Salve!

I'm Madalena, a graduate student in classics at the University of Washington. I'm interested in Ovid (especially the Heroides), trauma theory (especially with reference to temporality), and classical reception (especially in science fiction).

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Recent posts

  1. Trauma and Atemporality in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Vergil’s Aeneid | May 16, 2025

    Both works manipulate timelines to compel their characters to confront trauma.

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  2. The Maiden's Materials | March 08, 2025

    On the composition of Pygmalion's statue in Ovid's Metamorphoses.

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  3. Random passage generator | December 13, 2024

    A slight edit of a program to generate random lines off a reading list.

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  4. Making vocab lists | October 11, 2024

    How I use Haverford Bridge to generate vocab lists.

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