Persephone: The Harvard Undergraduate Classics Journal

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Hello from the Editors

Dear Readers,

A massive “Hello” and thank you for stopping by from the editors of Persephone for 2024-25! We  just released our 9th volume, our Fall 2024 issue. It is our first Harvard-only issue, and you can read it under the "Current Issue" tab.

We are currently hard at work on vol. 10, our Spring 2025 issue. 

In the meantime, submissions are open for our Fall 2025 vol. 11. Further guidelines and detailed instructions can be found under the "Submissions" and "FAQ" tabs.

Thank you for your patience as we review your work, and stay tuned for volume 10!

Best,

Jane Lilly, Editor-in-Chief, Class of 2027

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As the official undergraduate journal of Harvard's Department of the Classics, Persephone seeks to further dialogue about the ancient Mediterranean and antiquity more broadly by sharing the research of passionate undergraduates.

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A Notice on 2023-2024 Submissions

Due to tecnhical difficulties, we are unable to access submissions made in the 2023-2024 academic year. We ask that you please re-submit any work submitted during this period for the spring 2025 issue.

A Note on Numbering

Since transitioning to its new web-only format in Fall 2016, we have restarted our issue numbering system. Our first issue, Winter 2016, is Vol 1, No.1.

We just released vol. 8, our Winter 2025 issue. It is numbered as such because it includes content from 2022 and 2023.