De Grammatico



James C. McKeown
Professor of Classics
University of Wisconsin Madison
914 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706

If you have queries, comments or suggestions about Classical Latin, please contact me at discemecum@jcmckeown.com or mckeown@wisc.edu.


For more information about my teaching and research, visit my departmental website at:
classics.lss.wisc.edu/mckeown.html

Pliny, who was admiral of the fleet at Misenum at the time of his death, claimed that pouring vinegar over ships gave them some slight protection against cyclones ( Natural History 2.138).