Latin vs Greek?

coureur
Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:25:05 +0000

As coureur pointed out, Latin is a dead language.<<




Latin is not dead! It’s immortal!




And that’s why teachers of Latin can confidently proclaim “rules” of grammar that fit the limited corpus of texts that have survived via hand-copying from the ancient world (but even then with many exceptions to the rules).<<




Well the main Rule appears to be “Cicero Always Gets an A in Latin Composition.” However Cicero said it or wrote it is taken to be correct. He’s the gold standard.

Anyone who thinks Latin literature is boring and inferior to Greek has never read Catullus.