You will learn about all aspects of life in Greco-Roman antiquity and the knowledge you gain will enhance your appreciation of a range of disciplines, from art and architecture to philosophy and ...

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 ...

DEAN SWIFT, in his description of the battle between the ancient and the modern books in the king’s library, has very wisely refrained from telling the outcome of the encounter. No violent polemic is ...

The people of the classical world gave us the magnificent and deeply influential Latin and Greek languages, democracy, philosophy, atomism, our alphabet, tragedy, the form and concept of the republic, ...

Classics students at Boston College have the unique opportunity to study abroad in Greece or in Italy through several programs, especially the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome and ...

Explore the worlds of ancient Greece and Rome with a classical studies minor at Luther. Expand your intellectual toolkit. Learn from the past to help tackle problems facing the future. Dive deep into ...

The Colosseum, Rome (left); Mycenaean gold on display at the National Archaeological Museum, Athens (right). Are you looking for ways to broaden your knowledge, expand your outlook, and sharpen your ...

Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, the Classics Department is again in AY 2025–26 able to offer a scholarship to support archaeological fieldwork. According to the terms of the gift, the ...

As classists, we frequently find ourselves informing family members that we don’t spend our days reading Charles Dickens. However, it never fails to impress them that we can indeed read Homer in the ...

After an enjoyable remembrance of his own education at Classical High School in Providence, Rhode Island, Stanley Fish reviews three recent books by authors offering arguments for schooling children ...