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This is just a note of thanks to all of those who sup­ported us while our for­mer ven­dor let us down. We’d also like to announce our part­ner­ship with a new t-shirt shop. Check out our new store, Clas­si­cal Geek, either … Con­tinue read­ing →

You’ll notice that the link to the Zaz­zle store has left our side­bar, but you won’t believe why. I’m not sup­port­ing the site until they come to their senses and restore our ILLO MODO VOLVO t-shirt, which has been been … Con­tinue read­ing →

A per­sonal favorite has passed: Bernard Knox, 95, Clas­sics Scholar, Dies By WOLFGANG SAXON Bernard M. W. Knox, an author­ity on the works of Sopho­cles, a pro­lific scholar and the found­ing direc­tor of Harvard’s Cen­ter for Hel­lenic Stud­ies, died July … Con­tinue read­ing →

Sarah and I went to the hos­pi­tal on Mon­day, and our son man­aged to snag a pretty nifty birth­day (unless you’re out­side the States): 8/9/10. Here he is: He was born by c-section, and we were half-tempted to call him Cae­sar. … Con­tinue read­ing →

Well, our baby should be here very soon, but while we wait I thought it might be fun to see what all of you thought about baby names; more specif­i­cally names for a boy. This one is already out: Her­ak­les by … Con­tinue read­ing →

OCTs, Loebs, Cam­bridge green & yel­lows, mis­cel­la­neous old com­men­taries, Greek New Tes­ta­ments … Check out the new book sale page for the good stuff. I’ll cross things off as they go.

I’ve listed a small num­ber of clas­sics books for sale on Ama­zon, though I should say that they all have their niche and are quite expen­sive books (though I’m offer­ing them at a rel­a­tively steep dis­count). Other books of more … Con­tinue read­ing →

For those who may be inter­ested: Google Books has some verse com­po­si­tion text­books avail­able for free (Latin and Greek). J.A. Lupton’s Latin Ele­giac Verse Com­po­si­tion A. Sidgwick’s Greek Verse Com­po­si­tion B.W. Beatson’s Greek Iambic Verse H. Kynaston’s Greek Iambic Verse I … Con­tinue read­ing →

Am I alone in think­ing ‘oral/aural Latin’ not only sounds ter­ri­ble (and ter­ri­bly con­fus­ing) but that it’s an unnec­es­sary col­lo­ca­tion? Do our col­leagues really need to make a dis­tinc­tion between French and ‘oral/aural French,’ for exam­ple? This is a use­less … Con­tinue read­ing →

ProfHacker has recently dis­cussed grad­ing par­tic­i­pa­tion, so I thought I’d share my take. I’ve made a change this mark­ing period to place greater empha­sis on the role of per­sonal respon­si­bil­ity and gen­uine effort among stu­dents. In the past I’ve recorded weekly … Con­tinue read­ing →