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Phaedrus
You need to be away from your Intermediate or Advanced class for a day or two – what can you do? I found that especially
Troy Reborn: The Journey of Aeneas
Perhaps of interest for anyone teaching Vergil’s Aeneid: Troy Reborn: The Journey of Aeneas, is a retelling of Vergil’s work that presents opportunities to debate
Learning to Savor Every Word
Coming from a school where English and Chinese were the only options for a second language, the word “Latin” was nothing more than a foreign
Why Did Vergil Write the Aeneid?
Why did Virgil write the Aeneid? Why did he want it destroyed at his death? What do scholars have to say about this? Was it
Aeneas and AI
A friend gave me an article from the Wall Street Journal about a computer program, Aeneas, which is being used to figure out damaged inscriptions
Lycophron: A Mythological Puzzle for December 17
This will be the last “mythological puzzle” that we’ll do in this series of blog posts. Next year, I’ll be offering some thoughts about how