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James Davidson is a reader in ancient history at the University of Warwick.

Other articles by this contributor:

I told you so! · oracles

Zeus Be Nice Now · Ancient Cults

Clinging to the Sides of a Black, Precipitous Hole · James Davidson writes about The World of Prometheus: The Politics of Punishing in Democratic Athens by Danielle Allen

Mr and Mr and Mrs and Mrs · Why would a guy want to marry a guy?

Himbo · Apollonios Rhodios

At the British Museum · James Davidson visits Persia’s ‘Forgotten Empire’

Versailles with Panthers · James Davidson pays tribute to the Persians