Problems about the misuse of history, especially on subjects such as race and colonialism, have been running for a long time. But when it comes to the ancient world, there are also problems about the misuse of literature.
Dame Mary Beard’s ‘manifesto’ Women and Power (2018) contains an example of the problem.
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