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…
Love Again
Mark Buchan | February 13, 2026
Ibycus on getting back out there
The Bed and the Battlefield
Joy Connolly | February 13, 2026
Propertius 2.15: violence, or role-play?
Love, a Little Short of Dying
Kirk Ormand | February 13, 2026
Sappho's heroic language of unrequited desire
Aphrodite: But for Her...Where Would We Be?
Paul Cartledge | February 9, 2026
Lessons from the Homeric Hymn to the Goddess of Love
The 2026 Paideia High School Essay Contest
Paideia Institute | January 28, 2026
Win a trip to Greece this summer!
Sic Semper Tyrannis Revisited
Mitch Brown | January 22, 2026
A closer look at George Wythe's Latin motto on the Virginia seal
Why the Odyssey Mattered––and Matters
Paul Cartledge | January 13, 2026
As we await yet another rendition of the Homeric epic, some reflections on why the nostos continues to keep us hooked.
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
Odysseus as a Philosopher: On Homecoming and the Meaning of Human Life
Antonio Cimino | October 1, 2025
On Homecoming and the Meaning of Human Life
Meet Our Summer 2025 Teaching Literacy with Latin Grant Winners
Aminata Hughes | September 10, 2025
Three stories from Paideia's summer service learning program.
From Ithaca to Cinecittà
Tatiana Eva-Marie | September 3, 2025
Godard's Disintegration of the Homeric Journey