I want to acquire familiarity with famous works of German literature. What works would a typical person growing up in Germany have been exposed to as classics or as exemplary works? [more inside]
posted on Jun 12, 2008 - 13 answers

What is the best English translation of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations out there, and why?
posted on May 18, 2008 - 3 answers

Next Sunday is my friends son's 1st birthday, what can I get the little tyke that would be a great gift for about $50, it hopefully would be something that is not a stuffed animal, that will last until the time he has the ability to remember it.
posted on May 12, 2008 - 27 answers

Please recommend some bog-standard classic children's music. [more inside]
posted on May 10, 2008 - 13 answers

Do you know any good sites in Spanish about literature, preferably with an emphasis on classic books or writers? Sites about both international and Spanish/Latin American literature are welcome. [more inside]
posted on May 8, 2008 - 7 answers

I've been accepted to a Classics PhD program, and I can't decide whether to go or not. [more inside]
posted on Apr 8, 2008 - 48 answers

Looking to make a list of famous artists, in all media, who "started it all." [more inside]
posted on Mar 5, 2008 - 68 answers

What's the name of these sneakers? [more inside]
posted on Jan 10, 2008 - 4 answers

After months of research, we've finally discovered the film that was shown the night my theatre opened in 1919. The question is, how would I go about finding out if there are existing prints of this movie available? [more inside]
posted on Dec 9, 2007 - 11 answers

Oh man, I am a sucker for old romances. Your film recommendations, please? [more inside]
posted on Apr 15, 2007 - 48 answers

Which book would you consider a "universal" book? [more inside]
posted on Mar 14, 2007 - 57 answers

Who is buying music by Shostakovich, watching silent movies, and reading Thackeray? [more inside]
posted on May 10, 2006 - 33 answers

Any suggestions for classic literature that offers the hope of belly laughs? I'm looking for laugh-out-loud funny classic fiction, preferably pre-1900. Kind of like this question, but with books instead of movies. [more inside]
posted on May 8, 2006 - 62 answers

Points for a comparison essay between Apollo and Dionysus? [more inside]
posted on Apr 26, 2006 - 6 answers

I want to read Plato in the original Greek. Unfortunately, I don't know any. [more inside]
posted on Mar 6, 2006 - 27 answers

Which translations of western classics like the Iliad, Odyssey and Oresteia would you recommend? [more inside]
posted on Feb 28, 2006 - 41 answers

My mother has asked me if I can find a book for her for Christmas. She's after something on philosophy - the classical variety in particular. Any suggested titles? [more inside]
posted on Dec 3, 2005 - 11 answers

Cinephiles and Filmhounds! Recommend some great comedies for me based on what I already like... [more inside]
posted on Nov 4, 2005 - 33 answers

What's that ancient Greek quote that goes something like, Give me a city/village and I can turn it into a great nation?
posted on Oct 23, 2005 - 7 answers

What's the best way for an almost-college graduate to find a job teaching Latin and/or Greek? I'll have a BA in Classics from a good school, but limited teaching experience. I'm not particularly looking to get certified because I don't want to do this for more than a few years.
posted on Jan 27, 2005 - 7 answers

Here is an appeal to the Classics scholars out there. Some time ago I read an article that told a story in passing of the effects of live drama upon an unsophisticated audience in a provincial town in the Roman empire. The citizens had hitherto never been exposed to the particular form--it was on the comedic end of the scale and involved singing as I imperfectly recall--and reacted with a sort of mass hysteria: they went into a mass swoon, rioted and things fell apart and days later there were still people in the streets singing the choruses of the songs. I have tried to Google this a number of times and have yet to find anything resembling what I read. Does this ring a bell with anyone here ?
posted on Jul 10, 2004 - 19 answers

I'm about to head off to London and I want to see some good, serious theatre. I'm VERY careful about what I see (theatre being expensive), and I like to read many reviews first. Instead of buying 30 newspapers and magazines, is there a site somewhere that collects or links to multiple reviews of each current show?

PS. I'm really looking for reviews, but if you want to recommend a specific show, please note that I prefer classics to modern plays. And I really like classics when they're done withOUT any obvious conceptual twist (i.e. I DON'T want to see "Hamlet" set on the moon.)
posted on Apr 30, 2004 - 8 answers

We've got quite a large DVD collection, but they naturally tend towards newer releases. This weekend I want to bolster the "classic" movie section. (more inside)
posted on Mar 18, 2004 - 63 answers