In the Arena
October 23, 2006 · Magazine, Christopher McDonough, Books and Arts
The Colosseum
Classicist and Cultural Essayist
Christopher McDonough
6 articles 2002–2006
Christopher McDonough is a classics scholar who contributed essays and reviews to The Weekly Standard between 2002 and 2006. His writing for the magazine focused on classical antiquity, ancient Greek and Roman literature, and their enduring relevance to modern culture.
Eternal Verities
June 26, 2006 · Magazine, Christopher McDonough, Books and Arts
The Grammar of Our Civility
Alexander Redux
December 20, 2004 · Magazine, Christopher M. McDonough, Books and Arts
Alexander the Great
Ovid Redux
October 18, 2004 · Christopher McDonough, Magazine, Books and Arts
Metamorphoses
American Odyssey?
June 9, 2003 · Magazine, Christopher M. McDonough, Books and Arts
Odysseus in America
Greek to Us
November 25, 2002 · Magazine, Christopher M. McDonough, Books and Arts
Climbing Parnassus A New Apologia for Greek and Latin by Tracy Lee Simmons ISI, 290 pp., $24.95 MY FELLOW CLASSICISTS will know what I mean when I say that I hate the question "What do you teach?" because I never know quite how to respond. In the past when I've answered, "classics," I've been told…