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Meet Quintus: Oxford Latin Course Review

July 11, 2024November 21, 2023 by James Milliken

Meet Quintus Meet Quintus – Quintus Horatius Flaccus, that is. We generally call him Horace, one of the greatest poets of antiquity. He’s best known today among non-Latinists for his phrase carpe diem (Horace, Odes 1.11). And meet Quintus we do, on the very first page of Maurice Balme’s and James Morewood’s Oxford Latin Course. The student’s … Read more

What’s the Best Book? Survey of Latin Textbooks

January 3, 2025October 18, 2023 by James Milliken

What’s the best way to teach (or learn) Latin? Regardless of our particular pedagogical philosophy, most of us feel the need to employ a textbook in some capacity. I’ve used a wide variety of textbooks as a student, a teacher, a parent, and a tutor. I’m hoping to share the fruit of that experience here.