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12th grade latin literature circles
A LATIN CLASS DIVERSION - Shakespeare's Pyramus & Thisbe Skit in Latin
YOU CAN MAKE A DRAMATIC DIFFERENCEA fun theatrical project to challenge and exercise students of Latin. This short skit is written in Latin and is a cutting from Shakespearean "Midsummer Night's Dream". This Latin class diversion is perfect for use in the classroom or can be presented on the stage. Increase translation, reading and/or performance skills with this unique Latin script. It is particularly suited for presentation at school assemblies, in classroom use, and/or commencement exercis
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7th - 12th
Testāmentum Porcellī (The Piglet's Will): A Bite-Sized Ancient Latin Treasure
The Testāmentum Porcellī, whose authorship is unknown, likely dates from about the mid-300s A.D. A favorite among Roman schoolchildren for its farcical, ribald tone and somewhat singsong grammatical patterns, the text, comically following and punning on legalese conventions, tells the woefully fatal tale of one Marcus Grunnius Corocotta, the will’s eponymous porcellus. Apparently fated for the Saturnalia table, the piglet with impish defiance allots his possessions, including those of a corporea
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Cicero: "On Friendship"
Cicero's dialogue "On Friendship" examines the unique value of friendship and connects the idea of being a caring and compassionate person with being a good friend. After all, if someone cared only about themselves, how could they ever be a good friend? About the author: Marcus Tullius Cicero was born in Arpinum in 106 BC. Cicero was a contemporary of Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great, although Cicero was a lawyer and a scholar, not a military leader. The years in which Cicero lived were tumult
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10th - 12th
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