
David Stuttard
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Writer; lecturer; dramatist; fellow of Goodenough College; advisor to TFED. Publishers: Bloomsbury, Thames & Hudson, Harvard University Press. Agent: A.M. Heath
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The Greek victory at Salamis 2,500 years ago was mythologised by Athenian playwrights and others, monumentalising their cityās role in saving all that was good and Greek. In the latest Minerva Magazine, David Stuttard guides us through the drama (paywall): the-past.com/feature/spinniā¦

My review of Sophie Mills' brilliant 'Drama, Oratory and Thucydides in Fifth-Century Athens' (Routledge Books) has just been posted on the Classics for All website: classicsforall.org.uk/reading-room/bā¦


Delighted that Andrew Roberts has chosen Phoenix as one of his two books of the year for The TLS. 'In what otherwise might have been a confusing narrative of shifting alliances between the city-states, Stuttard writes with commendably comprehensible fluency.' Harvard University Press


My review of Matteo Barbati āThe Ideology of Democratic Athensā is now on Classics for All website: classicsforall.org.uk/reading-room/bā¦. āAn important contribution to the study of how democratic Athens created its own image to be projected to itself, to the world and ultimately to us today.ā

My review of Jessica Paga's invigorating 'Building Democracy in Late Archaic Athens' from Oxford University Press is now on the Classics for All at classicsforall.org.uk/reading-room/b⦠'This outstanding volume cannot be recommended too enthusiastically.'

Happy Friday! We've an exciting new cover to reveal... š„ A collection of essays on Aeschylus' Persians (edited by David Stuttard), LOOKING AT PERSIANS is set to publish in October. Find out more on our website: bit.ly/34yunbG


Happy to end the working week with this fabulous cover for Looking at Persians! David Stuttard Bloomsbury Classical Studies & Archaeology



Sizzling treachery, aching tragedy and belly-aching laughter starring Sian Phillips and Stephen Greif ā Greek classics for a perfect Sunday entertainment: 17 April, 3pm. brasseriezedel.com/events/tears-t⦠Stephen Greif Dame SiĆ¢n Phillips Talking Pictures TV Crazy Coqs @MissHopeSprings @fenellafielding



My review of Anna Stelow's excellent 'Menelaus in the Archaic Period' is now on the Classics for All website at classicsforall.org.uk/reading-room/b⦠Oxford Academic


While we're at it I'll be speaking about āCleopatra: the power of a goddessā as part of City Lit's Classics Day 2002 at British Museum on 9 July: britishmuseum.org/events/city-li⦠Along, that is, with mary beard Bettany Hughesš David Stuttard & Belinda Crerar. No pressure...

We have an amazing day planned this Saturday British Museum celebrating the #FemininePower exhibition with guest speakers: Dame mary beard, Bettany Hughesš, Belinda Crerar, Dr Chris Naunton, David Stuttard and ROSALIND JANSSEN. We hope you can join us! ow.ly/7R6U50JMuRT



A big thanks to all our visitors and guest speakers for joining us today to celebrate #ClassicsDay at the British_Museum. We hope you had a wonderful time and see you all again next year! Have a look at our upcoming Classical Languages courses here: citylit.ac.uk/courses/languaā¦


Brilliant time City Lit British Museum classics day - interesting and very engaging talks and discussions on feminine power in the ancient World from mary beard Bettany Hughesš Dr Chris Naunton David Stuttard and Belinda Crerar.. thanks Mark Malcomson and all involved

Publishing this month: A collection of essays on Aeschylus' Persians written by leading academics, with an accessible and performance-friendly English translation of the play by volume editor, David Stuttard. More on our website: bit.ly/3U7bphs

