Maximus PlanudesFounders of the RaceI’m in the process of updating an old online English translation of Heliodorus for a class I’m teaching. I’m updating the 19C translation…2 min read·Dec 28, 2021----
Maximus PlanudesBooks, they’re Gr-r-reat!Humanities, Great Books, Classical Education, Liberal Arts9 min read·Dec 10, 2021----
Maximus PlanudesCollege Parrhēsiaπαρρησίη belongs to freedom, but discerning the right moment (τοῦ καιροῦ) is risky. — attributed to Democritus (D344 (Loeb, p.314)=226…10 min read·Nov 28, 2021----
Maximus PlanudesThoughts on GradingInspired by having to turn in midterm grades.9 min read·Oct 19, 2021----
Maximus PlanudesWhat’s Wrong With Being A Humanist?I occasionally use the label “humanist” to describe myself. This behavior sets me apart from most professors of humanities, according to a…10 min read·Oct 2, 2021----
Maximus PlanudesSummary of Roots: Tradition, Identity, MemoryMaurizio Bettini is well known among classicists. His important scholarship applying anthropological methods to Ancient Rome has been…8 min read·Jun 14, 2021--1--1
Maximus PlanudesLet’s not Be Political: Notes on Marks’ Conservative Case for Liberal EducationThis was originally going to be a different post comparing Marks’ book with Hayot’s Humanist Reason. Although it would have made a pretty…14 min read·Apr 3, 2021----
Maximus PlanudesReactionary Ideas, Anti-blackness, & Historismus in the FAZ Op-EdThis post explores a few features of the contemporary discussion about classics through an analysis of Jonas Grethlein (JG)’s opinion…9 min read·Mar 13, 2021----
Maximus PlanudesNotes on Baddiel, Jews Don’t CountPublished in February 2021 for the Times Literary Supplement by HarperCollins, Jew’s Don’t Count is a short polemic directed primarily at…7 min read·Mar 10, 2021----
Maximus PlanudesAn SCS Classics Guide to Tweeting?Two years ago, I started this blog to comment on an SCS statement about social media and anonymity. In that post, I pointed out how it…4 min read·Mar 3, 2021--1--1
