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…
Crafty
Joy Connolly | July 17, 2026
The Odyssean lineage of metis in Hesiod’s Theogony
Ephebeia, Spring 2026
Mark Buchan | June 12, 2026
Read the second issue of Paideia's youth Classics journal!
Did Ovid Bury Philippi in a Love Story?
Mike Fontaine | April 23, 2026
Pyramus, Thisbe, and Rome’s Most Tragic Mistake (Part II)
Was Ovid Really Apolitical?
Mike Fontaine | April 16, 2026
Sulmona, Corfinium, and the Poet Who Wouldn’t Say “Philippi” (Part I)
Becoming Unable to Become: How Metamorphosis Stops Time
Shinjini Sinha | April 9, 2026
2026 Paideia High School Essay Contest Winner
Ovid's Immortal Tapestry: Women of the Metamorphoses
Hannah Gumpert | April 8, 2026
2026 Paideia High School Essay Contest Winner
Gazing on Ulysses
Paul Cartledge | March 26, 2026
Theo Angelopoulos's Odyssey of Balkan Identity.
Amaryllis, Cheesemaker
Catherine Connors | March 19, 2026
A love story grounded in women's labor.
Call for Papers: Ephebeia Spring 2026 Issue
Mark Buchan | March 13, 2026
Submit an essay to the Paideia Institute's online academic journal for high school writers.
An erotic epiphany (but for whom?): Ovid, Amores 1.5.9-10
Stephen Hinds | March 12, 2026
A love poem rarely read the same way twice.
The Emperor’s Notebook: On Marcus Aurelius’ “Meditations”
Aaron Poochigian | March 9, 2026
Introducing a new translation of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations by poet Aaron Poochigian.
The Odyssey is Complicated
Mark Buchan | March 5, 2026
And you might be misremembering some of its major narrative episodes.