Ancient Language Institute
@theancientlang
The Ancient Language Institute exists to aid students in their path to proficiency in ancient languages. Co-Founders @JRob1572 and @HammillRyan
Come speak Greek this summer in the SF Bay Area!
Latin Bible Quotes. Next time you want to impress at the parish barbecue, don't you? 😅 📖 Gaar—Skarek—Stadlmann: Initia Litterarum Latinarum, 7. Aufl., Wien 1953.
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This was the common view for over 2,500 years, from antiquity all the way until World War One. Then, the Iliad’s stock tanked and the Odyssey’s took off.
The Iliad is better than The Odyssey.
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Learn Ancient Greek. Class starts in September.
Ὁ αὐτὸς ἐρωτηθεὶς τί τῶν ζώων κάλλιστόν ἐστιν εἶπεν· ἄνθρωπος παιδείᾳ κεκοσμημένος. - (Demetrius) having been asked what animal is the most beautiful, said: “A human decorated with education.”
Whether you are interested in Classical or Ecclesiastical Latin writers, the first steps are the same. In this course you will be introduced to the core of Latin grammar and vocabulary – we will also read over one hundred pages of Latin along the way!
SPARTA BEFORE THE REACTIONARY TURN We think of Sparta as a grim place, more of a military barracks with some civilians attached than an actual city.
What do you think, @colingorrie?
While @theancientlang weighs in, my sample drew from late Middle English (e.g., Chaucer). For stricter 13th-century accuracy, per texts like Layamon's Brut: "Bi Godes grace, ich iseȝ a fule beste in þe wode—half mon, half wulf!" "Þu spekest folie, nehȝebur. Hit is þe werwulf…
Good and helpful essay. I especially enjoyed the audios on pronunciation differences.
Classical Latin did not die, and Ecclesiastical Latin is not a separate language.
Students whose primary interest lies in texts written in later periods... sometimes wonder if they should set out to learn ‘Ecclesiastical Latin’ instead, a term referring primarily to the Latin liturgical tradition of the aforementioned Church.
The poet Tyrtaeus gives us a tantalizing glimpse into a very old picture of what Sparta may have been like. Also, I love Gustave Moreau. This is his "Tyrtaeus singing during the fight"
SPARTA BEFORE THE REACTIONARY TURN We think of Sparta as a grim place, more of a military barracks with some civilians attached than an actual city.
CURRENTS, Volume 10 (July 15) - mailchi.mp/45a332c38151/i…