Where does the term satellites come from? Why do we also apply it to the moons of the planets? Come and learn more about the ancient origins of the term.

Mars: Deimos and Phobos Ares with Deimos and Phobos The Red planet is orbited by two moons: Phobos orbits three times a day,...

The idea for this new series for BloggusClassicus came as I was exploring the planets and dwarf planets with my space mad four-year-old....

Dear All, sorry for the lack of posts in recent months. Finishing book number two, moving and starting a wonderful new teaching job have...

On November 2nd 2023, Gavin McCormack, globally renowned Montessori educator, founder of EducationInfluence.com and co-founder of...

Sirmione on Lake Garda is a gorgeous place – peaceful and unspoiled. It is also the subject of the Work of the Week explored in this...

In this final instalment of ‘Show Me Your Metal’, we shall look at four metallic elements which were not known to the ancients, but whose...

Greetings all, welcome to part two of three in the series on Greek and Latin derived symbols in the periodic table. This article...

Okay, so I am a better Classicist than I am a comedian. And so in this entry for Wordy Wonders, we look at the origins of key chemical...

The inspiration for this article was a passing conversation with a friend about the importance of history. She was fascinated by the...

A Prayer for the Farming Year In honour of Earth Day, I would like to share with you Virgil’s beautiful description of nature’s order...

The Simple Joys of Nature ’…a speeding cormorant, crossing the waters, catching fish as it hurtles into the waves, salting its wings’....

Homer's Similes: Human Beings and Nature's Analogies I suspect we have all been feeling a little deluged by events over the past few...

We have all dreamt., and these may be some familiar scenes: mash ups of scenes and settings familiar to us, but which aren’t normally...

According to the Homer Bot on Twitter, my day will be like: 'the shining evening star, bright in the night's dark.' (Iliad 22.317-20)...

Humans being fond of their animals is nothing new. We may think we are ‘kinder’ nowadays, and we do have a greater awareness of ‘Animal...

I came across an article the other day that queried the relevance of degrees in the modern job market. This annoyed me for two main...

About a year ago a good friend of mine, ancient philosophy scholar, Nicholas Denyer (Trinity College, Cambridge) shared the following...

This simple, but beautiful and very moving little pearl of wisdom comes from the character Tecmessa in Sophocles’ Ajax. Once a Trojan...