Omnibus 89

Contents:

Meat is murder? Food and drink in the Odyssey – John Weeds

Cicero and the ‘EnCyropedia’: mathematical optics and Roman builders – Thomas Kelly

The greatest king Assyria never had – Robert Rohland

Why retell the Trojan War? – Emily Vines

Remembering defeat: the Roman calendar, Ovid’s Fasti, and Augustus – Bobby Xinyue

‘Many happy returns’: celebrating birthdays in Roman poetry – Anke Walter

What to expect in Hades – Robert Garland

Reincarnations of Orpheus from Virgil to Ovid – Cynthia Liu

Sam Hood Translation Prize 2024 – Alexandra Bastin and Aelwen Hamley

Fragments of Greek drama in context: reading the ‘Sisyphus fragment’ – John Henry

Cicero, man of letters – Catharine Edwards

Beyond taste: multisensory dining in the Roman world – Hannah Platts

Ever smelled a painting? Sensory experiences in Philostratus’ Imagines – A. Sophie Schoss

2025 Gladstone Memorial Essay Prizes

2025 Omnibus Sam Hood Translation Prizes