Conjugations & Constellations
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Translation Workshop #1: A New Series for Latin Learners (opens the original)
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I’ve been thinking a lot about developing intermediate- and advanced-level resources for Latin learners and what those might look like because it’s often at these later stages that too few aids exist to help learners and aspiring translators approach more difficult material. (It’s also a topic that my poll earlier this year revealed particular interest in as well!)Learning Latin is a lifetime endeavour. I can’t tell you how often I come across new nuggets of information in old grammar and syntax
Goodness Gracious, Great Balls of Fire! (opens the original)
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Comets have a special place in my heart, perhaps because I remember the long hot summer I spent in an inadequately air-conditioned library reading up on them. Years ago, as I pored over Seneca, I watched the beads of condensation drip down my iced coffee, regretting that I didn’t have a portable fan stashed in my tote bag. Comets were, and continue to be, culturally relevant; they have an exceedingly long documented history—and certainly well beyond the geographical and temporal boundaries of th
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