Open Access Journal: Journal of Classics Teaching

[First posted in AWOL 26 July 2017, updates 29 June 2026]

Journal of Classics Teaching
ISSN: - EISSN: 2058-6310

Now online and open access the Journal of Classics Teaching (JCT) aims to be the leading journal for teachers of Latin, ancient Greek, Classical Civilisation and Ancient History internationally. JCT covers the primary, secondary and tertiary education sectors and welcomes articles and short book reviews of interest to Classics teachers.

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Editorial

Select Making Classics matter: energy, ingenuity and urgency

• Making Classics matter: energy, ingenuity and urgency

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• Susan Deacy

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  27 May 2026, p. 1

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News and Reports

Select The East London Classics Summer School 2025

• The East London Classics Summer School 2025

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• Sarah Merali-Smith

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  05 February 2026, pp. 2-6

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Select Cambridge CI in Ancient Languages Teaching Conference explores new directions in teaching Ancient Greek and Latin

• Cambridge CI in Ancient Languages Teaching Conference explores new directions in teaching Ancient Greek and Latin

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• Steven Hunt

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  06 February 2026, pp. 7-9

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Research Article

Select The nature of poetry and the proper way of reading it. A modern look at Plutarch’s pedagogical views in ‘How to study poetry’

• The nature of poetry and the proper way of reading it. A modern look at Plutarch’s pedagogical views in ‘How to study poetry’

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• Ioannis-Evangelos Chasapogiannis

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  01 December 2025, pp. 10-15

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Select Iliad, Odyssey, and statistics

• Iliad, Odyssey, and statistics

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• Natale Musso

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  20 November 2025, pp. 16-21

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Select Greek economic institutions through Aristophanic comedy: a pedagogical application

• Greek economic institutions through Aristophanic comedy: a pedagogical application

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• Anna Accettola

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  03 December 2025, pp. 22-26

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Select Politics, teaching antiquity and games: the experience of the Political Vocabulary of Antiquity Project

• Politics, teaching antiquity and games: the experience of the Political Vocabulary of Antiquity Project

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• Priscilla Gontijo Leite

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  04 December 2025, pp. 27-36

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Select Beyond gay history month: queering the past with ‘Queering the Past(s)’

• Beyond gay history month: queering the past with ‘Queering the Past(s)’

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• J.L. Watson

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  09 December 2025, pp. 37-41

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Select The contribution of board games to vocabulary acquisition in the college Latin classroom

• The contribution of board games to vocabulary acquisition in the college Latin classroom

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• Giulio Celotto

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  14 November 2025, pp. 42-45

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Select Simplex sigillum veri: a minimal language approach to Latin teaching

• Simplex sigillum veri: a minimal language approach to Latin teaching

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• Ignacio Aragües y Oroz

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  17 December 2025, pp. 46-53

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Select Observations of free and prose composition in a Year 7 Latin classroom

• Observations of free and prose composition in a Year 7 Latin classroom

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• Melissa Cooper

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  09 December 2025, pp. 54-56

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Select Ancient coins in the classroom: using the OCRE imperial coin database to support Year 12 students’ learning of Roman imperial image

• Ancient coins in the classroom: using the OCRE imperial coin database to support Year 12 students’ learning of Roman imperial image

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• Giles Thomas Penman

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  23 December 2025, pp. 57-63

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Select Teaching Latin and Greek with a student-created video game: a case study from an Italian classical high school

• Teaching Latin and Greek with a student-created video game: a case study from an Italian classical high school

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• Daniela Canfarotta, Manuela Pipitone

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  09 December 2025, pp. 64-73

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Select Distance learning and interschool collaboration in the classics classroom: the example of Antigone

• Distance learning and interschool collaboration in the classics classroom: the example of Antigone

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• Panagiotis Seranis, Eleni Liousa

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  16 January 2026, pp. 74-80

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Select Classical literature and emotional literacy: the role of classical texts in developing emotional learning in the Scottish curriculum

• Classical literature and emotional literacy: the role of classical texts in developing emotional learning in the Scottish curriculum

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• Mary O’Reilly

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  11 December 2025, pp. 81-86

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Select tristia ex Dorcestria: reflections on a redundancy process, and a comment on the writing of Manifesto

• tristia ex Dorcestria: reflections on a redundancy process, and a comment on the writing of Manifesto

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• Catherine Perkins

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  23 December 2025, pp. 87-90

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Book Review

Select Marcus Tullius Cicero: How to Grieve. An Ancient Guide to the Lost Art of Consolation (M.) Fontaine (ed.,trans.), Pp. xxiv + 240. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2022. Cased, £14.99. US$17.95. ISBN: 978-0-691-22032-1

• Marcus Tullius Cicero: How to Grieve. An Ancient Guide to the Lost Art of Consolation (M.) Fontaine (ed.,trans.), Pp. xxiv + 240. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2022. Cased, £14.99. US$17.95. ISBN: 978-0-691-22032-1

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• L. F. Ivings

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  27 February 2024, p. 91

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Select Sophocles: Antigone (S.) Murnaghan (ed., trans.) Pp. xxxvi + 136. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2023. Paper, US$16.25, £18.97. ISBN: 978-0-393-65518-6.

• Sophocles: Antigone (S.) Murnaghan (ed., trans.) Pp. xxxvi + 136. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2023. Paper, US$16.25, £18.97. ISBN: 978-0-393-65518-6.

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• Brian J. Zawiski

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  27 May 2024, p. 92

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Select Atalanta Heroina (R.B.) Cunning Pp vi + 86, ills. Independently published, 2023. Paper, US$10.50. ISBN: 9798377113713. https://bombaxpress.com/atalanta-heroina-a-latin-novella/

• Atalanta Heroina (R.B.) Cunning Pp vi + 86, ills. Independently published, 2023. Paper, US$10.50. ISBN: 9798377113713. https://bombaxpress.com/atalanta-heroina-a-latin-novella/

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• Ashley Brewer

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  27 May 2024, pp. 92-93

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Select The Athenian Empire (LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History, Volume 1) (R.) Osborne (ed., trans.) Pp. xxviii + 148, ills, maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023 (fifth edition). Paper, £15.99. ISBN: 978-1-009-38364-6.

• The Athenian Empire (LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History, Volume 1) (R.) Osborne (ed., trans.) Pp. xxviii + 148, ills, maps. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023 (fifth edition). Paper, £15.99. ISBN: 978-1-009-38364-6.

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• Charlotte Goddard

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  07 October 2024, p. 93

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