‘Man is by nature a suspicious animal!’ I hope Aristotle would have forgiven my (mis)appropriation of his original statement (‘man is by...

Well, the Tea-Drinkers are obviously the English. Our famous stereotype as tea sippers and samplers even made it into Asterix, although...

Well, 'Changed in Derivation' might be more accurate. Some English derivatives from Latin show a slightly altered meaning from that of...

There’s nothing like a good joke! And lots of words related to humour and comedy come from Latin or Greek. So, we have a funny flavour...

"...you will come across misbehaving and spoiled children, elitist parents, smug self-centered rulers, obnoxious nobility, disgruntled...

Euripides, Hippolytus When I was an undergraduate and studying this play as a set text for one of my Finals’ papers, I had to answer the...

Why is the Arctic called the Artic? Where does the word Galaxy come from? This year’s second Wordy Weekly has an astronomical flavour....

What do we know about the life of Herodotus? Well, not a huge amount. End of article. No, just kidding. We do have some knowledge....

A nine-book history, running from the Trojan War to the end of the Persian Wars with Greece, and for this, I would argue quite rightly,...

‘Look upon our Discoveries ye Moderns and Despair!’ Chapter I – Herodotus and the Samians Herodotus furnishes the first entry in this...

‘Look Upon Our Discoveries Ye Moderns and Despair.’ I am sure once he realised what I am seeking to do with this new series of articles,...

This may sound a little like an oxymoron at first glance. But put another way, is the best way to deliver the syllabus really just...

Chapter V – Kinaesthetic Learning Okay, you say, now she’s really lost it, how can Latin, Greek, and Classics a. offer material for...

Chapter IV – Auditory Learning, Speaking, and Aural Activities Hmm, at first the notion of Latin and ancient Greek offering material for...

Chapter IV – Auditory Learning and Aural Activities Hmm, at first the notion of Latin and ancient Greek offering material for auditory...

‘Thinking is Difficult, that's why most people judge.’ Seeing this quotation from Karl Jung on LinkedIn a couple of days ago (the time...

Wordy Weekly 2022 – Introduction Just over a year ago in January 2021, the very first Wordy Weekly was BloggusClassicus’ very first post....

Hello all, and welcome to the third chapter in the series Latin, Classics, and Learning Styles. I apologise for the lateness of this...

Pindar has just received his entry in Who's Who. He became a huge favourite of mine at University when I studied Olympian Odes 1 and 7,...

Poet of theIn the midst of the Winter Olympics, it seemed logical to add the the wonderful poet Pindar to Who's Who. Why? Pindar composed...