Painting from plastered limestone "Tomb
of the Diver" in Paestum (Gr. Posidonia), dated to 500-475
B.C.
Welcome to the
pages maintained by the Classics Department at John Burroughs
School. Click on the words above to enter the site: "take the plunge" to go directly
to an index of the Classics webpages, whence you can navigate
your way through the site to meet the faculty, explore the curriculum,
learn about our biennial trip to Italy, and so forth. Clicking
on "Why learn an ancient language"
takes you to a page in which we make the case for studying Latin
and Greek--the so-called "dead" languages that are far
livelier than you may think! Finally, we invite students and parents
who are new to John Burroughs, particularly those entering the
7th grade, to jump in here
so as to make an informed choice about which foreign language
to study at JBS.
Whatever your interests,
dive right in...the water is fine!
New! NEW! NEW!
Click
here for "the cats' meow!"