In Medias Res
The Odyssey’s Victims
A college acquaintance of mine, and a trainee officer in the army, once told me he had always found something ideologically suspicious about The Odyssey. Why on earth would you glorify a hero who leaves for a war with…
Knowing Nothing, Knowing Love
Joy Connolly | May 27, 2025
Why Socrates’ Contradiction Makes Perfect Sense on a First Date.
Socrates Without Cushions
Mark Buchan | May 22, 2025
On Love and Discomfort in the Symposium.
Hot Socrates
Kirk Ormand | May 14, 2025
Is gazing into your lover's eyes the first step towards philosophical enlightenment?
Book Review: The Philosophy of Translation
Megan Buick | May 6, 2025
What if translation is as simple as seeing what someone had to say, and telling it to someone else?
The Paideia Institute's 2025 High School Essay Contest Winner
William Crye | April 9, 2025
Why does The Odyssey, and the story of the return home, still matter?
Notes from Madeline Miller's Classroom
Eric Simpson | March 19, 2025
A portrait of a brilliant high school Latin teacher and theater director, before Circe and The Song of Achilles.
Happy Valentine's Day from Antiquity
Mark Buchan | February 14, 2025
But be very afraid!
Is the Odyssey a Christmas Movie?
Mark Buchan | January 14, 2025
Thoughts on Uberto Pasolini's The Return.
Medea: Re-Versed, a Classic Play Rehashed
Aminata Hughes | December 20, 2024
A review of Luis Quintero's electrifying battle-rap rendition of the Euripidean tragedy.
Taylor Swift for Classicists, Or: Love Elegy Today (Part I)
Mark Buchan | September 12, 2024
On The Tortured Poets Department's Classical allusions and complex poetic twists.
Modern Meditations: Stoicism's Social Media Renaissance
Tessa Little | August 26, 2024
The memes, motivational quotes, and Meditations popping up on your social media feed.
Call for Papers: Origin Stories
Paideia Institute | August 21, 2024
Submit an abstract for the Paideia Institute's 2025 Living Latin in NYC Conference!