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Issue No. 5Sunday, 6 September 2026

The Astyanax – Issue No. 5

15 pieces from 11 contributors.

In this issue

15 pieces

01History · EssayDid WWI fundamentally transform conceptions of masculinity? A British Perspective.Rob D'Evelyn

02Classics · EssayMaking a Song and Dance of It: Performance and Early Greek PoetryThe difference it makes in our appreciation of early Greek poems to think of them as song lyrics rather than as words on a page.Anwen Pinniger, University of Exeter

03Classics · Fiction & PoetryBritannia BereavedWill no muse, then, cry at Camlann as they did for fair Achilles?J.R. Hamilton

04Classics · Fiction & PoetryWritten in Grecian MoodA poem imbued with rich imagination and vivid mythical elements of Ancient Greece, which is intricately woven to express emotions. Sid Basu

05Poetry · PoetrySidSid was just a childBrian Fitzpatrick

06Fiction · FictionÜber LordA Mark Barrett story.James Ross

07Poetry · PoetryProemAn ExcerptAnthony J Kleem

08History · EssayGenocide in Rwanda: An International FailureThe extent of the Rwandan Genocide was largely due to foreign failings in preventing the scale of the violence. To what extent is this true?Brad Turland, Adelaide University

09History · EssayExacerbating Civil War: Foreign Superpowers and a Divided NationTo what extent were foreign powers were the most significant drivers in the Korean War?Brad Turland, Adelaide University

10History · EssaySocial Decay and Violence in Jia Zhangke’s A Touch of Sin: The Transformation of the Modern Knights-errant in Chinese CinemaNicholas Parlitsis, Independent

11Politics · Essay Necropolitics, Infection Narratives, and The Last of UsNicholas Parlitsis, Independent

12Philosophy · EssayEvaluating the Controversy of Delivering Therapy Online Using a Postmodern ApproachSyasya Sayed Rajak, Singapore management university

13History · EssayHow Did Stalinism Transform the Purpose of Soviet Art, 1924-1932?The fate of revolutionary art after Lenin.Chanel Parker

14History · EssayCause or Catalyst? The Opium Wars and the Taiping RebellionThe Opium Wars deepened a crisis they did not create.Chanel Parker

15Poetry · PoetryWar & Woe!A poem about the aftermath of war. Sid Basu

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