Classics & Classical Studies

James Ker, Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania

The Eve Adler Department of Classics is pleased to announce our first marathon reading since 2019. We will be reading Homer’s Iliad, if you are interested in participating (we’re using an English translation, no prior knowledge of the text or Greek is necessary) please contact Trish Dougherty. If you’d like to just stop by and listen for a while everyone is welcome.

The Eve Adler Department of Classics is pleased to announce our first marathon reading since 2019. We will be reading Homer’s Iliad, if you are interested in participating (we’re using an English translation, no prior knowledge of the text or Greek is necessary) please contact Trish Dougherty. If you’d like to just stop by and listen for a while everyone is welcome.

The Eve Adler Department of Classics is pleased to announce our first marathon reading since 2019. We will be reading Homer’s Iliad, if you are interested in participating (we’re using an English translation, no prior knowledge of the text or Greek is necessary) please contact Trish Dougherty. If you’d like to just stop by and listen for a while everyone is welcome.

Students curious about starting Latin this winter term can learn abut the class and meet other Classics students. Refreshments will be provided.

An informational meeting to talk about LATN 0101 and to answer any questions you may have. If you are interested in studying Latin, please come to the meeting. Refreshments will be served.

An informational meeting for students who are curious about the Classics Department’s Intensive Beginning Greek, GREK 0101. Course instructors and current students of both Greek and Latin will describe the agony and the ecstasy of learning an ancient language in Winter Term and the lifelong profits that accrue to those who learn to read Ancient Greek.

Jason Pedicone, Ph.D., the president and co-founder of the Paideia Institute, will discuss the Paideia Institutes programs and outreach initiatives, explain the institute’s teaching philosophy, and explore current issues in second language acquisition as they relate to Classics.

Roberta L. Stewart, Professor of Classical Studies at Dartmouth College

Contestants are given a Latin passage to translate, and the best translation wins the endowed Kellogg Latin English Prize established in 1918 by Brainerd Kellogg, professor of rhetoric and English literature, 1861-1868, and trustee, 1885-1920. Dictionaries are allowed, so please bring one along. This contest is open to all Middlebury students.