Tag Archives: Greco-Roman antiquity

Emperor Claudius and his physician, Xenophon of Kos

October 17, 2022

Sally Metzler Chicago, Illinois, United States   Cover of Claudius the God by Robert Graves Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Drusus Nero Germanicus, Emperor of Rome from 41 to 54 CE, though known to historians, became a household name in 1970 with the advent of the popular television series I, Claudius. But he had already gained […]

Bronzino and the wages of sin

January 23, 2017

Frank Gonzalez-Crussi Chicago, Illinois, United States   No one knows who first conceived the idea of using a wig or precisely when this curious idea came into being. Wigs were known in Greco-Roman antiquity, as one can see in Ovid’s “Art of Love” (Ars Amatoria: book III, verses 165–168), where the poet upbraids a woman […]