Uploaded July 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Last week we posted the first half of an interview with Dr Michael Squire from King's College London, about his work on Philostratus' Imagines. Here in Part 2 he tells us about a fascinating group of objects called the Tabulae Iliacae - miniature marble tablets dating to between the end of the first century BC and the early first century AD, which represent scenes from the Homeric epic cycle and other mythological and historical subjects.
For related links and images of the objects Mike discusses in the video, please visit the interview page at classicsconfidential.co.uk/2013/07/10/visualising-epic
Interview by Elton Barker
Last week we posted the first half of an interview with Dr Michael Squire from King's College London, about his work on Philostratus' Imagines. Here in Part 2 he tells us about a fascinating group of objects called the Tabulae Iliacae - miniature marble tablets dating to between the end of the first century BC and the early first century AD, which represent scenes from the Homeric epic cycle and other mythological and historical subjects.
For related links and images of the objects Mike discusses in the video, please visit the interview page at classicsconfidential.co.uk/2013/07/10/visualising-epic
Interview by Elton Barker
