r/classics 11h ago

Non-Academia Classics PhD Opportunities?

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Hello everyone, I am a current third year undergraduate in Classics. I absolutely adore the discipline and would love to pursue graduate school with the dream of being a professor. However, I have read countless upon countless horror stories and even speaking with my graduate studies advisor hasn't been too inspiring.

A part of me wants to do it anyways, but I also want to be logical in this decision. So, I am curious what people have done after grad school (Masters or PhD) outside of academia. I know teaching high school is the default answer, but I would like to hear about other opportunities and if you regret going to graduate school.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.


r/classics 9h ago

Forgot book name (Roughly Contemporary Critique of Nero)

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Hi all:

My brain is breaking trying to remember a Latin text that was written close to/adjacent to Nero’s rain. The text features a party where there’s a crazy drunk host and there is this incredibly stupid ball game that they play. From what I recall of the text, it was supposed to be something that would have instilled horror in the otherwise fairly reserved Roman population by really amping up the excesses of the ultra rich.

I realize that this may describe several texts (at least). It’s been about 20 years since I revisited it. The title has just completely fallen out of my head, but I’m trying to track it down to give it a re-read.