Catullus, Carmina Minora (Beginner/Intermediate)

Course Description: In this course, we will read a selection of Catullus’ Carmina Minora, also called Polymetra (c. 1–60). These shorter poems can be a good start for those, who have not read Latin poetry yet, and, besides, they contain a lot of useful expressions (and bad words ;-)) we can use in our everyday Latin!
Depending on the proficiency of the participants and how much time we will need, we will read 7–10 poems altogether. We will also learn some basics of Latin prosody and the different metres used by Catullus (e.g. hendecasyllable, sapphic stanza, choliambus etc.) in order to be able to recite and memorize some of them!
I plan to hold the class principally in Latin, but we will, whenever needed, explain and translate into English, so don’t worry if you are not a proficient speaker!

DETAILS

Level: Intermediate. You should have a basic or intermediate knowledge of Latin grammar (all conjugations & declinations + principle parts etc.) and some reading experience, but not necessarily of original texts or poetry.

Textbook: You can use any text avaiable on the internet, e.g. thelatinlibrary.com

Sections capped at: 5 students. If the course is sold-out, please fill out this waiting-list form.

When
Thursdays, 2:15 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time

Cost
$250

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Instructor

Marina Garanin

Salvete omnes, my name is Marina Garanin, graduated from Heidelberg (Germany) and Oxford. I have been teaching living Latin with Telepaideia and at “Living Latin in Rome”; also, I taught Latin metre and Latin verse composition. I have been practising spoken Latin since the beginning of my studies, and I have been taking part in different Latin (and Greek) speaking events. As I love acting, I also participated at “Thalia” in 2022 (Vicenza, Italy) and this year (Vilnius, Lituania), a Latin theater competition organized by the Schola Humanistica with two original tragedies, “Medeae Daemones” and “Agave”, written by Stefano Vittori, in which I played the parts of Medea and Agave. I write metrical poetry in Latin myself (some of the poems are published in the periodical “Vox Latina” from 2019 on), and I am translating graphic novels into Latin for the editorial “NUBES”. Some of my recitations are available on the app “Legentibus” by Daniel Pettersson from Latinitium. In my free time, besides writing poetry and acting, I like drawing, singing, writing music, and dogs. Also, I have a Latin YouTube channel (Musa Pedestris) where you can find poetry recitations, latin vlogs, livestreams, and other videos in Latin.