Latin and Classics with Gregorius Ahenobarbus

Sorry for the unplanned hiatus, folks. Turns out the start of school was extra busy this year. But I've extracted myself from the Lernaean swamp and I've got more myths for you. Today's story is all about Zeus. Well, not all, because he'll pop back in to many of our future stories. But these are his basic stats, at least.

Let the Latin truly begin! We can now start listening, speaking, reading, and writing in earnest. It’s helpful if you can have this blog post in front of you while you’re listening, but it’s not totally necessary.

Check the blog post at ahenobarbus.net to the Quizlet link and password.

The sentences for this episode are below:

1. Ancus cervus est. Ancus is a stag.

2. Hecuba cerva est. Hecuba is a doe.

3. Ancus et Iūlus cervī sunt. Ancus and Iulus are stags.

4. Hecuba et Lȳdia cervae sunt. Hecuba and Lydia are does.

5. Titus taurus est. Titus is a bull.

6. Titus et Sergius taurī sunt. Titus and Sergius are bulls.

7. Aelia vacca est. Aelia is a cow.

8. Aelia et Novia vaccae sunt. Aelia and Novia are cows.

9. Ancus cervus magnus est. Ancus is a big stag.

10. Iūlus cervus parvus est. Iulus is a small stag.

11. Lȳdia cerva parva est. Lydia is a small doe.

12. Hecuba cerva magna est. Hecuba is a big doe.

13. Ancus et Iūlus cervī fulvī sunt. Ancus and Iulus are brown stags.

14. Hecuba et Lȳdia cervae fulvae sunt. Hecuba and Lydia are brown does.

15. Caelum caeruleum est. The sky is blue.

16. Folia prasina sunt. Leaves are green.

17. Estne Titus cervus? Is Titus a stag?

18. Minimē, Titus cervus nōn est sed taurus. No, Titus is not a stag but a bull.

19. Suntne cervae fulvae? Are does brown?

20. Ita, cervae fulvae sunt. Yes, does are brown.

21. Estne caelum parvum et prasinum? Is the sky small and green?

22. Minimē, caelum parvum et prasinum nōn est, sed magnum et caeruleum. No, the sky is not small and green but big and blue.

Here comes Greek myth! These lessons will be a little shorter, but pretty fun. This time, we’ll learn about where, according to the ancient Greeks, the gods came from.

This inaugural episode of the Magister’s Guide to the Classical World (MGCW) series is really three short lessons packed into one. I, for one, find the relationships between languages extremely fascinating, but I have suspicions that some listeners might not want three episodes in a row of them. After all, the next fifteen episodes in the MGCW series will be about Greek mythology, and does anybody want to put that off? I know I don’t.

This introductory lesson will discuss just what Latin is, its place in the world, and what to expect from this class.