Latin - Advanced Topics: Poetry

In this course, students expand their experience of the language by exploring new genres and areas of study in Latin. Latin V students pursue further development and refinement of poetic devices, meter, morphology, vocabulary, and syntax through the reading of the original texts of significant Latin prose authors or poets, based on student interest. Past authors have included Cicero, Tibullus, Sallust, and Catullus, as well as medieval texts. Students will gain a deeper understanding of Roman history, culture, and literature through our exploration of these texts. Moreover, the basic principles of studying ancient art, archaeology, music, epigraphy, and paleography are introduced through our reading of the texts and through periodic presentations and projects.