We have a look (not literally!) at the emperor Galba's hernia, and Augustus' teeth. Instant Classics explores what Roman emperors really looked like. podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/w...

I'm talking in Glasgow this Sunday 11th Oct. www.atgtickets.com/shows/mary-b... This wonderful painting of Circe from the Hunterian will get a cameo role

Was so disappointed by the lack of a translation in the British Museum’s Bayeux Tapestry display- as @wmarybeard.bsky.social shows, the Latin text is a fascinating part of this important object - and a window into the world in which it was made.

Harold Rex Interfectus est. Charlotte and I take a look at the (very easy) Latin on the Bayeux tapestry and we wonder about whether you can see a bit of Virgil behind it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yjW...

Have some fun with the Latin on the Bayeux Tapestry here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yjW... It's dead easy.... and gives an extra dimension to the pics!

Why is noone talking about the LATIN of the Bayeux Tapestry. We explain why it is so interesting here on Instant Classics: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... On this episode of Instant Classics we talk to Daniel Mendelsohn about translating the Odyssey and having his Dad sit in on his classes!

All you Odyssey readers who've been arguing about the meaning of polutropos in line 1, don't forget Chapman, the first English translator, puzzled about that in the 17th century -- as we reference in this episode of Instant Classics podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...

Hello friends in Cambridge. I'm talking at the Corn Exchange on 4 November, excavating the secret histories of ancient Rome. Come along! www.cornex.co.uk/events/mary-...

Would we have Shakespeare (eg Tempest) without Homer's Odyssey. Well, that's too crude a question, of course. But we start to chew into it on this episode of Instant Classics. It's here to enjoy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0wT...

On Instant Classics this time, we look at what Toni Morrison, Margaret Atwood, William Shakespeare, Madeline Miller and more did with (and to) the Odyssey. Special guest appearance from our producer Jonty Claypole! www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0wT...

Here's a discussion about the Vestal Virgins... who, where and why. But we also try to open up how scholars now go about making sense of them, and how they change their minds.. that's me! tinyurl.com/yun74nep

How Homer's Odyssey Conquered the Ancient World! If you thought that Nolan took some liberties with Homer's poem, try what the slightly later Greeks and Romans did to it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ15...

If you've enjoyed the Odyssey, don't stop too soon! you've got a fantastic opening to loads of other ancient literature (some of the most important and some of the funniest..inc a man turned into a pig who chooses to stay that way) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...

And next month I am moving northwards. It's Glasgow on 11 October, with more Secret Histories of Rome (uncovering some of the ordinary people, cold cases, graffiti and chamber pots). Come along! www.atgtickets.com/shows/mary-b...

A London weekend. Today (5th Sep) I'm talking at the FT Festival at Kenwood at 11.00 tinyurl.com/28rt7wa4 and tomorrow afternoon (6th) at the Southbank centre www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/anc... Come along and join the fun!

Follow up N Haynes' great programme about Herodes Atticus and Regilla with our exploration with Martin Scorsese, Carrie Vout and more, on site with the archaeology. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...