Eduardo García-Molina
@egarcmol.bsky.social
Ancient Historian. Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. PhD UChicago. Seleukid Empire, ancient archives, Hellenistic law, inscriptions, coins, antiquity in video games, & otters. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺 & 🏳️🌈
Public transportation AND Pride?! Utrecht, I love you. Now if only I could ride a bike…
November 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Public transportation AND Pride?! Utrecht, I love you. Now if only I could ride a bike…
A lunch break in Seleukid Study Day VIII to look at a first edition Droysen and a 16th century Polybios in the special collections of Utrecht University.
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
A lunch break in Seleukid Study Day VIII to look at a first edition Droysen and a 16th century Polybios in the special collections of Utrecht University.
Library of Alexandria slide done.
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Library of Alexandria slide done.
Taking some breaks between grading Greek civ midterms to try my hand at 18th century generalship.
November 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Taking some breaks between grading Greek civ midterms to try my hand at 18th century generalship.
While some are, of course, dubious representations, will never not take advantage of the manga Historie giving us Eumenes.
October 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
While some are, of course, dubious representations, will never not take advantage of the manga Historie giving us Eumenes.
Guess what period I’m starting to teach in Greek Civ this week?!
October 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Guess what period I’m starting to teach in Greek Civ this week?!
I hate gay Halloween, what do you mean you’re Ancient Greek particles used in conjunction to denote correlative clauses.
October 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I hate gay Halloween, what do you mean you’re Ancient Greek particles used in conjunction to denote correlative clauses.
A reminder to check your kid's Halloween candy this year, just found Socrates corrupting the youth in a Snickers bar.
October 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
A reminder to check your kid's Halloween candy this year, just found Socrates corrupting the youth in a Snickers bar.
September 30 October 1
September 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
September 30 October 1
Digital heritage and virtual realities class in “The Ancient World in Video Games” course went smoothly thanks to the excellent people at the UIUC VR Lab. Not pictured, me hitting the table to pick up the wands.
September 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Digital heritage and virtual realities class in “The Ancient World in Video Games” course went smoothly thanks to the excellent people at the UIUC VR Lab. Not pictured, me hitting the table to pick up the wands.
Set of three endearingly wonky DIY hoplite aspides done 24 hours before the Greek Warfare lecture by my wonderful husband, check.
September 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Set of three endearingly wonky DIY hoplite aspides done 24 hours before the Greek Warfare lecture by my wonderful husband, check.
New pre lecture hype song found for the rest of the semester.
September 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New pre lecture hype song found for the rest of the semester.
The return of the Chaos Dwarfs to Warhammer means more chances for Mesopotamian-inspired Dwarvish cuneiform and ziggurats. Must…resist…urge…buy…
September 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The return of the Chaos Dwarfs to Warhammer means more chances for Mesopotamian-inspired Dwarvish cuneiform and ziggurats. Must…resist…urge…buy…
God bless Plamen Genov, the principal 2D artist at Creative Assembly Sofia for TW:R II Rise of the Republic, for giving me the best Brennus react image for my lecture on Rome today.
September 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
God bless Plamen Genov, the principal 2D artist at Creative Assembly Sofia for TW:R II Rise of the Republic, for giving me the best Brennus react image for my lecture on Rome today.
Time to relax after teaching and play the long-awaited Anno 117 demo.
September 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Time to relax after teaching and play the long-awaited Anno 117 demo.
Ptolemy II to the Alexandrians
September 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Ptolemy II to the Alexandrians
Rome after Sulla announces the proscriptions
September 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Rome after Sulla announces the proscriptions
Don’t know who needs to know this, but you can buy your very own Skaven buddy at Spirit Halloween this year.
August 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Don’t know who needs to know this, but you can buy your very own Skaven buddy at Spirit Halloween this year.
We decided to wear matching coats today.
August 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
We decided to wear matching coats today.
English teacher this, gym teacher that. Meanwhile, Classics already has its icon.
August 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
English teacher this, gym teacher that. Meanwhile, Classics already has its icon.
Today’s outfit is an inadvertent shoutout to the tan of grain. Even the waves of grain symbolized by my forehead wrinkles.
August 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Today’s outfit is an inadvertent shoutout to the tan of grain. Even the waves of grain symbolized by my forehead wrinkles.
Compulsory first day of classes as a professor picture after…oh god, 14 years.
At least we’re getting some good fall weather here to distract me from the passage and ravages of time.
At least we’re getting some good fall weather here to distract me from the passage and ravages of time.
August 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Compulsory first day of classes as a professor picture after…oh god, 14 years.
At least we’re getting some good fall weather here to distract me from the passage and ravages of time.
At least we’re getting some good fall weather here to distract me from the passage and ravages of time.
Fall is approaching which means it's almost time to read "The Pumpkinspiceification of the Divine Claudius."
August 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Fall is approaching which means it's almost time to read "The Pumpkinspiceification of the Divine Claudius."
I see the kids are reading Isocrates.
August 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I see the kids are reading Isocrates.
The bible for 8-year-old me.
August 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The bible for 8-year-old me.