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Alec Grinter

Editor of Classics and Ancient Languages student at UCL primarily interested in the Ancient Near East and comparative studies

University College London

Published in The Astyanax

• From the archive · Literature · Essay

  The Role of Swiss Neutrality in “The Visit”

  How do national politics and personal beliefs influence dramatic work?

  14 September 2026

• The Weekly, No. 6 · Classics · Essay

  A Goddess of Love and War: Reconciling Ishtar and Venus

  Tracing Ishtar's journey to Aphrodite and Venus, and how her suppressed features reappear

  7 September 2026