Tony Perrottet is the author of Pagan Holiday: On the Trail of Ancient Roman Tourists and The Naked Olympics: the True Story of the Ancient Games (Random House); www.thenakedolympics.com.

• August 2005: The Semen of Hercules
  The specific details of substance abuse in ancient Greek athletics are ridiculous and delightful.
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  September 2003: The Ancient Roman Reading Craze
  What crazed Dionysian rites rent the moral fabric of Roman society? Literary readings.