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Yes, It’s True: “My Darling Clementine” and the “Ode to Joy” Use the Same Meter as a Song Sung at Julius Caesar’s Triumph in 45 B.C.

Caesar's Triumph ("Ecce Caesar Nunc Triumphat")
In Medias Res |

Yes, It’s True: “My Darling Clementine” and the “Ode to Joy” Use the Same Meter as a Song Sung at Julius Caesar’s Triumph in 45 B.C.

Carmina
Fun with Baroque Latin, part 1

Secrets of a Lost Art, part 1: Latin Anagrams
Mike Fontaine |

Fun with Baroque Latin, part 1

Teaching Literature
Roman Cultural Recycling Per Excellentiam

If Walls Could Talk: The Columns of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amanda Reeves |

Roman Cultural Recycling Per Excellentiam

Arts
Which Begs the Question — How Do You Say “Boy Band” in Latin?

Dummodo Me Ames (The Backstreet Boys' "As Long as You Love Me" in Latin)
In Medias Res |

Which Begs the Question — How Do You Say “Boy Band” in Latin?

Carmina
Where do you turn when you’re missing Rome? The “Dean of American Letters” is not a bad place to start.

Off the Dusty Bookshelf: Romesick With William Dean Howells
John Kuhner |

Where do you turn when you’re missing Rome? The “Dean of American Letters” is not a bad place to start....

Literature
Yes, It Exists.

Omnes Virgines (Beyonce's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" in Latin)
In Medias Res |

Yes, It Exists.

Carmina
*****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.*****

The Mythic Origin of a Famous Wine: The Ballad of Old Falernus
Mike Fontaine |

*****Update April 30, 2020: In honor of National Poetry Month, professional voice actor Laura Richcreek decided to read the translation...

Literature
Some books and teachers try to downplay the horrors of slavery — but is that the right approach?

Teaching Slavery in the High School Latin Classroom
Danielle Bostick |

Some books and teachers try to downplay the horrors of slavery — but is that the right approach?

Teaching
Rock’s “King of Guilty Pleasures” Gets a Tribute from his Latin Lovers

Carolina ("Sweet Caroline" in Latin)
In Medias Res |

Rock’s “King of Guilty Pleasures” Gets a Tribute from his Latin Lovers

Carmina
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Greek Life
In Medias Res |

All Classicists know that the Greeks

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