Lectiones Antiquae
Do you want to speak Latin?
Even though Latin is considered a dead language, many people are able to speak it fluently.
This is possible thanks to a method that makes the student speak it from the very first class.
Knowing Latin gives us access to an immense cultural heritage, of which much is lost in tanslations and much hasn't even been translated.
Values and Disponibility
The trial lesson is free.
It lasts 30 minutes. In it, we get to know each other (feel free to ask any question you want). Also, I give a demonstration of my method and get to know your needs and expectations! At last, I furnish the details about payment
Lessons for duos
Private lessons
If the student wishes to proceed, here are the following options:
1. Four lessons per month: $104.
- each lesson costs $26.
2. Eight lessons per month: $184.
- each lesson costs $23
3. Twelve lessons per month: $240.
- each lesson costs $20.
A 10% discount is given on the monthly fee for duos.
Schedule a free trial lesson selecting one of the slots available on my Google Agenda.
Please, present yourself in one of the languages I understand (PT, LA, IT, FR, EN, EL) and tell me what language you would like to learn.
When our meeting is scheduled, I will send an email to you confirming it.
Lessons and Method
Lessons for beginners
The lessons for beginners are based in the first volume of the series Lingua Latīna Per Sē Illūstrāta, the Familia Rōmāna. In it, we follow along the daily life of Julius, a Roman master, and his family.
In each chapter, new words and more complex structrues are presented to the student, while the teacher stimulates a conversation in Latin.
As the student progresses, we can put the book aside for a while sometimes to read easy passages taken from real authors.
Intermediate lessons
The lessons for intermediate students are bases on the second volume of the same series, the Rōma Aeterna.
In it, we read about Rome's history from its origin until the days of Julius Caesar.
The book, structured in the same way, has passages taken from authors as Eutropius, Livius, Aulus Gellius, amog onthers, and poets such as Ovid, Virgil and Horace.
Lessons for advanced students
The lessons for advanced students are based on passages drawn from authors who are of special interest to the student.
We can read Roman authors, such as Cicero, Julius Caesar and Seneca; christians, such as St. Augustin, St. Ambrose, and Boethius; medieval philosophers, such as St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Bonaventure; authors such as Erasmus, Martin Luther, Descars, Calvin, Galileo, Isaac Newton, among so many others who composed their works in Latin!
Ancient Greek for beginners
Greek lessons for beginners base themselves on the first volume of the Athenaze series.
In it, we follow along the daily life of Diceopolis, a farmer, and his family.
Its structure doesn't differ so much from the LLPSI, so that each chapter brings new vocabulary and new grammatical elements. It also brings comments about the Greek culture of that time!
In the lessons, I preserve the use of Modern Greek pronunciation, in accordance to the way the great majority of Greeks teach Ancient Greek in Greece and the Greek Orthodox Church has been reading the Septuagint, New Testament and the writings of their scholars for centuries now.
Audiobooks
Listen to the languages of the acnient Greeks and Romans wherever you are and whenever you want! Listening to audiobooks, you practice the imediate comprehension and stimulate the brain to retain more words. Moreover, you enjoy the wisdom contained in such writings!
Ancient Greek
Listen to Plato, Aristotle, Epicetetus, the Fathers of the Chruch and many other authors who wrote their works in Greek!
