A scholar’s riposte Richard Porson, who — along with Bentley and Housman, makes one third of the trinity of British textual critics — was apparently as much a wit as Continue Reading →
Hector to the defenders of Troy ἀλλὰ μάχεσθ’ ἐπὶ νηυσὶν ἀολλέες· ὃς δέ κεν ὑμέων βλήμενος ἠὲ τυπεὶς θάνατον Continue Reading →
How to pronounce Latin vowels We’ve all seen suggestions (in textbooks, vel sim.) for how to pronounce Latin vowels. We’re often given pairs of words, and depending on the text the Continue Reading →
