Posts tagged Classics
Posts tagged Classics
If I strung together all the scores of pages I have to write at the end of each semester of Grad School, I would have my dissertation done.
#ironic
BONA FORTUNA to everyone taking finals, writing papers, or graduating in the upcoming weeks!
In Ted Gellar-Goad’s class, each student chooses a character from Graeco-Roman myth, writes spells, maps dungeons and earns experience points to gain levels while they learn to write Latin. It’s all part of a semester-long journey based on game theory.People don’t give Latin enough credit but it’s a great language to learn if you’re a science major, an English major, a history major, a math major.. hell doesn’t matter what you do, it’s a useful freaking language. It will train you to think in a whole new way, much like learning calculus or organic chemistry.
(via et-haec)
this is how to learn greek prepositions!
特に εἰς τὸν λέοντα が面白い!
(via et-haec)
“And that is the dilemma for the The Classics Corner: how to make the study of classical antiquity appealing and meaningful—or even just intelligible—to a city and a culture always intent on rushing by?”
“The Roman Empire seems a particularly natural fit for A Song of Ice and Fire, since George RR Martin’s fantasy world already incorporates elements of the Roman Empire in the wall that separates Westeros from the distinctly Scottish-accented Wildings* …
