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James Romm
James H Ottaway Jr Professor of Classics, Bard College, New York
James Romm is an author, reviewer, and the James H Ottaway Jr Professor of Classics at Bard College in Annandale, New York. His latest books are the edited Seneca How to Have a Life: An Ancient Guide to Using Our Time Wisely (2022) and Demetrius: Sacker of Cities (2023).
Written by James Romm

essayThinkers and theories
The sage and his foibles
Scholars cannot agree whether the letters of Plato are fake or genuine. Is this just a symptom of misplaced reverence?
James Romm

essayStories and literature
The depths of Okeanos
To the ancient Greeks, Ocean – at once a monster and a god – was what the Big Bang is to cosmologists today
James Romm