I START from a patent fact,—the widespread ignorance of classical literature on the part of persons who have received a classical education. It is not the scholarship of scholars that is here impugned ...

Classical World (ISSN 0009-8418) is the quarterly journal of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States, published on a seasonal schedule with Fall (September-November), Winter ...

Monument to Fyodor Dostoevsky near the Russian State Library in Moscow. Contributing Columnist Patrick B. Whalen writes that backlash against classic literature is misguided. We read to learn.

Tolstoy, Austen and Dickens. The legends of literature like F. Scott Fitzgerald, who could convey stories with immaculate detail and clarity, seem to have been forgotten in the 21st century. In the ...

Some books about Greco-Roman antiquity feel like literary versions of the guided bus tours of Athens and Rome that groan eternally down the narrow streets, making dutiful and rapid stops at famous ...

Professor of classics and comparative literature William M. Calder III will be a guest lecturer at Brigham Young University Tuesday, March 23, at 4 p.m. in 2107 Jesse Knight Building. Calder is ...

When comparative literature concentrator and 2019 Rhodes Scholar John Hoffmeyer ’19 began at the University, he was torn between his musical and academic pursuits, especially with his growing ...

Classical Studies encompasses all the social, material, and intellectual culture of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, as they can be studied both in the original languages and in English. The ...

You will learn about all aspects of life in Greco-Roman antiquity and the knowledge you gain will enhance your appreciation of a range of disciplines, from art and architecture to philosophy and ...

This program was originally broadcast on February 10, 2015. The stunning poetry, prose, history and philosophy of classical Indian literature. Emerging in a huge new collection. We’ll dip in. The ...