Anyone interested in participating in Rhea Receptions or have any questions or comments, please contact us at rheaclassicalreviews at gmail dot com.

Please note that Rhea cannot furnish materials for any potential writers that fall outside of the literary scope (ie. museum exhibition tickets, film downloads, etc.). Rhea Receptions’ first series is scheduled to be published summer of 2026 in conjunction with the release of the Nolan film.

Reviewers are encouraged to consult Rhea’s guidelines, but creative essays, non-formal engagement, and multi-media reviews are encouraged and welcome in conjunction with the wider, non-specialized audience.

The theme for the inaugural installment of our Rhea Receptions series is “Gods & Heroes” & in keeping with the polytropic nature of our hero we'd like to solicit reviews of & essays on fictional literature, film, podcasts, blogs, video games, museum exhibits & any other medium related to this theme.

The goal of Rhea Receptions is to bring the ancient world to a broader audience by engaging with public-facing, non-specialist depictions of the ancient Mediterranean world in popular, modern media writ large.

In conjunction w/ the release of Nolan’s film in summer 2026, Rhea is piloting a new forum, Rhea Receptions: a thematic series comprised of reviews, essays & other engagements loosely dedicated to the reception of the ancient world & not restricted to academic, peer-reviewed publications.

Her recent article discusses a revived interest in the Homeric epic as observed through updated translations and not one by two film adaptations: Uberto Pasolini’s The Return (2025) and Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey (summer 2026).

Just wanted to say that @rheaclassical.bsky.social is a peer-review platform exclusively dedicated to reviews of and by alt-ac, pre-tenure, non-tenure, contingent, grad students, and folks outside of academia if anyone is interested in reviewing for us!