Blog Smith

Blog Smith is inspired by the myth of Hephaestus in the creation of blacksmith-like, forged materials: ideas. This blog analyzes topics that interest me: IT, politics, technology, history, education, music, and the history of religions.

Historiographie und Vergangenheitsvorstellungen in der Antike

The Early Mediterranean World, 1200-600 BC

Maritime Networks in the Ancient Mediterranean World

A Wolf in the City: Tyranny and the Tyrant in Plato's Republic

Baby Boomer Radio: Los Angeles Herald Examiner

History of Julius Caesar, Jacob Abbott (Libra Vox podcast)

Homer, Odyssey I. Edited with an Introduction, Translation, Commentary, and Glossary

Seer and the City: Religion, Politics, and Colonial Ideology in Ancient Greece

Politics and Philosophy at Rome

What Happens Between Death and Resurrection?

Masada: From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth

Cicero and Roman Education: The Reception of the Speeches and Ancient Scholarship

The Pharisees and Figured Speech in Luke-Acts. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2

Julius Caesar. The War for Gaul: A New Translation

Commemoration of Trajan's Death and Hadrian's Rise to Power

Revisioning John Chrysostom: New Approaches, New Perspectives. Critical Approaches to Early Christianity,

The Fall of Rome podcast

New Books in East Asian Studies: Noelle Giuffrida’s book, Separating Sheep from Goats: Sherman E. Lee and Chinese Art Collecting in Postwar America

Textual Strategies in Ancient War Narrative: Thermopylae, Cannae and Beyond

Archaeology and Homeric Epic