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A love poem rarely read the same way twice.

An erotic epiphany (but for whom?): Ovid, Amores 1.5.9-10
Stephen Hinds |
Introducing a new translation of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations by poet Aaron Poochigian.

The Emperor’s Notebook
Aaron Poochigian |
And you might be misremembering some of its major narrative episodes. 

The Odyssey is Complicated
Mark Buchan |
Propertius 2.15: violence, or role-play?

The Bed and the Battlefield
Joy Connolly |
Sappho's heroic language of unrequited desire

Love, a Little Short of Dying
Kirk Ormand |
Lessons from the Homeric Hymn to the Goddess of Love

Aphrodite: But for Her...Where Would We Be?
Paul Cartledge |
A closer look at George Wythe's Latin motto on the Virginia seal

Sic Semper Tyrannis Revisited
Mitch Brown |
As we await yet another rendition of the Homeric epic, some reflections on why the nostos continues to keep us hooked.

Why the Odyssey Mattered––and Matters
Paul Cartledge |
Read the inaugural edition of the Paideia Institute's youth Classics journal.

Ephebeia, Fall 2025
In Medias Res |
Catullus, Propertius, and Tibullus decoded by Swifties

Teaching Roman Elegy through Taylor Swift
David Levene |