We enjoyed brilliant lectures from Ron and Kenny at the Pnyx (the birthplace of democracy) and the Areopagus (the judicial site of Athens, where Paul made his case for Christianity to the Athenians).   Ron at the parthenon. . . . . . reading Greek inscriptions clear as day.  Such a scholar, he is!  Jake…

Ron was superb in leading the group through Mycenae, relevant to Homer’s Greece and the home of civilization 5,000 years ago and beyond.  We had gorgeous views of Greece from Agamemnon’s palace!

The highpoint of my summer so far has been giving a site lecture at Socrates’ prison! Clare escaping prison!

She learned on the same bike, on the same tennis court, as Leigh did several summers ago!

We went to Thomas Aquinas’ birthplace and family castle, Roccasecca.  We hike up to the ruins.  What a view!    I also gave a site lecture at Fossanova, where he died.  We also visited Monte Cassino, where he was educated as a boy.  What a blessed day!

     Jake has had a big summer.  He decided to “take” my class, Philosophy of the Human Person.  He was going to sit in on it with the seventeen college students who had signed up for it.        But he wound up doing the readings, to make it worth while.  That led…

Kenny’s lecture on Dante was. . . divine! 🙂