Dr. Emily S. Wilson
introarch.bsky.social
Dr. Emily S. Wilson
@introarch.bsky.social
I get excited about old, dirty stuff. And chickens. No, I'm not THAT Dr. Emily Wilson.
I can't be in San Francisco this year, but come find our Rhea reps, talk to them about writing for Rhea, or just grab these AWESOME NEW STICKERS!!!!! Have a great time, everyone!
For all those at AIA/SCS, come find us! We will be at the AIA resource fair 12-2 PM! Come and talk to us about writing a review or participating in Rhea Receptions this summer (rheaclassicalreviews.com/rhea-recepti...), make a donation, or just grab free stickers.
January 7, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Y'all, I am beyond excited about this non-profit status, which opens so many doors for us! Our immediate goal is to pay our reviewers because writing book reviews is academic labor, but we dream bigger. Please consider donating to support our mission (you'll get a sweet "Children of Rhea" sticker)!
January 1, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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We are taking our holiday break and will be back in your feed come mid-January. May all of you find some well-deserved rest and relaxation, and we hope to see those who will be at the @archaeological.org @scsclassics.bsky.social annual meeting (come find us - we'll have stickers)!
December 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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New review to get you through the end of the semester, and check out that insightful dialogue at the end!

@bacchicxsapphic.bsky.social reviews "The Body of the Combatant in the Ancient Mediterranean" ed. Hannah-Marie Chidwick (@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social)
The Body of the Combatant in the Ancient Mediterranean
Hannah-Marie Chidwick, ed. The Body of the Combatant in the Ancient Mediterranean. London: Bloomsbury, 2024. 9781350240872. Reviewed by Allyson Blanck, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World,…
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December 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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New month, new post!

Goran Đurđević reviews "Global Classics" by Jacques Bromberg (Routledge 2021)
Global Classics
Jacques A. Bromberg, Global Classics (New York: Routledge, 2021). ISBN 9780367549268. Reviewed by Goran Đurđević, University of Zadar, Croatia. goran.djurdjevich@gmail.com. In Global Classics, Jacq…
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December 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
What are the most used book review platforms for Egypt and the ANE? Designing sophomore class that walks them through how to do research and wanted to be sure I'm guiding them true. Thanks!
December 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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First and Last review of November (we're off for Thanksgiving in two weeks), but it's a great one with a fantastic dialogue!

Stephanie Murphy reviews "Making and Unmaking Ancient Memory" ed. Martine de Marre and Rajiv K. Bhola (Routledge 2022).
Making and Unmaking Ancient Memory
De Marre, Martine and Rajiv K. Bhola, eds., Making and Unmaking Ancient Memory, (New York: Routledge, 2022). 9780367371449. Reviewed by Stephanie Murphy, University of North Texas, Stephaniemurphy3…
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November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Last review of October (shouldn't be too spooky for you)!

@medicamentislibris.bsky.social review's "Pliny the Elder and the Matter of Memory. An Encyclopaedic Workshop" by Anna Anguissola (Routledge 2023)
Pliny the Elder and the Matter of Memory. An Encyclopaedic Workshop
Anna Anguissola, Pliny the Elder and the Matter of Memory. An Encyclopaedic Workshop. London and New York: Routledge, 2023. ISBN 9781032056227. Reviewed by Jazz Demetrioff, University at Buffalo (S…
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October 31, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Ordered. And excited to read this critical book in these troubling times.
My book "The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate" is now available for pre-order. Use promo code WIN26 to get 30% off. Coming January 6th 2026! yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
October 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Wake up and smell that new book review, peeps!

@ullamr.bsky.social reviews "Production, Trade, and Connectivity in Pre-Roman Italy" ed. Jeremy Armstrong and Sheira Cohen ( Routledge 2022)
Production, Trade, and Connectivity in Pre-Roman Italy
Jeremy Armstrong and Sheira Cohen, eds., Production, Trade, and Connectivity in Pre-Roman Italy (London and New York: Routledge, 2022). 9780367631727.  Reviewed by Ulla Rajala, Stockholm Unive…
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October 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Our latest book review!

Adrien Mangili reviews Donato Verardi (ed.), "Aristotelianism and Magic in Early Modern Europe: Philosophers, Experimenters, and Wonderworker" (@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, 2023).
Aristotelianism and Magic in Early Modern Europe: Philosophers, Experimenters, and Wonderworker
Donato Verardi, ed., Aristotelianism and Magic in Early Modern Europe: Philosophers, Experimenters, and Wonderworkers (London, New York, and Dublin: Bloomsbury, 2023). 9781350121092. Reviewed by Ad…
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October 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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New book review on Rhea!

Caroline Arbuckle MacLeod reviews Andrew Fox, "Trees in Ancient Rome. Growing an Empire in the Late Republic and Early Principate" ( @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social 2023). 🌳🌲🌴

Don't miss the author-reviewer dialogue following the review!
Trees in Ancient Rome. Growing an Empire in the Late Republic and Early Principate.
Andrew Fox, Trees in Ancient Rome. Growing an Empire in the Late Republic and Early Principate (London, New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023). 9781350237803. Reviewed by Caroline Arbuckle MacLeod, S…
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September 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Guys, I am SO EXCITED about Rhea's new venture Rhea Receptions!!! Want to write about Percy Jackson? Newspaper articles about discoveries at Pompeii? A cool new museum exhibit or video game? Get in contact with us and let's chat - reviews, essays, creativity encouraged!
Announcing our new forum, RHEA RECEPTIONS!

“We live in an Odyssey time.” —Charlotte Higgins, The Guardian, 12 April 2025

Rhea Classical Reviews could not agree more with Ms. Higgins.
August 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Announcing our new forum, RHEA RECEPTIONS!

“We live in an Odyssey time.” —Charlotte Higgins, The Guardian, 12 April 2025

Rhea Classical Reviews could not agree more with Ms. Higgins.
August 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Our latest book review on Rhea!

Matthew J. Chalmers reviews Luis Alejandro Salas, "Cutting Words: Polemical Dimensions of Galen’s Anatomical Experiments" (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social 2020).
Cutting Words: Polemical Dimensions of Galen’s Anatomical Experiments
Luis Alejandro Salas, Cutting Words: Polemical Dimensions of Galen’s Anatomical Experiments (Leiden: Brill, 2020). 9789004439184. Reviewed by Matthew J. Chalmers, Independent Scholar, mattjcha…
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June 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Want a summer project and see a book you like on our book list??? Come write for Rhea! Even if it's your first book review and/or you're a grad student, don't be shy! We have mentorship for grad students!
CALLING ALL POTENTIAL BOOK REVIEWERS

See something on our booklist you'd like to review? We'll be delighted to publish you! All the steps of the review process are laid out here. We look forward to hearing from you!

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For Reviewers
Review Process Guidelines Books for review Review requests Book suggestions
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May 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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This is perhaps the most important story for the future of American climate action.

Please share it widely, across any and all platforms if you’re able.
Here is a rundown of exactly how the GOP proposal would change every clean energy tax credit. While it looks like a bunch of nips and tucks, it's probably more akin to a full repeal. More analysis from us to come.
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The House GOP Tax Proposal Would Effectively Kill The IRA
The Ways and Means Committee released its proposed budget language, and it’s not pretty for clean energy.
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May 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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It's new book review day on Rhea!

Janette Snyder reviews Gesthimani Seferiadi, "Gendered Politics in Sophocles’ Trachiniae" (@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social 2022).
Gendered Politics in Sophocles’ Trachiniae
Gesthimani Seferiadi, Gendered Politics in Sophocles’ Trachiniae (Bloomsbury Academic Press:  2022). 9781350260313. Reviewed by Janette Snyder, Florida State University, js23c@fsu.edu. Despite the …
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May 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Here's our latest book review on Rhea!

Jesse Obert reviews David A. Blome, "Greek Warfare beyond the Polis: Defense, Strategy, and the Making of Ancient Federal States" (@cornellupress.bsky.social 2020).

Don't miss the author-reviewer dialogue at the end of the review!
Greek Warfare beyond the Polis: Defense, Strategy, and the Making of Ancient Federal States
David A. Blome, Greek Warfare beyond the Polis: Defense, Strategy, and the Making of Ancient Federal States (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2020). 9781501747526. Reviewed by Jesse Obert, Univers…
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April 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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public comment period for the proposed rule to remove trans care from the ACA as an essential health benefit & strip care from DACA recipients ends at 23:59pm EDT tonite

if you haven't commented, it won't take long & is worth doing. context & guidance in-thread ⬇️

if you have commented, thank you💜🏳️‍⚧️
hi, cis folks!

if we *are* going to talk ACA, RFK's HHS proposed a rule to remove *all trans care* from ACA essential health benefit status.

~25mil people are insured by ACA & if 1% are trans, that's 250,000 people who'd lose access to care.

that's bad! take 2 minutes to stand with trans people.🧵
April 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Here's the latest review on Rhea!

@yusiliu.bsky.social reviews Colin M. Whiting, "Dogs in the Athenian Agora" (American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2022).

🐶 🏛️ 🐕 🏺 🐩
Dogs in the Athenian Agora
Colin M. Whiting, Dogs in the Athenian Agora. Agora Picture Book 28 (Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2022). 9780876616468. Reviewed by Yusi Liu, Bryn Mawr College, yliu2@…
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April 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Friends, I fully admit to having my head mostly buried in the sand when it comes to AI and teaching, but really can't do it anymore. Can anyone point me to workshops or training in AI and pedagogy? Thank you!
AncientBlueSky 🏺 🗃️
April 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Here's our latest book review on Rhea!

Charissa A. Jaeger-Sanders reviews Claudia Zatta, "Aristotle and the Animals: The Logos of Life Itself" (London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2022).

Don't miss the author-review dialogue following the review!
Aristotle and the Animals: The Logos of Life Itself
Claudia Zatta, Aristotle and the Animals: The Logos of Life Itself (London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2022). 9780367409494. Reviewed by Charissa A. Jaeger-Sanders, The Graduate Theologi…
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March 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Here's our latest book review on Rhea!

@jastreeter.bsky.social reviews Andreas P. Antonopoulos, Menelaos M. Christopoulos, & George W. M. Harrison (eds.), "Reconstructing Satyr Drama" (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social 2021).
Reconstructing Satyr Drama
Andreas P. Antonopoulos, Menelaos M. Christopoulos, and George W. M. Harrison, eds., Reconstructing Satyr Drama (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2021). 9783110725216. Reviewed by Joshua A. Streeter, The Ohio S…
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February 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Our latest book review is up!

Kathleen Cruz reviews Giulio Celotto, "Amor Belli: Love and Strife in Lucan’s Bellum Civile" (@uofmpress.bsky.social 2022).

Don't miss the author-reviewer dialogue following the review!
Amor Belli: Love and Strife in Lucan’s Bellum Civile
Giulio Celotto, Amor Belli: Love and Strife in Lucan’s Bellum Civile (Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2022). 9780472132874. Reviewed by Kathleen Cruz, University of California, Davis, …
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February 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM