In the Shadow of Vesuvius, by Daisy Dunn (2019) is subtitled a Biography of Pliny the Younger. The author has her doctorate from London University, but does

Where did that word come from – Greek or Latin? What other words are similar? These questions are answered in English Derivatives from Greek and Latin Roots

The Archanians by Aristophanesed. W W Merry, Oxford, 1880Contains the text, notes, glossary and index

Have you ever imagined the Aeneid performed as an opera?  In meter?  Here is your chance!

Registration is open for the 2026 CANE Summer Institute!

Who doesn’t love Martial? His epigrams are so timely, his humor and interest in the world about him so obvious that it is a delight to read him. While the

The John C. Rouman Classical Lecture Series will present Diet as Medicine in Greco-Roman Antiquity, by Dr. Claire Bubb.

Sphinxes, lions, griffins, winged demons, angels, chimeras of all sorts are some of the most captivating and enduring images of Mediterranean antiquity. Monsters are found across in objects of all sizes,...

This summer, I found myself on the summit of a mountain in Italy. This serene perch was once the home of a violent emperor named Tiberius. He lived upon this

Elegaic poetry can be beautiful or annoying, especially if you don’t have notes to go with the text. Yourproblem is solved here, in CANEPress's Roman Elegaic

You can now register for the Annual Meeting, being held at Brandeis University from March 20 to 21. A draft program and more information is available

CANEPress is pleased to announce new texts and music that is available to CANE members. These firstbooks were done under the auspices of Professor Gilbert

Who would make a better freshman year roommate, Zeus or Athena? We are kicking off our Classics Club this fall by asking students to debate which god or

Why did Virgil write the Aeneid?  Why did he want it destroyed at his death?  What do scholars have to say about this? Was it propaganda?  How much influence

This will be the last “mythological puzzle” that we’ll do in this series of blog posts. Next year, I’ll be offering some thoughts about how to strengthen the

Classics: the study of ancient Greek and Roman literature and the languages they were originally written in, or more broadly, the study of the Ancient Greeks

Is the list of numbers of kisses in poems 5 and 7 simply a trope, or do they tell us about Catullus’ family and upbringing? Is there magic or just an accountant’s keeping track of things?

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in CANE-land! I hope you’re all doing well. In our series of blog posts on mythological puzzles, I thought I’d add one with a

For years the consensus has been that when the Romans left the economy of Britain took a big hit. New research published in Antiquity and summarized

Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar: who was the better general?  J.F.C. Fuller discusses each of them; while he doesn’t make a judgement, it’s obvious to readers what he thinks.  Read on to find...

Greetings, members of CANE! As promised, I’m offering up another neat mythological puzzle for this week. As always, I want to hear from you with the right

William (Bill) Scott, professor emeritus of classics at Dartmouth College, has died. Here is his obituary: Remembering William Scott, Distinguished Scholar of

Greetings, members of CANE—I think we all need a bit of levity in our lives, so I’m hoping to write up a little “puzzle” every week or so to introduce you to

The 120th annual meeting of the Classical Association of New England will take place March 20–21, 2025, at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Like solving puzzles? Greek syntax is the real deal! What first drew me to Greek was the way every sentence fits together with such precision, almost like

The Vergilian Society is seeking tour and workshop leaders for 2027 at the Villa Vergiliana. Proposals are due by early November.

The John C. Rouman Classical Lecture Series will present Political Violence in Ancient Greece by Professor Scott Arcenas, Professor of Classics, University of

Phyllis Katz, longtime Latin teacher at Miss Porter's School and Dartmouth College, has died. Phyllis taught at the CANE Summer Institute for years and a CANE

Raymond Koehler, high school Classics teacher and longtime CANE member and presenter, has died. Here is his obituary.

Would your students like to have their own personal motto? Written in Latin, it can adorn a backpack ora notebook or even a computer, and other students will

From the Desk of the President,

Vesuvius is on many people’s minds right now – not only Latin teachers, preparing for the new AP exam,but everyone interested in geology. The following are