Would you be considered beautiful in the ancient world?
More reasons why Homer may never have existed.
Some suggestions on how to use Roman inscriptions to teach introductory Latin.
An analogy to the recent tragedies in Paris — in AD 215, the emperor Caracalla ordered a massacre of the citizens of Alexandria, who had been fond of frequently making jokes about him and his family.
(Lastly, an addendum to the article posted earlier this week — Timothy Joseph, the author, can be followed on Twitter @TimJoseph1843!)
Thursday Resource: Classical Commentary DIY
January 24, 2013
Dickinson College posts a wonderful tutorial on preparing a commentary for a text: http://blogs.dickinson.edu/dcc/2013/01/21/classical-commentary-diy/ (You can also use NoDictionaries.com to generate the list of words