A better ‘Simon Says’ for Latin Classes I’ve never used Simon Says in my Latin classes because I’ve never liked the Latin it tends to produce. The teacher says something like ‘Simon dīcit “ Continue Reading →
A modern ‘ancient’ Greek dialect discovered? This has been making the rounds: a remote, Muslim community has been found speaking (and notably not writing) a dialect of Greek apparently quite clos Continue Reading →
The Year of Reading Rome (a resolution) If you’re anything like me you make New Year’s resolutions about reading Mommsen and Gibbon, but then you get frustrated as you plan out your reading. Continue Reading →