Etymology One of our trusty field correspondents asked about the etymology of Helot, those serf-like minions of the Spartans, after being told that it may be de Continue Reading →
Bucolica while reading vergil eclogue 3 today, i was surprised to come across the following couplet (ll.64-65): Malo me Galatea petit, lasciva puella, et fugit Continue Reading →
by the way, i also wanted to congratulate dennius maximus on nailing down a thesis topic area. let the juvenalia begin! Continue Reading →