Metamorphoses 9: Love hurts
A blog about teaching Ovid’s Metamorphoses in a classical mythology course
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Metamorphoses 8: Mutual Aid
A blog about teaching Ovid’s Metamorphoses in a classical mythology course
Metamorphoses 7: Plague
A blog about teaching Ovid’s Metamorphoses in a classical mythology course
Metamorphoses 6: Horror stories
A blog about teaching Ovid’s Metamorphoses in a classical mythology course
Metamorphoses 5: Around the World
A blog about teaching Ovid’s Metamorphoses in a classical mythology course
Metamorphoses 4: New voices
A blog about teaching Ovid’s Metamorphoses in a classical mythology course
Metamorphoses 3: Ovid meets COVID
My students are reading Ovid stateside now, after our program in Rome closed because of the spread of the coronavirus in Italy. We’re all…
Metamorphoses 2: Same song, different verse
Last week, I shared a Twitter thread from Emily Wilson about Ovid’s Metamorphoses, in which she drew a connection between the myth of…
Metamorphoses: Book 1
This semester, I’m teaching in Rome — classical mythology, Latin, and ancient Greek. In case you’re not jealous already, I’ve decided to…
When Eulogies Turn Political: John McCain and Cato the Younger
Reactions to the death of John McCain over the last week have varied wildly, from adulation to anger. “Don’t speak ill of the dead,” some…
Avenging Lucretia
From Rape to Revolution
An expert in classical rhetoric analyzes Trump
I’m a classics professor who researches the rhetoric of the Roman orator Cicero. Cicero lived from 106 to 43 BCE – he died a year after…