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Bum’s the Word!

Well, we’ve never had a better excuse to post a photo of a luscious marble bottom – this one belongs to the famous Louvre Hermaphrodite, by the way! Our interviewee this week is Dr Amy Coker, who is the John Percival Postgate University Teacher in Greek and Latin at the University of Liverpool. Amy talks about her current work on Greek aischrologia (‘shameful words’), focusing particularly on the multiple terms used to describe the ancient derrière…..

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