For her latest book, the popular British scholar Mary Beard gets personal about how she fell for ancient Greece and Rome.

Classics in the broad sense is the interdisciplinary study of all aspects of the life and culture of ancient Greece and Rome and their Mediterranean context. Classics courses are offered in a wide ...

Editor’s note: This is part of a Summer Reading Series featuring notable books, author Q&As and more. Patrice Rankine is a professor in the Department of Classics and the College and a writer. In ...

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 ...

For the purposes of this article, classics are defined as literary works that “meet some common high standards for quality, appeal, longevity, and influence.” “Classics are still important to read and ...

Classics have survived the test of time for a reason. The stories they tell are timeless and the messages in these stories resonate with the cultural collective, perhaps even shaping it. But if you ...