The Wisdom of a Former Slave

Seven Words That Inspired Marx, Montaigne, and Maya Angelou

The Mystery of the Building of the Temple of Hercules Victor

It’s One of the Most Familiar Buildings of Ancient Rome — But Who Built It and Why?

Teaching Slavery in the High School Latin Classroom

Some books and teachers try to downplay the horrors of slavery — but is that the right approach?

Spoken Latin in the Works of C.S. Lewis

Lewis Made Learning and Speaking Languages a Key Element of His Science Fiction — Including Learning and Speaking Latin

Afternoons With Ovid

Domestic Violence, Abortion, Sex, and Lies— The Amores (16 B.C.) Certainly Don’t…

Back to the Future in Virgil’s Aeneid

In twenty years of talking about Virgil’s Aeneid it’s hit me…

The Troubling Aspects of the Capitoline Venus

What Precisely Is On Display With This Most Famous of Ancient Statues?

Gazing up at the Capitoline Venus for the first time, my body was flooded with emotions: sadness…

Wistful Witch of the West

A Review of Madeline Miller’s Circe