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…
Latin Teacher Profile: Diana Beste
Paideia Institute | July 10, 2023
In this first installment of In Medias Res' new Latin teacher interview column, Diana Beste discusses her career at Choate Rosemary Hall, Latin mottos, and knowledge-based learning.
On the Long History of Language Learning at Busby Library
Bijan Omrani | May 15, 2023
Former Classics teacher Bijan Omrani used to teach in a school classroom one minute's walk away from where King Charles III was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
Alcibiades, Socrates and Timon on Humility
Finn Charest | May 9, 2023
Finn Charest is the winner of the 2023 Living Greek in Greece High School Essay Contest.
Catullus: the Unbridled Emotions of Youth
James Chang | May 8, 2023
James Chang is the winner of the 2023 Living Latin in Rome High School Essay Contest.
The Creative Art of Translation
Miles Johnson | April 20, 2023
The Stories of Daedalus in Ovid's Metamorphoses
Nine Ways of Teaching Vocabulary Without Translation
John Kuhner | March 27, 2023
A list of ways to teach vocabulary for language acquisition - without ever leaving the target language.
A Report on the 2023 Living Latin in New York City Conference
Melinda Letts | March 24, 2023
Spoken Latin and Greek - in New York City!
When A Latin Speech Was Front Page News
Daniel Gallagher | February 27, 2023
Former papal Latinist Dan Gallagher discusses what it was like in the Vatican's Latin Office when Benedict XVI resigned.
In Search of Good High School Essays
John Kuhner | November 24, 2022
In Medias Res Looks to Publish Student Work in Classics.
Announcing the Relaunch of the Paideia Institute’s Outreach Programming
Allegra Forbes | October 12, 2022
An Interview with Aminata Hughes, Paideia’s Outreach Manager.
Return to Rome
Dawn Mitchell | September 29, 2022
Dawn Mitchell Revisits The Reginaldus Experience Almost Thirty Years Later.
Learning Ancient Greek with Dyslexia
AnnMarie Patterson | August 30, 2022
No One Should Be Afraid To Learn Greek.