Assistant Teaching Professor of Classics at Michigan State University. Late antiquity & classical reception in metal music. he/him “Julian Augustus” out with Oxford University Press: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/julian-augustus-9780197787519https://bsky.app/profile/metalclassicist.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/metalclassicist.bsky.social/post/3mro6gwyrz22kLogging into Classics Bluesky after Fire in the Mountains. https://static.klipy.com/ii/d6b0ce929193df3c242ac34b5654d2ce/22/02/VcSc2aqS.gif?hh=360&ww=480&mp4=syeUb0dJVaJWNZBfKcMd&webm=qA0uigNqG5SI28 Jul 2026 00:41 +0000at://did:plc:4t5ob6pfhoav3zmqpg3hl5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mro6gwyrz22khttps://bsky.app/profile/metalclassicist.bsky.social/post/3mro6gwyrz22kLogging into Classics Bluesky after Fire in the Mountains. https://static.klipy.com/ii/d6b0ce929193df3c242ac34b5654d2ce/22/02/VcSc2aqS.gif?hh=360&ww=480&mp4=syeUb0dJVaJWNZBfKcMd&webm=qA0uigNqG5SI28 Jul 2026 00:41 +0000at://did:plc:4t5ob6pfhoav3zmqpg3hl5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mro6gwyrz22khttps://bsky.app/profile/metalclassicist.bsky.social/post/3mrkvr6pnmk2pFYI re: “historical” or “mythological accuracy” in the (re)telling of Homeric epics.26 Jul 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:4t5ob6pfhoav3zmqpg3hl5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkvr6pnmk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/metalclassicist.bsky.social/post/3mrjdirwhjs27Not only has seeing GALLOWBRAID made my day, but also when I said hello to Jake earlier and how stoked he was to tell me that they were listening to the @mythsbaby.bsky.social podcast the whole way up from SLC.26 Jul 2026 02:28 +0000at://did:plc:4t5ob6pfhoav3zmqpg3hl5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrjdirwhjs27https://bsky.app/profile/metalclassicist.bsky.social/post/3mrbd4a4r6s2wWelcome new followers! I’m a Classics professor at Michigan State University. I’ve written a book on the Roman emperor Julian (“the Apostate”), & do a lot of research on the reception of ancient Greece, Rome, & Byzantium in heavy metal music. Stick around for antiquity, metal, or a combo of the two.22 Jul 2026 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:4t5ob6pfhoav3zmqpg3hl5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrbd4a4r6s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/metalclassicist.bsky.social/post/3mrbd4a4r6s2wWelcome new followers! I’m a Classics professor at Michigan State University. I’ve written a book on the Roman emperor Julian (“the Apostate”), & do a lot of research on the reception of ancient Greece, Rome, & Byzantium in heavy metal music. Stick around for antiquity, metal, or a combo of the two.22 Jul 2026 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:4t5ob6pfhoav3zmqpg3hl5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrbd4a4r6s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/metalclassicist.bsky.social/post/3mr6wxiqi7s2kA beautiful metaphor for America here at Glacier National Park: a bunch of people standing under a melting glacier that could collapse onto them at any moment despite all the signs warning them.21 Jul 2026 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:4t5ob6pfhoav3zmqpg3hl5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6wxiqi7s2k