Our Purpose

The purpose of Klaassical Shadows is to encourage interest in Graeco-Roman history by writing profiles of some of the awesome people of Greece and Rome. To do this, we will use the method of writing the Greeks themselves invented, the progymnasmata, or preliminary exercises. Some of the exercises we will use include Narrative, Description, Fable, Proverb, Anecdote, Refutation/Confirmation, Commonplace, Encomium/Invective, Comparison, Speech-in-Character, Thesis, For and Against Laws.

We are two mad geniuses who can't get enough of Greek and Roman history--one guy and one gal in order to provide a double perspective.

The name Klaassical Shadows combines our guy writer's surname (Klaassen) with a quote from an ode by Pindar, fifth century B.C.: "Man is but a shadow of a dream."

We wish to introduce you to the greats like Alexander, Leonidas, Xerxes, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and some of the boys from Rome as well.

Please come back from to time. We'll have more up in a few weeks.

σταθεις δε παυλος εν μεσω του αρειου παγου εφη ανδρες αθηναιοι κατα παντα ως δεισιδαιμονεστερους υμας θεωρω (Acts 17:22)

Harrison Klaassen
Eileen Cunningham