The biggest loser
MARCH 2013 The biggest loser by Barry Strauss Why the failings of Demosthenes prove his historical importance. When I was an undergraduate, one of my teachers used to talk only half-seriously about...
View ArticleLecture at the Getty Villa, April 4, 2013
The Villa Council Presents is an annual program related to the theme of antiquity made possible by the generous support of the Villa Council. Founded in 2001, the Villa Council is comprised of...
View Article“Barry Strauss’s page-turning The Battle of Salamis mixes dynamic writing...
’300: Rise of an Empire’ Reinterprets Ancient History with 21st-Century Flair | Media Mania By Joy Fleishhacker on March 4, 2014 Leave a Comment Warner Bros. Pictures provides a second installment in a...
View Article“An indispensable, effectively argued chronicle that is a darn good read”
One of the best books on the Greek-Persian wars
View ArticleFighting to Win
“If someone is dangerous enough to fight, then you fight to win. If the Islamic State really is so dangerous to the American homeland in the long term … then it’s irresponsible to tie our hands. It...
View ArticleFor Veterans Day, I link to my piece on Citizen-Soldiers
Reflections on the Citizen-Soldier
View ArticleMy Wall Street Journal Piece on The Hunger Games and the Classics
The Classical Roots of the Hunger Games
View ArticleOkay, So You’ve Won the Election: Now it’s Grow or Go
New Congress: The secret formula to keep midterm winners on top through 2015 and beyond
View ArticleA French Article About My WSJ Hunger Games Piece
Hunger Games 3 : les racines greco-romaines de la franchise
View ArticlePeter Pan is a Paradox, and We’ve Misunderstood Him
Peter Pan is a Paradox, and We’ve Misunderstood Him
View ArticleThe New York Post Reviews The Death of Caesar
“…He did not say anything about the “Ides of March,” just one difference of many between the version of Caesar’s assassination presented by William Shakespeare and the likely truth, according to...
View ArticleLeap Day is for Caesar and…
Today, February 29, is Leap Day. We add it to the calendar every four years (except in years exactly divisible by 100 but not by 400 – 2000 had a leap day but 2100 will not). The purpose is to align...
View ArticleThe Great Santini
The weekend brought the sad news of the passing of novelist Pat Conroy at age 70. I mourn him and send condolences to his family. His books bordered on bathos but also on poetry. I love them. They...
View ArticleFrom Perpetual Peace to Armed Camp in the Baltic
Könisberg, Germany, where Kant dreamed of perpetual peace, is now Kaliningrad, Russia, where a major military and naval buildup is shaking the security of the Baltic — and of NATO. Barry explains how...
View ArticleNorth Korean Missiles and Greek Spears
Barry looks at the recent failed missile tests by North Korea and deepens our understanding of them by an ancient Greek case study.
View ArticleMemorial Day 2016: Five Books on America’s Wars for Summer Reading
As I headed out onto the lake this morning in my single scull, a large bird flew by off the port side. I stopped and stared and realized that it was a bald eagle, big, beautiful, majestic and moving...
View ArticleD-Day, A Myth to Live By
I was five years old in 1959 when Cornelius Ryan’s The Longest Day appeared and it was probably another 20 years before I picked up a copy but I was already hooked. The 1962 movie – or,...
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