**We have decided to open up our Latin II class to Latin I students as well with the goal of getting beginning students up-to-speed with our more advanced cohort in advance of offering Latin III in 2024-2025.**
In Latin II, students will expand their knowledge of basic Latin grammar and vocabulary. Major grammar topics that will be covered include five new verb tenses, passive verbs, and the uses of the ablative case.
Our Latin readings will describe the day to day life of a young Roman as he explores life in Rome, travels the ancient world, and assumes the responsibilities of adulthood. These readings will also give us an opportunity to explore the tumultuous history of the late Roman Republic and Rome’s complicated relationship to Greece and Greek culture.
Instructor: Alice Brigance
Instructor Bio: Alice Brigance is originally from New Zealand. She came to America in 1999 for graduate studies at Cornell, where she received an M.A. in Classics. After living and teaching in Connecticut, DC, New Orleans, and Reno, she finally returned, like Odysseus, to Ithaca. She finds nothing more rewarding than to guide a student from mastering the first declension to reading unadapted Latin literature, and her favorite Latin authors include Propertius, Lucretius, and Ovid. When she is not teaching, she is growing flowers, baking, or writing fiction.
Prerequisites: Completion of Oxford Latin Course Part I or equivalent
Required Materials: pen or pencil; notebook and folder or looseleaf notebook; index cards; Oxford Latin Course, 2nd Edition: Part 2 and Part 3; beginning students will need Oxford Latin Course, 2nd Edition: Part 1
TEEN DAY Ithaca 