Please feel free to respond in the comments or send me a private email with whatever is on your mind.

I highly value constructive criticism, and so, if you have a complaint, if there is a commentary that does not work well or, if there is an ancillary that is missing, I would very much appreciate your own insights. I do not bruise easily.

What collection of Seneca’s letters should be included in a 2nd volume?

Should the tragedies, particularly Oedipus and Antigone, be turned over to other authors to expand and add more nuanced notes?

Is there a pdf edition that you used in a classroom or independently that you wish to see revised and made a paperback and hardbound edition?

What Greek or Latin author or text would you recommend that undergraduates read (or reread) immediately after graduation to continue their studies and keep the fire within alive?

Cicero’s De Officiis–all three books–will be available in the late spring 2026. All three books have been completed and are now being proofread and reformatted.

If you are trying to purchase the Herodotus Book 1 commentary, it is still available for 16.95 USD on Amazon here.

Unfortunately, someone is fraudulently offering the book as new for 48.00 USD and has successfully removed my legitimate book from Amazon search. This sort of thing is unfortunately not uncommon and takes time to correct.

If you are looking to buy Herodotus Book 1, please use the link above or included elsewhere on my website. Thank you, and my apologies for any inconvenience.

College Vergil 2nd ed. is now available in pdf on this website.

College Vergil 2nd ed. (2025) has just been published in paperback and hardcover and is available in pdf on this website. College Pliny and Vergil (2023) is available in paperback, hardcover and as a pdf on this website. Both books are offered as a separate series for the 2025-26 AP Latin syllabus.

Below are the required readings for the AP Latin syllabus. Note that there are also required “Teacher’s Choice” readings (1350-word count for verse and 1650-word count for prose):

College Pliny and Vergil (2023) is designed for teachers and readers who want a single volume of required readings for Pliny and Vergil above but no teacher’s choice readings.

The new College Vergil 2e is designed to (1) cover the required readings for Vergil and the Teacher’s Choice for verse (additional selections in Vergil), (2) include a running list for College Board’s 1000-word list, and (3) give teachers the flexibility to choose which author (Pliny or Vergil) to read first.

The plan now is to offer a companion volume that draws the required AP readings for Pliny directly from College Pliny and Vergil but also includes teacher’s choice prose selections (1650-word count) in the same two-page lesson format.

Tentatively, the prose selections will include (1) the Helvetian Campaign (Book 1 1-9, 11-12, 28-29) and (2) Gallic customs on the Druids (Book 6.14), human sacrifice, and the gods (6.16-17.2). Such readings would just meet the 1650-word requirement and give teachers flexibility to add review or other readings.

Please visit the College Pliny and Vergil webpage or College Vergil 2e webpage on this website for ancillaries and more information.

After 15 years, I just added a donation button to the upper right corner of this site.

I have offered free pdf editions of the paperback editions since 2009, but as more and more secondary and university students use digital textbooks in the classroom, paperback sales have declined, and pdf downloads have increased many times over. Teachers often assign a pdf with or without a paperback, and individual readers like the convenience that comes from a digital copy.

I am determined to continue this series and offer the pdfs for free, but there has to be a viable economic model not only for me but for current and future authors who wish to offer both physical and digital copies of their work. I do not think putting the pdfs behind a paywall is the answer in my case.

If you purchased a paperback, thank you. I am compensated fairly, and there is no need to contribute.

But, if you are a teacher who assigns a pdf from this website but does not require students to buy the paperback, please consider a recurring donation ($10?) . And, if you are a reader who finds a commentary worthwhile but prefers to use the pdf, consider a small donation to support these efforts.

Thank you.