About

This simple website auto-posts one short passage of Greek and one short passage of Latin, alternating between prose and poetry, every midnight (EST). Selection of passages is inspired by the PhD reading lists of Yale, Harvard, Michigan, and UChicago.

James Patterson and David Welch created this blog first and foremost for graduate students preparing for Greek and Latin translation exams. With it they can read at least something in Greek and Latin every day, even when overwhelmed with other work. Thus, the passages are short and include no notes. Just add it to your normal morning routine doing Wordle, reading the comics, or whatever else you do.

Subscribe and get the passages in your inbox every morning. Eventually we may even produce actual tear off calendars for your desk.

Thanks to Marquis Berrey, Pramit Chaudhuri, John Noël Dillon, Kirk Freudenburg, James Ker, Christina Kraus, Pauline LeVen, Caolán Mac An Aircinn, and David Riesbeck for contributing passages.

We’d love to include your favorite passages! If you’d like to contribute, send passages to james.patterson@yale.edu.