A snippet from Illinois

Illinois, like the rest of the country, has a shortage of Latin teachers, she said. In some places, when a Latin teacher retires, that school's Latin program is eliminated. In other places, schools' Latin programs are growing so much that they need additional teachers.

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It's tough, but a lot of fun. You can't go wrong with Ovid and Virgil.

Antigone translated by Seamus Heaney

A review in The Scotsman says: “The Burial at Thebes is a powerful and urgent version of Antigone; it should be read, and performed, wherever political morality is still not taken for granted.”

The translation is published by Faber at £8.99. Read the review.