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…
Using Fables to Activate Latin
Paideia Institute | April 21, 2018
Erin McKenna Hanses Discusses the Ancient Art of Teaching via Fables
The Wisdom of a Former Slave
Claire Pavlides | April 20, 2018
Seven Words That Inspired Marx, Montaigne, and Maya Angelou
Cum Desiderio Erasmo in Scholis Latinis Loquamur! (Latine)
Paideia Institute | April 11, 2018
a Terentio Tunberg est apud Living Latin in New York City
Secrets of a Lost Art, part 2: Chronograms
Mike Fontaine | April 5, 2018
Fun with Baroque Latin, part 2
Georgii Tarrega Oratio “De Quintiliani praeceptis etiamnunc repetendis et considerandis.”
Paideia Institute | March 15, 2018
A Brilliant Latin Oration on the Teacherly Virtues of Patience and Simplicity.
Secrets of a Lost Art, part 1: Latin Anagrams
Mike Fontaine | March 14, 2018
Fun with Baroque Latin, part 1
Off the Dusty Bookshelf: Romesick With William Dean Howells
John Kuhner | March 3, 2018
Where do you turn when you’re missing Rome? The “Dean of American Letters” is not a bad place to start.
The Mythic Origin of a Famous Wine: The Ballad of Old Falernus
Mike Fontaine | March 2, 2018
*****Update April 30, 2020: In honor of National Poetry Month, professional voice actor Laura Richcreek decided to read the translation below. Her rendition is gorgeous and it brings the story to life in new and arresting ways. Click here to listen.*****
Charles Dickens and the Literae Humaniores
John Kuhner | January 18, 2018
Of Greek and Latin Vegetables, Less Humane Classicists, and Mathematical Gooseberries — Very Sour Ones
Into the Thickst: Welcome to In Medias Res
John Kuhner | December 22, 2017
In that spirit we offer you, here at our outset, to honor the season in various ways:
"That's Latin!" A Review of the Ossa Latinitatis of Reginald Foster
Mike Fontaine | October 19, 2017
Reginaldus Thomas Foster and Daniel Patricius McCarthy