Exhibit in Library
As a class, we visited the new exhibit in Lutnick Library, which was curated by our class’ very own Alex Stern. She explained to us that a man named David Wertheimer had stockpiled a great number of books from the […]
Discipulis Haverfordiensibus Latinitatem Discendis
As a class, we visited the new exhibit in Lutnick Library, which was curated by our class’ very own Alex Stern. She explained to us that a man named David Wertheimer had stockpiled a great number of books from the […]
We watched a lecture by Hartmut Leppin about a concept called Parrhesia, the concept that everyone should have the right to speak, publicly or privately, in poetry or prose, regardless of their social status. When dissected, it has been translated […]
nitidus, -a, -um – shining According to Lewis & Short’s Latin Dictionary, nitidus means “shining, glittering, bright, polished, clear” and is the 2553rd most frequently used word. There are many different uses for nitidus, including for sunny days, bright […]
Today on February 27th, I attended a screening of Fellini’s Satyricon (1969). The movie was in Italian, and though I never studied Italian, Latin was able to provide me some translation of the screening with similarities between both languages (e.g. […]
nemus, nemoris, n. – wood, grove According to Lewis & Short’s Latin Dictionary, nemus means “a wood with open glades and meadows for cattle, a wood with much pasture-land, a grove” and is the 1232nd most frequent word. The […]
The talk that I attended was Forging Family: Thetis, Hephaistos, and Queer Kinship in Homer’s Iliad by Hannah Silverblank. Professor Silverblank compared and contrasted the ways in which Zeus and Thetis formed pseudo-familial bonds throughout Hesiod’s Theogony and Homer’s Iliad. […]
Your translations and notations.
Dr. Amy Koenig gave a presentation about the pantomime dance in the Roman Empire on February 3rd, 2020. I was a student who attended said presentation and although I was confused on the purpose of it all, I started to […]
Although my coursework focuses on the ancient world, I rarely find myself looking at Classical mythology (with the exception of the stories we look at in Latin.) I was surprised, therefore, at the frequency with which elements of Professor Hines’ […]