Claire Heywood

Claire Heywood is a scholar of the ancient world, with a BA in Classical Civilization and an MA in Ancient Visual and Material Culture from the University of Warwick. She is the author of Daughters of Sparta and The Shadow of Perseus.

Ancient Drama for Modern Readers: Top 5 Greek Plays to Read in Translation

Claire Heywood Guides You Into the Underworld of the Greek Epic

February 24, 2023 By Claire Heywood

Telling the True Stories of Ancient Greece Through Fiction

Claire Heywood on Rewriting Mythology From the Woman’s Perspective

June 22, 2021 By Claire Heywood

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