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The Odyssey – passage by passage
The Odyssey, a little at a time: Greek and English, passage by passage Alex Michalas of GreekMythology.com describes how his team built a free library of ancient sources, with the original and a translation...
The Cambridge Greek Academy
By Steven Hunt A Family of Learners is not just about learning ancient Greek: it is about building friendships, sharing experiences and discovering the joy of learning about the ancient world together. On...
A Manifesto for Today
Paige Dewbrey Winner of our 2025 Write | Speak | Design Competition, Paige is a student from the US, who delivered the following manifesto in response to the question ‘Why is Classics important?’ Against...
Euroclassica Annual Conference 2026, Tbilisi
By Steven Hunt Euroclassica 2026 was hosted by the Institute of Classical, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU), with support from the Otar Lordkipanidze Vani Archaeological...
What did Roman Women wear?
Aniket Makhija, a graduate of the University of Rhode Island, shares with us their research into reconstructing Roman dress: “Textiles can reveal much about the time period in which they are made: social norms, class...
Celebrating Arts and Humanities
We were delighted to kickstart the new academic year with a celebration of all that we hold dear – the arts and humanities, and especially ancient subjects – in collaboration with Durham University as...
Classroom Classics
Improving Literacy in the Classics Classroom The need to develop subject discipline literacy was raised by several speakers during the Harrow Ancient History CPD day in January. For high literacy and reading comprehension skills...
In Memoriam: Prof. Pat Easterling
The CA is deeply saddened to report the death of Professor Pat Easterling (1934-2026), a former President of the Classical Association (1989), and the first woman to be appointed the Regius Professor of Greek...
When Homer feels daunting…
This is a longer version of an article published by Cambridge University Press, which you can read here. Professor Greta Hawes, Joint Commissioning Editor of The Classical Review and Katrina Kelly, Engagement Director at The Classical Association, share...
Your Guide to The Odyssey
Christopher Nolan’s film brings Homer’s Odyssey to the big screen and, entirely shot on IMAX, it is truly epic in its proportions and, paradoxically, in its naturalism. We’re travelling back through the annals of...
Mythology Competition 2026
by Catherine Tildesley This year’s competition is completed, the results are in and certificates and book tokens are out, so it only remains for me to say a huge ‘thank you’ to all the...
CA response to the withdrawal of AS Latin and Greek
Our response to Cambridge OCR’s recent decision to withdrawal AS Latin and Greek qualifications The Classical Association, together with the Hellenic and Roman Societies, is urgently engaging with Cambridge OCR following the sudden announcement...
The Ancient Black Sea – by our new Expert in Residence
Dr Richard Kendall, our Expert in Residence, shines a light on his specialist topic, the ancient Black Sea. To explore more, tune in to his online Member Lecture on Wednesday 27 May – sign...
Canadian Women Authors and Antiquity
An article by ©DrAlexandraMeghji Canada has never been able to tell a simple story about its identity. As it reckons with a vast geography, a troubling colonial past, the historical influence of imperial...
Reflections on the CA’s Ancient History CPD Day 2026
By Olivia Page, Rory Savage and Diya Dasgupta On Tuesday 27th January, three of us PGCE students from the University of Cambridge attended the Classical Association’s CPD Day for Ancient History teachers. While we...
Herodotus and the Amazons
Olivia Saunders, Classics undergraduate at Durham University, explores the gender politics within Herodotus’ account of the Amazons and the Scythians. The Amazons, legendary warrior women who fight the male heroes of Greek mythology as...
Latin Rocks On!
Latin Rocks On AUTHOR: Sarah Rowley READ TIME: 6 MINS Classics In Action castaneae tostae in igne… Iacobus Pruinosus mordens nasum…“Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose…”(with some poetic licence!) est...
CA response to the Curriculum and Assessment Review’s Final Report
Our response to the Curriculum & Assessment Review Final Report The Classical Association welcomes the release of the Curriculum and Assessment Review’s final report, and the government’s response. This government’s ambition is to ensure...
Tony Harrison: In Memoriam
We were saddened to learn of the recent death of Tony Harrison, poet, playwright and our former CA Honorary President (1988). Our Partnerships Officer, Dr Lottie Parkyn, shares her memories of Tony here. Tony...
Euroclassica in Sofia
by Steven Hunt, representing the UK The 2025 Euroclassica Annual Conference unfolded at the University of Sofia, under the expert coordination of Dimitar Dragnev. The opening ceremony on 19 August took place in the...
CI in Ancient Languages Teaching Conference
By Steven Hunt The Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge hosted a conference onComprehensible Input in Ancient Languages Teaching, bringing together educators and researchers from schools and universities across Europe to discuss...
A Celebration of Classics
Classical Association member, Margaret Thorpe, formerly Principal Examiner for Latin at WJEC, has shared why Classics is important to her, as part of our #CelebratingClassics Campaign. Now retired, Margaret enjoys reading Latin Literature with a group of...
