Tag Archives: Owen Rees

Great Naval Battles of the Ancient Greek World

Posted on January 18, 2019 by owen

Apologies, it has been a hectic 2018, so the blog has been ignored. Anyway, only a short one for now. I have finally published book number 2: Great Naval Battles of the Ancient Greek World, which is available here. For … Continue reading →

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Ancient Greek Fatherhood

Posted on December 30, 2015 by owen

Apologies for the dearth of blogs, but there have been many changes around here that have made it harder and harder to find the time. The most fundamental change has been my acceptance to pursue a PhD at Manchester Metropolitan … Continue reading →

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PTSD in Ancient History … or, How to Disagree Amicably

Posted on August 24, 2014 by owen

Book being read: None at the moment, unless Thucydides counts, but I am always dipping into that so probably not! As regular readers and poor survivors of my obsessive monologues well know, I do a lot of work and research … Continue reading →

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Writing Popular History – Pride

Posted on April 12, 2014 by owen

Book being read – J, Davis-Kimbal, Warrior Women: An archaeologist’s search for history’s hidden heroines, (2002) Pride is a real problem in the world of history writing. Well, to be fair, pride is a problem in most areas of life, … Continue reading →

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Writing Popular History: Between History and Myth

Posted on March 31, 2014 by owen

Book being read – No books being read today, just an awful lot of academic papers on the Amazon myths. In keeping with the new format of sporadic blogs that contain very little information about anything specific, I have been … Continue reading →

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