(The boiling blood of the Phlegethon!)
...past the terrifying, three-headed dog Cerberus...
(The three-headed dog with his Cerberus snacks!)
...all the way to Elysium, where the blessed souls dwell.
October 28, 2011
The Underworld!
In honor of Halloween, Ms. Ellery's Latin I students are embarking today on a spooky adventure. With the help of Edith Hamilton's Mythology, the boys are following Aeneas's journey through the underworld, where the souls of the dead reside. Ms. Ellery, or rather the Sibyl, is leading them past the infernal rivers...
(The boiling blood of the Phlegethon!)
...past the terrifying, three-headed dog Cerberus...
(The three-headed dog with his Cerberus snacks!)
...all the way to Elysium, where the blessed souls dwell.
(The boiling blood of the Phlegethon!)
...past the terrifying, three-headed dog Cerberus...
(The three-headed dog with his Cerberus snacks!)
...all the way to Elysium, where the blessed souls dwell.
October 24, 2011
Prairie Home Companion Latin Tribute
(From Bolchazy-Carducci)
Garrison Keillor pays tribute to his college Latin professor during the September 10, 2011 edition of Prairie Home Companion. Keillor's very first class he attended as a freshman at the University of Minnesota in 1960 was "Latin Readings" with Professor Margaret Forbes. A Google™ search shows that the January 14, 2006 show contained a similar tribute to Professor Forbes.
As part of the tribute, University of Minnesota Professor Emeritus of Classical and Near Eastern Studies, Robert Sonkowsky recited the Latin of Horace's Ode 1.22. This poem was one of the Latin selections studied in Keillor's "Latin Readings" course.
Click to see the full line-up for the show and to access the audio for Segment 3, in which Keillor speaks of Professor Forbes and he introduces Sonkowsky's recitation.
Garrison Keillor pays tribute to his college Latin professor during the September 10, 2011 edition of Prairie Home Companion. Keillor's very first class he attended as a freshman at the University of Minnesota in 1960 was "Latin Readings" with Professor Margaret Forbes. A Google™ search shows that the January 14, 2006 show contained a similar tribute to Professor Forbes.
As part of the tribute, University of Minnesota Professor Emeritus of Classical and Near Eastern Studies, Robert Sonkowsky recited the Latin of Horace's Ode 1.22. This poem was one of the Latin selections studied in Keillor's "Latin Readings" course.
Click to see the full line-up for the show and to access the audio for Segment 3, in which Keillor speaks of Professor Forbes and he introduces Sonkowsky's recitation.
October 19, 2011
The New Case for Latin
From Time.com:
"As part of Virginia's high-stakes testing program, schools that don't boost their scores by the year 2007 could lose state funding. So Fairfax City, just 18 miles southwest of the White House, has upgraded its two crumbling elementary schools with new high-tech television studios, computer labs and one very old feature — mandatory Latin."
Read more here.
"As part of Virginia's high-stakes testing program, schools that don't boost their scores by the year 2007 could lose state funding. So Fairfax City, just 18 miles southwest of the White House, has upgraded its two crumbling elementary schools with new high-tech television studios, computer labs and one very old feature — mandatory Latin."
Read more here.
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