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Vlada Kampane

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Vlada Kampane

Final year undergraduate focusing on archaeology and classical studies.

University of Liverpool

Published in The Astyanax

  • From the archive · Classics · Essay

    Blood and Fire: Troy in Heavy Metal

    Metal has spent forty years plundering the Iliad for battle rage and glory. Listen to Blind Guardian's Cassandra, though, and the epic starts telling a different story.

    16 September 2026