RaCha’ar, I really loved your uptempo rockin’ rhythm on “What’d I Say”, but even better was your deeply soulful crooning in “Georgia On My Mind”.
Now those are the real classics.
This is Cal’s book.
Medusa: Solving the Mystery of the Gorgon
I’m not sure I’m really a Classicist, but I have a BA in Classics (Latin), an MDiv (Greek and Hebrew) and almost a PhD (Greek Latin Greek Hebrew Greek and Old Church Slavonic). I’ve been slogging away at Gregory of Nazianzus since last fall, and one day hope to be able to just read it at sight.
Most of my reading is in the theologians: Augustine, Paulinus of Nola, Ambrose (compare his De Oficiis with Cicero’s some time!), Luther, and Melanchthon in Latin, and the Cappadocians (Basil’s Holy Rule, Nyssa’s Life of Moses, Nazianzus’ orations), Chrysostom, Gregory Palamas, Athanasius, John of Damascus, and Photius in Greek. Plus the Bible in various languages.
I did get through some Cicero, Livy, various Platonic dialogues, and some Herodotus. And I think Cal’s book looks fascinating.
Do I count?
Tullius reporting in – undergrad degree in Classics (1980) with a concentration in Medieval Studies. The particular program I was in was a good way to combine Latin and Greek with modern languages (mainly French and Italian). I thoroughly enjoyed the courses and have absolutely no regret about my choice of studies. I only wish I could have fit in more languages while still in school.
Although currently practicing law (the fate of over half the Classics majors in my graduating class, it seems), I’ve managed to reread Homer or the Aeneid every few years (they keep getting better) and to work my way through works I never read in college, like many of the Greek tragedies.
I recently started reading the Thebaid, based on Dante’s high opinion of Statius, but can’t say I share his view. (Rather than read a “knock-off” of Vergil, I’m inclined to go back to the real thing again.)
What Latin and Greek works are other “former” Classicists reading?
Here’s my website: www.MedusaMystery.com . I’ve got a few lectures coming up (as you can see in the Anouncements section). I’m branching out into other myths – Orion and Phaethon.
d00d! I completely forgot about this thread. Thanks for the links, UncleBeer and Cal. hmmm, updates: I disliked Misopogon, mostly because, in my own immortal words, “Julian is a whack job.” The Caesars was more interesting, but Julian’s still a whack job. With five weeks left to finish writing my thesis, I’ve only just changed it to pursue the art of graphical storytelling in ancient Greece, with less of an emphasis on modern-day graphic novels. I’m not going to grad school, not yet, but we’ll see.
w3rd. Thanks for resurrecting the thread, Tenebras. Oh, and good luck Maeglin!
Julian is a bit of a nut, but a brilliant, interesting nut. I am fascinated by his life and his accomplishments. But I suppose it isn’t for everyone. Especially those with traditional taste. 
No word yet from grad school…could be today.
As for what I am reading now, well, I am bouncing between Seneca and Boethius. Perhaps to quell my anxiety about my future.
Oooh… so next quarter I’m taking an Imperial prose class, in addition to all that silly math junk… I’m excited. It’s going to be Pliny and Tacitus.
Never read any Tacitus, I’ve heard he can be somewhat non-transparent? Anyhow, we shall see.
Also, where are you guys all going to grad school, best case scenarios, here?
Tenebras
Best and only case scenario is Columbia, in NYC.
RaCha’ar, you referred to graphic novels - have you read either Pressfield’s “Gates of Fire” - fictional retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae, or McCullough’s “Masters of Rome” series? (starts with Gaius Marius in “the First Man in Rome”). Both are great reads…
Sorry - after re-reading my last post, it may be confusing - the two books I referred to are straight novels, not graphic novels. My point is that they are great (IMHO) retellings of key historical events…
If anyone is in the Richmond, VA area, allow me to cordially invite you all to the dusk-to-dawn reading of The Odyssey at the University of Richmond, tonight at 7:30 in the Whitehurst Living Room. We did this last year (except then it was the Iliad) and it’s a blast, trust me.
WordMan, I’m not familiar with either of those books. Although if you want another retelling of Thermopylae, try Frank Miller’s 300, the graphic novel rendering of the story.