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).
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Thinkers 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
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Stories 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