Anacréon, Bacchus et l’Amour, by Jean-Léon Gerome (1848). Musée des Augustins. By Lee Lanzillotta I’m pretty sure most people don’t start studying Ancient Greek because they just love reading Anacreon (Ἀνακρέων) in translation. Homer, yes, or Sappho, but not our…
By Lee Lanzillotta When learning a language, I prefer to not only read and hear a language, but to write it too. Now, most people who study Latin and Ancient Greek in university to the most advanced level end up…
By Lee Lanzilotta I learned Ancient Greek in an intensive online course which was, admittedly, kind of hellish. The fact that there was a heatwave at the time where I live and my apartment didn’t have air conditioning certainly added…
By Lee Lanzilotta Seneca and Marcus Aurelius really seem to be having a moment these days. This ancient philosophy has been repackaged for a modern, attention span-less audience by websites like Daily Stoic and regurgitated in countless annoying Instagram posts.…
By Lee Lanzilotta You can’t learn a language simply from looking at the words on a page. Okay, maybe you can, if you’re far cleverer than I. But most of us need some good ol’ audio input. This is one…
By Lee Lanzillotta Lucian may not be most people’s idea of the first author they should read in Ancient Greek. My professors generally suggest Plato or perhaps Xenophon as a good starting point, even though one of them specializes in…
