Much of my work explores how the ancient Greek and Roman worlds continue to shape the ways we think today. At its core lies the conviction that all good history is, in essence, a conversation between past and present: a dynamic exchange in which each continually reframes the other. By placing antiquity in dialogue with contemporary concerns, I trace how stories, beliefs, and concepts developed in the ancient world retain the capacity to inform, sustain, and sometimes unsettle us today. In this sense, antiquity serves as a kind of sparring partner, an enduring interlocutor that not only speaks to us, but also pushes back, challenging and sharpening how we understand both the world and ourselves.