Latin vs Greek?

mythmom
Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:43:03 +0000

Catullus is great, but so is Ovid. And I must say, I do love Virgil (as well as Homer, Sappho, Aeschylus et al.)

DS had a teacher who was really into Latin pronunciation. When he called a villa a willa my stomach lurched. And when Julius Caesar said Weni, Widi, Wici, it lurched again.

However, when she explained that she had published an article that proved that “carpe diem” meant “pluck the day,” not “seize the day” I felt Herricks and other Renaissance writers had been re-explained. Her point was really fascinating to me, so I am glad DS took Latin.

He wants to take Greek, but it was a fiasco for DD so he is tentative. Drat those GPA’s.

His Latin teacher did teach them the Greek alphabet.

I have a South African friend who opined: Britain is my Greece, America my Rome."