The Weather Channel gets classical The Weather Channel has decided to name winter storms, and the choices are sometimes hilarious. Here are the classical choices, with the official expl
Verbal Artistry in Vergil: Word-Order in Aeneid 1.368 As Venus tells Aeneas the story of Dido, she tells him how Dido and her allies (socios, 360) acquired the territory of Carthage: they bought as much l Continue Reading →
Cicero on books and the soul I’m a hunter by nature, but what I hunt are words and meanings in books and now on the internet. One of the things I like to pursue is the origin of p Continue Reading →
