Latin lives! 

Magistra's web page for her students at South High School, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Why study Latin?  Links to other people's articles.   Here's a YouTube clip from  Monty Python's Life of Brian in which the guys from the People's Front of Judea discuss "What Have the Romans Done For Us?"  .  And there's nothing inappropriate in this clip!  Also, by popular demand, the clip in which Brian gets a Latin lesson from a Roman centurion:  Romans, go home!   Ok, there's a tiny bit of inappropriateness in this one.

Classical civilization in the news: The speeches of president Obama owe much to classical oratory: The New Cicero . Ok, now that you’ve read that, for dessert you may read Obama's Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy . (N.B. – that’s an abbreviation for the Latin nota bene, “note well”— this is a humor piece.)

Post-traumatic stress disorder in ancient Greek drama: In Ancient Dramas, Vital Words For Today's Warriors (text, audio, and video)

Rome experienced its own credit crisis: First credit crunch traced back to Roman republic

Is Latin hard to learn?  Even little kids can learn Latin (another video clip, but not Monty Python).

Thinking about taking Latin at South?  Go to the preview.  It's a version of the printed materials we use at the beginning of Latin I. 

South Latin students:  Click here for Latin auxilia (help; aids)

Online books in easy Latin: tarheelreader

Events: In October we attended the biennial Latin/English Roman comedy put on by St. Olaf students.

South High students attended the Ludi Romani at Minnehaha Academy Saturday, December 5 along with other Latin students from as far away as Fargo, North Dakota.

Cena Romana MMX The annual Roman Banquet will be held Saturday, February 6. Click here for the information sheet I sent home.

Here's a YouTube video featuring Terentius Tunberg, who heads the conversational Latin Conventiculum at the U of Kentucky that you students hear so much about from me.  Oh, yeah, it's in Latin.  No, I won't post a translation!  He's saying Latin isn't only an ancient language, but that it can link many peoples today.  The other Latin speaker featured, Caelestis Eichenseer, is another well-known proponent of Latinitas viva (living Latin).

You can find links to the above and to other interesting Latin- and Greek-related stuff at http://eclassics.ning.com ; Rogueclassicism is a blog commenting on all things classical Greek & Roman.

Cena Romana MMVIII

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