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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
On My Love of the Classics
Classics: the study of ancient Greek and Roman literature and the languages they were originally written in, or more broadly, the study of the Ancient
Catullus the Bookkeeper?
Is the list of numbers of kisses in poems 5 and 7 simply a trope, or do they tell us about Catullus’ family and upbringing? Is there magic or just an accountant’s keeping track of things?
Thanksgiving 2025: A Mythological Puzzle from Trimalchio
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in CANE-land! I hope you’re all doing well. In our series of blog posts on mythological puzzles, I thought I’d add
Post Roman Britain’s Economy
For years the consensus has been that when the Romans left the economy of Britain took a big hit. New research published in Antiquity and summarized in Science (389:1077,
Hodie et Cras – December 6, 2025
On Saturday, December 6, Yale University is hosting a program called Hodie et Cras (“Today and Tomorrow”), designed by and for high school students interested in the