Classics for adults

I offer bespoke Classical education to adults either 1-1 or in small groups. I’m passionate about life-long learning and that everyone should have the chance to experience and discover the riches of the Classical World - its literature, history, art, philosophy.

It can feel understandably daunting to know where to start. Or to read the originals without a sense of their context. And you need that sense to appreciate fully the power and beauty of the stories.  Modern “takes” don’t and can’t come close! 

So if there’s a text or author, philosophy, figure that you (and friends) have ever wanted to read or learn about get in touch! I’ll develop sessions around your curiosity and available time as well as your preferred pace and learning style.

MY TOP…

… Epics

  • Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey

  • Virgil’s Aeneid

  • Ovid’s Metamorphosis

… poets OF LOVE & SEX

  • Sappho

  • Catullus

  • Ovid

… PHILOSOPHERS

  • Sorcates

  • Epictetus

  • Diogenes

  • Lucretius

…heroes

  • Alexander the Great

  • Augustus

… tragedies

  • Aeschylus’ Oresteia

  • Sophocles’ Antigone

  • Euripides’ Medea

… comedies

  • Aristophanes’ Lysistrata & Clouds

  • Apuleius' Golden Ass

… historians

  • Herodotus

  • Suetonius

  • Tacitus