THIS IS KEEPING UP WITH THE KLASSICISTS

Introduction Have you ever had a conversation with someone who all of a sudden throws a de facto into the conversation, making you look...

Introduction This was the question set by our school for an essay competition in the classical civilisation section. Since we knew almost...

Once you've got the hang of what the declensions are about, it's much easier to learn the rest of them. However, the 3rd declension is...

SPOILER ALERT- beware! As soon as you enter the exhibition, you are hurled into a quiet world with nothing except you, Homer and Virgil...

Introduction Tiresias is one of the most well-known characters in Greek mythology; whilst he has many myths explaining his own life, he...

Introduction If you aren't familiar with the tragic love story of Orpheus and Eurydice, we highly recommend that you watch this short...

Spanish • Masculine singular definite article = ‘el’ This is most commonly used before nouns that take the masculine gender, usually...

In this 115-page-long book, not a word is wasted as Mary Beard criticises the public taboo of the integration of women’s oppression in...

(The Divine Comedy) This powerful introduction to the Divine Comedy imposes Dante’s moral guidelines and zealous devotion to Catholicism,...

The second declension Now that we’ve learnt the first declension (see Lesson 1 to catch up), we can move onto the next declension. The...

Background and beliefs in the classical world Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of...

Introduction Unlike English, Latin has a bit more of a complex structure when it comes to basic grammar points, such as nouns. However...

When watching this action-filled film about a chubby warrior panda in his quest for dumplings and fulfilling his dream of becoming the...

The most common question a classics student is ever asked is 'why do you study latin? No one even speaks it!' And we get it, why study an...