by Amelie Rosengren | Feb 18, 2021 | Practice your Latin
Introduction The intelligence and kindness of dolphins have amazed and bemused people throughout the ages. Today, in our Latin video book club, we are reading a letter from Pliny the Younger with a special dolphin story. Pliny the Younger’s...
by Amelie Rosengren | Feb 12, 2021 | Practice your Latin
Introduction The 14th of February has for more than half a millennia been associated with love. But the day we call Saint Valentine’s is rather a commemoration of the death of a martyr. Today, we are reading Jacobus de Voragine’s chapter on...
by Daniel Pettersson | Feb 8, 2021 | Practice your Latin
Introduction Have you heard the story about the girl who met an old woman by the well and was granted a magical gift? This is Charles Perrault’s “Les Fées,” known to most English speakers as “Diamonds and Toads.” The story comes from Perrault’s...
by Amelie Rosengren | Feb 5, 2021 | Practice your Latin
Reading together is a great way to socialize and a great way to learn Latin. It is an enjoyment shared throughout the ages. But sometimes it is difficult to gather together. So, we thought we would gather digitally. Suggested reading and watching: All...
by Daniel Pettersson | Apr 11, 2020 | Practice your Latin
Reading together is a great way to socialize and a great way to learn Latin. However, sometimes it is difficult – impossible even – to gather together physically. So, we thought we would do it here, digitally. Erasmus of Rotterdam is...