The BIG Classics Discussion Thread

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ZsaZsa

sounding v. dumb here, but can i be a member? please?

heh, i'm not sure it's really so much a 'member' thing anymore - i haven't seen much of will (hypnos) maintaining his founder's duties ;p
i suppose the best is probably to treat this as a post-if-you-want thing, but it wouldn't do any harm to link to it in your sig.. :smile:

Reply 201

Tess06

lol...btw - what is this classics thing at bryanston? i REEEEEALLY want to go!!!

Reply 202

naelse

it's a greek summer school. you basically pay over £500 to be imprisoned in a boarding school in the middle of nowhere and get blasted with greek. Great fun. I think it may be past the application deadline for this year though...

Reply 203

Tess06

hypnos

Caesar Gallic War I.3

"In eo itinere, persuadet Castico, Sequano, cuius pater regnum in Sequanis moltos annos obtinuerat et a senatu 'populi Romani amicus' appellatus erat, ut regnum in civititate sua occuparet quod pater habuerat"

Meaning:

"On that journey, he persuaded Casticus, a Sequanian, whose father had held a kingdom among the Sequanians for many years and had been named by the senate "friend of the Roman people", to seize the kingdom in his state which his father had had".

Is there any way (other than sense) that we can tell that quod here means which and not because? I'm reliably informed that there is, and there's something of a contest on at the moment to find the answer.

sorry to post this WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYY after it started, but quod is neuter, so it refers to 'regnum'....

Reply 204

sophieliz

Is any1 going to Wells Cathedral School for the JACT Latin Summer School?

Reply 205

bubbles100

It would appear that all other classics people appear to be doing latin. Does no one just do the english translations of greek and roman epic and greek tragedy?

Reply 206

Yttrium

sophieliz

Is any1 going to Wells Cathedral School for the JACT Latin Summer School?

I'm not going there in the summer, but I have spent the last 12 years of my life at the school!

It's a nice place (specialist music school, in case you didn't know) ; the grounds are really nice and the staff are friendly (but I reckon the school gets staff from outside to teach at the summer school). I do Latin AS (in my Upper 6th year) and the Latin teacher is really friendly, and quite good (very dedicated, certainly), but, as I said, I wouldn't be surprised if it's someone else that'll be teaching the course.

Hope you have fun!

Reply 207

tritogeneia1

vickyrkenya

Just a curiosity, what jobs does classics lead to? Ive read that it has one of the lowest graduate employment ratings, but i don't know, could be unreliable sources.

I think your sources are back to front as classics actually has one of the highest employment ratings! Has someone already said this? I felt the need to chip in as usual... especially when you're all making me nostalgic talking about Greek camp! Ah the memories...I went twice, soo much fun!

Reply 208

sophieliz

Yttrium

I am really looking forward to it. I know Wells reasonable well as I applied for a music scholarship when I was younger, but chose another private school in the area instead. It is a really nice place and you must be sad to leave.

Reply 209

sophieliz

bubbles100

It would appear that all other classics people appear to be doing latin. Does no one just do the english translations of greek and roman epic and greek tragedy?

Hey, I'm not actally doing Latin A-Level although I have studies the language in the past. I am just going on the Summer school to brush up my skills before uni. The texts I study for Classical civillisations at A level are all in translation.

Reply 210

sophieliz

Really doesn't make a difference is the straight answer. Only one person in my classical civilliasations class has done Latin and Greek for GCSE and A level. Seeing as you study the literature in translation you don't need to have a knowledge of the language. In fact it might be distracting as you might be tempted to comment on things you have noticed in the original language which obviously you won't get marks for.

Reply 211

bubbles100

It's fine to do classics in translation- I do, and you pick up any greek/roman words that don't translate well along the way- most translations pick up on missed puns etc anyway. (there's loads in Homer if Ur doing that course btw!)

I'd say definitely do it- it's the most fun you'll have at A level