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Reanimating the dead
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Reanimating the dead

While senior John James searched for the words to describe his title within the Active Classical Languages Club, he rattled off a number of terms, all in Greek, before settling on one that he said translates to something like “prince” or “chief speaker.” The growing club offers members a chance to speak, rather than just...

At ancient art exhibit, students rediscover the classics
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At ancient art exhibit, students rediscover the classics

Some 2,500 years ago, one industrious artist painted hundreds of ceramic Greek vases, adorning them with scenes of military and mythology. This year, the Princeton University Art Museum organized an exhibition of the anonymous Berlin Painter’s work, drawing more than 50 of the vases together from 15 private collections from the British Museum to the...

The Coliseum in Rome, Italy (wyzik/wikimedia commons)
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Hillsdale crowned with laurels at Eta Sigma Phi Classics competition

  Hillsdale College classical studies students took five out of 18 national prizes at the Eta Sigma Phi National Convention Friday through Sunday, Professor of Classics Joseph Garnjobst said. Juniors Anne Begin and Noah Diekemper and senior Sydney Sparks of Hillsdale’s Eta Sigma Phi Classics Honorary chapter attended the convention at Monmouth College in Illinois....