Learning Journey @unexpectedlj.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

1/7 Spanning three thousand years, from the first stirrings of Minoan Crete to the fall of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, #TheMissingThread by @daisydunn.bsky.social is a fantastic guide to ancient (especially Greco-Roman) history through an incredible cast of women who inhabited and often shaped it.

Lorna's outstretched hand in the process of removing a copy of 'The Missing Thread' by Daisy Dunn from a dark wood bookcase. A variety of ancient-world-related books are visible on the shelves.

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Unexpected Learning Journey @unexpectedlj.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Spent the afternoon lying in my garden enjoying the sunshine and a new edition of @hellenicsociety.bsky.social ARGO magazine! #ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

So many great people doing great work in Classics, ancient history, archaeology and other related disciplines. 😊 AND WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT EM! 📣 Nominate someone and share the story of their brilliant work. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Caroline Lawrence @carolawrence.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Just a few of the amazing Classicists at the #Mythica launch last night at Daunts Books. The book by Emily Hauser is wonderful & now available to buy in hardback and kindle! www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Our annual awards are now open! Nominate someone who is doing lovely things in Classics. Maybe you know a teacher, or an enthusiast, or an archaeologist, or an artist, or a podcaster, or... It takes a minute and can have a huge impact. Go on... click the link! 🖱️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Vaporwave style: Working Classicists Awards 2025 - Six categories - Nominations now open

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

🏆Working Classicist of the Year🏆 The coveted title of Working Classicist of the Year is for those who succeed across multiple categories or who fully embody the values of a Working Classicist. The criteria is wide open, tell us why they deserve to win and we’ll hear you out.

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

🌤️Unsung Classicist🌤️ This award is for people who tirelessly promote Classics and inspire others, they might create welcoming spaces or curate content, but never get the recognition they deserve.

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

🌱Newcomer Classicist🌱 Someone who is new to Classics, but has made significant effort and progress in the field. This is a place for enthusiasm and passion to be rewarded.

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

👩‍🏫Educator Classicist👨‍🏫 An educator (from primary school through to higher education, and anyone in between) who goes beyond the basics of their profession to enthuse people about Classics.

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

🎨Creative Classicist🎤 Someone who uses the power of creativity to spread ideas about the ancient world - whether through art, music, creative writing, theatre, cooking, or something else!

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

🤝Community Classicist🤝 A person or organisation working in the community - online or in person - to help widen access to Classics and create a better environment for curious minds.

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

🎉THE WORKING CLASSICISTS AWARDS 2025🎉 NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN UNTIL JUNE 14TH! Six Categories to choose from... 🤝 Community Classicist 🎨 Creative Classicist 👩‍🏫 Educator Classicist 🌱 Newcomer Classicist 🌤️ Unsung Classicist 🏆 Working Classicist of the Year docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Unexpected Learning Journey @unexpectedlj.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Registration is OPEN for the 2025 Classical Association conference! 👇 (Accessible virtually for those unable to attend in-person) #AncientBluesky #CA2025 #ClassicsBluesky @cascotland.bsky.social

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Unexpected Learning Journey @unexpectedlj.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I'm over the moon to have been chosen as the Senior category winner in the 2025 Classical Association 'Write | Speak | Design' competition! Huge congratulations to my fellow finalists and all those shortlisted! You can read more about the competition here: classicalassociation.org/under-25s-co...

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Under 25 Competition - The Classical Association

As part of our Celebrating Classics Campaign, we launched a Write | Speak | Design competition open to everybody, across the world, which celebrates how and why we study the ancient past. We received ...

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UK Disability History and Heritage Hub @ukdishisthub.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

We have decided to create an account over here for those who are using this platform instead of (or as well as) X! Posts will continue to be made on both sites for now!

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Hello new folk! We probably know half of you from the Twitter days, and we’re so glad you decided to stick with us. This is our last weekend on Twitter and we’re going to miss the connections we made there. But it’s good here, as far as we can see. ❤️

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

If you missed us speaking on the wonderful @flintdibble.bsky.social’s show earlier, you can catch up with a cuppa at your leisure: youtube.com/live/8NTikui... Ft. @jacquelinewrites.bsky.social, @rossmcgovern.bsky.social, @misterconnor1.bsky.social, and @miri.bsky.social

Top left: Flint Dibble, top middle: George Connor, top right: Jacqueline Munro, bottom left: Miri Teixeira, bottom right: Ross McGovern

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

LIVESTREAM at 6pm UK/1pm EST for a discussion of BRAND NEW Periodic Table of Greek Mythology & the Working Classicists initiative: @workingclassicists.bsky.social with @miri.bsky.social @misterconnor1.bsky.social @jacquelinewrites.bsky.social @rossmcgovern.bsky.social youtube.com/live/8NTikui...

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A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology with the Working Classicists

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Caroline Lawrence @carolawrence.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Short, brutal and tragic, Virgil's story of two young warriors, Nisus and Euryalus, is perfect for teens interested in mythology and ancient history. Bonus is the brilliant new cover by @flaroh.bsky.social Order here: www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

👸Hera👸 Susan Deacy (susandeacy.bsky.social) wrote the entry on Hera for our book! Susan is an Emerita Professor of Classics and offers bespoke autism and classical sessions for professionals (including teachers) and autistic children. Do get in touch if you need her services! #APTOGMAuthors

A preview of the book A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology by Working Classicists. It reads: "Help friends, harm enemies: Hera followed this ancient Greek moral precept more devotedly than many others." - Susan Deacy

Susan Deacy holding a copy of her book *What Would Hercules Do? Lessons for Autistic Children Using Classical Myth* in front of a statue of Hercules on a neoclassical Warsaw staircase

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

⚔️Hector⚔️ Alex Imrie (aleximrie.bsky.social) wrote the entry for Hector! Alex is the Scottish Network Co-ordinator for Classics for All, and is dedicated to the expansion of classical subjects to all corners of the country. Get in touch to bring classics to your school! 👀 #APTOGMAuthors

A preview from the book A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology by Working Classicists. It reads: "The eldest son of Hecuba and the Trojan king, Priam, Hector was his father’s greatest warrior, leading troops in battle and personally duelling with numerous Greek heroes ... But Hector's devotion to duty exposed him to grave danger." - Alex Imrie

Alex kneeling and looking at the camera, next to excavations site at Corbridge, Northumbria.

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

We loved celebrating the wonderful pupils (and their equally wonderful teachers) at Monifieth High School last week! Four pupils and four teachers from the school feature in our new book, one of many of their outstanding achievements. They’re proving that classics can thrive in state schools ❤️

A group photo of five adults and four teenagers. They are all dressed smartly and centrally holding the book A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology.

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A pupil wearing a blazer reads from a lectern.

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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

✨ XENIA ✨ An oldie (2014!) in case you don’t know what it is I actually do: 10 yrs ago I started making stickman comic explanations of concepts for my classes.Since then, despite their scratchy, primitive style, they’ve been used in classes and unis round the world, and the video has over 37k views!

A comic: Xenia, what it is, how to do it, examples of good and bad xenia (hospitality) by Greek Myth Comix

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

RELEASE DAY GIVEAWAY 3/3 Okay, this one is a raffle not a giveaway, but for only ONE POUND entry you could win this 6-foot-tall authentic ex-cinema Troy (2004) movie poster featuring a massive Trojan Horse! 🐎 More details at the link below UK only, enter 👇 raffall.com/377057/enter...

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Enter Raffle to Win TROY (2004) GIANT TROJAN HORSE POSTER hosted by Working Classicists

To celebrate the launch of our first book - A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology - we are delighted to be able to run this raffle for a HUGE movie poster used in cinemas to advertise the 2004 movie, Tr...

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

RELEASE DAY GIVEAWAY 2/3 We're giving away a self-taught ancient Greek course and (modern) Greek wordsearch book (plus some extras)! To enter: 1. Follow us 2. Quote-post this with the name of a song (links if possible!) featuring a Greek mythological character Open worldwide til 8th Feb 10:00 GMT

A copy of the book Getting Started with ancient Greek by William E. Linney and the book Learn Greek with Wordsearch Puzzles. Also pictured are two Working Classicists bookmarks.

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

RELEASE DAY GIVEAWAY 1/3 We’ve got TWO lovely copies of our new book we’d like to give away! 🎁 To get your name in the hat: 1. Follow Us 2. Give this a quote-repost saying which character from Greek mythology you’d most like to read about in our new book Open worldwide until 8th Feb 10:00am GMT.

The cover of A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology

A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology By the Numbers - 79% Working Class, 81% state schooled, 49% LGBTQIA+, 49% Neurodivergent, 10% BAME/POC

A poster of A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Our book officially releases tomorrow 😳🫢

Stacks of the book A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology by Working Classicists

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Cuneiform gingerbread vs Chocolate cake Rosetta Stone Who would win?

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

You’re all invited! ✉️ A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology Book Launch Event! Taking place 6th March at 6pm at Waterstones Dundee! Fully accessible venue Free to attend (please reserve via email) Cake Readings Books available to buy Meet some of the authors @waterstones.bsky.social

A periodic table of Greek mythology book launch event flyer. Contains details about the event:

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Join us to celebrate
A PERIODIC TABLE OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY

the 117 incredible
writers in our new book
Readings
Conversation
Audience Q&A
Signing Cake!

Wednesday 6th March
6pm
Waterstones Dundee
35 Commercial Street
Dundee

Reserve a free place: dundee@waterstones.com

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

🏞️Tethys🏞️ PhD student Princess O'Nika Auguste (@isletheologian.bsky.social) wrote the entry for Tethys! Check out linktr.ee/ONIKA34 for her articles, guides, and podcast content on women, autonomy, consent, and sexual violence in the Bible, history, & mythology. #APTOGMAuthors

A sample from the book A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology by Working Classicists. The text reads: "Tethys was the mother of many minor river gods, including the river god Nilus, the god of the River Nile in Egypt, a notable example of how Greek mythology and Egyptian mythology once intersected." - Princess O'Nika Auguste

Princess O'Nika Auguste, a Caribbean girl, bodyprotester and feminist

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Thanks to @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social for the wonderful write-up about A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology in @heraldscotland.bsky.social this morning!

A picture taken of a newspaper page showing Miri and George from Working Classicists holding up the book A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology. The title is “Classic case of a need for seats at the table”.

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

🛡️Perseus🛡️ State-school A-level Classics teacher Peter Wright wrote the entry for Perseus in our new book! Pete also coordinates the Blackpool Classics for All hub, supporting local schools with introducing Classics, Latin and Greek. What a hero! #APTOGMAuthors

A preview of the book A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology by Working Classicists. The text reads: "The Hesperides gave Perseus a sack for Medusa’s head and other gifts from the Gods, including the winged sandals of Hermes, a cap of invisibility from Hades, a sword from Zeus, and a polished shield from Athena." - Peter Wright

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

🔥Prometheus🔥 Daniel Galef (@danielgalef.bsky.social) wrote the entry for Prometheus! His first book, Imaginary Sonnets, is a collection of monologues from the point of view of different historical figures and mythological characters. Check it out here: danielgalef.com/book/ #APTOGMAuthors

A sample text from the book A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology by Working Classicists. It reads: "Depending on the storyteller, Prometheus stole fire (symbolising intelligence or creativity) either to make up for other animals’ biological advantages – claws, spines, venom – or because Zeus had previously taken fire away." - Daniel Galef

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

🥀Echo & Narcissus🥀 George McAdam-Cross wrote the entry for Echo & Narcissus in our book! George currently works full time as a charity fundraiser while completing their Classical Studies degree at the University of Edinburgh - truly a working classicist! #ATOGMAuthors

A sample from the book A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology by Working Classicists - it reads: "In death they endured what had cursed them in life; Narcissus stared at himself in Styx’s pool, and
Echo’s lack of self-love meant she still pitied Narcissus as he faded away, echoing his “Farewell” to the world back at him." - George McAdam Cross

Standing in front of a white background, smiling to camera, cut off just past the middle of the arms.
Wearing red glasses and a navy and white jumper.

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

🍇Dionysus🍇 Dionysus' entry was written by Talia Barnoy (@teatemple.bsky.social)! Co-runner of the NYC Writer's Circle, they've been long-listed for Frontier Poetry's 2023 Hurt & Healing Prize, and published in multiple magazines & journals. Open to freelance writing gigs via DM! #APTOGMAuthors

A preview of the book A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology by Working Classicists. The text reads: "Dionysus was the breaker of social boundaries. Depicted in various forms – as a man or a beast with a beard, as a youth, or holding a thyrsus while donning an ivy wreath and wearing a gender-ambivalent chiton – he represented the liminal spaces in society." - Talia Barnoy

Talia at the Met looking at the head of Antinous in the guise of Dionysus.

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

🌀Charybdis🌀 Mighty Charybdis was covered by Liv Albert (@mythsbaby.bsky.social)! Liv creates the incredible Greek myth (and wider ancient Mediterranean) podcast, Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Find it wherever you listen to podcasts. More: mythsbaby.com #APTOGMAuthors

A preview of the book A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology by Working Classicists. It reads: "Three times a day, Charybdis would swirl and suck the sea around her down to the sea floor, destroying everything in her path, before reversing to spit the remnants back out."

A photo of Liv smiling in front of a grove of olive trees.

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