Smith College

Classical Studies

Classics is the study of ancient Greek and Roman civilization, which laid the foundation of the western tradition in literature, philosophy, history, art, science and mathematics. Classics is thus not ...
Greek Reporter

The Most Prestigious Universities With Greek Studies Departments

Prominent universities across the world continue to offer their students the option of pursuing Greek studies, remaining a vital discipline.
Connecticut College Arboretum

Majoring in Classics

To study classics is to enter into a world that stretches from Europe to Western Asia and North Africa, and in time from the Stone Age to the fall of Constantinople and beyond. No field gives you a ...
Greek Reporter

The Five Ages of Ancient Greece: From Bronze to Hellenistic

Ancient Greece has traditionally been periodized into five eras: the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Archaic Age, Classical Age, and ...
Princeton University

Greek and Latin Literature Resources:

Provides links to many sites relevant to Ancient Greek and Latin literature, as well as Greek and Roman art and archaeology. Provides links to many sites relevant to Ancient Greek and Latin literature ...
cursus.edu

The Ancient Greek Hero

Explore what it means to be human today by studying what it meant to be a hero in ancient Greek times. In this introduction to ancient Greek culture and literature, learners will experience, in ...
Brandeis University

The Ancient Greeks also lived through a plague, and they too blamed their leaders for their suffering

Joel Christensen is Professor and Chair in the Department of Classical Studies at Brandeis University.This article originally appeared in Th e Conversation. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 ...

Quote of the day by Homer: "Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who..."

Homer, the enigmatic author of The Iliad and The Odyssey, profoundly shaped Western literature. Despite his immense influence ...
Boston College

Modern Greek literature resource

A semester that concluded with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ speech at Commencement also saw the launch of a major online resource for Greek literature that was largely developed at Boston ...