Database of Ancient Drama on Chicago Stages
A record of performances (1830s-today) that adapt or otherwise draw on...
Category Archives: By Engagement with Greek Sources
Caryatids Adorn Major Museums
Field Museum Erechtheion, Acropolis, Athens The architecture of both the Field...
Socrates Goes to Federal Court
The Old Federal Building that once stood on the...
An Artist’s View of the Democratic Significance of the LaSalle Corridor in the Loop
Above the doorway at 120 North La Salle Street a mosaic...
A Lysistrata for Chiraq
Spike Lee adapted Aristophanes’ comic masterpiece Lysistrata to address a 21st...
Aesop’s Fables Grace Gothic Revival Buildings
Carvings of creatures from Aesop’s fables by American sculptor Rene Paul...
History of working people in antiquity begins in Chicago
The 1887 book that introduced many people across the English-speaking...
A UFO atop an ancient temple?
By John Sullivan “Monstrosity of the Midway,” “Eyesore on Lake...
Temples of Finance
Financial institutions everywhere in the US resemble Greek temples. This is...
Community Murals Notice Classical Presences
A 600-ft long cement bench covered with paintings by local families...
Burnham Summons Pericles in behalf of Immigrants
In 1896, master planner and architect Daniel Burnham appealed to the...
Atlas-Spotting in “City of the Big Shoulders”
Visual representations of Atlas can be found throughout Chicago, though perhaps...
