Literature at The Paideia Institute

If only schoolmasters had given students this kind of book first, before all that rote learning about genitive and ablative cases.

‘Et Tu, Brute?’ Review: Latin Lovers

‘Gods and Mortals’ by Sarah Iles Johnston, ‘Arcadian Days’ by John Spurling and ‘Greek Myths’ by Charlotte Higgins.

The Ancient Greek Myths Retold

Gareth Williams’ new book explains why the classic poem is just right for our times.

Here’s Why Ovid’s “Metamorphoses” Is Popular Once Again

Women, Witchcraft and Greek Myth

Stephanie McCarter’s new translation grapples intelligently with issues of sexual violence that have often been obscured by euphemism.

Should Ovid’s Metamorphoses Have a Trigger Warning?

Or how to map a myth.

The Geography of the Odyssey

By mythologizing the Romans’ Trojan origins, Virgil turned a story about losers into an epic about winners.

Is the Aeneid a Celebration of Empire—or a Critique?

Classics were given a feminist twist in a show that also put outerwear centre stage

Max Mara rewrites Greek myths at Milan fashion week

Circe, a Vilified Witch From Classical Mythology, Gets Her Own Epic

Circe, a Vilified Witch From Classical Mythology, Gets Her Own Epic

Why the literature of antiquity still matters

Why the literature of antiquity still matters

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