Another take on the value of Classics These are the closing words of chapter 5, ‘The Place of Classics in Education,’ from The Aims of Education. Europe is always flying apart because of t Continue Reading →
Images from Livy (10) ‘Tapestry of the History of Scipio: The Battle of Zama’. Giulio Romano (model), Francesco Penni (preparatory cartoon), François Bonnemer (Gobelins ca Continue Reading →
Essentials of Antiquity The other day I was trying to think of a list of literary works from antiquity besides the Bible that could be described as ‘essential’ based on the c Continue Reading →
