In Medias Res
In Memoriam: Portia Prebys (1944-2026)
It was a cloudy spring morning in Manhattan. The phone rang very early in my hotel room, where I’d fortunately been awake for a little while thanks to lingering jet lag. So I picked up, and immediately recognized the…
Secrets of a Lost Art, part 2: Chronograms
Mike Fontaine | April 5, 2018
Fun with Baroque Latin, part 2
Ne Desperetis (“Don’t Stop Believin’” in Latin)
Paideia Institute | April 3, 2018
The Classic Don’t-Give-Up Anthem In the Language That Just Won’t Die
O Mira Gratia (“Amazing Grace” in Latin)
Nancy Llewellyn | March 30, 2018
Nancy Llewellyn Renders a Spiritual Classic into Latin
The Ponte Sant'Angelo: From the Pons Aelius to the Bridge of the Passion
Emma Schmidt | March 28, 2018
Hadrian Meets Bernini on Rome’s Most Storied Bridge
I Came, ISAW, I Contemplated
John Kuhner | March 23, 2018
Take a Moment to Ponder the Centuries at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World’s New “Romance and Reason” Exhibit
Ἐχθές (The Beatles’ “Yesterday” in Ancient Greek)
Paideia Institute | March 22, 2018
The Fab Four’s Classic Song Sounds an Appropriate Note for a Classicist
Georgii Tarrega Oratio “De Quintiliani praeceptis etiamnunc repetendis et considerandis.”
Paideia Institute | March 15, 2018
A Brilliant Latin Oration on the Teacherly Virtues of Patience and Simplicity.
Caesar's Triumph ("Ecce Caesar Nunc Triumphat")
Paideia Institute | March 15, 2018
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.
Secrets of a Lost Art, part 1: Latin Anagrams
Mike Fontaine | March 14, 2018
Fun with Baroque Latin, part 1
If Walls Could Talk: The Columns of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amanda Reeves | March 9, 2018
Roman Cultural Recycling Per Excellentiam
Dummodo Me Ames (The Backstreet Boys' "As Long as You Love Me" in Latin)
Paideia Institute | March 9, 2018
Which Begs the Question — How Do You Say “Boy Band” in Latin?
Off the Dusty Bookshelf: Romesick With William Dean Howells
John Kuhner | March 3, 2018
Where do you turn when you’re missing Rome? The “Dean of American Letters” is not a bad place to start.