Selected Writing. This is the end: Apocalypse then Review of Apocalypse and Golden Age: The End of the World in Greek and Roman Thought by Christopher Star for the London Review of Books. What happened that night on the Acropolis? Hymn to Demetrius Review of Demetrius the Besieger by Pat Wheatley and Charlotte Dunn for the London Review of Books. Kicking Homer to the Curb Review of Robert Kanigel’s Hearing Homer’s Song: The Brief Life and Big Idea of Milman Parry for the New York Times Book Review. A Palm Tree, a Colour and a Mythical Bird Review of In Search of the Phoenicians by Josephine Quinn for the London Review of Books.