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…
The 2026 Paideia High School Essay Contest
Paideia Institute | January 28, 2026
Win a trip to Greece this summer!
Ephebeia, Fall 2025
Paideia Institute | December 17, 2025
Read the inaugural edition of the Paideia Institute's youth Classics journal.
Teaching Roman Elegy through Taylor Swift
David Levene | October 19, 2025
Catullus, Propertius, and Tibullus decoded by Swifties
Meet Our Summer 2025 Teaching Literacy with Latin Grant Winners
Aminata Hughes | September 10, 2025
Three stories from Paideia's summer service learning program.
Call for Papers: Otium et Negotium
Paideia Institute | August 20, 2025
Submit an abstract for the Paideia Institute's 2026 Living Latin in NYC Conference!
Ephebeia: A Youth Classics Journal
Paideia Institute | July 17, 2025
Announcing a new academic journal for high school Classicists.
Leo XIV and Latin: Expect Improvement, But Not Much
Daniel Gallagher | June 2, 2025
Expect improvement, but not much.
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.
The 2025 Paideia High School Essay Contest
Paideia Institute | January 21, 2025
Win a trip to Greece this summer!
How to Learn Latin in Two Months
Paideia Institute | November 13, 2024
One Living Latin student's lightning-speed journey from total beginner to National Junior Classical League Certamen champion.
4 Reasons You Should Try Teaching Latin this Year (and 1 Reason You Shouldn't!)
Aminata Hughes | September 25, 2024
How to expand access to Latin this Fall by starting a Teaching Literacy with Latin site in your community.