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Why does The Odyssey, and the story of the return home, still matter?

The Paideia Institute's 2025 High School Essay Contest Winner
William Crye |
A portrait of a brilliant high school Latin teacher and theater director, before Circe and The Song of Achilles.

Notes from Madeline Miller's Classroom
Eric Simpson |
Win a trip to Greece this summer!

The 2025 Paideia High School Essay Contest

Mark Buchan |
One Living Latin student's lightning-speed journey from total beginner to National Junior Classical League Certamen champion.

How to Learn Latin in Two Months
Mark Buchan |
How to expand access to Latin this Fall by starting a Teaching Literacy with Latin site in your community.

4 Reasons You Should Try Teaching Latin this Year (and 1 Reason You Shouldn't!)
Aminata Hughes |
Submit an abstract for the Paideia Institute's 2025 Living Latin in NYC Conference!

Call for Papers: Origin Stories
Mark Buchan |
Abigail Palmer's debut work of YA historical fiction probes slavery and identity in the early Roman Empire.

Book Review: Faelan and the Miracle Machines
AnnMarie Patterson |
At the Paideia Institute's 2024 Arete Award Gala, honoree Dame Mary Beard reflects on the future of the Classics.

Mary Beard: Why the Classics Today are Better than Ever Before
Mark Buchan |
Reflections from a Retired High School Latin Teacher on Reading Widely and Thinking Deeply.

Why Classics?
Frank Breslin |
Why should we study Ancient Greek?

The Paideia Institute's 2024 High School Essay Contest Winner
Mehmetali Mamedov |