Dickinson College Commentaries Blog
The 2025 DCC High School Internship Program Is a Wrap
It has been a wonderful summer for philology here at DCC. We hosted seventy-five high school students from seventeen states for online internships. They contributed to eight ongoing projects. Here are some sample quotes from participants: “This project gave me … Continue reading →
Dickinson Summer Greek Workshop 2025: Iphigenia in Tauris
Dickinson College Summer Greek Workshop July 14-18, 2025 on Zoom Moderators: Dr. Emily Kearns, Senior Research Fellow in Greek Literature and Language, St. Hilda’s College, University of Oxford Dr. Scott Farrington, Associate Professor of Classical Studies, Dickinson College. Euripides’ Iphigenia … Continue reading →
Who Killed Marrucinus Asinius?
My fourth semester Latin students have just started reading Catullus, and I wanted a sight-reading activity that would reinforce the vocabulary from poems 12 (Marrucine Asini) and 13 (Cenabis bene). I asked ChatGPT to create a brief murder mystery in … Continue reading →