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Great Books Challenge Lessons 1-4

I have had the honor of being friends with Wes Callihan for nearly thirty years. I actually studied Classical Rhetoric under him in 1989 at the fledgling New St. Andrews, when that now thriving liberal arts college was just a night school meeting in a neighbor’s attic.  I have admired his teaching ability from that day to this: his rich knowledge of history, his infectious love for the classics (especially Homer), and his skill in transmitting some of that knowledge and love to his pupils. Consequently, it is a true delight to be once again his student as I work through this Old Western Culture
video course on the Aeneid.

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Great Books Challenge

Hi, lovers of the classics! I have accepted the Great Books challenge for parents by Roman Roads Media. I will be reading Virgil’s Aeneid, watching the lectures by Wes Callihan, and doing the assignments. As I blog through the lessons, you can all keep me accountable. Join me, and take advantage of the free curriculum offered to those who complete it. Watch for my first post soon!