ANIMATION AND VISUAL EFFECTS
William Dent depicts Cerberus, the Hound of Hades – a three-headed dog symbolising gluttony – as composed of the heads of politicians Charles Fox, Lord North and Edmund Burke. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, Accession Number B1981.25.1573 Callum Smith, Aberystwyth University Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has brought Homer’s epic tale back to […]
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GAMBLING AND BETTING
Dice players in a mosaic panel from Thysdrus, Tunisia, Roman 2nd century CE. DeAgostini/Getty Images Konstantine Panegyres, The University of Western Australia Australia is once again debating how gambling should be regulated, particularly the reach of online betting and gambling advertising. The arguments may sound modern, but the problem is not. Ancient Greeks and Romans […]
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