ARGO Autumn Winter 2018

Contents (Autumn Winter 2018)

Letter from the Editor

ANCIENT

Cornelia Römer on the discovery of a Hellenistic gymnasium in Egypt
Yannis Galanakis on the excavation of a Mycenaean rock-cut chamber tomb
Nina Caplan on why wine was the making of civilization
Paul Watkins delivers the latest news on the Tomb of the Griffin Warrior
Signe Isager takes us outside Athens to explore forts and mines

RECEPTION

Kathryn Tempest considers the complex portrayal of Porcia through history
Deborah Harlan on a photographic society and the golden age of travel

MODERN

John Kittmer finds traces of the great poet Ritsos on Monemvasia
Michael Llewellyn-Smith on co-curating the exhibition 'Charmed Lives in Greece: Ghika, Craxton, Leigh Fermor
Paul Watkins beholds the feuding fortresses of the Mani
Julie Peakman reflects on the Battle of Leros

REVIEWS

Paul Watkins reports on this year's Runciman Award
Matt Simonton offers some Herodotean observations on London
Paul Cartledge on Conn Iggulden, 'The Falcon of Sparta'
Benjamin Temblett on Stephen Fry, 'Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold'
Amy C. Smith on Celeste Frage, Bénédicte Garnier and Ian Jenkins, 'Rodin and the Art of Ancient Greece'
Alice Dunn on Sofka Zinovieff, 'Putney'

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