Candidates for the degree in Classical Antiquity who intend to be examined in Greek translation create their own reading list, which must be approved by the Associate Chair of Graduate Studies. The ...

Whether it's to start analyzing a detail or impressing someone in conversation, understanding a classical building begins with an awareness of the different classical orders of architecture. In the ...

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 ...

The Journal of Hellenic Studies was first issued in 1880 and is internationally recognized as one of the foremost periodicals in the field of Classical scholarship. It contains articles on a wide ...

From the Midas touch to a Sisyphean task, from Pandora’s box to Achilles’ heel, characters from classical Greek and Roman mythology have an inescapable presence in everyday life and language. Their ...

It is quite remarkable that any nonprofit professional organization reaches the “one hundred years” mark. In the instance of The Philadelphia Classical Society, encouraging the study of Latin and ...

IN any survey of Greek poetry, epic, lyric, and dramatic, one may see how, in each successive phase, it was the voice of Greek life. The very word “literature” is fraught with associations which tend ...

Location: de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center, BYU Price: $12 ($3 off with BYU or student ID, $1 off for senior citizens or BYU alumni) Tickets: Available in person at the BYU Ticket Office ...

Great Books: My Adventures with Homer, Rousseau, Woolf and Other Indestructible Writers of the Western World At 3 o'clock one summer morning, a young classics scholar was crashing around in the ...

Solemn, somber, eloquent but removed from our reality — that's the way most theatergoers describe Greek tragedy. The gods rule the universe, and we are caught in their web. With their limited vision ...