University of Dallas Classics

Myra Main, ‘27, heads to the Gabii archaeological dig in Italy again this summer to work with UD Professor Elizabeth Robinson as well as researchers from other institutions. The Classics Endowed Fund helps support her trip - see how you can contribute to this fund in our Spring Newsletter. Bonam Fortunam, Myra!

Who in this photo can quote Sophocles, Aeschylus, Robert Frost, G.K. Chesterton, Plato and then, in front of a crowd of 400, recite the first 50 lines of the Iliad in the original language?!

Thanks to Mark Cuban, the UD Basketball team might make it to London:

Mark Cuban donates to University of Dallas basketball after travel issues left trip in limbo The Division III program based in Irving spent 18 months fundraising for a trip to the United Kingdom as a part of a team tradition.

Have you ever wanted to know what Plato really said? Tired of relying on bloggers to translate the Greek New Testament or those encyclicals for you? We offer both Ancient Greek and Latin online during the summer. Non-degree seeking students age 16+, undergrads, grad students - all are welcome. Free yourself from translations and gain direct access to the ideas of the past. Join us this summer!

Bethany Kaufman, Classical Philology, Greek and Latin Major, BA '27, presented her paper "Memory Eternal: Why the Dead Crave the Grave” at UD's Research Day on Friday. This paper emerged from her Homer class in the Fall with Dr. John Moss. Macte virtute!

From Mary Beinemann at St. Thomas Episcopal:

The Latin Department at Saint Thomas’ Episcopal School in Houston is growing, and we are looking for a passionate, dedicated classicist to join our team. We are currently seeking a full-time Middle/Upper School Latin teacher who would also be an active JCL Sponsor.

Please reach out to our HR Director, Jeri Wisdom ([email protected]) if you would like to apply!

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UD Classics Club rises again in combination with Eta Sigma Phi Honors Society. New faces, old fashioned fun.

An edition of a papyrus, recently discovered in a library of Cairo, containing verses of Empedocles has been published. This is exciting!

Thirty previously unpublished verses by Empedocles discovered on a papyrus from Cairo A papyrus fragment reveals thirty previously unknown verses by the Greek philosopher, allowing us for the first time to read a lost section of the Physica, his great poem on nature.

Congratulations to our International Latin Translation Exam winners for the Advanced Post-Secondary division! Amanda Beaver '28, Bethany Kaufman '27 and Ben Olster '28 (Cash Award Winners), Martin Lane '28 (Book Award Winner) and Pia Baxter '29 (Certificate of Commendation).

Bonam Fortunam to several current and former students who will be presenting papers at the Classical Association of the Middle West and South Conference in Mobile, Alabama, this coming weekend: Laird Cantrell (MA '23, now at Univ of Iowa) on Euripides' Iphigenia at Aulis, Owen Embree (BA '25 now at Wash U at StL) on Polybius and Livy, Anand Mangal (MA '25, now at Indiana Univ) on the Ars Amatoria, and Kate Wilken, (MA '26) on Horace's Epode 3.

I am pleased to announce that the University of Dallas won the 2025-2026 CPLG Outstanding Promotional Activity Award from CAMWS for its Antiquity Day event in November. The Committee for the Promotion of Greek and Latin gave us a grant to help defray costs; ticket sales, donated goods and the generous donation from Mr. Wiley so many years ago - which our alumni have contributed to over the years - THANK YOU! - also helped fund the day. Other Universities who have won this award include the University of Arizona, UNC-Greensboro, Monmouth College, Mississippi State and Hillsdale. fortuna fortes iuvat! pax et beneficium vobiscum, alumni alumnaeque

CPLG Award for Outstanding Promotional Activity in the Schools To support programs and activities in primary and secondary schools, the CAMWS Committee for the Promotion of Latin and Greek (CPLG) annually recognizes with a plaque and a certificate the group which develops the most outstanding and effective activity for promoting Latin in CAMWS territory during....