Classical Languages - Study Group

[MorkTheFiddle]

The value of New Latin has been discussed before in this forum, and loads of it, some of it even interesting, are out there for folks to improve their Latin vocabulary, if nothing else. And I know the authors of Latin Pro Populo even suggest beginning with very new Latin and working backwards.
This series looks very promising. Thanks for the mention.

[einzelne]

And I know the authors of Latin Pro Populo even suggest beginning with very new Latin and working backwards.

It still blows my mind that this is not a default option in the departments of Classics. When it comes to living languages, nobody starts with Shakespeare, Goethe, or Cervantes. But for some reason, it is fine to use Caesar as the first unadapted text in Latin classes...

[galaxyrocker]

For anyone interested (me!), a full open-access Middle Welsh textbook/grammar: https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/handle/1807/128582

[księżycowy]

For anyone interested (me!), a full open-access Middle Welsh textbook/grammar: https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/handle/1807/128582

Cool, thanks!

[lichtrausch]

Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude

Sure, AI tools like GPT-4 are fun and interesting. But are they practical?

Can they help us do something truly useful… like, say, translate a 1,200 page book about demons written by an obscure sixteenth-century Jesuit theologian?

Let’s find out!

[MorkTheFiddle]

One of my Youtube subscriptions posted this 8 years ago (today being January 2024):
Grammar or reading: Which type of Latin/Greek textbook is better?.

The OP evaluates various strategies for teaching Latin (very little about Greek, in spite of the title), with an emphasis on Orberg and his Lingua latina per se illustrata. Useful explanations and distinctions.

Rather lengthy at a little over an hour long.