Miriam Leonard is professor of Greek literature and its reception at University College London. She curated the exhibition ‘Freud and Egypt’ at the Freud Museum, London in 2019.

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Silver cup showing Priam supplicating Achilles, Roman, 1st century. National Museum of Denmark. Photo: Roberta Fortuna and Kira Ursem; © National Museet Denmark Photo: Roberta Fortuna and Kira Ursem; © National Museet Denmark

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