Ubinam Gentium Sumus?  Cicero's First Catilinarian Oration

Ubinam Gentium Sumus? Cicero's First Catilinarian Oration

Course Description: Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? The famous words of Cicero echo down through the centuries. But who was Catiline, and what was Cicero up to when he gave his immortal speech against him? And how does the Latin of the speech work? In this Latin reading course, we will take a close look at this incredibly famous work of Cicero's, with particular attention to the language and the greater historical context. Ideal for those just beginning to read real Latin, or for those looking to get back into Latin literature after a hiatus.

DETAILS

Level: Intermediate students and up.

Textbook: Instructor will provide materials. Recommended: Geoffrey Steadman, Cicero's First Catilinarian, 2016.

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

When
Thursdays, 8:00p.m. U.S. Eastern Time

Cost
$250

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Instructor

Marcello Lippiello

Marcello Lippiello has been participating in the Telepaideia program since its inception over a decade ago. In his 8 years as an instructor for Paideia, he has accumulated well over 1000 hours of live video instruction experience, covering a range of topics, from introductory courses for both languages (using a variety of textbooks) to reading courses in Homer and the New Testament, to practice groups for advanced speakers of Latin.

He was born and raised in the Bronx, New York, where he received his B.A. in Classical Languages and Theology from Fordham University. He has long had an interest in conversational Latin, earning a Graduate Certificate in Latin Studies from the University of Kentucky's Institutum Studiis Latinis Provehendis in 2005, along with master's degrees in classical languages and classical studies from Kentucky and from Duke University. He is also a two-time alumnus of Paideia's Living Greek in Greece Program (where he played Tiresias in the Bacchae), and has participated in many other conversational Greek and Latin workshops through the University of Kentucky, the Polis Institute, and through SALVI, such as the Synodos Hellenike and Rusticatio. He has taught undergraduate college courses in all levels of Latin and Greek at several institutions, including Christendom College in Virginia and the Pontifical College Josephinum in Ohio. He lives with his family in Danbury, Connecticut.