The New Yorker

An Instant Classic About Learning Ancient Greek

When Andrea Marcolongo’s book “La Lingua Geniale,” subtitled “9 ragioni per amare il greco” (“Nine Reasons to Love Greek”), came out in 2016, I bought it, in Italian, and took it with me to Greece. I ...
America Magazine

A defense of learning Latin and Greek (Also: Why does it even need defending?)

There is no assessment more objective than a written exam in an ancient language. Such a test measures recall of and facility with a language that exists only on the printed page, one governed by a ...
Greek Reporter

Phillis Wheatley: The First African-American Poet Knew Ancient Greek

In 1761, Phillis Wheatley came to America on a slave ship, but soon became its first African-American poet with knowledge of ...
Greek Reporter

Odysseus vs. Achilles: The Two Faces of Ancient Greek Heroism

While Odysseus and Achilles fought for the same cause, they embody two different approaches to ancient Greek heroism.