Eduardo García-Molina

Aristotle, Historia Animalium 7(8) 595a3-5: "The otter also bites humans and does not surrender, so they say, until it hears the crack of bone."

Adding animatronics to his list of fears.

I hate gay Halloween, what do you mean you’re an ancient Macedonian phalangite.

The PVC sarissa has some performance anxiety. It may not battle ready for the Granicus, but it’ll have to do for our class.

Someone’s enjoying the colder weather

Going full Phrygian today as a result.

Energized on a Wednesday as we go from discussing Caesar's speech in Sallust to then lecturing on Philip's Macedonian army in Greek Civ.

Your yearly reminder to check your kid's Halloween candy, just found Socrates corrupting the youth in my child’s Snickers.

Not the engineers advertising Dads Weekend in our campus museum with the statue of Laocoön and his sons getting killed by serpents in the background.

Does university policy allow for extra credit if a student invites me to the Deadlock closed beta? Asking for a friend.

A poet versed in Greek and Latin being praised, a speech in front of the acropolis, public executions of criminals, and a delegate to Greece faces bribery charges. Please check in on your ancient historians as time itself appears to collapse.

Wiping tear from my eye, one of my Sallust students just ranked him second only to Vergil as a Latin favorite.

A Greek Civ student felt inspired by Themistocles’ wall.

Thrilled to share an interview with my amazing graduate student Amelia, who worked tirelessly on the Gardens of the Roman Empire project over the summer to help publish over 100 gardens on our project website: classics.illinois.edu/news/2026-10... YAY for collaborative digital humanities projects!

A Roman legion management RTS with hints of folk horror? You've got a wishlist, The Ninth Legion.

Met my hero.

It’s finally time.

Pastelitos de guayaba ready for the goat roast.

*Roman historian voice* And while he was embroiled in wars abroad and tumult at home, the emperor declared a ceasefire with Neptune.

Older historians of Rome: “It was the lead in the pipes.” Future US historians: “It was the rocks in the salted caramel ice cream.”

You’re not prepared for the dark, twisted thoughts in my drafts.

Ah yes, the famous replacement for the Odyssey *checks notes* the Iliad.

Turn 33 today. It’s time.

A student in my ancient world in video games course last spring told me to buy Tower Dominion. Well, I did yesterday, and I hate him now. Hooked.

I think our Greek Civ hoplite demonstration made it to the UIUC Reddit.

Today is the day in Sallust we get to one of (IMO) the best lines and introductions in Latin! In tanta tamque corrupta civitate Catilina [...]

They’ve officially taken control of my new heated blanket.

The original Mālus Duo

What happens when the previous class is still filing out of the lecture hall before our Greek civ class.

Breaking: Trump declares he was a first responder during the eruption of Pompeii, claims Pliny stole credit.

Helios has found a new obsession.

The box that students drop their attendance cards for Greek Civ is an old Magic the Gathering box. After getting several questions about what decks I run, I’m fairly sure they’re going to challenge me to a game of commander for extra credit.