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How can I remember classical languages/terms?

Practice makes perfect. There are a few ways you can do this: FLASHCARDS Write the classical term or name on one side, and the meaning or any relevant details on the other, and go through these perhaps one a...
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How should I approach a poem?

I always found it useful to use the following structure when reading a piece of poetry for the first time, and even after that: Language - What devices are used and why? For example, does the poet use allite...
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How do I write essays?

Essays are very much a personal style, but there is a very universal structure to each essay that you can follow to begin developing these skills. INTRODUCTION This needs to be concise and straight to the po...
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What is Roman Comedy?

Roman Comedy There are very few plays extant from this period of Ancient Comedy The only complete Romans Comic plays that we have are twenty plays by Plautus and six plays by Terence (these authors were writ...
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What was the Cursus Honorum?

The Cursus Honorum The Cursus Honorum or “course of offices” was the “greasy pole” of the Roman political world. It was designed for men of senatorial rank. It spelled out the sequential order of offices tha...
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